Students' dads' goal:



Mommommm!! STFU!!!

I wonder if the mom who complained volunteered to speak (or if unemployed, help with the event). I volunteer with my kid's school's Field Day every year. I usually do the mud pit or the shaving cream fight, the kids have a blast and they bring extra clothes. Invariably, at least 2 or 3 parents whine about the muddy clothes in a bag they now have to wash and why can't we just do only races? These parents are never seen at events except to pick the kid up and complain to the nearest adult. Twits.

Mom sounds fat.
And frigid.
And stupid.

rogue_L_chick: I wonder if the mom who complained volunteered to speak (or if unemployed, help with the event). I volunteer with my kid's school's Field Day every year. I usually do the mud pit or the shaving cream fight, the kids have a blast and they bring extra clothes. Invariably, at least 2 or 3 parents whine about the muddy clothes in a bag they now have to wash and why can't we just do only races? These parents are never seen at events except to pick the kid up and complain to the nearest adult. Twits.

Stop! You had me at 'mud pit'...

Florida Hooters waitress volunteers as guest speaker during Great American Teach-In at local school. Apparently one mother has problems with this. "I'm not knocking waitresses ... My point is, these kids should have higher goals"

Says fat stay at home mom who's never had to work for a living. Hey lady. STFU. Any job in a bad economy is a good job.

Goddamn. Chick in article is stunning.

Paris1127: How old are these kids? I doubt they have any idea what Hooters is.
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These kids (hopefully) had no idea who Sasha Grey is...

Heh, my first thought as well.

It's sad to see that Americans no longer respect hard work.

"I'm not knocking waitresses ... My point is, these kids should have higher goals"

Yes you are, you twatwaffle.

Mugato

"I'm not knocking waitresses. They're very hard-working," Dominicci said. "My point is, these kids should have higher goals."

You're a paralegal.


Which requires more education: waitressing or paralegaling?

America could be saved very simply - closing down the bottom 50% of colleges in America, and converting them into trade schools. That, and subsidizing trade schools to the same extent that colleges are subsidized.

That, and publicly flogging anyone who has ever shamed someone into going to a crappy college instead of a good trade school.

TheOther: Students' dads' goal:

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Mommommm!! STFU!!!

Nice. Though I think I need more photographic evidence before I decide to be outraged or not.

Oh, and searching for "Brittany Morgan of Hooters" brings up a LOT of (sadly) unrelated NSFW content.

I thought with this economy that was an ambitious goal.


^/ba-dum-pum

It's kinda sad to see people who think their value in life comes from what function they serve. Especially the ones who really aren't good for anything but the function they serve.

...the Calvin A. Hunsinger School, a K-12 public school in Clearwater that serves 130 students with emotional and behavioral disabilities.

The school had few other speakers.

And that is the sad part.

Englebert Slaptyback: Which requires more education: waitressing or paralegaling?

That's an interesting point. Is "requires more education" an appropriate rubric for the relative worth of jobs? Should it be? Sure, if a job needs more education it's going to have a higher entry barrier, but does that make it any more valuable to society?

Ex: Lawyers vs. Plumbers, or Politicians vs. Dishwashers, or Hedge Fund Managers vs. Gardeners.

I hate Hooter's knockers.... er, I mean moms who knock hooters

Grables'Daughter: I have to say, Tilted Kilt is really where it's at.

Christ, their food is terrible. At least Hooters has great wings.

Who comes up with this crap? We all need waitresses and plumbers and welders and dishwashers. We also need them all to earn a living wage.

Bored Horde: America could be saved very simply - closing down the bottom 50% of colleges in America, and converting them into trade schools. That, and subsidizing trade schools to the same extent that colleges are subsidized.

That, and publicly flogging anyone who has ever shamed someone into going to a crappy college instead of a good trade school.


It would also require a change in the mentality that the trades are somehow not worthy occupations. Many social ills would be corrected if folks just respected one another.

Personally the world needs more plumbers than another keyboard jockey. Eventually we're going to end up paying a thousand dollars and waiting two weeks to get a toilet fixed.

MFAWG: It's sad to see that Americans no longer respect hard work.

"I'm not knocking waitresses ... My point is, these kids should have higher goals"

Yes you are, you twatwaffle.


There is nothing "hard" about waiting tables. It may be tedious but it is not difficult in the sense that only people with a highly developed skill can accomplish it. That's why the pay is shiat. Your replacement can be trained to do the job faster than your lunch break.

Delay: Who comes up with this crap? We all need waitresses and plumbers and welders and dishwashers. We also need them all to earn a living wage.

waitresses and dishwashers aren't careers, plumbers and welders yes, food service/retail? no.

Those are jobs you do until you can get a real one.

You know, typically filled by teenagers. When I see people in those jobs or call centers and they're old, all I can assume is that they've never had the will to try and better themselves.

One Bad Apple: MFAWG: It's sad to see that Americans no longer respect hard work.

"I'm not knocking waitresses ... My point is, these kids should have higher goals"

Yes you are, you twatwaffle.


There is nothing "hard" about waiting tables. It may be tedious but it is not difficult in the sense that only people with a highly developed skill can accomplish it. That's why the pay is shiat. Your replacement can be trained to do the job faster than your lunch break.


The same could be said about many office jobs. Of course, this is where a lot of the deadweight is being shed to unemployment. A lot of people can be replaced by a program, preset or script....

Isuelde

That's an interesting point. Is "requires more education" an appropriate rubric for the relative worth of jobs? Should it be? Sure, if a job needs more education it's going to have a higher entry barrier, but does that make it any more valuable to society?


I think it's a bell curve. A job requiring no education (e.g. car wash attendant) might have very little value; then there's a midrange or peak area for valuable jobs that require a lot of education (e.g. doctors); then the curve drops off again where you have people with insane amounts of education who do things like study the Migration Patterns of the Bora Boran Bongo Beetle Within a Three-Meter Square During Rainy Season (i.e. something with - if we're honest - little overall value to society).

Girion47: Delay: Who comes up with this crap? We all need waitresses and plumbers and welders and dishwashers. We also need them all to earn a living wage.

waitresses and dishwashers aren't careers, plumbers and welders yes, food service/retail? no.

Those are jobs you do until you can get a real one.

You know, typically filled by teenagers. When I see people in those jobs or call centers and they're old, all I can assume is that they've never had the will to try and better themselves.

Have you ever looked up assh0le on the urban dictionary? Perhaps search the number 47? You would be there.

I'm not knocking waitresses. They're very hard-working," Dominicci said. "My point is, these kids should have higher goals.

Someone is going to be a waitress.

I don't mind kids being given opportunities and having their minds open, but we have gone too far in selling kids the idea that they can all be New York Times columnists, novellists or artists. Someone's got to cut hair, take out the trash or whatever else.

Remember kids, you are only worth what some company will pay you. The only value you have in life is your job.Now shut up and be a good little follower.


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vudukungfu: Mom sounds fat.
And frigid.
And stupid.

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Bored Horde: America could be saved very simply - closing down the bottom 50% of colleges in America, and converting them into trade schools. That, and subsidizing trade schools to the same extent that colleges are subsidized.

That, and publicly flogging anyone who has ever shamed someone into going to a crappy college instead of a good trade school.

THAT

And... set up our economy/laws so that wealth disparity is reduced. Either by having a sane ratio between pay at the top and bottom (Japan) or by taxing the bejesus out of the high incomes (Sweden).

So how come paralegal mom didn't volunteer to be a guest speaker during the Teach In? Lemme guess, too busy with her "real" work?

I'd rather commend the Hooters mom, because she at least bothered to show up at her kid's school to show that she at least cared. I'd bet that she's a lot more involved in her children's lives in general as well. I'd rather have that than someone who uses the "I work at a real job" bit and then isn't nearly as active in their children's lives.

Those preteens with emotional and behavioral disabilities aren't going to slut themselves up. Or do you want them living in a bubble where they don't realize the power of cleavage?

Nabb1: I used to wait tables, but I stopped doing it because I had set higher goals for myself. It's worked out okay.

I used to work retail and at a call center, I hated life and paid for my degree and now I do something I enjoy, that pays well, and is beneficial to society. But careful, it makes us assholes apparently.

Yeah, "higher goals" like moving to the suburbs and becoming a life support system. Whhheeee.