WWJD?
WWJD? What would Jesus do?
We have seen that on license plates or maybe you heard that from your parents when you were a bad little boy or girl. How do you cope with anger when you see some kind of perceived bad behavior by others?
Well, we have a so-called President of the United States who seems to think he can tell over 15,000 lies in three years, often posting them on Twitter, with little or no repercussions. This supposed leader has made bad behavior the norm. We no longer seem to worry about political correctness. We no longer need to be polite on the roads, in stores or at our schools. And if we don't, why should our young adults or children toe the line?
I probably shouldn't have used Twitter last night to vent my anger at some students standing in the front four rows of a suburban basketball arena to block the view of me and a bunch of parents from the visiting team. Bad boy. Just because the Donald does it 20 times a day, doesn't mean I should slam them on Twitter. I was stuck in my comfy stadium seat, iPad on my lap scoring the basketball game on my Breakthru stats, helping my grandson who had my phone to post live scores on MaxPreps. It's hard enough collecting all those fast moving plays on a stat program without having to pick up and move to a different area of the stands so you can see half the court.
I have to admit that we were sitting in the student section. The host school only had one half of their bleachers out and most of the bleachers were taken by host school families. The 25 or 30 students in the student section were spread out in the first two rows from the end line to half court. Once they realized that we visiting team parents and grandparents who had encroached on their section and we were madly cheering right behind them, they re-organized and stood up at the start of the third quarter. The wide spread line of student in row one all moved up to rows three and four and five and stood. Stood so that the visiting fans behind them could not see the court. It was a purposeful act. STAY OUT OF OUR SPACE. I thought it was really rude.
Of course, for me, I was stuck. Trying to see the action and take stats and not miss anything as the third quarter started. It took a few minutes before we realized their standing up was not a temporary thing, that about 50 visiting fans had to get up and move to higher stands or different areas (you can actually see it on Prep Cast at about 54 minutes into the broadcast at http://www.citylinktv.com/channel/st-louis-prepcasts-7/).
I know that students often stand in their section. They can get robustly wild about the game. These kids weren't even watching the game. They weren't cheering much either. They just wanted to show us who was boss. "It's our section, get out. We are going to silently stand in front of you so that you go away."
So I threw out a nasty Tweet. Bad boy, gramps. But what would you do in that situation? Yell at them to sit down? Talk to the gym supervisor? Call or email the AD after the game? I don't know but I do know that I shouldn't act like our supreme leader. My apologies.
It would have been nice to sit behind our team but those bleachers were closed up. I guess I better read the student section signs next time.
We have seen that on license plates or maybe you heard that from your parents when you were a bad little boy or girl. How do you cope with anger when you see some kind of perceived bad behavior by others?
Well, we have a so-called President of the United States who seems to think he can tell over 15,000 lies in three years, often posting them on Twitter, with little or no repercussions. This supposed leader has made bad behavior the norm. We no longer seem to worry about political correctness. We no longer need to be polite on the roads, in stores or at our schools. And if we don't, why should our young adults or children toe the line?
I probably shouldn't have used Twitter last night to vent my anger at some students standing in the front four rows of a suburban basketball arena to block the view of me and a bunch of parents from the visiting team. Bad boy. Just because the Donald does it 20 times a day, doesn't mean I should slam them on Twitter. I was stuck in my comfy stadium seat, iPad on my lap scoring the basketball game on my Breakthru stats, helping my grandson who had my phone to post live scores on MaxPreps. It's hard enough collecting all those fast moving plays on a stat program without having to pick up and move to a different area of the stands so you can see half the court.
I have to admit that we were sitting in the student section. The host school only had one half of their bleachers out and most of the bleachers were taken by host school families. The 25 or 30 students in the student section were spread out in the first two rows from the end line to half court. Once they realized that we visiting team parents and grandparents who had encroached on their section and we were madly cheering right behind them, they re-organized and stood up at the start of the third quarter. The wide spread line of student in row one all moved up to rows three and four and five and stood. Stood so that the visiting fans behind them could not see the court. It was a purposeful act. STAY OUT OF OUR SPACE. I thought it was really rude.
Of course, for me, I was stuck. Trying to see the action and take stats and not miss anything as the third quarter started. It took a few minutes before we realized their standing up was not a temporary thing, that about 50 visiting fans had to get up and move to higher stands or different areas (you can actually see it on Prep Cast at about 54 minutes into the broadcast at http://www.citylinktv.com/channel/st-louis-prepcasts-7/).
I know that students often stand in their section. They can get robustly wild about the game. These kids weren't even watching the game. They weren't cheering much either. They just wanted to show us who was boss. "It's our section, get out. We are going to silently stand in front of you so that you go away."
So I threw out a nasty Tweet. Bad boy, gramps. But what would you do in that situation? Yell at them to sit down? Talk to the gym supervisor? Call or email the AD after the game? I don't know but I do know that I shouldn't act like our supreme leader. My apologies.
It would have been nice to sit behind our team but those bleachers were closed up. I guess I better read the student section signs next time.
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