Reflections, Reflections

From Clayton: "California: Aim High, Girls"

SAN FRANCISCO - The principal of a Palo Alto middle school may not invite a popular speaker back to an annual career day after he told girls they could earn a good living as strippers.

Management consultant William Fried told eighth-graders at Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle School on Tuesday that stripping and exotic dancing can pay $250,000 or more per year, depending on their bust size.

"It's sick, but it's true," Fried said in an interview later. "The truth of the matter is you can earn a tremendous amount of money as an exotic dancer, if that's your desire."

Fried has given a popular 55-minute presentation, "The Secret of a Happy Life," at the school's career day the past three years. He counsels students to experiment with a variety of interests until they discover something they love and excel in.

Oh, great. But here's the California aspect of this:

But school principal Joseph Di Salvo said Fried may not be back next year.

Interesting to think about that many parents, fathers specially, that would not like their daughters to be told this and encouraged to be cheap dancers (aka "exotic"), consume a lot of pornography. "Fine to exploit women as long as it´s not my daughter." Don´t we know...