MsFacetious
What a Kerfuffle...
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This is more of a happy story than many posted here.
This is AWESOME. :seeya:
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/...-football-team-in-lesson-about-character.html
It's been an unusual week of practice for Union High School's football team.
They've pulled weeds. They've cleaned school hallways and washed windows. They've spent time visiting with residents at two long-term care facilities.
It might not be what one would typically expect from a team with a 3-2 record heading into its homecoming game Friday.
However, it's exactly what head coach Matt Labrum said he wants to see.
"We're still practicing, but we're practicing on some different skills," Labrum said.
Labrum knew that a few of his players were struggling with academic issues and attitude problems this season. Then, last week the coaches learned that a Cougar player or two might have used the social media website *** to anonymously engage in cyber-bullying. The target was a Union student who is not on the team.
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"We were looking at football as a right, rather than a privilege," Labrum said.
"We were pretty open with (our team) about what we'd heard," he said. "We don't want that represented in our program. Whoever it is (bullying another student), we want to help get them back on the right path."
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A vote would be held to elect new captains. Players would perform acts of service for their families and document what they'd done. They would also take part in two days of community service in lieu of regular practices, attend a mandatory character-education class, a study hall session and memorize and recite a paragraph-long quote about the value of having good character.
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Labrum said he met Monday with the student who had been bullied and offered an apology on behalf his team.
http://www.ksl.com/?sid=26993261&ni...rned-with-service&fm=home_page&s_cid=queue-15
This is AWESOME. :seeya:
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/...-football-team-in-lesson-about-character.html
It's been an unusual week of practice for Union High School's football team.
They've pulled weeds. They've cleaned school hallways and washed windows. They've spent time visiting with residents at two long-term care facilities.
It might not be what one would typically expect from a team with a 3-2 record heading into its homecoming game Friday.
However, it's exactly what head coach Matt Labrum said he wants to see.
"We're still practicing, but we're practicing on some different skills," Labrum said.
Labrum knew that a few of his players were struggling with academic issues and attitude problems this season. Then, last week the coaches learned that a Cougar player or two might have used the social media website *** to anonymously engage in cyber-bullying. The target was a Union student who is not on the team.
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"We were looking at football as a right, rather than a privilege," Labrum said.
"We were pretty open with (our team) about what we'd heard," he said. "We don't want that represented in our program. Whoever it is (bullying another student), we want to help get them back on the right path."
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A vote would be held to elect new captains. Players would perform acts of service for their families and document what they'd done. They would also take part in two days of community service in lieu of regular practices, attend a mandatory character-education class, a study hall session and memorize and recite a paragraph-long quote about the value of having good character.
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Labrum said he met Monday with the student who had been bullied and offered an apology on behalf his team.
http://www.ksl.com/?sid=26993261&ni...rned-with-service&fm=home_page&s_cid=queue-15