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oberliner

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26. You find someone deliberately changing the scores after the fact easier to swallow?

Reply to dsc (Reply #23)

Wed Jun 22, 2016, 10:49 AM

Jun 2016

You think the Ohio Department of Education would release a complete fictitious statement blaming the situation on a clerical error to cover for the fact that they actually just wanted to change the results so that a boy would win rather than a girl?

Doesn't that seem kind of far fetched?

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Female teen mason invited to a different national competition [View all] oberliner Jun 2016 OP

Yeah, they absolutely cheated to keep a girl away obamanut2012 Jun 2016 #1

No they didn't oberliner Jun 2016 #6

Wrong -- 100% no rpoof of that obamanut2012 Jun 2016 #20

Yes, there is oberliner Jun 2016 #24

They screwed up on scoring and found themselves between a rock and a hard place Android3.14 Jun 2016 #2

Read the original story. I'm not so sure about the explantation of scores being entered wrong. Lochloosa Jun 2016 #4

Here's the full statement from the Ohio Dept. of Education oberliner Jun 2016 #5

Nope, no proof that happened -- zero obamanut2012 Jun 2016 #21

There is a preponderance of evidence that that is exactly what happened oberliner Jun 2016 #27

More proof than you can shake a stick at that an error is exactly what happened Android3.14 Jun 2016 #31

Go Cynthia ! Hoppy Jun 2016 #3

I'm glad to hear this but... Javaman Jun 2016 #7

The kid that was third was actually the winner oberliner Jun 2016 #8

reading from the story, and correct me if I'm wrong... Javaman Jun 2016 #9

Check out the statement from the Ohio Dept of Ed representative oberliner Jun 2016 #10

No, you are wrong. LisaL Jun 2016 #11

I think you're getting this confused neohippie Jun 2016 #12

Sounds like this organization should have caught the error. LisaL Jun 2016 #14

I blame Steve Harvey cojoel Jun 2016 #33

Thanks! Javaman Jun 2016 #35

The story is written very poorly jberryhill Jun 2016 #30

Thanks! yours and another reply upthread makes it clear now. Javaman Jun 2016 #34

Why would he bow out if he was the actual winner? LisaL Jun 2016 #13

Anyone else find it a little funny in that hughee99 Jun 2016 #15

Best of luck Shania Clifford IronLionZion Jun 2016 #16

you would think math skills would be important to a mason dembotoz Jun 2016 #17

This wasn't a 'problem with the scoring sheets' blackspade Jun 2016 #18

Yes it was oberliner Jun 2016 #19

Bingo -- this didn't come up until MONTHS later obamanut2012 Jun 2016 #22

That's not true oberliner Jun 2016 #25

I find the math error very hard to swallow dsc Jun 2016 #23

You find someone deliberately changing the scores after the fact easier to swallow? oberliner Jun 2016 #26

One story is human error The2ndWheel Jun 2016 #32

I'm Using Your Logic To Come To The Opposite ProfessorGAC Jun 2016 #28

If they invited her, when she placed 3rd, I hope they also invited the kids that placed 1st and 2nd. DesMoinesDem Jun 2016 #29