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"told the newspaper that the district often holds gender-specific events" lumberjack_jeff Feb 2012 #1
So, they're admitting to doing things like this OFTEN. pnwmom Feb 2012 #5
Maybe they did it on take your daughter to work day. n/t lumberjack_jeff Feb 2012 #7
They probably only let people bring their sons for that one. Ken Burch Feb 2012 #18
Except it is "Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day" obamanut2012 Feb 2012 #69
The federal government funds "The Women's Educational Equity Program" lumberjack_jeff Feb 2012 #73
Thank you for admitting I was right!!! obamanut2012 Feb 2012 #75
"Right"? lumberjack_jeff Feb 2012 #76
Yes, I was right obamanut2012 Feb 2012 #95
wah wah wah ... did you get off your ass and organize a Take Your Son to Work Day? Scout Feb 2012 #104
Well, see, women can only fly small planes according to Rick Santorum tanyev Feb 2012 #2
Oh wow, that's some of the most blatant sexism i've seen in a while tech_smythe Feb 2012 #3
Really Really REALLY scary thought: Ken Burch Feb 2012 #19
Not to mention the bi-racial love affair that's a centerpiece of the movie. Doremus Feb 2012 #26
it's probably one of those "the principal read too many Kyle Onstott novels" things. Ken Burch Feb 2012 #28
You have absolutely no idea what you are talking about oberliner Feb 2012 #61
Then it makes even less sense that they'd do that. Ken Burch Feb 2012 #79
I don't know oberliner Feb 2012 #80
why should the readers of the NY Daily News care about a field trip in a Dallas, TX school district? dixiegrrrrl Feb 2012 #81
Are you familiar with the NY Daily News? oberliner Feb 2012 #82
ohh. now I get your comment in context. dixiegrrrrl Feb 2012 #83
Can't answer that. But I can ask this: Ken Burch Feb 2012 #92
I loved that part of the film. It was so sweet and lovely...and they were a handsome couple. CTyankee Feb 2012 #58
+1 Scuba Feb 2012 #51
Oh yeah. UnrepentantLiberal Feb 2012 #57
There is so much wrong with this I don't know where to begin tawadi Feb 2012 #4
Why did they spend funds designated for low income students pnwmom Feb 2012 #6
Good question tawadi Feb 2012 #9
A great group of men that did Pavlo Feb 2012 #17
They could have spent the 57k hiring a teacher for a year-- SunSeeker Feb 2012 #16
I hope Obama learns of this. I can just see the outrage he would have, thinking about Malia CTyankee Feb 2012 #59
The young ladies went to see a move about a spelling bee. LanternWaste Feb 2012 #100
I thought the same thing. unapatriciated Feb 2012 #84
This district put a spelling bee on the same level as Chappy James fighting racism and fascism? gejohnston Feb 2012 #8
Especially since one is 100% fiction XemaSab Feb 2012 #30
Little miss sunshine... tech_smythe Feb 2012 #39
Or Iron-Jawed Angels obamanut2012 Feb 2012 #71
This is so wrong, on so many levels. NT MADem Feb 2012 #10
There should be a film about the WASPS. Downwinder Feb 2012 #11
that probly won't happen until more women get into the director's chair BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2012 #12
Kathryn Bigelow could probably get a WASPS movie greenlighted Ken Burch Feb 2012 #21
OMG, yes! The Hurt Locker was SUPERB BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2012 #53
WASPS niyad Feb 2012 #20
After the war they went on to open new fields. Downwinder Feb 2012 #29
Haha, my first thought was XemaSab Feb 2012 #31
There should be, but someone'd have to fund it out of their own pocket, most likely Posteritatis Feb 2012 #32
While "Akeelah..." is a GREAT movie,... MarianJack Feb 2012 #13
It is really good. Hissyspit Feb 2012 #37
On second thought of this issue,... MarianJack Feb 2012 #93
wow. I liked Red Tails abelenkpe Feb 2012 #14
I loved it, too AnnieBW Feb 2012 #15
I loved it too. It's one of a very few movies that I was surprised when it was over. A Brand New World Feb 2012 #25
how in the HELL did it cost 57k to take a lot of boys to the movies? niyad Feb 2012 #22
How did it cost 57K? Well, you know, there's popcorn and drinks and ya gotta have candy.... Moonwalk Feb 2012 #24
The tickets alone could hit that price easily Posteritatis Feb 2012 #34
The very first sentence of the article answers that question Posteritatis Feb 2012 #33
Why would a movie theater charge full price under such circumstances....? Wouldn't they strike.... Moonwalk Feb 2012 #63
The distributors forbid theaters from offering discounts on new releases. (nt) Posteritatis Feb 2012 #72
Ugh! Fire whoever arranged this. They wasted 57K to no good purpose! There was no friggin' reason... Moonwalk Feb 2012 #88
with 5,700 students going quakerboy Feb 2012 #35
For newly released films like "Red Tails" Pab Sungenis Feb 2012 #56
gosh, to look at their website, one couldn't tell they are a bunch of sexist jerks. niyad Feb 2012 #23
Can't let their innocent girls be sullied by watching the bi-racial love affair in the movie. Doremus Feb 2012 #27
Dallas Independent School District is 95 percent students of color oberliner Feb 2012 #62
Texas makes Missouri look like New York Redstate Bluegirl Feb 2012 #36
Don't know their thinking. Igel Feb 2012 #38
I have heard the movie is embarrassingly bad, so maybe the girls got the better deal. tblue37 Feb 2012 #40
OK I'm gonna be devil's advocate PaulaFarrell Feb 2012 #41
It is basically not fair nor just. roody Feb 2012 #42
there are things a lot more unfair and unjust in public education PaulaFarrell Feb 2012 #45
That would be wrong-headed Heathen57 Feb 2012 #46
"does everything really have to be an outrage?" niyad Feb 2012 #70
You're missing the point! It was $10 per kid!!!! Release the hounds! n/t lumberjack_jeff Feb 2012 #74
Beyond Absurd Sherman A1 Feb 2012 #43
Somewhere in an alternate universe dmallind Feb 2012 #44
+1 a2liberal Feb 2012 #87
Is that the exact name of the new film ? dipsydoodle Feb 2012 #47
Might be... GTurck Feb 2012 #48
The movie is about combat and flying fighters. Women aren't emotional suited to that. tclambert Feb 2012 #49
It's the middle. I have a friend who will tell you that either coast is OK, but you renie408 Feb 2012 #50
what fuck is going on? a war against women? madrchsod Feb 2012 #52
YES niyad Feb 2012 #67
We need to give Texas back to Mexico Joey Liberal Feb 2012 #54
And You Need To Remember That 3.5 Million Texans Voted For Obama. Paladin Feb 2012 #55
well we could use some more democrats here in northern il. plus... madrchsod Feb 2012 #60
It's Texas n/t tooeyeten Feb 2012 #64
No, it's a dumbass running a school district. kentauros Feb 2012 #85
what? tooeyeten Feb 2012 #102
Your response can still be construed as region-bashing kentauros Feb 2012 #103
certainly tooeyeten Feb 2012 #106
Red Tails is about bigotry stopping the military from giving minority pilots the opportunity to fly abelenkpe Feb 2012 #65
apart from the gender discrimination, the sheer sexism and obvious stupidity of the event-- niyad Feb 2012 #66
Boys excluded from 'Akeelah and the Bee' field trip; Thousands of Texas schools girls brought Kellerfeller Feb 2012 #68
That wasn't a field trip. LeftyMom Feb 2012 #78
Guess they didn't know "women are capable of flying small planes" n/t reACTIONary Feb 2012 #77
War propaganda for boys only. No one should be forced to see war propaganda! nt valerief Feb 2012 #86
This is history, not propaganda. kemah Feb 2012 #90
As a retired teacher I would not take a coed teen age crowd to a movie. I would make two trips. kemah Feb 2012 #89
Girls don't need to know about history?! Rhiannon12866 Feb 2012 #91
Of course not! primavera Feb 2012 #99
What about the boys who were restricted from seeing Kayla and the bee? Islandlife Feb 2012 #94
Don't hold your breath Zax2me Feb 2012 #96
They're destined to become homophobic Republican Senators. sofa king Feb 2012 #97
There are simply no words to describe the profundity of their stupidity lunatica Feb 2012 #98
If I was one of the girls Great Caesars Ghost Feb 2012 #101
I'd like to know if the girls have ever gotten to go to the movies HotRodTuna Feb 2012 #105
Nope...and it definitely would have been reported locally had they gone rainbow4321 Feb 2012 #107
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