Defense of Alumni Initiation Sub Forum

[blueangel]

That's a very good question, 33girl. I'm glad you asked.

I teach judo on the side. Although most of the kids and young adults are in my class for the exercise and fun of it, I also get some students who take martial arts because, for one reason or another, they have been bullied, picked on, and been branded as "outcasts."

It breaks my heart. Fortunately, martial arts is the great equalizer, and I've seen some remarkable success stories in these kids.

You have to understand that some of the comments made here are so much like what I see happening to these kids.

I don't like to see anyone "labeled" or "branded" like this. If someone has been cut in college.. so what? Maybe they had lousy grades. Maybe they were shy. Maybe they were a late bloomer.

I have a soft heart. I think that you've seen enough of my posts to realize that I love to help people and don't like to see them hurt.

And, yes GP, I do understand the mutual selection process.. but unless I'm misunderstanding your posts, it looks to me like you want to cut potential AIs off at the knees if they were cut in college before they even got a chance to try.