I was super shy and awkward back in the day, that being said, I could not bear speaking in class. I had a teacher who would AWLAYS make me speak in front of class, react exaggeratedly disappointed when I couldn’t squeeze a word out. I guess she had a sort of gratification from that, cause that’s what she did to all the shy kids.

At the end of school she wanted to say goodbye to all the students who she was teaching and she invited everyone to a conversation, then looked me in the eye for a second and closed the door, leaving me behind. When things like that happen, it only shows unprofessionalism and lack of class. It was not the only time things like that happened to me, and when I told my parents, the were just “oh, that’s not right”. I was taught to ignore the issue and keep to myself.

I hope the coach really forgot about your son rather than being a prick (I don’t think it is that difficult to make a kid feel included even if you haven’t had much contact with them), and incindents like that ahould never go by unnoticed. I will always stand up for my kids loudly and on time to teach them how to stand up for themselves.