WOPR said:
First off! Its WHETHER, not WEATHER. Unles you can make it rain, you're not getting picked on because of the earthly forces of nature.
.... of of course by that I mean I'm joking. XD I'm not a grammar nazi or I'd have to nazi myself.
Anyway, OT, first off, you try to physically assault someone in a way that would lead to death. Now, I understand that you could have been seriously hurt with the rope climbing stunt, because we had something like that happen at our school, and the kid became a parapelegic (I dont know how you spell it. He cant use his body from the waist down). So thats probably why THAT time, you got a worse punishment.
The other times.... dude... they're football players. That brings in the school's money and grants, the sports programs. you cant have anything happening to your star players. If they get in trouble, or have sub par grades, then its going ot reflect on the money the school brings in and the parental support at PTA meetings and such. Thats why jocks (football in particular if you're american) get more warnings, more attention and help with grades, and teachers are more lenient on them test wise. And when a teacher isnt, the principal has a talk with the teacher and tries to convince the of it (dont bullshit me and tell it doesnt happen, I've seen it happen. The only reason the teacher wasnt forced to retire was because he had been at the school for 30+ years and could pretty much do anyhting with the tenure he held. So he still fails those muscle headed dicks out of their sports. Teach them).
Face it, the school is not a charity. There are no free rides. THe school is a business (in the most sad and round about way). You dont want your selling product to be off the market. Its sad, its not much consilation, I know. But life sucks that way. Thats why I took up hockey (and trust me, those are some of the most humble sports stars you'll meet in America, cause NO ONE cares about high school hockey when the other Big 3 are in town [Football, Baseball, basketball. you could sometimes through wrestling or soccer in there too depending how good the prgram is]), because it toughened me up to face the football players and gave me a crowd to roll with if any of the football players decided they had what it took to try me.
And as toward your Archery thing, of course the school doesnt want you to do that. Thats like saying, "oka, sign me up for the rifling club" (yes, we have one, and yes, its awesome to be able to bring guns to school. Football players arent so tough staring down the barrel of an 1884 Winchester). They expected you to take up something like computing, or... chess, or.... debate. Something that wouldnt give you (in their eyes) the training and means to kill someone with a weapon that you may legally own for sake of competition and membership in the club.
My honest advice on this would be go to a different school. And of course I say that because thats the opposite of what I would do. ME personally, I would go and find ever football player off school campus and show them what it means to pick on someone, but unless you've got some minor combat training or and edge, I dont recommend it. However, since I know transferring out of a school is tough (and this school pretty much just screwed you and your chances at getting into a really good (big name, cause no college is really better, its about hte student and their courses) college unless you bust out some REALLY good grades (3.75+ gpa) and probably not something you want to do, You'll just have to get tougher and learn to fight back without killing them or making an action that would kill them.
But thats just me speaking my experience in this, because I was in your shoes in highschool (freshman second semester in college now).
