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:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: Has the male enrollment at the club increased significantly yet?? ;)</p>
<p>p.s. Do those clubs happen to be owned by Jerry Springer? :D</p>
<p>if you remember I posted a bit back about the new dance rules at my Ds highschool…well, my D and her friends had a lot of fun, and so did almost every other kid that went…they somehow managed to dance for 3 hours without having to “freak”…girls were more comforatble, little shy freshman boys danced with senior girls like “normal” people</p>
<p>very few complained about the having to face each other while dancing rules, even though they were “its gonna be lame, we want to dance like horny toads” (okay I add that last part)</p>
<p>but they said it was the best school dance in YEARS!!! My D was so happy to not have to think about some guy coming up behind her…and the guys, I think it took off a bit of pressure and the shyer, younger guys who don’t like to freak, well they danced ALOT…</p>
<p>so, the next dances will be the same and because so many kids that wouldn;t go because of the new rules, they heard how much fun everyone else had (the parties they went to instead were apparently bad (hehe)) at the dance, I think the next one will be even better</p>
<p>sometimes our adult rules DO work out, and the kids begrudingly admitted they liked the rules…woohoo</p>
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<p>I just wanted to comment that I actually think that was a very good response from the principal … although he should have said he will get back to you. At this point he has only heard one side of the story and is not in position to judge right and wrong (and ultimately he may decide he does not agree with you). Even if he knows he agrees with you there is a whole set of people who believe what they were doing is OK, the cheerleading coach, the captains, the kids on the team, and their parents. All these people should be heard, given a chance to respond, and know what changes will occur before anyone else hears anything … including the person who started the ball rolling. It’s tough to judge the admin types until we know the final resolution … as they should run a process that allows both views of the situation to have their voice before making final decisions. </p>
<p>All that said I think it is great that you did this (and tonight thanks to you I write to the Boston Cannons complaining about the grinding of their cheerleaders). PS - last year I complained about what some of the workers were wearing which had obvious sexual innnuado … all I was told was “they would look into it” … the next game the cloths had changed … I’d like to believe my complaint caused this but whatever they did they did privately with their employees (as they should have).</p>
<p>received this email today from principal
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<p>I consider this a victory, but it stops short of addressing a few salient questions: “changing”…hmmmm thats good, but changing to what? I’m also wondering if they still plan to perform this particular number at games between now and Feb…I also would like to more about how this was allowed to happen in the first place. I don’t want to make a project out of this, but I don’t feel that its totally resolved, at least not from this email.</p>
<p>would anyone care to take a stab at ghost-writing a response for me? cgmom, mattmom, are you out there? I need some help here…also, any ideas for a suitable prize for the lucky winner? maybe a “getting in touch with your inner stripper” package deal to the local pole-dancing/workout club? lol :rolleyes:</p>
<p>the push-up thing…although I appreciate the athleticism of that, depending on the outfit they are wearing (read:lowcut/skimpy), that may not be the best image either…</p>
<p>the pro cheerleader scene sounds way out of hand…(I’m a baseball and soccer fan, and generally you aren’t subjected to this stuff at those games)…but hey, at least you can vote with your wallet on those, or complain, as one of the other posters is doing. I wouldn’t want to be sitting there with my kids at anything like that; I know that sounds radical to some, but thats the way I see it. I just don’t like the way sex is used to sell things in our culture.</p>
<p>You were upset by the dance number, you let the person in charge know, they addressed your concern and are changing the dance. Seems like a slam dunk to me. I would now let it go. There will be larger issues to deal with in the future that might impact your children directly.</p>
<p>I think a thank-you note is in order.</p>