Jason Witten - Page 7

volfanbill · 12-28-2007, 01:12 AM

wearing DB shirts and jackets kind of gives it away. We had nowhere near the amount of high school apparel I've noticed the past 5 years.

**kptvol** · 12-28-2007, 01:13 AM

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wearing DB shirts and jackets kind of gives it away. We had nowhere near the amount of high school apparel I've noticed the past 5 years.

If you don't mind me asking, what store employed you?

volfanbill · 12-28-2007, 01:15 AM

personally, i'd rather not say.

volfanbill · 12-28-2007, 01:17 AM

but you could see in the attitudes when they would show up to "volunteer". What schools would come in and actually do stuff, what schools wouldn't.

You could see it in the city meetings in what schools would give respect to the councilmen, what schools wouldn't. Most South kids would leave 5 minutes into the meetings. We would air them on TV and I guess that was good enough. DB kids would at least stay. Even though they'd usually talk the entire time through it.

KptVolAlum76 · 12-28-2007, 01:18 AM

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I'll even admit that I can see kids from Boone and realize a lot of their misconceptions I had while I was there. going to Milligan and Old Dominion for my degrees has changed me a lot. And I would think for the better.

However, my years at Milligan and ODU did nothing to change my opinion of peyton manning kpt. Sorry

I've worked for a tv station, covered city committee stuff for both JC and Kingsport, helped with charity organizations, and even spent time in the retail world in kingsport just to help get me through school.

So peyton Manning and Kpt go hand in hand? Wow. I guess you going working retail,at "a tv station", city committtees, charities, and knowing that you like North and central students the best gave you secret classified info on the inside of the DB vs South game? You think some kid you might know from DB or South has good info? Especially South? Fact is as I have said before, I know the people who communicate directly; you know some kid that knows somebody, that knows somebody, and their daddy said. You think that DB wanted to give up all that money after many, many butt whoopins put on South. Remember in 2006, after the DB Varsity killed South 44-0, it was South that called and said forget about the underclassman games and left DB high and dry. That really sounds like a South that was trying hard to play DB in 2007

**kptvol** · 12-28-2007, 01:19 AM

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personally, i'd rather not say.

No problem. I still have a hard time believing you worked somewhere that let you see a sizeable portion of the student body from D-B, South, Central, and North. If you worked at Wal-Mart, maybe. But hell, every school has its rednecks, D-B included. But the vast majority of those kids are the kind you'd want representing your school/town/whatever. There's a reason D-B has been consistently good at football for so long. We don't have some strange abundance of talent. The kids and coaches work really hard and are disciplined.

volfanbill · 12-28-2007, 01:19 AM

maybe the quality of everyone in the area is declining. I will say this, my year and a half in virginia beach and norfolk, i also worked with kids. However, on a middle school level. We were working with them to get them excited about exercise and not just playing video games all day. Those kids were amazingly cooperative and very easy to talk to and deal with.

volfanbill · 12-28-2007, 01:21 AM

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So peyton Manning and Kpt go hand in hand? Wow. I guess you going working retail,at "a tv station", city committtees, charities, and knowing that you like North and central students the best gave you secret classified info on the inside of the DB vs South game? You think some kid you might know from DB or South has good info? Especially South? Fact is as I have said before, I know the people who communicate directly; you know some kid that knows somebody, that knows somebody, and their daddy said. You think that DB wanted to give up all that money after many, many butt whoopins put on South. Remember in 2006, after the DB Varsity killed South 44-0, it was South that called and said forget about the underclassman games and left DB high and dry. That really sounds like a South that was trying hard to play DB in 2007

no, the manning thing is overhead, before your time. And for the record, I also know people in the know. I didn't hear it from some kid who heard it from someone else.

**kptvol** · 12-28-2007, 01:21 AM

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but you could see in the attitudes when they would show up to "volunteer". What schools would come in and actually do stuff, what schools wouldn't.

You could see it in the city meetings in what schools would give respect to the councilmen, what schools wouldn't. Most South kids would leave 5 minutes into the meetings. We would air them on TV and I guess that was good enough. DB kids would at least stay. Even though they'd usually talk the entire time through it.

How did you know they were D-B kids at these meetings? Were they wearing school gear, or were they sitting in a special area for their school?

volfanbill · 12-28-2007, 01:22 AM

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No problem. I still have a hard time believing you worked somewhere that let you see a sizeable portion of the student body from D-B, South, Central, and North. If you worked at Wal-Mart, maybe. But hell, every school has its rednecks, D-B included. But the vast majority of those kids are the kind you'd want representing your school/town/whatever. There's a reason D-B has been consistently good at football for so long. We don't have some strange abundance of talent. The kids and coaches work really hard and are disciplined.

you'd be surprised. While Kingsport has grown by leaps and bounds over the past few years, it's still just now getting any noteworthy size. Up until two years ago, there were only so many places you could go to in Kingsport.

**kptvol** · 12-28-2007, 01:22 AM

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maybe the quality of everyone in the area is declining. I will say this, my year and a half in virginia beach and norfolk, i also worked with kids. However, on a middle school level. We were working with them to get them excited about exercise and not just playing video games all day. Those kids were amazingly cooperative and very easy to talk to and deal with.

I imagine you were probably a bit more rebellious in high school than you were in middle school.

KptVolAlum76 · 12-28-2007, 01:22 AM

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maybe the quality of everyone in the area is declining. I will say this, my year and a half in virginia beach and norfolk, i also worked with kids. However, on a middle school level. We were working with them to get them excited about exercise and not just playing video games all day. Those kids were amazingly cooperative and very easy to talk to and deal with.

Too me it is just obvious you have something against those schools. They are not much different then other schools. If you are in education, I hope you treat everyone equally.

volfanbill · 12-28-2007, 01:23 AM

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How did you know they were D-B kids at these meetings? Were they wearing school gear, or were they sitting in a special area for their school?

they'd be asked where they were from. And typically a councilperson would ask about this or that teacher and carry on a very light conversation with them.

**kptvol** · 12-28-2007, 01:25 AM

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they'd be asked where they were from. And typically a councilperson would ask about this or that teacher and carry on a very light conversation with them.

I feel sorry for those kids. Those damn meetings are boring as hell. What business did high-schoolers have there? Was it just for some class to get a feel for city government, or did they actually participate?

volfanbill · 12-28-2007, 01:25 AM

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Too me it is just obvious you have something against those schools. They are not much different then other schools. If you are in education, I hope you treat everyone equally.

i'm not in education and I have nothing against those schools. I try to get along with all people. And I do at what most people that know me consider an alarming rate. While I may notice things they do here or there that I don't agree with, I don't hold anything against them. I always try to help anyone out and be there for them. I enjoy working with people. Like I say, it's just interesting to note how kids from different schools behave differently in certain settings.