Bump, grind your way to riches, students told

[charrison]

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The hubbub began Tuesday at Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle School's third annual career day when a student asked Foster City salesman William Fried to explain why he listed "exotic dancer" and "stripper" on a handout of potential careers. Fried, who spoke to about 45 eighth-grade students during two separate 55-minute sessions, spent about a minute explaining that the profession is viable and potentially lucrative for those blessed with the physique and talent for the job.

According to Fried and students who attended the talk, Fried told one group of about 16 students that strippers can earn as much as $250,000 a year and that a larger bust -- whether natural or augmented -- has a direct relationship to a dancer's salary.

He told the students, "For every two inches up there, it's another $50,000," according to Jason Garcia, 14.

As word of the remarks spread among students and parents, school officials found themselves forced to answer why a previously successful program had come to address a rather adult topic. While administrators said only two parents had formally complained about the presentation, other parents reached Thursday said the references to stripping did not belong at school.

"I think it's definitely inappropriate," said Angela Craig, 47, the mother of an eighth-grader. "I think the kids have pretty malleable minds and are influenced highly by what an adult says. They don't need to hear about this from someone the school sanctioned.

Maybe next year they can say that making and selling meth is profitable as well.

 

[Dissipate]

I'm sure if he talked about becoming a sleazy, money grubbing politician no one would have cared. Ah, what a backwards world we live in.

 

[sillybear]

Illegal drugs and stripping (a legal profession) are not in the same ballpark...that's not even the same game.

 

[Rainsford]

Originally posted by: sillybear
Illegal drugs and stripping (a legal profession) are not in the same ballpark...that's not even the same game.

Don't believe for a second that many people wouldn't outlaw stripping if they had the chance. Inflicting your moral views on other people is a "proud" tradition for some people.

 

[Rainsford]

Originally posted by: charrison
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The hubbub began Tuesday at Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle School's third annual career day when a student asked Foster City salesman William Fried to explain why he listed "exotic dancer" and "stripper" on a handout of potential careers. Fried, who spoke to about 45 eighth-grade students during two separate 55-minute sessions, spent about a minute explaining that the profession is viable and potentially lucrative for those blessed with the physique and talent for the job.

According to Fried and students who attended the talk, Fried told one group of about 16 students that strippers can earn as much as $250,000 a year and that a larger bust -- whether natural or augmented -- has a direct relationship to a dancer's salary.

He told the students, "For every two inches up there, it's another $50,000," according to Jason Garcia, 14.

As word of the remarks spread among students and parents, school officials found themselves forced to answer why a previously successful program had come to address a rather adult topic. While administrators said only two parents had formally complained about the presentation, other parents reached Thursday said the references to stripping did not belong at school.

"I think it's definitely inappropriate," said Angela Craig, 47, the mother of an eighth-grader. "I think the kids have pretty malleable minds and are influenced highly by what an adult says. They don't need to hear about this from someone the school sanctioned.

Maybe next year they can say that making and selling meth is profitable as well.

Within the quote from the "concerned parent", there is actually a good point, although I doubt she (or you) realize it was made. Kids ARE influenced by what adults say, especially parents, which is why parents would do better to stop bitching about what everyone else is doing and do some damn parenting. If you raise you kid correctly, outside influence is not going to turn them into bad people.

For those of you who don't believe parents can compete with today's culture (and I've heard this before), I went to many years of Catholic school, where religion was crammed down the throats of the non-Christians attending the school simply for its good academic reputation (like I was). At home, my parents told me to listen to everything out there and make my own decisions about what to believe. Guess which had more of an impact.

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Well, it's good entertainment for the upper class. Some seem to want a de facto South America up here, so I guess they give this a thumbs up. It's the free market after all.

 

[PatboyX]

i mean, he is correct...but you would think that he would know that it may be less than appropriate to bring it up during his school chats.