Cut the arms and legs off of the other cheer leaders....That way, everyone is equal... Problem solved.... Just like what obama is trying to do to the U.S.A. Make all people equal.....(POOR and STUPID)
Posted on 07/14/2011 2:31:36 PM PDT by Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears
Nebraska girl born with no arms and legs has blamed unfair scoring after she failed to make her school's cheerleading squad three years in a row.
Julia Sullivan, 16, has complained to the school board after she said she was given 'no accommodation for her disability' during try-outs.
The wheelchair user did not make the team after she received a low score in the jumps/kicks category of the trials.
Miss Sullivan got her highest marks in the communication skills and enthusiasm/spirit categories.
The Aurora High School student, who said that she likes to dance, said: 'I just think it would be fun.'
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
I have arms and legs and can tell you I wouldn’t have made the cheerleading squad, either, because I don’t have the same gymnastics ability that cheerleaders have.
“Technically, a blind pilot should be able to do as well as any other pilot under IFR if his instruments are set up for him. All pilots are equally blind under IFR regardless of their physical limitations or lack thereof.”
Ummm...nope. IFR does not mean non-visual. Flying in IMC does, but IFR flights can and do terminate in visual landings. Unless the aircraft and airport have Class III C landing capabilites, the plane does not land itself. There are visual minimums to IFR approaches.
How about short stop?
I don't look THAT bad, for Heaven's sake (for which I am eternally grateful).
I’m the shortest person in my family and my dad once told me that if I didn’t like that fact, I should sue the county for building the roads too close to my ass.
Hope that helps.....:)
Cut the arms and legs off of the other cheer leaders....That way, everyone is equal... Problem solved.... Just like what obama is trying to do to the U.S.A. Make all people equal.....(POOR and STUPID)
Apparently these days loss of your legs can get you running even faster with special springy artificial running legs.
Even faster in an arm-powered bike. I'm not sure what your point is.
Her parents are horrible. Teach her creativity and ingenuity within her God given limits. THAT would be impressive and empowering parenting that would be a remodel for us all on a variety of levels. We all have to learn to adapt and to create within these limitations. Welcome to the real world young lady.
>>Requiring a crippled girl to do jumps and kicks to make a high school cheerleading squad strikes me as quite unreasonable.<<
I’ll bet you think it is unreasonable to require a cab driver to be able to see as well.
Or do you think the Cheerleading squad should make up a special position for “uncoordinated” people that want to join.
You need to reread your own post and compare to the attitudes on DU. I can only assume you are trying to spice up the thread. And yes, I’ve thought about it. It is TOTALLY reasonable to require members of the cheer leading squad to be able to do the things they are expected to do.
Your mom’s story is inspirational. Unfortunately, my mom absolutely refuses to have anything to do with a computer. It’s her lack of confidence I think but no matter what is suggested about it (voice commands, etc) she refuses. My step-dad is somewhat of a ‘geek’ and even got a computer built with ‘voice’ capability and she refuses to learn it. Nothing I’ve said or that he has said interests her enough to learn unfortunately. They are both elderly (he’s 84 and she is 77).
Sometimes the prisons that we are in, are built by us. (if you know what I mean.)
ML/NJ
>>I wonder if she would also think it unfair that I was cut from my high school basketball team, and guys with more athletic ability were not.
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I was the ONLY guy cut from my H.S. basketball team. Sure it hurt my pride. But looking back, it was a great decision. I followed the team everywhere they went and whipped up the crowd. No thanks to me, they won the district championship.
let us hope they just forgot to add the /sarc (end sarcasm) tag.
It was clearly obvious she wasn’t making the squad. She has been watching too much “Glee”.
However in saying that. A kid with no arms and no legs tried out for the cheerleading squad. Think about that. She needed a routine. She needed an outfit. She needed choreography.
Everyone here makes it out to be, she showed up and was expected to be put on the team because she... Well, has no arms or legs. I give the kid credit. She made an attempt to do something with her life instead of gathering dust. That takes a special kind of person. Imagine what she could do if she didn’t have a disability. This is a kid I would want on my side.
It’s the parents who are complete a$$clowns for suing.
Perhaps this girl needs to recognize that her disability does limit her when it comes to physical activity; but, doesn't necessarily limit her in all areas and perhaps she should try to participate in other areas of school activities.
I agree, the parents suing is a bad example for this girl.
yes great point.
Oops.. My bad. The kid is complaining about this.
Never mind.
Better yet, build a ramp and have her jump her wheelchair over the top of the pyramid via Evil Knievel.
Sometime in life we all have to face reality, I always wanted to have sex with Ann Margaret, but it never happened./
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