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Cheerleading case stirs up dispute
Omaha World-Herald ^ | July 13, 2011 | Julie Anderson

Posted on 07/13/2011 7:52:29 AM PDT by Tazzo

Aurora High junior Julia Sullivan was born without legs or forearms. The district and her family disagree on whether that should have been taken into account at cheerleading tryouts. more... http://www.omaha.com/article/20110713/NEWS01/707139920#cheerleading-case-stirs-up-dispute

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I'm confused.
1 posted on 07/13/2011 7:52:33 AM PDT by Tazzo
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To: Tazzo

Oh, please! When will this stop?


2 posted on 07/13/2011 7:59:01 AM PDT by laweeks
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To: Tazzo

3 posted on 07/13/2011 7:59:04 AM PDT by NMEwithin
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To: Tazzo

How ridiculous.
No arms? I’d say ok,
No Legs? That would be ok too.
But no arms and legs? That’s plain silly.


4 posted on 07/13/2011 8:00:37 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie (zerogottago)
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To: Tazzo

Well I guess she could be a safety mat.


5 posted on 07/13/2011 8:00:47 AM PDT by Grunthor (Today, let me say, do or think nothing that Jesus would not do, think or say.)
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To: laweeks
Oh, please! When will this stop?

"Idiots file discrimination lawsuit against Mensa"

6 posted on 07/13/2011 8:00:58 AM PDT by Iron Munro (The more effeminate & debauched the people, the more they are fitted for a tyrannical government.)
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To: Tazzo

Gimme a W !
Gimme a T !
Gimme a F ?

What’s that spell ?


7 posted on 07/13/2011 8:01:08 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Amber Lamps !"~~)
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To: Tazzo

Wanting to do it is one thing, but giving jobs to bumper sniffing lawyers because God made you a certain way is where I lose my respect.

8 posted on 07/13/2011 8:01:08 AM PDT by RingerSIX (My wife and I took an AIDS vaccine that they offer down at our Church.)
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To: Tazzo

“In the performance portion, Julia received her lowest score in the jumps/kicks category and her highest marks in the communication skills and enthusiasm/spirit categories.”

Should make for an interesting case.


9 posted on 07/13/2011 8:01:31 AM PDT by MaryFromMichigan
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If she had prosthetics, she could try out on equal terms with other students. Amputees and people born without limbs compete in many sports using prosthetics.


10 posted on 07/13/2011 8:02:42 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("This is a revolution, damn it! We're going to have to offend somebody!" ~ John Adams)
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To: Tazzo

The cheerleading team coach, and the entire squad, should have just made her a member right off the bat, and worked out ways for her to participate. It would have been a wonderful story. Teenage girls can be really dumb, mean, and petty ( I know, I raised two)..so I’m inclinded to fault the coach, the school AD,and the principal for not having more smarts.


11 posted on 07/13/2011 8:03:21 AM PDT by ken5050 (Save the earth..it's the ONLY planet with CHOCOLATE!!!)
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To: Grunthor

I shouldn’t laugh but LO F’ing L!!!


12 posted on 07/13/2011 8:03:59 AM PDT by NMEwithin
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For cheerleading, she sits in her wheelchair to spin and dance.

Last I heard, cheerleading involves a bit more than sitting and spinning. How'd she do on the back flips? Getting that wheelchair to the top of the pyramid formation would be a bit difficult. Sorry, I'm sure she's a very nice child, but everyone has their limitations. Some are rocket scientists, most aren't. Some are cheerleaders, most aren't. Just because she'd like to be a cheerleader doesn't mean her parents should bully their way into making the school put her on the squad. If that were the case, the school would have to put everyone who tried out on the squad.

13 posted on 07/13/2011 8:04:23 AM PDT by bgill
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This is why there is Braille on the drive up ATMs.


14 posted on 07/13/2011 8:04:34 AM PDT by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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I wanted to play football in junior high but the state had a weight minimum for who was allowed to play. Being one of the smallest kids in my class, I didn’t come close.

I ended up joining the track and field team instead. Still a good experience. What’s the big deal? This girl could do all sorts of activities, but missing limbs knocks you out of cheerleading. Kids need to learn an important sentence: “that’s the way it goes.”


15 posted on 07/13/2011 8:06:12 AM PDT by Our man in washington
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I was thinking the same thing. In a better world, they could have arranged for her to participate according to her abilities, simply as a kindness.

However, in the real world, dozens (hundreds?) of others not chosen to be cheerleaders would throw conniptions and lawsuits, because life is all about winning, darnit, never about simply doing something generous out of love.


16 posted on 07/13/2011 8:07:24 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("This is a revolution, damn it! We're going to have to offend somebody!" ~ John Adams)
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Despite the crappy ‘hand’ life has dealt her, she appears to be more driven and hard-working than many kids her age.

While the idea of using law-suits to settle each and every case of this type galls me, I think the school should consider letting her on the squad and allowing her to use her enthusiasm and spirit to help make up for her physical disabilities -- provided her participation causes no demonstrable physical danger to herself or others, of course. She and her fellow cheerleaders might even be able to come up with some routines that used her wheelchair to advantage.

Heck, our country has a president with little or no higher brain function, so why NOT a cheerleader with no legs?

17 posted on 07/13/2011 8:10:20 AM PDT by WayneS (Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm. -- James Madison)
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Just because she'd like to be a cheerleader doesn't mean her parents should bully their way into making the school put her on the squad.

Bingo.

18 posted on 07/13/2011 8:10:57 AM PDT by MEGoody (Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.)
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19 posted on 07/13/2011 8:11:18 AM PDT by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis (Want to make $$$? It's easy! Use FR as a platform to pimp your blog for hits!!!)
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To: ken5050

Maybe. Some kind of honorary deal. There are other issues. These squads travel to and from games, have required camps, and perform many functions for the ASB’s.

Seems like if the parents would sue to get her on the squad, they’d sue for anything that happens to her while she’s on the squad.


20 posted on 07/13/2011 8:13:00 AM PDT by moehoward
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