The worst case of sore-losing.

If you are an avid news-watcher, you may have seen the coverage of the all-girls school Dallas Academy and their loss to The Covenant School's team, 100-0. If not, you can read about it here.

It seems that Dallas Academy, a school known for its work with disabled students, put together a small basketball team of girls who play for fun - not because of skills, experience, and a drive to play competitively - played against The Covenant School's varsity basketball team in the varsity league. The Dallas Academy girls, having no previous experience or skills, were immediately dominated by the other girls. However, rather than giving scores to Dallas Academy, The Covenant School's team continued to play their best, as did the Dallas Academy girls did, and won 100-0. Around a week later, the Dallas Academy coaches approached the Dallas Morning News and had an article published about the insensitivity of the other team for beating their team by the large number of points. In response to this, The Covenant School posted an official apology to the Dallas Academy team for unsportsmanlike behavior!

This is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard! I could understand if snide and rude, degrading remarks were being said about the other team, or if they were snotty about their win right after the game and treated the Dallas Academy girls with disrespect and needing to apologize for it. But to seriously ask of someone who treated the girls with the same level of respect as other teams by giving their all throughout the game, just like they would with any other team, to apologize because they didn't ease up for the poor girls who couldn't play basketball well and possibly let them score a few points or at least not score as many themselves is simply an insult to sports! If the girls from The Covenant School really did let the Dallas Academy girls make a few shots, or at least make sure that none of theirs made it in, it would be a great insult to the Dallas Academy, as they are being given free points and having points thrown because the winning team already knows that they will beat the girls, even if they throw them some points. To me, that would be something worth apologizing for, since it would be arrogant and preposterous to even think of doing in a varsity basketball league. In addition, The Covenant School also asked the league to change it to a forfeit and remove the score from their records. What a disappointment that a school who knew that they were not skilled enough to play real basketball signed up for a Varsity league and ran to the press crying because the other team didn't go easy on them so they wouldn't lose so badly.

I think that the Dallas Academy should be made to apologize to The Covenant School for running to the press about such a trivial matter and for making them forfeit a game in a serious league between competitive teams when they are barely an amateur team playing for fun. The news of this has spread nationally and has publicly embarrassed this school into posting an unnecessary apology to this fake basketball team. It really disgusts me. I am seriously writing to both schools to tell them my opinion and to request Dallas Academy to apologize to The Covenant School for not handling this privately, or even trying to before going to the press, and for forcing an apology and wasting their time and standing within a real league because they wanted to put a bunch of unskilled girls into a real competitive league.

Who is the Bailout bailing out?

Okay, so everyone by now knows how the banks got tons of bailout money... and that they refuse to account for it! I'm sorry, if we're giving them a shitload of money they should have had anyways, the banks should definitely be held accountable. They even quoted that they weren't going to give information on how they were using the money! That immediately makes me think that the higher ups got a very nice Christmas bonus for their family, and then a measly amount went back into the bank funds to help the average American... in which we should all go there and give a hardy slap on the face... one slap for each American who can't get the funds from their bank because they claim financial hardship in this economic crisis and the risk is too high... let's all just line up and see how much skin they have left on their cheeks when we're through...

When is laughing too much?

You should start by reading this.

Okay, really, when is laughing at this too much? I do not doubt the reality of depression and the effects it can have on life, but really, how convenient is it to be able to claim depression and from that, a lawsuit can be filed. I don't doubt that what this lady did was despicable. To go on Myspace, feign being a boy and have a relationship with a girl, then cruelly break it off is a horrible thing to do, but can you really blame this woman for the girl's death? Additionally, how can you seriously diagnose a 13-year-old girl with depression? Speculating, she may be over-dramatic and have tendencies to react emotionally, but can you seriously claim a 13-year-old to have full-blown depression? I think that people throw this medical term out over and over, wanting to blame the stress of life on a medical disease, so when they don't feel like dealing with the problems, they can excuse it on this psychological disorder. As stated, I do believe in depression, however I also think people over-use it.

When I was 13, I was having problems, and my parents (who were divorced at the time) took me to a psychologist. I felt depressed about their divorce, the fact that I was not really popular, the fact that I didn't like my new step-mom. After a few visits, the psychologist told my parents that I suffered from depression and he wanted to put me on anti-depressants. Luckily, my mom was adamantly against the idea and, obviously, I turned out fine. Psychologists are so willing to jump on the gun and diagnose anyone with depression and pump them full of these drugs, which has a risk of dependency, and therefore could actually give them real depression when they stop taking it.

While what this lady did was despicable, yes, can you really claim that she had a malicious thought of having this girl commit suicide? People are mean to each other all the time... if we could really sue each other for someone being mean and the other committing suicide, there would be so many more lawsuits than there already are! I certainly hope that this woman feels a lot of remorse for her actions, however, people need to realize that there are risks involved in letting your young teenage daughter go online with these social networks and dating online!!! Also, if your child really has a problem of being depressed, you have to think about what can go on in these social networks, especially with online dating. Therefore, I ultimately think that is the responsibility of the mother to have restricted her daughter from partaking in Myspace and from dating online if she knew that her daughter had depression, as this could hurt her.

But then, if she were dating a real boy, he dumped her, and she committed suicide, you can't really blame the boy for her committing suicide. So, while this lady is despicable for pretending to be a guy and have a relationship with a girl then break it off, if it were really a teenage boy, would they then sue him as if he's responsible for her daughter committing suicide? Every person has a choice, and sadly, this 13-year-old girl chose to take her life. I would not be able to find her guilty. :\