Speaker promotes stripping to kids

[Barbie]

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The principal of a Palo Alto middle school may not invite a popular speaker back to an annual career day after he told girls they could earn a good living as strippers.

Management consultant William Fried told eighth-graders at Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle School on Tuesday that stripping and exotic dancing can pay $250,000 or more per year, depending on their bust size.

“It’s sick, but it’s true,” Fried said in an interview later. “The truth of the matter is you can earn a tremendous amount of money as an exotic dancer, if that’s your desire.”

Fried has given a popular 55-minute presentation, “The Secret of a Happy Life,” at the school’s career day the past three years. He counsels students to experiment with a variety of interests until they discover something they love and excel in.

But school principal Joseph Di Salvo said Fried may not be back next year.

The principal said Fried’s comments to the class came after some of them asked him to expand on why he included “exotic dancing“ on his list of 140 potential careers.

Fried spent about a minute answering questions, defining strippers and exotic dancers synonymously. According to Jason Garcia, 14, he told students: “For every 2 inches up there, you should get another $50,000 on your salary.”

“A couple of students egged him and he took it hook, line and sinker,” said Di Salvo, who also said the students took advantage of a substitute teacher overseeing the session.

“It’s totally inappropriate,” Di Salvo said. “It’s not OK by me. I would want my presenters to kind of understand that they are coming into a career day for eighth-graders.”

That stripping advice wasn’t the only thing that riled parents. Di Salvo said one mother said she was outraged when her son announced that he was forgoing college for a field he loves: fishing.

“He really focused on finding what you really love to do,” said Mariah Cannon, 13.

Fried, 64, said he does not think he offended any of the students: “Eighth-grade kids are not dumb,” he said. “They are pretty worldly.”
Excellent. That's just what we need, eh? (http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2005/01/14/898538.html)

[ms. bing]

he forgot to mention that only the top notch strippers in the best clubs in the biggest cities make that kind of money, and that the odds of being one of those are probably about the same as the odds of getting picked in an NFL draft after 3 years of college ball.
there's A team and there's B team, and B team doesn't make shit.

[Asmodeus]

*me applauds speaker*

Finally a person brave enough to say it- and at a middle skool function no less.

[Mudflap]

I wouldn't have been too upset as one of the parents. It would open the door to have conversation of substance with your kid.

[MAC]

the hypocritical parents of today don't discuss "substance abuse" with their kids

they let jesus do it or they simply ignore the problem by creating a false moralistic "right & wrong" by which they have never been able to live and they seem satisfied to tell their kids can't be summed up with words or actions.

either way the kids lose and we never run out of strippers.

[Cruise Director]

I've been thinking about this article for a couple of days and have come to quite the shocking thought:

While the educators of the school may have wanted to research this guy's topics and areas of discussion, there's realyl nothing wrong with his suggestion. Strippers can actually make a decent living at their profession and while it may be tasteless to suggest it to such a young crowd, it's certainly not illegal. I guess I take the side of the "pole dancer's union" when I say that it's not an illegal job and depending on your moral stance on the issue, nothing to be ashamed of.

And as much as I hate to admit it, any of those parents that think their 8th graders haven't been subjected to such material before are sadly mistaken.

[Mattdecay]

Things like this need to happen much more often.

[Asmodeus]

Despite what most would call a stereotype- stripping her way thru college... is not as apt a stereotype as movies etc make it out to be. Stereotype meaning the girls are lying.

Among my many years of college all over the damn place, I met quite a few who were doing just that- stripping their way thru college. Either their folks made too much money for them to get financial aid or this or that, they had the looks and the temperment to handle it, so they became strippers to pay for their skool. Hell, there are 4 still stripping that I was the one to get them the job. Strippers can and do make good money- otherwise they wouldn't do it.

So I say go for it. If the girl is strong enough to stay away from the drug side of the business, she will make more money than most of us, drink for free, basically get paid to party every shift, and work their way thru college or for however long she wishes to do it.