someone help me!!

mplagrow · #1 (**permalink**) Mon Feb 19, 2007, 03:02pm

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Originally Posted by JRutledge

I know I would have shown more respect. But then again when I was a teenager I did not have the same attitude towards adults as they do today. I guess the parents are responsible for those things.

Peace

Your stuff didn't stink then either, huh? I thought that might have been a later life development.

JRutledge · #2 (**permalink**) Mon Feb 19, 2007, 03:20pm

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Originally Posted by mplagrow

Your stuff didn't stink then either, huh? I thought that might have been a later life development.

No, I just did not say a lot of things to adults as kids do today. I knew my place. I do not think many kids know what that even means. If you step on their shoes they want to feel disrespectful.

Peace

mplagrow · #3 (**permalink**) Mon Feb 19, 2007, 03:35pm

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Originally Posted by JRutledge

No, I just did not say a lot of things to adults as kids do today. I knew my place. I do not think many kids know what that even means. If you step on their shoes they want to feel disrespectful.

Peace

I agree, I know what you're saying. I just couldn't resist giving you a little grief. I was at a game in cognito recently and there were a couple of teenagers there yelling and berating the refs in a grade school game. I finally made a comment to them about showing some respect for people, and they were astounded that I said something. Their arguments?

1) they get paid for this, so it's OK
2) we're not cussing, so it's OK
3) the refs were out of position and had bad mechanics, so it's OK
4) they had played some HS and college ball, so they knew what they were talking about (yeah, I remember when I was young and had all the answers)

The same refs will be doing some conference semi-finals this year, they were doing me a favor by taking these grade school games. IOW, there was no problem with mechanics or positioning. It's just the modern person's right to trample the refs.

JRutledge · #4 (**permalink**) Mon Feb 19, 2007, 03:40pm

I could not image when I was that age acting that way. Usually we had adults that would squash that behavior before it got too far. Then again we have adults that would rather be these kids friends than be the bad guy and tell them what is right.

Peace