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jberryhill

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30. The story is written very poorly

Reply to Javaman (Reply #9)

Wed Jun 22, 2016, 11:13 AM

Jun 2016

The reports on this always lead with a factual statement that she had "won". The Ohio Dept. of Education, which is blazingly more aware of Title IX than any of us will ever be, made a poorly worded statement to the effect that the scores were incorrectly tabulated at the competition, and that another student had actually won.

This is like being called safe at first when the video shows otherwise.

To believe otherwise raises the odd question of "Where is the #2 finisher?"

If, as posed, they did this "because she was a girl", then why did they go three deep in the stack if the person declared the second place winner was not also a girl?

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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