'Mean Girls'

tomcat, you don't know what you're talking about. Teens CAN be "tamed". They haven't always been this way, at least not for the most part, and not the popular kids--only the losers. And your description of living vicariously through teenagers, leering when they are in provocative poses, and your celebration of decadence is sick. Don't include the rest of us when you say "we".

Is there anyone from this school on this blog?

When are parents going to learn a few simple, common sense things: teenagers and booze is fatal, teenagers without boundaries have no empathy, and you cannot buy your teenager through life.

I have just read this article. When are parents going to learn a few simple things: underage drinking is a killer, when people don't have boundaries they don't have empathy, and you cannot buy everything for your child, including their grades and buy them out of their punishment, and expect them to be upstanding citiizens.

to Smartsoutherner. Guess Agin.

Someone needs to find the guy who wrote this comment:

Posted By: mfenwick @ 08/05/2008 2:36:12 PM
Comment: Cheerleading and ballet both are art forms, demanding a great deal from their participates. Ballet, however, is not sexual despite the close proximity of everyone involved. You seem really defensive. I admire, adore, and yes, even lust after cheerleaders. They are to be highly respected, no doubt about that. But now let's not sugarcoat the sport with all the sappy Hoorah! Hoorah! nonsense. You know very well what I have written about cheerleading is true. Also, I never implied that all or even some cheerleaders were sluts or whores! Just because a girl wants to be sexual doesn't mean she's loose. Cheerleading gives a girl a chance to be sexual without being ashamed or to have her parents or friends put her down, telling her to , "Stop acting that way; you want people to get the wrong idea about you?" I love pep rallies, to tell you the truth. Our cheerleaders can do their thing out there, all to the delight of a grateful audience. I teach English, by the way. I am 47 and still love to watch cute girls "shake their thing" out on the court. That's part of the fun of sports. Again, I see nothing wrong with cheerleading being the sexual sport that it is; I look forward to all the ball games and those little teasers winking at me.


...and they need to remove him from his class and the school. Creepy!!!!!!!!!!

I absolutely agree. The "teacher" below needs to be located and relieved of his position!!

I find it funny how many of these comments are so way off base, these are little girls that got out of line and were caught. What does it have to do with the the entire population of Texas or anywhere else. When I last checked we were all still part of the US, north or south, the Civil War ended along time ago guys.

A) I feel sorry for the previous coaches all of whom had to quit b) I feel sorry for the strip club managers that will have to deal with these wretched wenches for the next two decades c) I really feel sorry for any man who gets trapped in their clutches d) the North won e) religion is for the weak and ignorant.

...and please forgive my misspellings -- I went to a northern high school.

OK, as far as the quality of education in the south goes, let me, a "damned Yankee" reply with a simple recounting of the first meeting of teachers and parents before the opening of my step-son's high school in northwest Mississippi.

My wife and I attended the meeting with the expectation that we would learn about the curriculum to be offered to the new students and to get aquainted with some of the teachers. For approximately and hour and a half we the faculty and administrators spoke. Funny thing though, of all the faculty members who spoke, none discussed college preparation, advanced education courses, etc. Each and every one of the faculty members who spoke discussed the team they were coaching and how the would build a program of excellence in athletics. They asked for our patience in building the program, as the school was new and would take time to develop. Again, NOT A SINGLE FACULTY MEMBER DISCUSSED ACADEMICS. For those who choose to pooh-pooh the comments of "mpmumau" and having lived here three years as well as previously in Texas, I can say unquivocally, the emphasis of athletics in southern schools is far greater than it should be. There is simply no denying it. Of course there will be exceptions, but overall, academics just are not emphasized as much as athletics are.

I agree with you...

wasntborn, I do not have a direct line to God however, I do(and every other person) has a direct line to Jesus and he has a direct line to his father. Also, you are right about people calling themselves Christians and still doing evil things however, just like being good dosn't make you a Christian on the other hand messing up and being bad sometimes dosn't mean that you are not a Christian. Being a Christian dosn't mean that you will not mess up every now and then. After all, we are all human and will make mistakes but through Jesus, you can be forgivin by only asking. This is the gift that WE ALL have been givin.

I was captain of my highschool's JV squad when I was in school, and this kind of behaviour would not have been tolerated. I am appalled by this situation. It makes me so sick what is happening to our youth. No respect for authority, strangers or their elders. What has happened in this country? I know that not all kids are bad, but just knowing that this kind of thing goes on.......well it's just shameful and embarrassing. My heart grieves for the loss of our nation's collective innocence. To all of the parents out there taking responsibility for your children's actions instead of making excuses and cover-ups for them, I salute you. God bless everyone who's doing their best to raise good, decent, respectable kids, and shame on those who hide their heads in the sand or even participate in their children's delinquence.

This is a sad case of parents and officials not having their priorities in order. These girls probably should have been expelled, and forced to repeat senior year based on what I have read and watched. Although it is infuriating to me personally that this type of behavior was tolerated for such a long period of time without any real consequesnces, what can you expect when you allow children to live out the debased lives they see on television? In these days and times children have no respect for adults, and yes, it does start with the parents. Being a Southerner, I know all too well that who you know and what influences those people have plays deeply into what you will get away with. I applaud Mrs. Ward because I might have hauled off and slapped one of those girls, which just goes to show I was never meant to be in the school system...because I am sane. Hopefully these young girls will at least realize that they can not go through life doing whatever they want without facing some type of consequences. They may be too far gone to care now. There is always someone bigger and badder around the corner willing to show you just how weak you really are if you choose to follow a destructive life pattern.