Three girls were recently punished for playing Katy Perry's smash hit "I Kissed a Girl" at a high school pep rally. Is this fair?
Jordan Downey, one of the disciplined seniors who has twirled for the past four years, says she didn't think the school would really care about the song. "They told us that it probably won't be a very good idea, and then we decided, like, it's not a big deal, we'll just run for it, no one's going to care!"
However, school officials say the girls broke the student code of conduct and as punishment, will not be allowed to attend two football games and one pep rally.
But Downey said she thinks she and the other two girls were disciplined merely because the song is about a girl kissing another girl. "It's a song," says Downey. "It's just like any other song."
Jordon Downey's mother, Jane is sticking up for her daughter, saying the incident wasn't a big deal. She does agree, however, that Jordan broke the rules and should be punished.
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I like the song - but not good for a school pep rally.
- foxymama
Where is all this politically correct BS coming from? I don’t remember outrage when “Come On Feel The Noise, Girls Rock Your Boys” was played at my Jr. high dance.
- hmmm
It just goes to show that schools so often punish things that don’t need to be! After all they could have warned the girls or written them up! However a suspension is a bit much! I worked in the schools for over 4 years and have seen countless times where kids should have been suspended and weren’t and vise versa! I think part of the issue of them correctly punishing is that they try to make examples out of students. They also don’t have enough control over issue now that parents always but their noses in! I agree parents should have a say but it also hurts the schools when they can’t punish your kids out of fear of being taken to court over it!While this incident shouldn’t have happened it did and I think other kids need to take it as a warning to respect school policy!
- Becca
They were told “it probly wouldn’t be a good idea”, which to them sounded like “We don’t really care”. A coach should have stepped in and said “No”
- Ki
Ki I completely agree with you. I was about to use the exact same thing you did until I read your posting. It’s true. If they were going to get in trouble for playing that song they should’ve told them they could NOT play it. But they said “wouldn’t be a good idea” where do you hear “NO”! Nowhere. And her mother has every right to defend her. How ignorant of the school to suspend them. The song plays on over hundereds of radio stations across the country, even on Spanish stations. Obviously, not everyone seems to have a problem with it.
- Lourdes
They have a problem with this song but not all of the other sexually suggestive songs cheerleaders and dance squads use for pep rally routines. swell.
- birdsfly
Like Bubba Sparx Booty Rockin’ Everywhere,I Wanna F*ck You by Akon, I’m in Love with A Stripper, Brittany Spears Oops I didn’t Again “Video”, All kinds of other songs. TOO MANY TO NAME!
- Lourdes
DUMB. Its a cute song. Besides, they will soon be in college to find out more…
- Missy
It is true that many highschool dance teams do their routines to very suggestive songs, as a mom I am often embarassed to be sitting at a game watching the halftime show. I wonder if I am watching highschool dancers, or strippers. It shows a lack of good judgment by the coach who is ultimatley to blame, not the girls.
- chrissylou
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