teacher takes students to Hooters

[QueenBeeBeeMari]

by Kaley O'Kelley

Posted on December 17, 2009 at 7:25 AM

Updated Thursday, Dec 17 at 10:20 AM
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* Teacher: Hooters was the only place that could handle large student group

PARADISE VALLEY -- A Valley high school teacher is on leave after taking dozens of students to lunch at Hooters.

Mary Segall is the choir director at Paradise Valley High School. Last week, 40 of her students performed at the Arizona Center. While they were there, she decided to take the kids to lunch -- at Hooters.

Segall said Hooters was the only place that could accommodate such a large group. School administrators, however, believe there were other restaurants in the downtown area that would have been more appropriate.

Segall is slated to retire in January. It's not yet clear if she will return to work before then.

http://www.azfamily.com/news/local/Teacher-on-leave-after-taking-students-to-Hooters-79524972.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jA0oVqFg-i4

 

[vmandude1]

best teacher ever, lol. totally wish i could have had her when i was in school

 

[TyrantRaveAB]

its just hooters...

 

[vmandude1]

its just hooters...

i dunno if ur referring to the story or to me, or both, but if ur referring to me, im a 22 year old virgin whos never been to a hooters or a strip club or anything......so yeah, lol

 

[Journia]

I hate hooters, but she's right. The onlyplace other than a place like, "The Golden Corral," can handle a full blown choir.

 

[Violetta]

Seriously, have these people ever been to Hooters? There's seriously nothing to the place, other than the fact that they bill themselves as tacky and the waitresses have super-tight uniforms. There is NO great taboo to the place. Some people need a dose of reality. Something to occupy their boredom would be good, too.

 

[Frost King]

Damn i wish one of my teachers would have took me there. :lol

 

[chicag0]

She's a high school teacher, teaching teenagers. She didn't take them to a strip club, and if you're comparing Hooters to a strip club, you clearly have no experience with either places.

 

[QueenBeeBeeMari]

I think the administration just freaked out and thought a parent would complain and they would get into trouble.Parents these days do seem to shelter their kids and freak out at the simplest things.
I am not agreeing with the decision though.I don't see why a parent would have a problem with the restaurant,I was even brought there when I was under 18.Further more there is no age limit for the restaurant

 

[melanie2]

Hooters just another restaurant...

 

[Zephyrin]

Hooters just another restaurant...

Yup. Another restaurant with a unique theme, uniforms, and nice waitresses xD.

But seriously, though. Reality newbs in the administration should just go to Hooters themselves instead of just point fingers based on what they see.

 

[kopfhorer1]

"Reality newbs". I like that description!

Just the same, mindful of the hassle I could be letting myself in for on account of the reality newbs, if it had been me, I'd have chosen Denny's, Old Country Buffet, or if there'd been time to arrange for it, the dining room of a local catering company.

 

[QueenBeeBeeMari]

Honestly,if I was the teacher and I had come from a long trip with a bunch of rowdy high schoolers and Hooters was the closest place.I would have gone there just to get home.
Now when I was in jr.High my chorus teacher took us to a competition and we went to Burger King

 

[Frost King]

Yeah true there ain't any strippers there

 

[the_jimmy_james]

Funny thing, there aren't any strippers at Hooters either.

Could I offer a few people some fine Brie to enjoy with your aged whine? Maybe some Roqefort? No?

Allright, well just remember, whine is better with cheese.

 

[Feathery]

:rolleyesI go to Hooters for the cuisine!

 

[N/A]

I like the Hooters-equivalent establishment for fourth graders in "South Park": "Raisins".

 

[chode]

The food there blows, so it HAD to be the only place near by to eat. I do not fault the teacher.

 

[the_jimmy_james]

The food sucks? Compared to what? Ruth's Chris?

 

[QueenBeeBeeMari]

The Golden Corral,Denny's,Outback Steak House,I can think of some more probably.

 

[chode]

Id rather eat high school cafeteria food than Hooters. Its so frigging bad.

 

[Cbarton]

I'll stand up for the opposing view on this one.

As a parent, I would be appalled if the teacher, responsible for my kids during the outing, would take my kids to Hooters on a field trip or outing.

Why, you may ask?

(1) As a family, we don't condone the mindset/atmosphere/mentality that Hooters promotes. My kids are Middle School/Junior High right now. But even when they reach high school, I feel it is inappropriate. Afterall, I've never seen one that I have driven by with a drive-up window, so they are selling the 'scenery,' not the food there.

(2) We are raising my daughter to not conform to the sex-crazed mentality that the world out there seems insistent to force upon our kids these days. A prude? No, a lady is what we are raising. Not some piece of flesh to be peddled on the restaurant floor.

(3) How can I expect my son to treat a woman like a lady if he is taken to places that are there to promote the objectification of women? See my comment about no drive-up windows to confirm my argument here.

We all have standards. MDJ and I set them higher than most. It's our choice, plain and simple. 'Hooters', for all the glory y'all seem to be wanting to give and defend for it, doesn't meet those standards. And yes, I visited a Hooters once. Poor food, decor tacky. The only reason to go there is the to oogle the waitresses. On a field trip, I want my kids feed on the stop, not sexually entertained.

I find it very difficult to believe that no other place was big enough to handle that group. There are at least that many people (kids and parents) that travel with our school's speech and drama team to meets. So that excuse is a cop-out. If you are doing some event as a teacher, you are usually required to plan for where you are going and where your stops are. Especially in this lawsuit happy society, even the meal stops have to be listed on the permission slips (where and approximately when).

It was a bad, terrible choice, and the teacher is facing the music for it. Cut out the 'politically correct' defense of the poor actions of the teacher. It was wrong, plain and simple.

Don't worry, I expect no one here to agree with me. Won't be the first or the last. But then again, very few on here are parents. It changes the whole perspective. No one here is looking at it from that point of view.

 

[the_jimmy_james]

Might I ask, what is the standard that Hooters' food is being judged against? Maybe I'm just not affluent enough to afford what some of you are comparing it against.

If I am, I apologize dearly that I'm not fucking rich enough for your tastes and can't afford goddamn French fucking cuisine ever stinking night of the week.

 

[Cbarton]

Actually, we eat quite healthy and normally. The food in question at this 'restaurant' in question is quite similar to W.W. Cousins in Louisville, or the Fuddruckers that no longer exists in this area. Translation: Nothing to write home about.

Besides, this country boy has never been to a fancy French restaurant. We eat at home most nights, with an occasional night out or Chick-fil-a run when I have P&W practice at church and can't go home from work.

 

[PurpleStyle]

Why bother with french cuisine when you can go to Alinea? Mmmmm, everything they have is much better than french cuisine. It's closed on Mondays and Tuesdays, so you can't eat there EVERY night of the week. But I highly recommend if you're ever in Chicago and have $200 to blow on food. 😉

Anyway, there's nothing special about hooters except the usually-attractive waitstaff.