The 'Fab Five' Revisited

I am so proud of the coach for standing up to the Fab Five, their parents, and the school administration. Shame on the administration for not backing the coach. Too many parents from affluence, believe their children have the right to break or bend the rules and others should not challenged the statue quo or they risk being singled-out. As a former principal, I can only imagined how helpless she felt. It was unfortunate that she had to apply to 500 or more schools before finding employment. For doing the right thing, she is dealt a blow to her career and reputation. I say to the parents of the Fab Five, all of them need help. Their sense of entitlement doesn't give them the right to destroy a coache's life with threat of lawsuits. See if this sense of entitlement can now buy their daughters a new history, because they will forever be known as the FAB FIVE. I hope the parents think their approach to parenting was worth it. For the coach, come to Virginia, we need people like you in our schools developing the whole child. I am so proud of you and wish you and your family the best. I also enjoyed the movie and you shouldn't have canceled your viewing partying. You earned it. Now, write the book.

I don't feel sorry for any fallout those girls got, serves them right. Treat people like crap, you become crap.

Lisagibbs, are you one of the irresponsible mothers of the Fab Five? Or the Slut Five as we should call them? Because you've missed the point entirely. The young girls, and I repeat, YOUNG girls behaved inappropriately while all the adults around them gave them license to do so. It's because of people like you that produce white trashy whores in this world. I hope you have no children. Otherwise, I weep for them.

Ok who ever is "lisagibbs"........so what if the Former Coach got "Royalties"........you are losing "FOCUS" on what the Cheerleaders did to deserve what they got. They should have known better to put up Racy Pictuers of them selves on MySpace........plus what were they doing if they were not 18 in a Sex Shop or wherever they were acting stupid.......I don't feel sorry for any of those "Spoiled Girls" !!!!!!!

Cheerleading tries to be taken seriously as a sport, but it's a holdover from the days when girls were literally relegated to the sidelines. Now, girls have the opportunity to play everything from basketball to ice hockey. These seem like more worthwhile activities to me than dancing around in a skimpy outfit in front of a crowd, and more worthy of respect. There's no reason to treat cheerleaders with deference. They are no better than anyone else.

As I watched this movie I was dumbfounded by the administrations actions. I worked in a school that handled discipline in the same manner and there were comments made by the prinicipal(s) that were IDENTICAL to comments made by my former principal. The scene with the parent, student, teacher and principal is exactly what happened to many teachers in my previous school. Teacher vs. student, with the teacher trying to validate her actions when all she did was follow the code of conduct. Of course the teacher is the one who is now without a job for trying to do what is right and the principal was paid out her contract then given a letter of recommendation. This is called "pass the trash" in the education community. What did this teach the students at this school and the community? By reading several different site posts it taught them nothing! The girls have somehow become the victims. They were bullys that preyed on others and so are the parents who raised them. This is the reason good teachers leave the profession they love, right and wrong does not exist in so many districts that you have to sell your soul to keep your job. Ms. Ward chose not to but almost lost everything in the process.

I saw this Lifetime drama during the premiere last Saturday. I honestly, found it comical, over exaggerated and a huge embarrassment to the school community. As the article says, it does make for good TV, or fodder for TV. I wouldn't waste 2 hours out of my day to re-watch it. Hopefully the coach was well paid for spilling the story and opening old wounds. She may need a good lawyer in case of further fall out.

When can we see it?

I'd have to say that even though some of these comments are controversial and argumentative, the one good thing to come of this is that it gets people talking and thinking. If it makes only one person think twice about their behavior (or their parenting style), then perhaps it's done some good.

First of all, it's never so serious as to call me honey, second of all intellectual and pleasant can be my strong suit, if I choose for it to be. There are no tones or overtures that imply victim in my comment, perhaps it's your perception, based on your own mentality. Hit me back after you take your overalls off and get the mud off your boots.

Pomgranite: (insert sarcasm here) You are a plain and simple genius! Congratulations on being so intellectual and pleasant!

People who are certain racists just kill me with their whining on Internet message boards.