Posted on 11/08/2001 6:27:45 AM PST by Fintan
FORT WORTH, Texas - Girl volleyball players at a Fort Worth middle school were asked by their coaches to play a game of "strip serve" volleyball, which school administrators criticized as inappropriate after some parents complained. During the drill, held Sept. 21 at the Gene Pike Middle School gym, two girls took their shirts off and one girl may have taken off her shorts, district officials said. Three female coaches supervised the 22 eighth-graders while they played the game, which required that team members take off shoes, socks, kneepads or hair accessories if a player missed a serve. After a few girls took it upon themselves to undress further, the drill was immediately stopped, administrators said. The drill should have never been conducted, Northwest Independent School District Superintendent Keith Sockwell said on Monday. "I thought it was the most stupid thing I ever heard. You just don't do things like that," he said. An investigation began after several parents complained about the activity. Statements were taken from the players and the coaches, officials said. The girls' written statements indicated that, for the most part, they were not upset about the game, Pike Principal Kyle Copp said. The coaches were "remorseful," he said. The three coaches, whom the district declined to name, are still employed, Deputy Superintendent Ron Hibbs said. Some parents said that even though the coaches apologized to the players, they should have been punished. "It's an appalling story," said the mother of a Pike volleyball player, who asked that her name not be used. "They got no reprimand for this that the kids could see. Nobody sees that there's consequences to bad choices." Said another: "I think it was an error in judgment, and that's all it was - plain and simple." |
It is not a terrible crime to ask that they take off hair pieces and such. While being responsible for using good judgement, any parent should remember that it is not always possible to predict what bizarre or ridiculous interpretation of an instruction a child will come up with...even 13 year old ones.
Yes, even if it was entirely innocent, men would not be given the benefit of any doubt.
It it were my daughter, employment would be the least of their worries. Breathing may become a problem.
"the fact that their minds even *went* there makes me very suspect about their qualifications to coach at that level."
Bingo.
I'm always telling my daughter that a girl only has one chance to lose her reputation. After what these teachers did, why should they have more than one chance to lose their jobs?
Our kids aren't experiments that teachers should have the luxury of making mistakes on.
Guess what... they happen. Show me ONE occupational category of professionals who deal with the thoughts, emotions, and behaviors of humans (I'll even throw in adults to help you out!) who have a 100% success rate. (I have psychologists in mind, here.) I realize our kids are precious, and we ought to do our best for them, and idiot teachers ought to be removed ASAP... but begging for perfection won't help a thing. Even home-school teacher/parents make mistakes, and they know their charges quite a bit better than I ever will!
However, the conclusion that the public inevitably draws from positions such as the one you're taking is that the priority of teachers... is teachers.
Yeah, well, the public opinion polls of Clinton were good for years, so that ought to tell you something about the quality of public opinion. =^) Also, I refuse to berate anyone for having self-preservation and self-promotion as parts of their behavioral make-up... those traits are a significant part what make capitalism and America great. The children are also a HUGE priority for teachers, and it is rather crass of you to imply otherwise.... and who ever heard of a rude Sabre-Tooth?!? =^)
Home School
And if that isn't possible,
Christian School
We need to keep good kids out of the hands of the public school system.
But thanks for thinking of me in this dark hour...
"...any parent should remember that it is not always possible to predict what bizarre or ridiculous interpretation of an instruction a child will come up with...even 13 year old ones."
That's just the point... Any parent with an ounce of sense wouldn't alow even the suggestion of "strip-anything," but only up to a certain line. The game was suggestive from the get-go. You think between the three of them the teachers didn't know that?
These girls were being recruited.
They aimed naive 13 year old girls toward a cliff, blindfolded, and said "walk forward".
They damn well knew where is would lead, that was their unspoken intention. They should be fired.
And all the girls at that school going back several years should be interviewed about any "extracurricular tutoring" at the hands of these witches.
Does this mean school administrators would have considered this appropriate if parents had NOT complained?
There is no acceptable level of contrition for the feminazi brigade
Oh sure there is! Tell them youre pro-abortion and theyll forget the whole incident.
We need to get all kids out of the government schools.
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