dangerousD;1110228
1: said:
I weep for our parenting skills and our eduaction system as well. With this circus you have a direct result of how both have gone right into the toilet and the US is made into a laughing stock in the world's eyes.
2: so I guess we just turn away and pretend it didn't happen?
Your kids may use this as an excuse to say, "They let off Miss USA for underage drinking, etc. why are you coming down on me?"
Keep in mind that I am talking about this particular case. This girl has reaped all the benefits from the Miss USA title and has done nothing but brought shame to the event and violated her end of the bargain.
3: It is just a goofy beauty contest but it pisses me off when things like this happen. People make an agreement and don't stick to it. Then when they violate the terms of the agreement, they look at you like you have 3 heads when they are called out on the carpet.
You cannot tell me that this girl wasn't warned about her partying before this was all made public. Apparantly, she didn't give a shit until someone pulled her choke chain and threatened to take it all away from her. Now, Miss USA is going to rehab. Geez, how proud we must be.
Dangit, I hate a point-for-point debate. But here goes.
1: The education system needs a definite overhaul. No disagreement, there. Year round schooling and more interactive teaching. Reading from a book and watching somebody chalk on a board = bullsh!te. Also, most of the curriculum follows along the usual lines of *Remember it for a month, write it on a test, forget it.* Prerequisites among colleges are also utter nonsense. There are barely a blips worth of jobs that require algebra or history. If you're going to teach people, then teach people. We're not going to remember most of it even if we DO use it.
2: If my kids wanted to drink underage I'd recommend against it for the right reasons (stunting growth, making schoolwork that much more difficult with a hangover and so forth) but honestly I'd promote drinking or sex at the homestead with whoever you're with. Forgive this small trespass against the status quo.. but you can either repress and deny reality like white christian America or you can embrace it and offer them the safety of their own home. You wanna drink at 16? You work up the money. You have no friends over during it. You dont leave your room during it. Honestly, denying booze and sex to teenagers is just torture. They're going thru the worst times of their lives and the world is screaming NO! YOU DONT HAVE ANY RIGHTS! They cant drive anywhere, they dont have much money.. they can either go behind their parents backs and do it out in-the-world, unsafely.. or you can show them they aint missing all that much. Most of it tastes like ass, dries you up like the extreme diuretic it is.. and will probably give you a headache when you're new to it.
To answer the question exactly: Why am I coming down on my own kids? Because Miss teen usa world whatever her ass isnt family. If you dont know how to answer your own kid's question or if they're allowed to fire off sarcastic remarks.. brother, that shines on YOUR parenting skill, not them. Grow some parenting balls!
3: She signed up under irrational demands. Same as celibacy for a priest, or the "We-own-your-ass" military agreement when you join up. You dont know what you have until it's gone. Sheesh, you cant sign away your own HUMANITY! People need to take a break. Bust out of their grind. Young girls will be young girls.
IN OTHER WORDS.. theyll do exactly what millions of young girls before her have done: Stupid sh!t. Major difference here is that the public eye is on THIS girl. Drugs. Pregnancy. Drinking. If this sends a message, it is because you as a parent LET IT DO SO. If a kid is so hard-up to find an excuse to be stupid, the parent is doing their job.
Dude, honestly.. how can you even argue this point? This is like looking at research in drug use among teenagers and blaming a 0.2% difference on Lindsay Lohan. STOP looking for a scapegoat.
Blame the parent, blame the kid. NOONE ELSE ENTERS THAT EQUATION IF YOU DID YOUR PARENTING JOB RIGHT! It aint the dick she's riding, the drug dealer she got it from, or the owner of the strip club she danced a pole at.
:southern lawyer accent:
I rest my case.
