LtColDuBois writes: STP writes Well, I have started teams at every school I've attended ... two from very limited means and the third entirely from scratch ... --- Oh come now, how can you compare your accomplishments to the simple enjoyment that a high schooler gets out of the game. Certainly, her attitude is to be encouraged. We can't expect everyone to go around starting quiz bowl programs. Does it even mean you love the game more than her, or rather you have been situations where you have been able to start programs? I do applaud your efforts in starting the programs, and of course I can't claim any such accomplishments myself. But I fear her comments were made to (mostly) the wrong people, since she can't really relate to someone who's been involved in quiz bowl as long as many of you have. So please, don't respond to a lighthearted comment with statistics or your quiz bowl resume, if you care to respond, do so in the manner of the original post. Paul ___ I don't think Pickrell was responding in a manner to highlight his own achievements or to insult the original poster, and your taking his comments as an effort to top the original poster by self-aggrandizement just shows what's wrong with society at large. Give the benefit of the doubt, or at least get more sleep, before you decide to enlighten the world at large on how one should exercise their right of free speech. John Nam
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