By this, I'm specifically referring to the "school is school first" poster. I'll eat my spikes if he's not a career bureaucrat/paper pusher at the No Fun Factory.
I hope you use bbq sauce with those spikes.
You're absolutely incorrect.
But nice try.
And while you want to weigh in on this...no school should have to bear the anxiety about time and losing your edge that some of you former D-whatever former college runners have as you get older. You're not a name and correspondingly, you don't deserve special treatment because you were once fast, or even if you are still fast because nobody outside of your niche owes you anything special, including, but not limited to, any specific track time outside of allowable hours. It's not that different than in college, except you didn't experience it. If you were not on the team, the track was closed up to a certain time of the day or evening. It's time to stop acting like you're a big shot in the community because you once ran 15-low or mid-14 at some point. That track is for the kids who matter at that school at that time... not to adults trying not to sack it in for running... that is not the school's problem.
It's not holier than thou, it's about people trying to cheat the system by being an exception to hedge for their own benefit. Just because your buds would agree doesn't make it right. His school has spoken, and within the posted school hours... it's no.
You have zero rights to that track during the posted hours of school usage regardless of whether or not there are students present. Hey 24, life is not about you anymore... you're not a kid. It's called trespassing in the adult world. Follow the rules.
Why are you so angry?
Because you think you're entitled to more than you actually are.
I went to a middle school track today at 7AM and after I parked and got out of my car a lady who worked at the school started yelling at me from a distance so I walked over to her and explained that I was going to use the track she told me that campus is closed from 6:30AM-5:30PM but no one was using the track when I was there. Are my tax dollars not used to build these public schools? How am I not allowed to run on a public track. Given if there were students there using the track I would’ve just left as soon as I saw it in use but there was literally no one there. This lady seemed angry and gave me attitude as well. There are also no signs posted anywhere saying it’s closed.
"Told I wasn’t allowed to run on a track today"
You were basically told that you can run on the track from 12AM-6:30AM and 5:30PM-11:59PM. You're a 45.83% glass empty kindof person.
I went to a middle school track today at 7AM and after I parked and got out of my car a lady who worked at the school started yelling at me from a distance so I walked over to her and explained that I was going to use the track she told me that campus is closed from 6:30AM-5:30PM but no one was using the track when I was there. Are my tax dollars not used to build these public schools? How am I not allowed to run on a public track. Given if there were students there using the track I would’ve just left as soon as I saw it in use but there was literally no one there. This lady seemed angry and gave me attitude as well. There are also no signs posted anywhere saying it’s closed.
School grounds are not public parks. They're owned by the school district. You don't have the right to use the track at your local public school whenever you want. The school and school district do have the right to restrict its use. That includes locking it up or requiring a permit for its use.
By this, I'm specifically referring to the "school is school first" poster. I'll eat my spikes if he's not a career bureaucrat/paper pusher at the No Fun Factory.
I hope you use bbq sauce with those spikes.
You're absolutely incorrect.
But nice try.
And while you want to weigh in on this...no school should have to bear the anxiety about time and losing your edge that some of you former D-whatever former college runners have as you get older. You're not a name and correspondingly, you don't deserve special treatment because you were once fast, or even if you are still fast because nobody outside of your niche owes you anything special, including, but not limited to, any specific track time outside of allowable hours. It's not that different than in college, except you didn't experience it. If you were not on the team, the track was closed up to a certain time of the day or evening. It's time to stop acting like you're a big shot in the community because you once ran 15-low or mid-14 at some point. That track is for the kids who matter at that school at that time... not to adults trying not to sack it in for running... that is not the school's problem.
It's not holier than thou, it's about people trying to cheat the system by being an exception to hedge for their own benefit. Just because your buds would agree doesn't make it right. His school has spoken, and within the posted school hours... it's no.
Brother this isn't about "D-whatevers" losing their competitive edge. Tracks and fields can be great public resources to the entire community. Kids play soccer there, it can be a great place for elderly people to walk. Cops take their physical exams there. Get off your weird moral high horse. It's not unreasonable to be upset that a tax-funded resource that could easily and safely have some reasonable amount public access. Many places do it. Some don't. Those that don't are usually just lazy about it in my experience.
And while you want to weigh in on this...no school should have to bear the anxiety about time and losing your edge that some of you former D-whatever former college runners have as you get older. You're not a name and correspondingly, you don't deserve special treatment because you were once fast, or even if you are still fast because nobody outside of your niche owes you anything special, including, but not limited to, any specific track time outside of allowable hours. It's not that different than in college, except you didn't experience it. If you were not on the team, the track was closed up to a certain time of the day or evening. It's time to stop acting like you're a big shot in the community because you once ran 15-low or mid-14 at some point. That track is for the kids who matter at that school at that time... not to adults trying not to sack it in for running... that is not the school's problem.
It's not holier than thou, it's about people trying to cheat the system by being an exception to hedge for their own benefit. Just because your buds would agree doesn't make it right. His school has spoken, and within the posted school hours... it's no.
Brother this isn't about "D-whatevers" losing their competitive edge. Tracks and fields can be great public resources to the entire community. Kids play soccer there, it can be a great place for elderly people to walk. Cops take their physical exams there. Get off your weird moral high horse. It's not unreasonable to be upset that a tax-funded resource that could easily and safely have some reasonable amount public access. Many places do it. Some don't. Those that don't are usually just lazy about it in my experience.
Bite my crank... after you graduate from high school, nobody owes you a thing.
Brother this isn't about "D-whatevers" losing their competitive edge. Tracks and fields can be great public resources to the entire community. Kids play soccer there, it can be a great place for elderly people to walk. Cops take their physical exams there. Get off your weird moral high horse. It's not unreasonable to be upset that a tax-funded resource that could easily and safely have some reasonable amount public access. Many places do it. Some don't. Those that don't are usually just lazy about it in my experience.
Bite my crank... after you graduate from high school, nobody owes you a thing.
Bite my crank... after you graduate from high school, nobody owes you a thing.
Such a weird response
It's not that weird. After you graduate from high school... nobody owes you a thing. What do you think you're entitled to? You're an adult. It's not your school!!!
Someone is just coming into an assembly? We have to assume any stranger is just as dangerous as at Uvalde or any other location. So yes. You're not better than the public nor are you a safer presence automatically because you run.
you would only get an American saying things like this. and the worst part is it's been completely normalised within that society.
There was a time when tracks were made of cheap cinder and school violence was rare. That times is over. I don't blame people for being paranoid about keeping people off school property.
I used to run a lot during the day at the high school a mile away from my house. Never was asked to leave and there would be PE classes out there all the time. One time the principal came out to warn me a fire drill was about to happen and there would be 1200 kids on the track / field in a few minutes but I was welcome to stay if I wanted to.
There was a time when tracks were made of cheap cinder and school violence was rare. That times is over. I don't blame people for being paranoid about keeping people off school property.
another American lol.
Haha...
Your country can't even speak properly. Whatever country it is.. because you aren't American.
if you see an adult running around a track, and there are no kids there, and you think the adult is there to be messing with said absent kids, then trust me it is all in your head.
Your head! That's where the thought started. YOU! Sinner, profile thy own self.
Assuming many/most of you are under 30, ask someone if adults were not allowed on school tracks back in the day. This sort of nonsense did not happen. You weren't around yet. What a joke you people are.
Public schools, even though funded by taxpayer dollars, may have specific policies and hours of operation. These policies can include times when the campus is closed to the public or when certain facilities, like the track, are not accessible to the community. These policies are often in place for security, liability, and operational reasons.
It's not that weird. After you graduate from high school... nobody owes you a thing. What do you think you're entitled to? You're an adult. It's not your school!!!
Attitudes like this suck. Lack of community involvement and the super isolationist and being scared of everyone and everything attitudes just erodes public trust. I went to the local HS play, had a good time. Does that make me a weirdo? Funny, the HS that has more plays and events near me has their track open way more, it's "the good track," that people use. The other high school that never does anything for the community, surprise surprise, leaves their track locked up much more.
I've spoken to faculty and staff that agree with me that the track should be open more. A coach thought I jumped the fence recently and came to unlock it so I didn't have to jump it on the way out, little did he know, the back gate was unlocked. I've spoken to community members that agree with me too, not just other serious runners. The vast majority of people do not care if someone uses a track, except curmudgeons like you. At my HS graduation my principal said, "As long as you're a productive member of society, you're welcome back here!" This was 10 years ago at a large public high school, ~2,000 kids, so I'm not some rural private school bumpkin. It sounds like you grew up in an area that really drilled the "stranger danger" thing and that's unfortunate and I can't help but feel bad for you and how dangerous you see everyone and everything.
Also, contrary to what some often say on this subject, liability is not really a concern. If a facility is free to use, the only real concern is gross and wanton negligence. If I break my leg at a public park, that's my fault. If I break my leg at the track, that's my fault, unless I can prove the groundkeeper was digging pitfalls. However, they may be scared of a potentially litigious individual trying and failing to sue, wasting time and money in the process.
By this, I'm specifically referring to the "school is school first" poster. I'll eat my spikes if he's not a career bureaucrat/paper pusher at the No Fun Factory.
I hope you use bbq sauce with those spikes.
You're absolutely incorrect.
But nice try.
And while you want to weigh in on this...no school should have to bear the anxiety about time and losing your edge that some of you former D-whatever former college runners have as you get older. You're not a name and correspondingly, you don't deserve special treatment because you were once fast, or even if you are still fast because nobody outside of your niche owes you anything special, including, but not limited to, any specific track time outside of allowable hours. It's not that different than in college, except you didn't experience it. If you were not on the team, the track was closed up to a certain time of the day or evening. It's time to stop acting like you're a big shot in the community because you once ran 15-low or mid-14 at some point. That track is for the kids who matter at that school at that time... not to adults trying not to sack it in for running... that is not the school's problem.
It's not holier than thou, it's about people trying to cheat the system by being an exception to hedge for their own benefit. Just because your buds would agree doesn't make it right. His school has spoken, and within the posted school hours... it's no.
Your posts are funny. The clear envy you have of people faster than you. You’re happy that others have a problem training because you were never good enough to do…anything.
Someone is just coming into an assembly? We have to assume any stranger is just as dangerous as at Uvalde or any other location. So yes. You're not better than the public nor are you a safer presence automatically because you run.
you would only get an American saying things like this. and the worst part is it's been completely normalised within that society.
Missed this post. Yes, very American "everything is scary" vibes here.
It's not that weird. After you graduate from high school... nobody owes you a thing. What do you think you're entitled to? You're an adult. It's not your school!!!
Attitudes like this suck. Lack of community involvement and the super isolationist and being scared of everyone and everything attitudes just erodes public trust. I went to the local HS play, had a good time. Does that make me a weirdo? Funny, the HS that has more plays and events near me has their track open way more, it's "the good track," that people use. The other high school that never does anything for the community, surprise surprise, leaves their track locked up much more.
I've spoken to faculty and staff that agree with me that the track should be open more. A coach thought I jumped the fence recently and came to unlock it so I didn't have to jump it on the way out, little did he know, the back gate was unlocked. I've spoken to community members that agree with me too, not just other serious runners. The vast majority of people do not care if someone uses a track, except curmudgeons like you. At my HS graduation my principal said, "As long as you're a productive member of society, you're welcome back here!" This was 10 years ago at a large public high school, ~2,000 kids, so I'm not some rural private school bumpkin. It sounds like you grew up in an area that really drilled the "stranger danger" thing and that's unfortunate and I can't help but feel bad for you and how dangerous you see everyone and everything.
Also, contrary to what some often say on this subject, liability is not really a concern. If a facility is free to use, the only real concern is gross and wanton negligence. If I break my leg at a public park, that's my fault. If I break my leg at the track, that's my fault, unless I can prove the groundkeeper was digging pitfalls. However, they may be scared of a potentially litigious individual trying and failing to sue, wasting time and money in the process.
It's a SCHOOL. It's not a gym. What does the school owe a community person?? Nothing. You get usage of the track outside of posted hours and weekends. Other days you go somewhere else.
The school belongs to the applicable faculty, staff, administration and especially the children that comprise the mix. A random runner who wants a workout is not part of that mix. If you are a coach/PE teacher who uses the track and showers in the locker room before school, it's different because you're a part of that school.
Do you know what sucks? Entitlement. Your expectation is that the school should be more accommodating and it's not a requirement for them to budge one but
And it's about the safety of those in the school influence. As a random runner, even if you are known in the community, a school cannot take a chance on you or anyone else because one may be safe and one may not be. So, they don't discriminate... it's no to all during posted hours.
Attitudes like this suck. Lack of community involvement and the super isolationist and being scared of everyone and everything attitudes just erodes public trust. I went to the local HS play, had a good time. Does that make me a weirdo? Funny, the HS that has more plays and events near me has their track open way more, it's "the good track," that people use. The other high school that never does anything for the community, surprise surprise, leaves their track locked up much more.
I've spoken to faculty and staff that agree with me that the track should be open more. A coach thought I jumped the fence recently and came to unlock it so I didn't have to jump it on the way out, little did he know, the back gate was unlocked. I've spoken to community members that agree with me too, not just other serious runners. The vast majority of people do not care if someone uses a track, except curmudgeons like you. At my HS graduation my principal said, "As long as you're a productive member of society, you're welcome back here!" This was 10 years ago at a large public high school, ~2,000 kids, so I'm not some rural private school bumpkin. It sounds like you grew up in an area that really drilled the "stranger danger" thing and that's unfortunate and I can't help but feel bad for you and how dangerous you see everyone and everything.
Also, contrary to what some often say on this subject, liability is not really a concern. If a facility is free to use, the only real concern is gross and wanton negligence. If I break my leg at a public park, that's my fault. If I break my leg at the track, that's my fault, unless I can prove the groundkeeper was digging pitfalls. However, they may be scared of a potentially litigious individual trying and failing to sue, wasting time and money in the process.
It's a SCHOOL. It's not a gym. What does the school owe a community person?? Nothing. You get usage of the track outside of posted hours and weekends. Other days you go somewhere else.
The school belongs to the applicable faculty, staff, administration and especially the children that comprise the mix. A random runner who wants a workout is not part of that mix. If you are a coach/PE teacher who uses the track and showers in the locker room before school, it's different because you're a part of that school.
Do you know what sucks? Entitlement. Your expectation is that the school should be more accommodating and it's not a requirement for them to budge one but
And it's about the safety of those in the school influence. As a random runner, even if you are known in the community, a school cannot take a chance on you or anyone else because one may be safe and one may not be. So, they don't discriminate... it's no to all during posted hours.
Sounds perfectly fair and simple to comply with.
Please type another essay that we won’t bother reading.. Lol. No life dork, it’s time to get to your 9-5! Better hurry!!