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Hooters - should this teacher be suspended for this?

Was it correct to suspend this teacher for taking the students to "Hooters" restauran

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Redress said:
You are missing the point. Parents have a right to make these decisions for their children, not teachers. It does not matter if the decision is rational, it matters whose decision it is to make.
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Please....parents cannot micromanage every single aspect of a school trip. Are you saying that every time students go on a trip, parents have to make every decision including every restaurant they stop to eat in?
C'mon....
 
I don't really have issues with Hooters, but I think the teacher was stupid to take them there.
 
disneydude said:
Please....parents cannot micromanage every single aspect of a school trip. Are you saying that every time students go on a trip, parents have to make every decision including every restaurant they stop to eat in?
C'mon....
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Parents maybe should not, but they can if they choose micromanage their children. This is why permission slips are a big part of school trips, and I am betting there was none to take the kids to Hooters.
 
American said:
Is it the same thing?
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There's no nudity at hooters. Just girls in skimpy clothing (you'd see the same thing if you let your kids go to the beach or a public pool).

I have no issues, but maybe she should've asked her students to get permission from her parents first.
 
Redress said:
Parents maybe should not, but they can if they choose micromanage their children. This is why permission slips are a big part of school trips, and I am betting there was none to take the kids to Hooters.
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I can't tell you how many field trips I went on in High School Band/Debate/Swim team. I can tell you...there is no way that my parents could have decided every place I ate on those trips....and thank GOD!...that I grew up with parents that didn't feel the need to micro manage every single step I took.
 
disneydude said:
Oh Please. These were high school kids. You cannot be such a sheltering (Smothering) parent that you have to know EVERY place that your child goes to. Again....whether you like it or not, Hooters is a family restaurant...its not a strip club, despite what some people want to perpetuate.
What next? Are you going to complain that they went to TGI Fridays....because you don't approve of the term TGIF...using "God's" name in the acronym?
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Why do you assume I am a parent? Guess what? Adults are usually responsible for their children until age 18 and sometimes til 21. If your kid gets in trouble? Guess who will have to account for that? The parents and if you think that parents should have no voice in what their children are exposed to? You best think again as it is their rights.

This teacher made a bad choice and your can try to defend this bad call till the cows come home but it will not work.
 
Kali said:
What does this have to do with Hooters? Do you feel as if parents should have no control over what their children are exposed to?

And if you think only people on the right feel as if they should have parental control? You are fooling yourself.
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My point was about parents who over shelter their kids from the world only to find it backfires. I've seen it many times.

My wife attended a Catholic grade school and junior high. Many of the Catholic girls got pregnant once they attended a public school. Over protection and sheltering can and will backfire.

We had a guy in college that graduated from a military academy. He never went to class and flunked out. Problem was he was suddenly in sensory overload and no one was telling him what to do every minute.

BTW did you know incest is more common in the bible belt in families that are strict fundamentalists. ;)
 
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disneydude said:
C'mon!....the shorts they wear at Hooters are no different that the shorts that you see high school drill team, cheer squads etc wear.
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Are you trying to compair the shorts that students wear for school stuff to what the Hooters ADULT Women wear? You have no point. :shock:
 
Toothpicvic said:
It's no less of a "family restaurant" than Mickey D's. Personally I'd rather have my kids look at girls in tank tops and hotpants than a bunch of 300 lb patrons who expose their hairy crack every time they bend over.
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:rofl:rofl:rofl

Actually the feed trough restaurants (Buffet) are even more well known for that.
 
disneydude said:
I'm assuming that all the parents who are outraged at this don't allow their kids to watch the NFL either, right?

And God forbid (gasp) don't allow your children to go to the beach or a public swimming pool. They might actually see a woman wearing a.......(gulp) .....(whisper.....bikini)!
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Theme parks are even more interesting. It's amazing how sleazy dressed girls will get at a theme park. But but isn't this a place where lots of young people go?

When I was a teenager I worked in a grocery story that had open freezers. Consequently it was quite cool in the store. When the braless girls came in it made something stand at attention. :lol:
 
EpicDude86 said:
Perhaps it's time you cut the umbilical cord then...we're talking about High School age kids.
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So high school aged kids should be able to run willy nilly and exposed to anything? Guess who they come after when a child( YES CHILD!!!) gets into trouble? The parents! Hell these days you can spend jail time if your High School Kid skips School! And yet you feel as if parents should not care what they are exposed to and not be able to monitor what they do and where they go? :doh
 
disneydude said:
Anyone that is saying that Hooters is not a family restaraunt must never have been to a Hooters.

I go to the one in Hollywood quite often and I would say that the place is always at least 70% families. Granted...it is in the middle of a tourist area and most are probably families on vacation, sight-seeing...but I've been to the Hooters in Santa Monica as well and it was full of families too.


Yes...Hooters IS a family restaurant. Maybe not for all families...but to try to paint it as anything other than it is is dishonest.
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But the parents made a Choice to take the kids there! It is not the same as some teacher taking them without approval.
 
disneydude said:
Do you let your kids go to TGI Fridays without an ok from you as well?
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Weak. Guess what? Some parents do not give a crap about so called God. This is just stupid as it is a name. You hear it. The End.

But when you go to Hooters you get an eyeful. :2razz:
 
disneydude said:
I'm assuming that all the parents who are outraged at this don't allow their kids to watch the NFL either, right?

And God forbid (gasp) don't allow your children to go to the beach or a public swimming pool. They might actually see a woman wearing a.......(gulp) .....(whisper.....bikini)!
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Again this is all about parents choice! I bet that some people with kids may take their kids to Hooters but would not want someone else taking them without permission!
 
disneydude said:
Please....parents cannot micromanage every single aspect of a school trip. Are you saying that every time students go on a trip, parents have to make every decision including every restaurant they stop to eat in?
C'mon....
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YES! They should be informed what their kids will be doing and WHERE they will be eating.
 
EnigmaO01 said:
My point was about parents who over shelter their kids from the world only to find it backfires. I've seen it many times.

My wife attended a Catholic grade school and junior high. Many of the Catholic girls got pregnant once they attended a public school. Over protection and sheltering can and will backfire.

We had a guy in college that graduated from a military academy. He never went to class and flunked out. Problem was he was suddenly in sensory overload and no one was telling him what to do every minute.

BTW did you know incest is more common in the bible belt in families that are strict fundamentalists. ;)
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Look I do not agree with parents who overshelter their kids.

I do agree that parents have the right to be informed of what their kids will be doing on school trips.

Pretty simple, huh?
 
Kali said:
Look I do not agree with parents who overshelter their kids.

I do agree that parents have the right to be informed of what their kids will be doing on school trips.

Pretty simple, huh?
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O.K. sounds fair enough. I concur.
 
Kali said:
So high school aged kids should be able to run willy nilly and exposed to anything? Guess who they come after when a child( YES CHILD!!!) gets into trouble? The parents! Hell these days you can spend jail time if your High School Kid skips School! And yet you feel as if parents should not care what they are exposed to and not be able to monitor what they do and where they go? :doh
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What makes you think that going to "Hooters" or "Chili's" or "TGI FRidays" is going to cause these kids to get into trouble?
There was nothing to indicate that these kids were anything but well behaved.
Your logic is flawed.
 
Kali said:
YES! They should be informed what their kids will be doing and WHERE they will be eating.
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That is just ridiculous. Did you ever go on a trip in high school. Its is absolutely ridiculous to think that a school is going to make plans for ever single restaurant that the kids stop at. Sometimes you go into a town and have no idea what restaurants are even there.
 
disneydude said:
That is just ridiculous. Did you ever go on a trip in high school. Its is absolutely ridiculous to think that a school is going to make plans for ever single restaurant that the kids stop at. Sometimes you go into a town and have no idea what restaurants are even there.
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Mapquest can tell you.

Most restaurants don't celebrate the double entendre with the second meaning being breasts. I think the parent is over protective, but that is their right. The school over reacted as well.
 
Kali said:
YES! They should be informed what their kids will be doing and WHERE they will be eating.
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in the article it didn't actually say whether the parents new the kids were going to hoooters or not
 
Kali said:
So high school aged kids should be able to run willy nilly and exposed to anything? Guess who they come after when a child( YES CHILD!!!) gets into trouble? The parents! Hell these days you can spend jail time if your High School Kid skips School! And yet you feel as if parents should not care what they are exposed to and not be able to monitor what they do and where they go? :doh
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You really love to blow **** out of proportion. You're like OMG THE SKY IS FALLING! HIDE YOUR HIGH SCHOOL CHILDREN FROM HOOTERS OR THEY'LL GROW UP TO BE DEVIANTS!
 
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