Violent Little League Coach

                                     



                          A little league asst. coach could be facing charges for punching a referee during a game in West Park. This happened Saturday evening during a game between West Park Saints and Miramar Patriots. It all started when referee Andrew Keigans gave the saints a pentiality for unsportsmanlike conduct after one of the assistant coaches made a rude remark from the sidelines. The assistant coach, who disagreed with the penalty, barged the field and confronted Keigans as he was held back by head coach Antonio Lane, the report said. "Because the assistant coach left the sidelines and entered the field of play to confront Keigans, the head referee decided to end the game, the report said." All the parents and coaches ran on the field to confront Keigans and as soon as he started walking off the field, the assistant coach ran in front of him and slapped him in the face which knocked his hat off and Keigans fell to the ground. The assistant coach was later found out to be Dion Robinson who is a 43 year old male.
                     I think it is wrong for the assistant coach to involve himself in such inappropriate behavior, especially in front of youth football players. That is not an example that should be set for them and they will grow up doing what they see. They will think it is perfectly OK to take part in such inappropriate behavior. I can connect with this article because it reminds me of my dad. Although my dad has never ran on the field and hit a referee, he is very involved in little league football with my little brother. He is a head coach, and watching from the stands you always know when my dad is mad due to a call the reff made that he may disagree with. He's almost as intense as this man mentioned in this article other than the fact that he dosent hit people.
                    In the end, what Robinson did was wrong and the reff didn't deserve it. The adults should set the example for the kids. If you don't want the players to get in fights on the field, then the adults shouldn't get in fight on the sidelines.






 http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/10/15/14456353-caught-on-camera-little-league-coach-hits-referee?lite

Bullied Girl Has Her Time to Shine

Have you ever been bullied? People who have been bullied in their lives know how painful this is. It is a cruel treatment that absolutley no one deserves. It messes with people emotionally and physically. It can even result in depression and suicide. Whitney Croft is a young 16 year old girl who is bullied. "I feel like I'm a piece of trash and I'm just this thing that no one cares about." This makes me want to cry just hearing her say this. And it makes me sick to know that someone has hurt her so bad that she actually feels as if she is nothing. Well Whitney, you're something. Pretty much my hero. The mean girls at the school decided it would be funny to have everyone vote for her for homecoming court as a joke. They got their wish and Whitney was nominated. "The girls voted for her for homecoming court as a prank, something the young girl considered suicide." Yes. This girl considered suicide because of the social embarassment these girls wanted to put her through. And to know that it was a complete joke, only made it worse. "After her sister and her talked through it, they decided Whitney would keep her title on the court." Although she was on the ballot because of a joke, she decided to embrace the oppurtunity she was given even if it was out of crulety. The hairdresses and stylests heard about her around town and decided to give her a makeover she always wanted. The night of the game, some people discovered a group of girls who traveled over and hour just to show Whitney their supposrt even though they didnt know her. "The kids that are being bullied, don't let them bring you down. Stand up for yourself and what you believe and go with your heart and go with your gut. That's what I did and look at me now. I'm just as happy as can be." This girl is absolutley my hero. She went from feeling like nothing to feeling like everything. Bullying is an awful thing and we can stop it. If we see someone who is being bullied it is OUR responsibility to stop it and help the ones who can't. It could save someones life. Say no to bullying.

http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/us/2012/09/29/pkg-bullied-homecoming.cnn&hpt=hp_tvvideo#/video/us/2012/09/29/pkg-bullied-homecoming.cnn