Re: Science Olympiad Issues

From: Bill Gowen <b.gowen_at_earthlink.net>
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 10:51:20 -0500

Yes - I ran into a similar situation a few years ago. The school didn't want their competition to benefit from the use of their gym and my mentoring.

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  From: iflyf1b
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  Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 9:57 AM
  Subject: [Indoor_Construction] Science Olympiad Issues


  I ran to a few issues this weekend mentoring students for the up and
  coming Regionals. Anybody else having these negative responses to
  mentoring?
  First I have been mentoring 2 local high schools and 3 middle schools
  in our county for 8 years. I have seen alot of improvmwnt and some
  rebnewed and growing interest in model aviation. Because of limited
  use of local gyms I have students from different schools come to one
  high school gym to fly and pass along my many years of experience.
  At first the coach for the local gym we were using showed soem
  displeasure in me bringing the so called competetion to the gym but
  never said anything. He would take his students off to the side and
  talk quietly about flying and trimmimg. Understand this coach also a
  parent gained all his knowledge from me. I let it go. This weekend
  after having a local middle school coach and students come to the gym
  to experience BLG again I saw the same attitude until the students
  left then all was good again. I recieved a phone call later in the
  day from the coach/parent stating because of liabilty only the
  students going to the high school in question could use the gym as a
  test facility.
  My goal is to not only teach young people the joys of indoor free
  flight and experience the feeling of a sucessful flight but to
  hopefully bring new blood into out beloved hobby.
  Im done Just food for thought. Larry Norvall Woodbridge,CA
  Oh on a side note this BLG is a very cool event The middle school
  kids are jazzed and doing about 40 seconds in a 25 foot gym.



   

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