Did Mike Rossi (viral marathon dad) cheat his way into Boston?

Runner Mom wrote:

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http://fanbuzz.com/story/a-father-got-a-note-from-a-principal-for-taking-his-kids-on-vacation-and-totally-schooled-her-with-his-response/

You have to admit that the letter he and his wife received from the principal was very condescending.

It really wasn't. Point out a SINGLE sentence that is condescending and I'll explain why it wasn't. Mike just couldn't stand that his super, great, awesome accomplishment was going to cause his kids to have 3 days absence from school.

Here is MY reply to this article to help clarify why you may be misguided:

What Mike Rossi did was instead of handling this like an adult and contacting the principal directly, or contacting other parents who may feel the same way, he decided he was going to take his fight with the school policy to the internet and change it single-handedly. He didn't send the "letter", but what he did was so much worse.

First comes the flippant way he addressed it to the princial that he later claims to repect. "Dear Madame Principal" - Is that the proper way to address a letter to somebody you respect? The letter he got was addressed professionally to them as parents.

The letter from the principal DOES NOT in any way say that the trip was not beneficial for the children. I'm sure it was wonderful. The letter simply states that the school is not in a position to judge the educational value of their trip and that they would be marked absent just like any other student would be. Unless the children had some kind of truancy problem and were in danger of failing a grade the letter should have just gone directly into the trash. But Mike couldn't stand that his children couldn't get special treatment. So he replied.

He goes on to claim his children learned more in 5 days than they would a whole year at school. This is a slap in the face to the whole school and education system. By that logic the Rossi children could take a 60 day vacation wherever their parents wanted and then pass the SAT test with flying colors and get into an Ivy League school. Obviously Mike is dilusional to think what he wrote.

His chlidren did not have a once in a lifetime experience. Boston is still there. It will be there for quite a long time and the Rossi family can go back whenever they feel like it. Its only a two hour flight.

Then he rambles on about things they did learn, which by my estimation they could have learned in Philadelphia as well. Philly has a a lot of history as well. They can also learn many of these things by donating their times to local charities or organizations.

Then they watched their father overcome in injury. Shouldn't the lesson be not to run a marathon when you are injured? Maybe let your injury heal firt before you do something stupid and hurt yourself for life? That would be my takeaway. Let's see, then Mike overcomes bad weather. How exactly did he do that? By running in it. And I'm prety sure all the runners had bad weather that day.

Then we find out that their grandmother died the very day they left for Boston. So the lesson here is when a loved one dies you don't sacrifice your vacation so you can mourn and console your family, who may be greiving - you just press on with your vacation. Awesome lesson.

And then he lists all the things they did. Which they could have done during their summer vacation where they have 80 days off from school.

But then comes the real horror of this story. Because he posted it to Facebook and it went viral and the principal did get to see it. And people started to harass her and made threats against her. Knowing this was happening and the principal's life was being destroyed Mike continued to take calls from reporters. More stories were written with even mor elaborate headlines. But Mike kept answering the phone.

And then he even took to news stations - ABC, CBS, FOX and ven The Today Show. All while the principal was being harassed and being put in the spotlight for simply doing her job.

What Mike Rossi did was nothing short of cyber-bullying.

And being an employee of the state the principal was powerless to fight back.

Mike went on to post to his facebook and Twitter accounts every single article and video about him. He loved the 14 minutes of fame because he thought this reponse somehow made him a wonderful father and husband. He stood up to a system that was broken.

But then his 15th minute of fame showed up and we all found ot that he cheated to get into th Boston Marathon. That's right. The whole basis for his cyber-bullying attack on this public servant was based on a lie. He never earned the right to be on that starting line in Boston.

So now what did our "father of the year" actually teach his children? Well, we have yet to discover that. And we probably won't ever know. Only his children can answer that and eventually they will Google their father's name and learn the truth about their special trip to Boston.

I can't imagine they will have much respect for dad when it all comes to light.

Runner Mom wrote:

this it wrote:

this it

http://fanbuzz.com/story/a-father-got-a-note-from-a-principal-for-taking-his-kids-on-vacation-and-totally-schooled-her-with-his-response/

You have to admit that the letter he and his wife received from the principal was very condescending.

Mess with the bull and you might get the horns.

Hi Troll wrote:

And this is a pure troll

Keep following wrote:

The evidence groups are working on it, keep following and don't lose faith.

"And this is a pure troll" - And this surprises me so thanks for pointing it out and adding to the discussion.

Thanks!

Hopefully, if there's a copyright problem, using mp3splt to shorten the song by a millisecond and/or changing the properties of the file will trick the software.

Mess with the Mike and you will get the pin prick.

Pamplona wrote:

Runner Mom wrote:

You have to admit that the letter he and his wife received from the principal was very condescending.

Mess with the bull and you might get the horns.

haha so contacting the media has backfired on the idiots here itll get a ention and say he was cleared

classic

Mike, we can understand the drinking (or ?) because anyone who cheated to get into the Boston Marathon would have pain.Man, you have a boatload.Mike wins!

Runner Mom wrote:

this it wrote:

this it

http://fanbuzz.com/story/a-father-got-a-note-from-a-principal-for-taking-his-kids-on-vacation-and-totally-schooled-her-with-his-response/

You have to admit that the letter he and his wife received from the principal was very condescending.

It was, and that was one reason so many people initially agreed with Mike (overlooking the egregious parts of his response like the part about learning more than a year at school).

By the way, I'm 100% certain Mike cheated. But the letter from the school was poorly worded and I believe they even acknowledged that.

Stuck in an airport and have spent far too long reading through this endless thread.

For someone who has just come to this and read it all for the first time I can tell you Mike Rossi comes out very poorly. It's overwhelmingly obvious he cheated, but he's also just a very unlikeable person. The stuff on here attacking the Ken guy is just awful. But, Ken is a mess and not a good character either. However, you end up siding with Ken only because of how terrible Mike Rossi is. I would say it's only in a forum where he is being compared to Mike Rossi that Ken could come out on top. Otherwise, no.

Mike Rossi clearly cheated and he and his friends posting are terrible human beings.

The only thing that doesn't add up is why Mike Rossi wasn't disqualified, but I'd guess was seen as the easiest solution. Fix the race next year so nobody can do what Rossi did again. Extra cost but necessary to prevent cheats and avoid future controversy.

It was indeed wrote:

this it

http://fanbuzz.com/story/a-father-got-a-note-from-a-principal-for-taking-his-kids-on-vacation-and-totally-schooled-her-with-his-response/

That link freezes my computer for a minute or two every time that I go there.

Same troll. Tell us something we don't know.

They found plenty to be interested in about both of them before, so why not now as former Philly friends feuding, especially as it involves Rossi who's high profile?, certain pubs love that sort of thing as it creates lots of follow-ups.

Fresh eyes, this is the sort of reply you get when you try to be impartial. It's sad.

It was indeed wrote:

Runner Mom wrote:

You have to admit that the letter he and his wife received from the principal was very condescending.

It was, and that was one reason so many people initially agreed with Mike (overlooking the egregious parts of his response like the part about learning more than a year at school).

By the way, I'm 100% certain Mike cheated. But the letter from the school was poorly worded and I believe they even acknowledged that.

Actually, they didn't. Here is the official statement from the School Board President and it does NOT mention the wording of the letter at all. It stands behind its policy and the principal 100%.

But, Mike, not excepting that he lost this battle choose to spin this and and claim they would look at both the wording and policy, as you can read on the East Coast blog. And at the end Mike posts 3 more links to the initial news stories that caused the principal to get harasses. What a nice guy he is.

LoserMikeRossi wrote:

Runner Mom wrote:

You have to admit that the letter he and his wife received from the principal was very condescending.

It really wasn't. Point out a SINGLE sentence that is condescending and I'll explain why it wasn't. Mike just couldn't stand that his super, great, awesome accomplishment was going to cause his kids to have 3 days absence from school.

Here is MY reply to this article to help clarify why you may be misguided:

Ken, could you post the one line version?, I've got a plane to catch, thanks.

Fresh eyes wrote:

LoserMikeRossi wrote:

It really wasn't. Point out a SINGLE sentence that is condescending and I'll explain why it wasn't. Mike just couldn't stand that his super, great, awesome accomplishment was going to cause his kids to have 3 days absence from school.

Here is MY reply to this article to help clarify why you may be misguided:

Ken, could you post the one line version?, I've got a plane to catch, thanks.

It will still be there when you land. ;-)

LoserMikeRossi wrote:

not excepting that he lost this battle choose to spin this

From the spin master:

Gave, "misleading, confusing or false information, explanations and excuses"

Now who would that be?:

Now who would that be? wrote:

LoserMikeRossi wrote:

not excepting that he lost this battle choose to spin this

From the spin master:

Gave, "misleading, confusing or false information, explanations and excuses"

Now who would that be?:

http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=296gbjr&s=8#.VaMZMcIw9kd

They all got their videos.

BTW - Mike has had some complaints about delivery time and quality of product as well. Check out some of the bad reviews for East Coast on Wedding Wire. Some of the bad reviews ar obscured because the bride gave the DJ good review, but says the video and/or photography were horrible.

LoserMikeRossi wrote:

Now who would that be? wrote:

From the spin master:

Gave, "misleading, confusing or false information, explanations and excuses"

Now who would that be?:

http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=296gbjr&s=8#.VaMZMcIw9kd

They all got their videos.

BTW - Mike has had some complaints about delivery time and quality of product as well. Check out some of the bad reviews for East Coast on Wedding Wire. Some of the bad reviews ar obscured because the bride gave the DJ good review, but says the video and/or photography were horrible.

And the $1,000 you were ordered to pay every client - did everyone get that, Kenny?