School Board oversteps its bounds.
CNN.com - School board: No credit for Hooters work - Feb. 5, 2004: "SAVANNAH, Georgia (AP) -- A 17-year-old high school senior working at a Hooters won't get class credit for her job because the restaurant, known for its waitresses in tight T-shirts and hot pants, is too racy, school district officials decided Thursday.
Laura Williams wanted her hostess job, for which she wears long pants and a collared shirt, to count as part of a work-study program that lets students leave school early so they can work for vocational course credit. "
Here again we have a conservative school board passing judgement on legitamate business. This is perhaps the single worst decision made by a school district yet. If the school is going to have a program that takes students out of the classroom (not that this seems like a good idea anyway, but), then they should have no ability to pass judgement on whether the job suits their moral sense.
There is nothing to say that working at hooters is more or less constructive then say a part time job working at McDonalds. Indeed, as a hostess at hooters, the girl may learn more about business than a peer slopping grease at a fast food joint or working as a cashier in the mall. Family restaurants, which hooters is (as much as Fridays, Bennigans, On The Border, Olive Garden, or Macaroni Grill) are fast paced work environments where employees learn to put the customer first (ok, maybe not, but certainly the service is better at a family restaurant than at McDonalds). The bottom line is, even if a student wanted to work as a stripper, that is no less respectable than if a student were working as a paralegal.
Board of Educations need to learn their place. They need to respect individuality and allow families to decide what is right and what is wrong. Working at hooters may not be right for every high school student, but if this girl and her family have decided it is her best choice, and best option, then there is no reason why the school board should interfere.
Laura Williams wanted her hostess job, for which she wears long pants and a collared shirt, to count as part of a work-study program that lets students leave school early so they can work for vocational course credit. "
Here again we have a conservative school board passing judgement on legitamate business. This is perhaps the single worst decision made by a school district yet. If the school is going to have a program that takes students out of the classroom (not that this seems like a good idea anyway, but), then they should have no ability to pass judgement on whether the job suits their moral sense.
There is nothing to say that working at hooters is more or less constructive then say a part time job working at McDonalds. Indeed, as a hostess at hooters, the girl may learn more about business than a peer slopping grease at a fast food joint or working as a cashier in the mall. Family restaurants, which hooters is (as much as Fridays, Bennigans, On The Border, Olive Garden, or Macaroni Grill) are fast paced work environments where employees learn to put the customer first (ok, maybe not, but certainly the service is better at a family restaurant than at McDonalds). The bottom line is, even if a student wanted to work as a stripper, that is no less respectable than if a student were working as a paralegal.
Board of Educations need to learn their place. They need to respect individuality and allow families to decide what is right and what is wrong. Working at hooters may not be right for every high school student, but if this girl and her family have decided it is her best choice, and best option, then there is no reason why the school board should interfere.
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