Re: Letter to the Coach
Susan Best (s.best@SWE.ORG)
Mon, 30 Aug 1999 20:03:15 -0400
My son also missed some Saturday track meets last spring, one for Scouts
(JLT Staff Development Weekend), one for Latin Club, one for a Choral Trip,
one for his Eagle Project. The coach was obviously not pleased with it,
but didn't stand in his way. We did say he could miss a weekend trip with
his Philmont crew to attend one of the meets. However, these were weekend
tournaments, not league meets, which I'm sure made a difference. I also
suspect that "individual" sports like track and cross-country may be
treated differently by coaches than football or soccer teams, were the
teamwork required to practice or complete various plays is more critical.
I also suspect that how good the team is, how competive the league, or the
status of the team in the school hierarchy make a difference.
At 04:18 PM 8/30/99 -0500, Fredrick C. Farnell wrote:
>But, sometimes we can get pleasant surprises on this one. In talking with
>our crew president about an upcoming officer training session at our council
>camp (Venturing's version of JLT for the boy scouters who are wondering...)
>he told me he had already coordinated with his coach to miss a cross country
>meet so he could be at the training session Friday evening when it starts.
YIS
Susan Best
Troop 296, Troop Committee, Advancement Chair
Havertown, PA
Cradle of Liberty Council
1999 Silver Stag (JLT) Staff
I used to be an Eagle (NE-IV-89)
S.Best@swe.org
