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oberliner

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13. I think you have it backwards

Reply to MADem (Reply #8)

Sat Jun 25, 2016, 04:27 PM

Jun 2016

The girl was awarded first place and was told she was going to nationals.

Then they realized the scoring error showing that the girl had not actually won but that the boy had the highest score, so he was told he could go to nationals.

The problem was that they had not communicated this information to the girl right away, and so she found out, apparently, from Facebook.

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Scoring error, not gender issue, blamed in masonry contest controversy [View all] oberliner Jun 2016 OP

In a contest where accuracy matters, it's "OK" for the adults in the room to make sloppy mistakes? MADem Jun 2016 #1

Yes, it's pretty sad oberliner Jun 2016 #2

Absolutely. And that's not all they could do. MADem Jun 2016 #6

How do you make the person who didn't win "whole"? Press Virginia Jun 2016 #7

The girl whose score qualified her for a place in the nationals should be given the place. MADem Jun 2016 #8

The boy's score was incorrectly entered. Had the roles been reversed Press Virginia Jun 2016 #9

I've been given the wrong impression, I fear, then! MADem Jun 2016 #14

I think you have it backwards oberliner Jun 2016 #13

See post 14 for my POV on this. The kid who actually won should get the prize and bennies. MADem Jun 2016 #15

Is it too much to ask that in such a story specific details of what the exact claimed error involved PoliticAverse Jun 2016 #3

I'd seen an earlier story . . . MousePlayingDaffodil Jun 2016 #5

The score was entered incorrectly in the master spreadsheet Press Virginia Jun 2016 #10

Earlier reports said one or more scores were entered more than once on the spreadsheet. nt pinboy3niner Jun 2016 #11

I'm working off Mike Rowe's explanation Press Virginia Jun 2016 #12

If it was sarisataka Jun 2016 #4