All-Star Twerk Ban

David said:

They are ALL responding like I said, "Employers won't look at your facebook," which is not what I said at all. I merely said that they shouldn't. Not to mention the first two were a bit rude in their own right.

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David said:

They will not pull up a vine video of you twerking to deny you admittance into grad school, and they shouldn't do it for a job either. What you do in your personal life IS and ALWAYS should be separate from you work life. They are two completely different things.

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cheerKT said:

I did not mean to come across as rude, it was not my intention. But the statement was just that foreign to me. This is what you said



You said they will not pull up a video and deny you admittance into grad school. They most certainly will. Maybe not at the school you or I attended but some of them do patrol social media like that. And for jobs they absolutely can (and most of the times should) look into a potential employees social media. And in my opinion there is not a big separation in your personal and office life. Yes everyone has the right to privacy but the internet is not private whatsoever. You are still you, whether you are on the clock or not.

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HeresAThought said:

Yeah, I went to his last tour in 2011? I think. I had good seats. Floor level. When he picked someone from the the crowd to get grinded upon on that couch I was like "pick me".

But then I realized that he was sweating and would get sweat on me and since feet and bodily secretions make me drive heave....it wouldn't have been pretty.


I probably would have needed up a viral video on YouTube

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mollymags said:

It actually is illegal in California, Illinois, Michigan, New Jersey, Maryland, and Delaware. Many more states are pushing for a ban on it. But the fact that there needs to be a law against it is proof enough that it was happening.

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Cheermom1969 said:

Not sure I agree. Yes, he is a very intelligent young man, and I too am impressed by his debating abilities (truly). But there was bits of rudeness from him as well. I also feel he was condescending in his tone at times, and he apologized. Big respect from me for him doing that.
As I told him, maybe this isn't the place for long dissertations on the subject of twerking. I do get what he was trying to get people to do, critical thinking of why a rule should or shouldn't be a rule and the reasonings behind it, etc., but again, just don't think this is the place. Just my opinion.

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Cheer Dad said:

The internet is public domain not private. As pointed out, some states have made it illegal for companies to require your social media passwords but that is not always needed. Once out there it stays there and can usually be retrieved in some form and I would suppose with the new facial recognition software available might be even easier to find pictures of you posted by friends that you may never known about or knew about but were never tagged in.
Here is a link from an online legal magazine.
Technology: The right (and wrong) way to monitor your employees on social media

Here is another one, granted 2 years old, that illustrates a small survey of hiring managers.
How Recruiters Use Social Networks to Screen Candidates [INFOGRAPHIC]

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cupieqt said:

He was rude, just in a more long winded way. I tend to stick with zingers. He apologized and the discussion was finished, but we can start over if you'd like.


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Mclovin said:

I pray every day that the way I live my life and the way I allow my girls to live their lives is acceptable and honorable in the eyes of God. When I get to heaven and stand before God as we all will, I pray He stays well done my good and faithful servant. I don't believe cheer is dispicable in the eyes of God, at least not the way our gym trains. But you're right, maybe I've just convinced myself of that because its something we love to do. In any event, that is something I will answer to God for someday. I won't deny there are PARTS of our sport that make me cringe.

I will also say, however, that I do believe our gym has changed the lives of kids thru cheer. Kids have come to know Jesus thru our gym, kids have gotten off drugs and cleaned themselves up, kids have learned how to pray and understand the bible, kids have learned how to put God first in their lives...all thru the coaches at our gym. So I do believe cheer can and is an outlet to reach children, in both good and bad ways.


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Cheermom1969 said:

And here we go again. Someone hand me the Advil.

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David said:

First off, the lack of reading comprehension you all have shown is astounding. If you actually took a second to read my words carefully, you would understand why I feel all of these replies are so asinine.

Allow me to elaborate....

My first point was that you will not get denied admittance into grad school for having a vine where you are twerking. Are you guys still with me? None of you even commented on this part of my post. We're talking about grad school, not getting a job in the big scary real world. Admittance into grad school is determined purely off of merit, grades, gpa etc.... But David, how do you know this? I have been admitted into grad school and successfully obtained my Master's Degree. Throughout my time in grad school I guess I spoke to, oh I don't know, a couple of professors (this is called sarcasm are you still with me?). I know what they look for and I know how they choose people. They want the department to look dignified on paper so they would never turned down a talented writer, with an outstanding gpa, who would write a great thesis, and maybe maybe even graduate with honors just because she danced and someone video taped it.

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