Posted on 01/21/2006 9:19:20 AM PST by SmithL
The television trucks were lined up four deep at Foothill High School on Wednesday night for the announcement that the school is banning sexually suggestive "freak dancing." And no wonder. It was a story made for headlines: "School Forbids Sex-Crazed Dancing."
That it was happening in upscale and suburban Pleasanton was almost too perfect. The story had it all: Out-of-control teens, shocked parents, stern school administrators, racy bumping and grinding to an MTV soundtrack. This wasn't a news story, it was a remake of the movie "Footloose."
But somewhere in the midst of it all, behind the TV cameras looming before Principal Kevin Johnson and the pen-and-notebook types like me buttonholing students and parents, there was a bigger story here. Not as racy as simulated sex on the dance floor, but something of interest just the same.
For all the attention, all the lights and cameras, there wasn't much of a turnout. In all there were probably 50 parents. Granted, some were probably stuck in traffic. But was this really an issue that struck to the core of the educational system?
If so, where was everyone? And how could they miss the obvious solution to the "problem."
Not that the passion shown by those who did attend wasn't real. Corine Fanene, the single parent who accidentally set off the whole fuss, says she was shocked by the behavior she witnessed at a Dec. 16 school dance. Girls, she said, were rubbing the backs of their skimpy dresses into the crotches of the boys they were dancing with.
"It almost looked like an orgy," she says. "Really."
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So, Nevius complains: Would I want my daughter "freaking?" To be honest, no. But neither am I thrilled with the fact she has a belly button piercing.
He leaves out the fact, that in California, this procedure requires parental consent (not just notification).
But was this really an issue that struck to the core of the educational system?
If so, where was everyone? And how could they miss the obvious solution to the "problem."
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This is the crux of the problem. These teens are acting this way because they have not had enough parental involvement. Their parents don't want to be bothered teaching them about morals.
"Girls, she said, were rubbing the backs of their skimpy dresses into the crotches of the boys they were dancing with.
"It almost looked like an orgy," she says. "Really.""
The really nutty thing is that gils think they can dance like this and the boy will keep his hands off her on the way home. When you act like trash on the dance floor , be expected to be treated like trash when you are off it.
Oh!! I know its always the boys fault and the girls never "ask for it", no matter how they act or how they dress.
The really nutty thing is that girls think they can dance like this and the boy will keep his hands off her on the way home. When you act like trash on the dance floor , be expected to be treated like trash when you are off it.
Oh!! I know its always the boys fault and the girls never "ask for it", no matter how they act or how they dress.
ok...
San Francisco morals?
Pleasanton is not San Francisco.
In my recent experience with teenagers, it was definitely the trashy girls -- WITH THEIR MOTHERS' CONSENT -- who were trying to use sex to "hook" a good-looking guy. This was at a good private school in an upper middle-class area.
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