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In reply to the discussion: Girls excluded from 'Red Tails' field trip; Thousands of Texas schoolboys brought to see the film [View all]niyad
(113,798 posts)there is one line that deserves to be howled at for its sheer stupidity:
Girls excluded from 'Red Tails' field trip; Thousands of Texas schoolboys brought to see the WWII film, and
A spokesman for the Dallas Independent School District said officials took only boys to see "Red Tails" Thursday because SPACE AT THE THEATER WAS LIMITED. Jon Dahlander told The Dallas Morning News that leaders of the district also thought boys would enjoy the movie more than girls.
okay, there was room for THOUSANDS of boys, but SPACE WAS LIMITED???????????
now, not being in dallas, I don't know how big any of their auditoriums are, but none of the ones I have ever been in around the country holds THOUSANDS. (maybe at a multiplex where ALL the screens were showing the same film, but come ON. even without all the other considerations, the idiot deserves to lose his job for coming up with such a lame, idiotic excuse for this crap.
another questions comes to mind--since this was, in essence, a "field trip", wouldn't parental consent be required? and wouldn't you think that SOME parents might have raised questions, if not outright objections? I didn't see anything to indicate that, though.