Soccer Moms strike again

[Gooberlx2]

Originally posted by: MadCowDisease

Originally posted by: Thraxen
It's treating things like alcohol as such taboos that makes kids curious. Plus, it's not like that can't see people drinking (or representations of) in TV shows and in movies every day.

...or see beer commercials when Dad's watching football.

....while Dad takes a gulp from the one in his hand.

They could have used better judgement, nowadays doing anything that could potentially offend anyone (especially when it comes to their kids) is like playing with fire.

Personally, I wouldn't give a damn, so long as they didn't offer any to my kids (just as they didn't), and drank responsilby (just as they did).

 

[Yaotl]

heh, the teachers are also to refrain from smoking on those trips. most of the teachers i had during that time smoked. a smoker without cigarettes for a few days is going to be a lot worse example than someone who has had one glass of wine.

 

Next thing will be the parents bitching about a shortage of teachers and the quality of education.

 

[Sundog]

And the truly sad thing is that the people making such a big stink have already procreated.

 

[Yaotl]

Originally posted by: SampSon
Next thing will be the parents bitching about a shortage of teachers and the quality of education.

and how the ones left all seem so tense

 

[JoeKing]

Let's support these teachers. Parents on this board should fire off an email to the district office commenting on the stupidty of this situation. Parents should realize field trips are completly optional and teachers do not have to do these trips if they don't want to.

Link to school website
School boards website
Contact info of Dennis Wolf chief school admin Scroll down to Oxford Township

 

[halik]

jesus christ,
these people need to get a life. Im sure that NONE of them had ever drank anythign in front of their kids :roll:


William Ryan, Jr. wryan@warrennet.org

here's the email of the president of the school's board of education

 

[Ness]

Originally posted by: ViRGE
Am I the only one that finds something wrong with this? The teachers were the chaperons and temporary guardians of the kids in question: and as long as they're responsible for the kids, they need not drink. When you're taking temporary care of someone else's kids, there's (largely) an expectation that you won't do these kind of things, as it shouldn't be impossible to avoid drinking for 1 night. Now, they may very well be making too big of a deal out of this, but it was a very poor decision none the less.

They had a drink at a dinner theatre. At a place like a dinner theatre, it is pretty much expected that adults get a glass of wine. While there isn't a penalty for not doing it, when in Rome...

 

[Yo Ma Ma]

Originally posted by: Ness

Originally posted by: ViRGE
Am I the only one that finds something wrong with this? The teachers were the chaperons and temporary guardians of the kids in question: and as long as they're responsible for the kids, they need not drink. When you're taking temporary care of someone else's kids, there's (largely) an expectation that you won't do these kind of things, as it shouldn't be impossible to avoid drinking for 1 night. Now, they may very well be making too big of a deal out of this, but it was a very poor decision none the less.

They had a drink at a dinner theatre. At a place like a dinner theatre, it is pretty much expected that adults get a glass of wine. While there isn't a penalty for not doing it, when in Rome...

No, actually only some of the teachers drank at the dinner theatre, but all of them drank at the end of the pizza party. If I were sending my kids off with a set of adults for supervision I would NOT want them to be drinking. I don't think there is really any damage done, but the liability issue is just HUGE, I can't believe the teachers would have such poor judement.

 

[jjones]

Originally posted by: Yo_Ma-Ma

Originally posted by: Ness

Originally posted by: ViRGE
Am I the only one that finds something wrong with this? The teachers were the chaperons and temporary guardians of the kids in question: and as long as they're responsible for the kids, they need not drink. When you're taking temporary care of someone else's kids, there's (largely) an expectation that you won't do these kind of things, as it shouldn't be impossible to avoid drinking for 1 night. Now, they may very well be making too big of a deal out of this, but it was a very poor decision none the less.

They had a drink at a dinner theatre. At a place like a dinner theatre, it is pretty much expected that adults get a glass of wine. While there isn't a penalty for not doing it, when in Rome...

No, actually only some of the teachers drank at the dinner theatre, but all of them drank at the end of the pizza party. If I were sending my kids off with a set of adults for supervision I would NOT want them to be drinking. I don't think there is really any damage done, but the liability issue is just HUGE, I can't believe the teachers would have such poor judement.

It's not a matter of teacher's poor judgement.

Chief School Administrator Dennis Wolf: On last year's trip to Washington, Wolf gave the teachers permission to have one glass of wine with dinner, he said. There were no problems then, "just as there weren't this time," Wolf said.

Sounds like precedent to me.

 

[mugs]

I think that's the school my dad used to work at. He called his supervisor out on some unethical stuff he [the supervisor] was doing, and the supervisor had him fired despite the overwhelming support of the parents at the school board meeting.

 

[LordMorpheus]

Ouch. All this in the article about setting a good example. Lesse, teachers, over 21, legally consuming alchohol responsibly. Good or bad example?


About the catholic thing. I bet very few of the parents. I live in saint louis in a catholic family. Stl is the catholic ghetto of the United States, in case you didn't know. Anyway, the catholics sure like their alchohol. Thats all I have to say about that.

 

[Amused]

The teachers should have set an example for the students, said Jennifer Klimko, also an eighth-grade parent.

They DID set an example. They showed that adults can (and should) drink in moderation and responsibly.

 

[TheNinja]

"The teachers should have set an example for the students, said Jennifer Klimko, also an eighth-grade parent. "

I just can't believe that an eighth grader could be a parent, but I guess it is possible according to this article.

 

[Viperoni]

Dumb.

 

[krunchykrome]

I cant stand anal parents.

 

[Eli]

OK, that's really fscked up.

<Mill>

They just all need to die.

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