Is this is any way messed up, because I HATE THIS

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>Ok, so I'm participating in my 3rd year of Robotics Currently. To be honest, this year has been, disappointing. The team I am on was academically disbanded because 3/4 members had F's, I was the only one with solid grades. This also means I didn't compete in one meet this year, but I did mentor our JV team where they got an 8th place finish(Top 1/3 of competition). This in VEX mind you.</p>

<p>The FTC team I was on got pulled off of FTC because we didn't meet deadlines, however we lacked a quality builder/engineer and we were thrown together without any sort of guidance.</p>

<p>Then comes the issue with programming. See I'm in my 3rd year of Robotics(8th, 9th 10th).
All of those years I was a programmer. Even our former coach who retired last year said I was a real good talent. </p>

<p>This past summer, I was a mentor at a camp, and this same coach said I was ready to take on the next platform.</p>

<p>And then this year comes. Our other programmer on our team who is also a sophomore and is good at programming as well, but in all respectful honesty, excluding our senior on the team, I am the best at it. However our robotics coach(Really nothing but a mom of a member on the team, talented member at that), favors him in everything. LabView training which she promised she was include all programmers in, she included him primarily, because her first sophomore attempt was a failure.</p>

<p>It also seems like I can never do anything major correctly. The only positive thing I've ever heard is that I am always one of the first people to volunteer for things. </p>

<p>When I asked what my involvement with the team would be next year, she said Programming Mentor for the JV. Mind you I've been at EVERY MEETING that we needed to be at, except for when we had our AP Exam. Our team only progressed because I was diligent enough, and I still worked hard.</p>

<p>She said I didn't show enough work for FTC, when the person she's putting in as head of Programming has Grade issues, plays games 9/10 times, and goofs off a lot.</p>

<p>Now I might just be crazy, but is there an issue here?</p>

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<p>Kinda, I don’t really understand half of what this drama is though. What I’m getting is that the mom/sponsor is favoring her son and some slacker in better positions for FTC over you?</p>

<p>But I wouldn’t know what you should do in that. </p>

<p>Couldn’t you just create your own team if you get enough people and another coach?</p>

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<p>Basically, yes. Also she’s pretty much given me no slack and gives it all to the slacker.</p>

<p>And the new team, I couldn’t garner any interest either in my area or start a new one in the school, and I lack the money.</p>

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<p>bump 10char</p>

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<p>Robotics!!</p>

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<p>STRIKE strike STRIKE! Robotics.</p>

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<p>^
^^
Was that really necessary?</p>

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<p>bump 10char</p>

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<p>Yeah completely, and you don’t need to bump your thread if no one cares, so in turn is that completely necessary?</p>

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<p>Alright, just wondering.</p>

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<p>You need to calm down, immediately. It is quite obvious that you are over acting since it’s only robotics. Have a nice day and stop *****ing.</p>

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<p>Only robotics, hmm. To you it might be that, but for me robotics is something more. And how I can not ***** when clearly this woman is giving preferential treatment to a person who does ****?</p>

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<p>Whether this works or not…
Okay it usually works haha.
You can slack a bit for 1 week or so. Let the others do it. If what you stated is true, then perhaps everybody, especially your coach, will realize that YOU are the ****.</p>

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<p>Seeing as how I’ve basically been antagonized, I’m gonna ignore it now.</p>

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<p>Bleh, it hasn’t been a great experience for me, either, since the adult pretty much in charge at our school HEAVILY favors his own kid over anyone else. And him aside, the team is as competitive and malicious as hell. :(</p>

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<p>Same things happen here. Hell, our adult said she’s done after her kid leaves, leaving us in the dust.</p>

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<p>Gah, yeah, same. And plus this dude works for and I think is in the admin section for our top corporate sponsor. Everyone on the team’s credit goes eventually to HIS kid lol.</p>

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<p>Lol wow. All our coach does is complain that we have no money, and doesn’t do enough to change that.</p>

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<p>Well, at our school, the kids pretty much run everything while the teacher just sits in his office. They ran a few fundraisers too. I only went to a few meetings because I’m not much of a science/engineering person, but it was chill.</p>

<p>However, I can relate to the messed up dynamics. It’s called playing favorites, bias, and possible sucking up on part of the student (happens a lot). You either have to prove your better or just deal with it and move on. You can try appealing to the principal, but I’m not sure how you would best phrase that… I guess I’m just fortunate that our school’s teachers hide favoritism better than most. (Though I’m glad my art teacher favors me and gives extensions when I’m not done, mwahaha.)</p>

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<p>lol, Our coach is a team mom basically.(Soccer mom on steroids thrust into a coach position). My parents are PO’d because they feel that the Programming lead shouldn’t be having problems with grades. My dad thought about sending it to the principal, I say that brings up unnecessary complications.</p>