Team Trials

[Bill Glaze]

Del:
Well said.  We see the negative effects of lack of accountability and
failure of public people to accept responsibility for their actions
daily.  Sad.

Bill Glaze


Del Rykert wrote:

>  Sad but true..  Accountability must become the watch word in school
> for teachers and students. I know I have been chastised by some for
> making my children very accountable. They now thank me for it. Course
> when our young minds see how our politicians aren't held accountable
> let alone the Hollywood elite no wonder they feel like they don't have
> to apply themselves and be held accountable. Part of reason I enjoy
> competition so much. Makes me very accountable to myself for the
> scores I receive and how prepared or un-prepared I was.      Del K.
> Rykert
>      AMA - 8928
>      NSRCA - 473
>      Kb2joi - General
>
>      ----- Original Message -----
>      From: Ron Van Putte
>      To: discussion at nsrca.org
>      Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 9:30 AM
>      Subject: Re: Team Trials
>
>
>      Dean Pappas wrote
>
>      >Tony, when you said that, "AMA didn't even think it
>      important enough to cover in Model Aviation...", something
>      inside me twinged. So I called dear friend Bob Hunt(the
>      editor at MA) and asked him if there was to be even cursory
>      coverage. Realize that the man I'm talking to is a World
>      Champion in Control-Line Aerobatics, and still a competitor
>      ... His voice saddened and he told me that the policy at MA
>      is that no team trials are covered, lest they all have to be
>      covered. Every time something about competition is covered,
>      droves of readers write in to complain. After every December
>      issue (the NATs coverage issue) they are barraged with
>      complaints about the the waste of magazine space. World
>      championships might get coverage, if they happen in the
>      U.S.! The mediocre have censored coverage of excellence.
>      Don't hassle Bob, he is one of us!
>      >
>      >
>      >
>
>      Ah yes, we can't have anyone's self esteem damaged by having
>      them
>      realize that someone is better than they are.  Many schools
>      have stopped
>      giving grades and the top students are no longer recognized,
>      because of
>      the same issue.  Johnny can't read, but many employers can't
>      tell him
>      that and, if they won't hire him, are accused of bias.  It's
>      a sad
>      commentary on our times.
>
>      Ron Van Putte
>
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