Scandalous Texas Cheerleaders
Newsweek has published a "Mean Girls" article on five cheerleaders from McKinney North High School in Texas.
It would seem that these girls were going through some sort of "Girls Gone Wild" period. But during their high school years, not college. It has been alleged by photos on MySpace and witnesses they have committed acts of raunchy behaviour. Known as the "Fab Five," they were an elite social clique that flagrantly flouted school rules but faced few sanctions. Perhaps the reason was that the ringleader was the daughter of McKinney North's principal, Linda Theret.
While it would seem that these girls have been caught boozing and found to have sent dirty pranks to their cheerleadering coach, their punishments was pretty much a slap on the wrist. For one example, when the condom-store photos hit the Internet, the principal wanted to kick the five girls off the squad, a committee of administrators from the school and district recommended 15-day suspensions for the girls in the drinking photo and 30-day suspensions for those in the condom-store snapshot. After parents protested that the latter picture shouldn't be treated more harshly than the former, the superintendent of schools agreed and reduced the penalty for the condom-store photo to 15 days. Reduced to 15 days??? After hearing this, it would seem the adults are condoning the girls' behaviour.
As an end result to all of this, the principal resigned after accepting a monetary settlement. All five girls are no longer members of the cheerleading squad.
But is the whole thing over? Wait till these girls go into college. Could their behaviour still be an issue of concern for future students, professors, and administrators?
Could this elite social group be the same in every high school? Is there a group of affluent kids in each school breaking the school rules, and because their parents have some sort of connection in the town, their disgusting actions are accepted?
They should join the Paris Hilton & Britney Spears Club for the Socially Crazed and Inept.
Comments
Posted by: Jackson
Posted on: January 4, 2007 06:04 PM
I Think that attitudes and behavior such as this is present in any and every institution. The biggest being the government. I love my country, but c'mon.
Posted by: Devin
Posted on: January 4, 2007 08:47 PM
I agree with Jackson. This kind of thing is going on in every school in the country, and we've only got ourselves to look at and blame for it. Over the last thirty years or so the social fabric of this country has been in a continual state of deteriation. Our ethical mores are dissipating into a fog of ambiguity and overt me-ism. I'm not really against me-ism but the fact of the matter is that when adults are out for themselves in every thing that they do, and openly flaunt the rules of common sense and decency, they will give birth to and raise children that do the same. I'm not sure where we went wrong. 30 years ago though cable television came out, and though I hate the FCC for its overt censorship, I can't help but recognize what Frank Zappa said: slime does ooze from that thing we call the television. Kids learn as much of thier behavior from parents as they do the television. The cycle of deteriorating mores and values continues every generation as new parents are born who were raised on the television themselves. Parents need to get back to basic values and ethical decency; they need to drop thier me-isms and get back to paying attention to thier kids. It's too bad the responsibility falls on the shoulders of today's parents though considering it was thier parents in the 70's and 80's who were the ones that dropped the ball in the first place. We somehow feel inept and powerless to the task. We are as zombified by that damn television as our kids. We can't point fingers in a crisis though. And we are in a crisis. These five cheerleaders are nothing compared to what lies out there un-recognized and un-reported, and what lies in our futures if we don't wake up and do something about it all. It's time for schools to start teaching ethics as a core that our children get year in year out. It's time to start educating ourselves in the same manner.
Posted by: Jon
Posted on: January 4, 2007 09:03 PM
Don’t worry about these cheerleaders causing problems in college. If they have good enough grades to get into a decent college they will soon realize their attitude will not be tolerated. Once they figure out mommy isn’t the Dean of Students they will be forced to change their attitude or be kicked out. Its great when the real world ends up disciplining a child that wasn’t raised properly by their parents. The rude awakening is fun to watch. Lets follow up with these little princesses in 5-10 years and see what they have made of themselves. My prediction: jobless with 3 kids living in a Texas trailer park.
Posted by: msufan413
Posted on: January 5, 2007 01:30 PM
Listen these turds (eg: cheerleaders) are going to wake-up, naked, in a puddle of their own vomit at a Fraternity House in the very near future and realize all too quickly that they, like many other "Fab Five" types are meat. Nothing is as satisfying as a "Queen Bee" perishing slowly and painfully far, far away from mom-dad. Hopefully these dim-wits get smart fast before freshman year and wont go thru the Fraternity Initiation. N McInney HS aint UT or SMU or TCU folks. If you're a Queen Bee in McInney, you're just a worker bee at the bigger Tex schools. I must also add as an oxygen breathering hetero male, these chics are hot. Way hot.
Posted by: matt
Posted on: January 5, 2007 11:45 PM
Anyone know where to get the good pics of these sluts?
Posted by: mike
Posted on: January 6, 2007 12:38 AM
Just like someone else said, i wouldnt worry about the fab-five once they get out of highschool, when the real world hits and if they go to college, they will realize very soon that girls like that are a dime a dozen. They might even run across one that doesnt care who there mothers are.
Posted by: pix
Posted on: January 6, 2007 08:44 PM
http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2007/01/stare-into-the-cheery-face-of-evil.php
Posted by: Luke Easter
Posted on: January 6, 2007 10:38 PM
Fab Five @ McKinney High in Dallas, Texas
What's up with the learning process in our schools these days?
It seems like everyone except the educators has a much better way,
Teachers and students are having consensual sexual relationships,
On My Space one girl put a condom on a candle then licked it with her lips.
Under age cheerleaders drinking & posting provocative pictures in style,
At Texas' McKinney North High it lasted almost a year not just a little while,
Although the actions of the notorious "Fab Five" was cause for dismissal,
Not to worry, the mother of the ringleader was the high school principal.
A suburb just outside Dallas the girls were booted and boss mom resigned,
Obviously this educator never thought to spank Cheer's cute little behind,
In a nightclub, topless bar, even skid row you see sex, cheap beer & wine,
But in a well to do community, who would ever have thought they'd find…?
And what about intimidation from parents of the other four?
They along with their "children" should have been shown the door,
Instead of learning these kids pranced around like Prima Donna fools,
Let them take these Gestapo tactics and start their own damn school.
How strange the B.O.E. bought out mom's contract for 75 grand,
Was she run over in the parking lot by the high school marching band?
This incompetent should thank her lucky stars for not being fired,
Are you telling me there was no morals clause when she was hired?
This is not an isolated incident however because it's found every where,
Yep, even affluent neighborhoods where parents are supposed to care,
This school and others like are bombarded with an endless media barrage,
Aren't teachers and not the students supposed to be the ones in charge?
For what reasons were these girls were allowed to take full control?
It's fairly obvious that mommy and daddy had never learned to say no,
There's a reason traffic lights are red and green for stop and go,
Parents need to realize, they not their offspring are running the show.
What happens when prayer, commandments are taken from school?
Envy, jealously, disrespect plus all manner of chaos begins to rule,
Disobedience with wanton desires takes over our daughters and sons,
Who now turn to sex, drugs, alcohol and as at Columbine, even guns.
© 2006 by Luke Easter
www.LyricsByLucas.com
Posted by: Kelli
Posted on: January 7, 2007 02:18 AM
High school is hell..... and Queen Bees can make it so hellish you don't want to go to school. However, know that high school does not last forever, you eventually GET OUT, and in many cases the queen bees get a severe reality check when life doesn't cater to them the way high school did. And the ones who made it through high school hell, and came out clean on the other side, and are taking life by the horns.... WE are the new queens, we are the ones in charge, but we grow up with empathy and integrity and with the social conscience to make the world a better place.
Posted by: annie_fannie
Posted on: January 7, 2007 02:32 AM
does anyone else feel like we're witnessing the beginning of the end here. i mean, the end of the "American empire" so to speak. even Rome had to fall, right? we had a good run but now young women are worshipping teen idols who have no real talent outside of the ability to drink themselves into rehab, spend money without restraint, and publicly bad mouth anyone who may usurp their undeserving power. what else can we expect of them when we constantly hype the likes of Paris Hilton & Lindsey Lohan, seeming to reward their bad behavior with more attention.
something tells me none of this negative publicity bothers these girls at all. in fact, they'll most likely capitalize on it by joining the ranks of reality-show-15-minute-stardom. and i, for one, can't wait to see which one Flavor Flav boots first.
Posted by: James (Author)
Posted on: January 7, 2007 02:48 AM
That is a very good question. Will our American democracy be able to continue? Will we still be able to see future graduates from our high schools, colleges, universities, and other institutions excel outside in the "real world?" Are they stuck believing that those "reality shows" are what they will think of after graduating?
Do we reget passing the constitutional amendment that allowed 18-year old kids to vote in our elections?
Or perhaps these kids are just a naughty, but small percentage of the overall student population?
Posted by: annie_fannie
Posted on: January 7, 2007 03:19 AM
hmmm James, do i note a sense of sarcasm there?
having recently returned to college and witnessed, first-hand, a new generation of women raised on a steady diet of thoughtless pop culture, i can say i'm concerned. from what i've seen, it's not a small percentage at all. it's fast becoming the norm.
do i think we should take away the right to vote? i don't recall even hinting at that. but given everything else happening in our culture lately, politically and socially, i think it's time to collectively take responsibility when "outrageous" things like this hit the news...rather than pointing the finger at individual parents or even just passing it off as "well, queen bees will be queen bees"...which i think your final sentence suggests.
i don't know. maybe i just read too many Adbusters.
Posted by: annie_fannie
Posted on: January 7, 2007 03:25 AM
and i don't see how my comments are that much different than the others posted here...so, do tell, why respond to mine specifically?
Posted by: James (Author)
Posted on: January 7, 2007 10:52 AM
It was just by random chance, I haven't really gone through these comments until yesterday.
The right to vote was prolly a pessimistic viewpoint among adults much older than me believing that our young population are no longer interested in carrying out their civic duty since they are not being taught that anymore. It would seem that celebrities, hiphop and rock stars, critics, or social debutantes are the role models for these kids.
The small naughty percentage is trying to be optimistic. I would just hope they are not leading everyone to certain disaster.
Posted by: A random girl
Posted on: January 7, 2007 03:40 PM
These girls need a wake-up call. Kids will be kids? They are in high school, for crying out loud, not daycare. Underage drinking? I think a detention center would work wonders.
Posted by: ......
Posted on: January 8, 2007 02:20 AM
i don't understand why this problem has been made so enormous. yes, these girls clearly have a problem respecting authority and that needs to be fixed. BUT this should not be national news. I don't need to turn on CNN to see some girls who got in trouble for being bitchy. And the pictures in the "condom store" do not seem like that big of a deal, i fully believe it was done as a joke, and I can imagine quite a few people I knew in high school doing that-and they were not hooligans or whatever you want to call them. Also, to those concerned about the underage drinking-come on, i realize it's illegal and the school has a right to punish the girls for it, but at almost any high school probably 75% of the upperclassmen drink. I think the real problem here is definitely confined to an attitude problem.
Posted by: ......
Posted on: January 8, 2007 09:23 AM
Okay, I agree that it should not be national news and that there are problems in every school, but let's be clear, just because 75% are drinking doesn't make it okay in ANY way... I believe if the law would start holding parents responsible for there underage children's decisions, they'll be more likely to discipline them at home! it sounds like the only laws that were broken were the underage drinking, were they punished for that by local law enforcement?? I also agree that when we started removing the Ten Commandments, prayer, and in most cases, discipline, out of schools, it's giving children an open invitation to have this kind of negative behavior..
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Posted on: January 8, 2007 04:52 PM
http://www.realityskin.net
Posted by: Ken
Posted on: January 8, 2007 09:43 PM
It is hard to believe that anyone in the nation actually believes that these girls are attractive in any definition of the word! Beauty begins from deep inside a person. I only see girls that are of average physical beauty degrading themselves with inmature jestures, facial expressions and body positionings that will come back to haunt them for the rest of their lives. I hope all five sets of parents are "proud" of their "works of art". With the attitudes that these girls have exhibited so far in their young lives, they are prime candidates for early and long prison terms. I certainly hope someone will come into their lives (that they will listen to) to turn them around before they find themselves on a road to no return.
Posted by: Rachel
Posted on: January 9, 2007 07:25 AM
I agree, why IS this national news? Because the media creates the news, they do not report it.
This happens everywhere and all of the time... It happened when I was in HS and it will continue unless parents (not just teachers) do something about it. I would NEVER have thought to do these things because my father would have killed me.. Respect starts at home not in school...
Give me a break. The media needs to get their heads out of their asses and report what is REALLY going on in the world.
Posted by: becky
Posted on: August 4, 2008 06:15 PM
what the hell???!!!! were do they get off doing that crap. what is the mother doing to make her kid so bitchy. girls like that make high school hell. high school is supposed to be kinda fun, and they ruin it. i hope some one tells them of because they need a mayjor wake up call