At 65 years old she should know better.

A little harsh, but she was wrong.

School property, although paid for by taxpayers belongs to the school and it sounds like they were only busting her because she was using it during school hours.

We need to keep the public off school premises during school hours because of security.

She is 65 and obviously retired. She could have used the track in the evening without incidence.

A clear case of "I'm better than everyone else."

You seem to have some seriously misplaced anger, along with ridiculously outdated sexist and ageist attitudes. May I suggest therapy?

Yeah she shouldn't have run on the track when she was told not to. Big deal. Let's all get on with our lives.

Without knowing anything more about what you are referring to; without knowing why your writing skills are lacking in fundamentals; without knowing your age; without discussing a logically invalid stream of arguments; without knowing much of anything about you and your anger -- I'll offer this:

Posts like yours containing so many generalizations about behavior due to age are a shame. They are a part of the reason this country has so little respect for age and the aged.

Run gently out there.

Yes, and get off the track when told to.

Perhaps the school should let her run on the track if she wants. However, they must maintain the right to kick her off if they so desire. Do the words "private property" or "property rights" mean anything to anyone?

Signs, signs, everywhere are signs.....

ScottB wrote:

but because your either old, female, pigheaded or a runner - or all of the above - you felt the rules shouldn't apply to you.

It's "you're" too pigheaded. Learn how to spell.

Thanks professor. Now you can get the hell off the track too.

du-can wrote:

Do the words "private property" or "property rights" mean anything to anyone?

This is coming from a flaming liberal, but public schools are taxpayer funded property. Sure they have the right to keep people out during school hours and while the team is working out, but post some hours that the public can use the track they paid for. I think there are many things - like schools - that should get more tax money, but in exchange, public officials and workers must never forget who pays their salaries and who they serve.

OK, having said that, she was still in the wrong for insisting she could waltz in during school hours.

It has never for moment occurred to me that I would be allowed to run on a school track during school hours. I think about 99.9% of the population understands this.

Wow. You got the "too" right this time. Yea. Things are looking up for late on Friday afternoon.

Hope you all have a good running weekend.

Mr Fabulous wrote:

It has never for moment occurred to me that I would be allowed to run on a school track during school hours. I think about 99.9% of the population understands this.

This is both an age and a geographic thang. I kan remember (on daze when my memory wherks at all) running on tracks at various schools in California, Arkansas, Missouri, and Ohryghun. Some of those memories are over 47 years old, some are only a few wheaks ohld.

It's probably just senility sinquing in, eh?

Run gently out there, have a good weekend.

Go Hogs!!!

You've never run on a track during the lunch hour? If someone took issue, I would come back another time. Generally speaking, though, people leave panting dogs alone.

I guess I must be one of those loony .01% outta-the-box thinkers.

Mr Fabulous wrote:

It has never for moment occurred to me that I would be allowed to run on a school track during school hours. I think about 99.9% of the population understands this.

It has never occurred to me that I would NOT be allowed to run on a school track. Schools are publicly funded and are a community resource, especially tracks, which are expensive and bring little income. Community members should be able to use them as long as they're not used by official student activities (ie. PE or track practice). That is all.

While I bet most on this board would agree that there should be no problem with the community using a public schools track after school hours, I think all understand the issue of using it during school hours.

Not that this lady was a risk to the saftey of the students, but they have to draw the line somewhere. If she was asked not to use it during school hours she should comply.

Its funny that last year while promoting the 2001 World Track and Field championships in Edmonton, Marion Jones payed a visit to our school property... Not to visit us and sign autographs of course (I wish!), but to use our world class training facility (8 lanes mondo track) right at our school...

I remember a PE class was "suppose" to use the track as they were in the midst of the athletics unit of the PE curriculum but the teacher was hesitant to do so, simply because of the fact that it would "disrupt" Jones and her workout.

Jones, not to take a bash at her or anything, but along with her "coaches" and "bodygaurds" (whoever was with her) did not check with the school on this particular day to see if it was alright to use the track as it IS defined as school property... By the way the PE class did not complain or anything, they simply took a glimpse and all watched behind the fences in awe at the worlds fastest woman for a moment before proceeding to play basketball in the gym.

I'm sure that had this been some 65 year old "unfamous" athlete, the school would have kicked them off...

Whether it was a dumb rule or not, the woman was warned, refused to follow the rules/law, and got what she deserved. PER-I-OD!! If she wanted to protest the rules, she could have petitioned/contacted her local authorities to get permission. Or?run BEFORE school (don?t old-timers like to get up at like 4:00 in the morning? Help up us out here Orson?or are you already in bed? How are those for ageist generalizations?) or in the evening. If I am gonna break the law/rules, I make sure I am fast enough to get way from the people trying to bust me. If you are too slow and old to get away when breaking rules?..THEN DON?T BREAK THEM! Older people love to throw around such phrases as ?those are the rules? & ?life?s not fair? at people under their ?authority(such as their students, children, employees, etc). It?s about time an old-timer got to hear it thrown right back at them!

[AND before ANYONE calls me as ageist, I was partly making a point. People brought up her age & sex as a DEFENSE of her actions, as in: ?she was a little old lady, she could do know harm, cut her some slack.? Bull. So I turned it around and said: she probably thought it would get her off the hook, and it shouldn?t, and didn?t. Good. And Orson, your absurd critique of someone?s writing skills, and then purposely (apparently) misspelling words yourself (as some sort of point??) was pathetic. Are you unable to get someone?s point if it is made with a misspelled word or is written with less than perfect syntax? Get over your old self.]

(Any misspellings Orson?? I am awaiting my grade. And before you answer, I could write circles around you.)

You used the wrong "know" in the bracketed paragraph.

You various attempts at logic sort of sucks too.

I can go to the trails this evening (yes, I did run this morning), go for a run, and all this goes away. I don't think you can.

By any chance, do the initials ESAD mean anything to you?

Sure, if a class is planning to use the track, by all means, it's theirs... they have first dibs. But, if no one is using it, why have a cow if it is apparant that someone is just running circles?