here is what i am going to send them.
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Towhom it may concern,
Skiingis my most beloved sports of all time. During my life I have committed over 40days of skiing per season, and loved every second of it. The time has now forme to choose my senior project. Many showcase a learning curve, either bycreating something from scratch, or learning the trade from one with muchexperience in the field of their choice. My senior project will be to host myown event, an alpine skiing and snowboarding competition. Including threeterrain features for riders to perform ticks on, judges to determine theperformance of each rider, shwag and prizes for the audience and for thecompetitors along with yours truly hosting the competition.
RecentlyI handed in my proposal to my teacher, roughly a week later it was handed backto me and stated as “denied”. I went in to see my senior project advisor aboutthe status of my project. She explained to me that it was too dangerous of anevent and that if a competitor was somehow injured, that that person could comeback and hold my high school, The Shoreline School District or even meresponsible for the accident that occurred.
Skiingis not allowed as a senior project, but how can Basketball be acceptable asone? Basketball has over 5 times the injuries annually then skiing does. Over68% of all skiers and snowboarders have reported falling several times a seasonwhile skiing or snowboarding, but only 2% had sustained injuries from theirfalls. To further support my argument, that 68% is an annual statistic basedoff of in experienced skiers and snowboarders, most of which have only beendoing the sport for less then 3 seasons. The kind of people in my competitionwill be advanced riders (with experience with over 4+ years of snowboarding/skiing). This will be stated to everyone as an advanced skiing and snowboardingcompetition.
Mysenior project advisor mentioned that the major problem with my project wouldbe the fact that a competitor could come back and hold my high school, The ShorelineSchool District or even me responsible for an accident that they might sustainduring my event. There is a simple solution to this problem, Waiver Documents.
Everysingle person involved in my event, judges, competitors, feature maintenancecrew, DJ and even me, will sign a legal document relieving my high school, TheShoreline School District and myself of anything accidents that might occur. Iwill arrange a meeting with my attorney and have him help me through theprocess of creating this legal document that will, in simple terms, make it sothe only person responsible for possible accidents will be the person signingthe document. I will make this document so bulletproof that there willabsolutely no way that anyone will be accountable for competitor’s injuriesexcept themselves.
Ilove skiing, and I want to learn how to fully create, host, manage and pullthrough an event such as this. The point of a senior project is to learnsomething new. Why not make the most of it and incorporate something new withsomething I am fully experienced with. It will make learning this trade an evenmore enjoyable experience for me, resulting in an overall better final outcomeof my project.
Yours Truly,
Dave Kercheval
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