Comments on: GHSA has plan in place if swine flu reaches Georgia high schools

By: UGottaBKiddinMe

UGottaBKiddinMe — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:58:24 +0000

Okay, yes sports are important in a student’s life. But if there is a swine flu outbreak, the health of ALL students, teachers, staff and the surrounding community members should be of the first and utmost importance. If a kid comes down with this flu and is in a life and death situation, which is possible…do you think he or she will care? I think NOT. Do you think the parents will care if the child will miss a game, championship or whatever? I think NOT?

If you, the teacher/coach has such a big problem with it then you are in the wrong profession because you are supposed to care for the welfare and help protect the children you teach and train while under your supervision. Self-esteem is very important indeed; but I think people living is too…or, more so. Don’t you think?

By: I'd Like A Big Fat Heaping Bowl Full Of....... Brains!!

I'd Like A Big Fat Heaping Bowl Full Of....... Brains!! — Tue, 05 May 2009 20:02:03 +0000

bunch of typo’s in my previous, but everyone still gets my point. Sometimes your fingers move a bit too fast for the keyboard, lol.

By: I'd Like A Big Fat Heaping Bowl Full Of....... Brains!!

I'd Like A Big Fat Heaping Bowl Full Of....... Brains!! — Tue, 05 May 2009 19:56:47 +0000

I think anyone that takes the H1N1 virus lightly really needs to back track and educate themselves. As of now the US has only seen 1 death, but who is to say what tomorrow will bring. 2 cases of H1N1 virus have been CONFIRMED in the state of Georgia and many other samples have been sent to the CDC for testing. It is better to be safe and cancel EVERYTHING to avoid the spread of H1N1 than to be naive and spread the virus to all. If more people had taken this virus serious from the beginning we wouldn’t be looking at 38 states having conformed cases. This is not just a little virus that makes you a little sick, people are on ventilators fighting for their lives. God only knows what will happen should an already ill person catch the virus. Georgia has taken this H1N1 virus lightly from the beginning and has contadicted itself on many different occassions. I had to call the CDC personally and complain because Georgia, initially, was refusing to test people for the virus unless they qualified. Qualifications to get tested made ansolutely no sense, 1. you must have a temp over 100, 2. you must have a soar throuat and cough for at least three days and 3. you MUST have either been subjected to a person who TESTED POSITIVE for the virus and have PROOF you were around such person or that you were in a state that was CONFIRMED in having the virus and PROOF you were at said state. If you didn’t have ALL three, you would NOT get tested. Places like Alabama and Texas that took precautions to save their people are the states that made the right choices….. states like Georgia that are sitting back WAITING to see who gets sick or if they qualify for testing are the ones acting ignorantly and risking peoples lives. Not everyone is healthy and not everyone will be able to fight this virus…. even with the medicine. It is better to be paranoid and safe than stupid and dead. I guarantee Georgia has more cases than 2, and if someone would get off their rump and begin testing like other states have, we’d know just how bad off Georgia really is. Pretty odd how Georgia just had over 500,000 caskets and body bags delivered to Atlanta Georgia, and in February 2009 when asked why they had all of the body bags delievered responded with “In the unlikely event that we are ever hit with biochemical warfare, we would just like to be prepared.” Paranoid…. yeah, probably but I’m not taking chances with my childrens lives.

By: Hmm!!!

Hmm!!! — Tue, 05 May 2009 17:43:03 +0000

John, just because Alabama and Texas made a decision to protect their athletes is no reason to say they acted stupidly. As a parent and former athlete I applaud them for at least for making a decision. They are not sitting back like Georgia to see if someone/anyone is going to get sick first before making a decision about a child’s future. The bottom line is no sport or job is worth a child’s life.

By: I agree!

I agree! — Mon, 04 May 2009 15:45:46 +0000

I agree with msbssy! We are in the middle of soccer playoffs too, and there has been nothing in the ajc about soccer! And “Tired of it!!” really needs to think about the kids that have put everything into a sport and they finally have a great team in their senior year! You want that child to just give it all up? That is just COLD!!!

By: msbssy

msbssy — Mon, 04 May 2009 13:30:41 +0000

Can we please get some recruiting and spring practice updates, how about some real coverage of hs spring sports, track regionals were last week–yet we haven’t heard a peep from the ajc. no need to have a hs sports page if you aren’t going to cover hs sports!!!!

By: homeschoolNEGLECTawareness

homeschoolNEGLECTawareness — Sun, 03 May 2009 22:06:12 +0000

I am so proud to be from Alabama. I have lived in Ga now for 9 years, and, I must say, it has been very concerning to me that GA law allows people to keep their kids home and legally neglect them of their education. This is only MORE PROOF that the system over here doesn’t care about our kids THAT ARE ACTUALLYL IN SCHOOL and not sitting at home watching tv while their parents work or the teenage siblings watch them. This virus will be spread worse in Ga, because of all the mexicans we allow over here. We cater to them and love them here you know, so what do we expect? I hate it here. I wish all the hateful Northerners, and mexicans would move. I wish the system would allow testing of homeschooler IN FRONT of a qualified teacher once a year to make sure the parents are qualified to teach, and, if they’re not put their behinds back in the public school so that the parents have to get up like the rest of us and get their kids ready for real school.

By: Student

Student — Sat, 02 May 2009 14:51:34 +0000

I think it is good that the GHSA has a plan for what will need to be done should the H1N1 Flu reach our schools. Still, at the same time, I love sports and i would not want to stop playing sports unless there was a extremely high risk level.

By: Mom

Mom — Fri, 01 May 2009 19:09:44 +0000

Grow up people! Of course everyone is concerned with the children’s health; including coaches and teachers. Stop throwing off of these athletes as if what they do or have done doesn’t count. Sure, if the need arises, we should stop certain activities for a period of time but never cancel them completely. These kids have worked very hard to get where they have gotten. After all one of life’s lessons they are being taught is that hard work does get rewarded. Not that it counts for nothing when adversity presents itself. You’ve got to remember, athletes often work harder in high school than others. Not only are they physically training for their sport, they are working jobs and keeping up good grades. I think its old school to think that the athletes are just “dumb jocks” that care nothing about academics. Academics always come first. I know many, many, many, kids that are busting their tails for both. I also know very dedicated coaches that insure that education comes first because that is what is guaranteed to determine your future income potential. Sure, it would be nice to have an athletic scholarship but when it comes down to it, its easier to get an academic scholarship than an athletic scholarship. “Adversity doesn’t build character…it reveals it”

By: KNowitall

KNowitall — Fri, 01 May 2009 13:43:57 +0000

Tired Of it! You must have never put your whole heart into a sport or had a team that meant anything. Try practicing three hours a day for two months working out every day of the year just to get better. How could you just say to all the students who work their butt off; that means nothing, just cancel it? I really wish you would get a life and care about something because I promise you no one cares about your opinion.