Students suspended for 'twerking' video

[green73]

A group of high school students has been suspended from Scripps Ranch High School and may not be able to attend prom or walk during commencement ceremonies because of a video made at school that depicts “twerking,” a suggestive manner of dancing.

Parents and students confirmed that many were suspended and told not to return to school until Friday. School board member Kevin Beiser said he was told 31 students were suspended.

Jack Brandais, a spokesman for the San Diego Unified School District, said he could not discuss student discipline matters.

The video apparently violates the school’s sexual harassment policy that prohibits verbal, visual or physical conduct of a sexual nature. Twerking involves the shaking and twisting of hips in a suggestive dance move.

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http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/may/01/twerking-students-suspension-dance-scripps-ranch/


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgoyVRO0A0E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgoyVRO0A0E

[fr33]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lVRcI0zsvw

Some things never change.

[green73]

^^^ Golly gee, that was so inspiring it brought tears to my eyes.

[brushfire]

^^^ Golly gee, that was so inspiring it brought tears to my eyes.

That's some fine Pecorino Romano! HARD - CORE - CHEESE, baby...

[PaulConventionWV]

"The shaking and twisting of hips in a suggestive dance move".

Brings me back to the days of Elvis. And I wasn't even born yet.

[KingNothing]

"School board member Kevin Beiser said he was told 31 students were suspended."


31!!!! HAHAHA

[dannno]

I'm getting sick and tired of seeing kids suspended for behavior outside of school.

I didn't see the video, but I'm assuming that is what happened here.

[tod evans]

I'm getting sick and tired of seeing kids suspended for behavior outside of school.


Bingo!

[CPUd]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wta6TKY4j2U



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbZ8JOjGNWo

[The Free Hornet]

Another motivation, independent thought:


Lyston McNear, a 17-year-old senior, said he was suspended even though he didn’t appear in the video or shoot it, but because he came up with the original idea for the project.

www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/may/01/twerking-students-suspension-dance-scripps-ranch/ (http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/may/01/twerking-students-suspension-dance-scripps-ranch/)

AFAIK, coming up with ideas doesn't violate "the school’s sexual harassment policy that prohibits verbal, visual or physical conduct of a sexual nature".

[Yieu]

Some things never change.

Eh, there was dancing in Footloose. What the kids did was a sexual act and not dancing. I'm not saying they should or shouldn't be suspended, I make no judgement on that. But this is not dancing.

[jtap]

It would seem homeschooling is fast becoming the only option.

[fr33]

Eh, there was dancing in Footloose. What the kids did was a sexual act and not dancing. I'm not saying they should or shouldn't be suspended, I make no judgement on that. But this is not dancing.

Pretty much every generation's dance moves get demonized like this.

[James Madison]

If this is enough to get students suspended, I would hate to see the school's reaction when they learn none of these kids are virgins.

[Yieu]

It would seem homeschooling is fast becoming the only option.

If you don't want your kids being influenced to shoot a video like that, yeah.

[Yieu]

Pretty much every generation's dance moves get demonized like this.

Are you going to make the claim that doing nothing more than bending over, sticking out your butt, and shaking it is only dancing and not sexual in nature?

[tod evans]

Pretty much every generation's dance moves get demonized like this.

"His kind of music is deplorable, a rancid smelling aphrodisiac...It fosters almost totally negative and destructive reactions in young people."
-Frank Sinatra, 1950s

“It isn’t enough to say that Elvis is kind to his parents, sends money home, and is the same unspoiled kid he was before all the commotion began. That still isn’t a free ticket to behave like a sex maniac in public.”
-Eddie Condon, "Cosmopolitan," December 1956

http://www.elvis.com/about-the-king/quotes/quotes_about_elvis.aspx

[Yieu]

"His kind of music is deplorable, a rancid smelling aphrodisiac...It fosters almost totally negative and destructive reactions in young people."
-Frank Sinatra, 1950s

“It isn’t enough to say that Elvis is kind to his parents, sends money home, and is the same unspoiled kid he was before all the commotion began. That still isn’t a free ticket to behave like a sex maniac in public.”
-Eddie Condon, "Cosmopolitan," December 1956

http://www.elvis.com/about-the-king/quotes/quotes_about_elvis.aspx

So people could rip their clothes off on stage and engage in intercourse, and it is still dancing because people said similar things about Sinatra.

[tod evans]

So people could rip their clothes off on stage and engage in intercourse, and it is still dancing because people said similar things about Sinatra.

How do you draw that analogy from the quotes I posted?

(That was Sinatra talking about Elvis)

[Yieu]

From a couple statements made, it seemed like anything could be considered dancing into the future as long as you call it dancing. This is basically a mating call.

[tod evans]

From a couple statements made, it seemed like anything could be considered dancing into the future as long as you call it dancing. This is basically a mating call.

Statements I made?

How about the issue of students being punished in school for behavior out of school?

Are you good with that?

[edit]

Sorry, I reread the OP and this video in question was shot at school...

[dannno]

Are you going to make the claim that doing nothing more than bending over, sticking out your butt, and shaking it is only dancing and not sexual in nature?

All dancing is sexual in nature.

[Yieu]

Statements I made?

How about the issue of students being punished in school for behavior out of school?

Are you good with that?

Multiple statements in this thread that compared this to previous famous musicians or previous opinions on dancing.

Also, I'm not being combative. :)

And:


I'm not saying they should or shouldn't be suspended, I make no judgement on that.

[Yieu]

All dancing is sexual in nature.

I simply disagree.

When I dance, it is religious in nature.

[dannno]

So people could rip their clothes off on stage and engage in intercourse, and it is still dancing because people said similar things about Sinatra.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwrrXPJafGU

[James Madison]

From a couple statements made, it seemed like anything could be considered dancing into the future as long as you call it dancing. This is basically a mating call.

That's probably how dancing originated.

[Yieu]

dannno, I'm not sure what all is in that video, but just because there might be people who might consider having sex on a stage to be dancing, does not mean I have to accept that it actually is dancing.

[dannno]

I simply disagree.

When I dance, it is religious in nature.

Religion means nothing. If your dancing is spiritual in nature, then great. Sex is one of the most spiritual acts humans can engage in. They aren't really different per se.

[dannno]

//

[dannno]

dannno, I'm not sure what all is in that video, but just because there might be people who might consider having sex on a stage to be dancing, does not mean I have to accept that it actually is dancing.

Nobody cares what you think dancing is.

[dannno]

There's a new type of dancing I've seen around, popular among younger kids, where you always stay connected to your partner at one point on your body (could be your back, shoulders, arms, chest, etc) and the movements are very odd. It looks like the couples are constantly falling onto / all over each other. It's one of the most interesting things I've seen especially when there are a bunch of people doing it right by each other. I actually found a webpage about it a couple weeks ago but I forgot what it was called and can't find any videos of it at the moment. Anybody else know what I'm talking about?

[tod evans]

I wouldn't have any idea, the only dancing I do requires lots of booze and sawdust on the floor..:o



There's a new type of dancing I've seen around, popular among younger kids, where you always stay connected to your partner at one point on your body (could be your back, shoulders, arms, chest, etc) and the movements are very odd. It looks like the couples are constantly falling onto / all over each other. It's one of the most interesting things I've seen especially when there are a bunch of people doing it right by each other. I actually found a webpage about it a couple weeks ago but I forgot what it was called and can't find any videos of it at the moment. Anybody else know what I'm talking about?

[Ender]

Are you going to make the claim that doing nothing more than bending over, sticking out your butt, and shaking it is only dancing and not sexual in nature?

When my grandmother was young, swing dance was "evil". When my mother was a kid there was the Watusi, the Shake and The Dog; the Dog is a bit more graphic than twerking. And this was the '60's.

BTW-- everything is sexual in nature- that's how nature continues; just thought I'd keep you up to date. ;)

[jmdrake]

I'm getting sick and tired of seeing kids suspended for behavior outside of school.

I didn't see the video, but I'm assuming that is what happened here.

Well at least they aren't getting felony charges for possessing a W.A.D.

weapon of ass destruction

[KingRobbStark]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwrrXPJafGU

Britney Spears never fails to give me an erection.

[dannno]

There's a new type of dancing I've seen around, popular among younger kids, where you always stay connected to your partner at one point on your body (could be your back, shoulders, arms, chest, etc) and the movements are very odd. It looks like the couples are constantly falling onto / all over each other. It's one of the most interesting things I've seen especially when there are a bunch of people doing it right by each other. I actually found a webpage about it a couple weeks ago but I forgot what it was called and can't find any videos of it at the moment. Anybody else know what I'm talking about?


It's called Contact Improvization..

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-a&hs=Ipf&hl=en&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&biw=1055&bih=590&q=contact+improvization&bav=on.2,or.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.45960087,d.cGE&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=gbyCUdSYFaGriALrmYHADQ#um=1&client=firefox-a&hs=gU0&hl=en&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&tbm=isch&q=contact+improvisation&spell=1&sa=X&ei=hbyCUYCXD4GUiQL5loDoAQ&ved=0CFIQvwUoAA&bav=on.2,or.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.45960087,d.cGE&fp=377893ecf7b613cb&biw=1055&bih=590


I'll try and find some good vids later.

It looks really fun to do if you're on ecstasy or some type of hallucinogen.

[dannno]

Well at least they aren't getting felony charges for possessing a W.A.D.

weapon of ass destruction

Wow, that was a really funny sex joke, for a Christian :D

[dannno]

One apparent student, whose Twitter handle is @sopjoa69, tweeted: “Suspended for twerking. What do I do? Twerk. At the beach. I twerk at the beach.”




https://twitter.com/sopjoa69
lil philly Protected account
@sopjoa69

if u fuck with me ill lift u so hard u won't be able to feel ur dick anymore

..

[dannno]

Oh and I can't find any good contact improv vids on youtube, I'm pretty sure you have to be on the right drugs to do it properly :(

If anybody finds really cool lookin contact improv dance vids post or pm me... I should have taken some video of it when I saw it.

[dannno]

wtfdps

[heavenlyboy34]

All dancing is sexual in nature. You think square dancing is "sexual"? The kalinka? Tap?

[SkepticalMetal]

Eh, there was dancing in Footloose. What the kids did was a sexual act and not dancing. I'm not saying they should or shouldn't be suspended, I make no judgement on that. But this is not dancing.
It would seem that practically all dancing is to some degree of a provocative nature. The older generation in the 1950s-1960s was saying that rock 'n' roll wasn't music - it was Satanic mumbo jumbo that had no coherent sound. I think since dancing and music are owned by culture and what people make of them, we can't really have any clear-cut description of what it actually is that lasts us through the ages.

So what is dancing? If we are to rule out "twerking," as a sexual act rather than a dance than I think we should rule out "Samba," "Bachata," and practically all of the Latin dances.

[Jovan Galtic]

And board members then went home to watch porn...

[CPUd]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwrrXPJafGU

Most of what you see at a Britney show is derived from some part of a Madonna or Janet Jackson show 20 yrs ago:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l82S3T92opI

[asurfaholic]

I wouldn't have any idea, the only dancing I do requires lots of booze and sawdust on the floor..:o

Lol wut?

[green73]

Lol wut?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_F4KZr1NCw

[angelatc]

When my grandmother was young, swing dance was "evil". When my mother was a kid there was the Watusi, the Shake and The Dog; the Dog is a bit more graphic than twerking. And this was the '60's.

BTW-- everything is sexual in nature- that's how nature continues; just thought I'd keep you up to date. ;)


I think that if there was a video of a bunch of old fat people doing this, the fad would end ASAP. Can't be unseen, ya'll.

[Warrior_of_Freedom]

shaking your ass is sexual harassment?
Well not surprised when we live in a country where two 15 year olds who have sex can both be charged with raping each other.

[fr33]

Are you going to make the claim that doing nothing more than bending over, sticking out your butt, and shaking it is only dancing and not sexual in nature?

It's dancing and sexual. Bill Cosby used to dance like that. Surely the two-step is sexual because it seems outside the norm for people of the same sex to do it. I wonder why...

I think a lot of us make the mistake of thinking the human culture began in the 1950's and Norman Rockwell was there to paint it. In the whole grand scheme of things, this dance move is not that controversial.

[Warrior_of_Freedom]

They should ban the prom, because its entire point is sexual, opposite gender bonding.

[James Madison]

They should ban the prom, because its entire point is sexual, opposite gender bonding.

I'm counting down the days until a school mandates everyone must go with a member of the same sex to promote diversity and acceptance of alternative lifestyles.

You know it's only a matter of time.

[Warrior_of_Freedom]

I'm counting down the days until a school mandates everyone must go with a member of the same sex to promote diversity and acceptance of alternative lifestyles.

You know it's only a matter of time.

If you aren't gay, you're intolerant

[Yieu]

Yes, everyone, I literally called all dancing "evil" and I just got off a time machine from the 50's.

[SkepticalMetal]

Yes, everyone, I literally called all dancing "evil" and I just got off a time machine from the 50's.
Well where do you draw the line between what's dancing and what's a "sexual act?" Social ethics evolve with time, and perhaps what was considered sexual sixty years ago is considered dancing today. But all of this is essentially beside the point when you have schools that suspend students for doing something in their private time - although on a personal level I see these kids as lucky. They get a break from a ridiculous and totalitarian system.

[PaulConventionWV]

Are you going to make the claim that doing nothing more than bending over, sticking out your butt, and shaking it is only dancing and not sexual in nature?

Dancing oftentimes is sexual. What's wrong with that?

[PaulConventionWV]

So people could rip their clothes off on stage and engage in intercourse, and it is still dancing because people said similar things about Sinatra.

Who's advocating intercourse? I don't know where you're going with this. Nobody said intercourse was dancing.

[PaulConventionWV]

From a couple statements made, it seemed like anything could be considered dancing into the future as long as you call it dancing. This is basically a mating call.

Nobody is saying intercourse is dancing.

[PaulConventionWV]

Yes, everyone, I literally called all dancing "evil" and I just got off a time machine from the 50's.

Oh, that explains it. Thanks for clearing that up for us.