• New York City Elementary School Teacher Admits to Being Former Prostitute
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[QUOTE] The tattooed former hooker and stripper has been teaching art in a Bronx elementary school for three years, The Post has learned. Calling herself a "for mer sex worker," the well-liked teacher has been shockingly up front about her past -- posting online accounts of her sexcapades in Mexico and Lon don. But in her boldest move, the 30-year-old posted an essay this month claiming she also had been a pros titute. "From October 2006 to January 2007, I accepted money in exchange for sexual services I provided to men I met online in what was then called the 'erotic services' section of Craigslist.org," wrote Petro on The Huffington Post, using her real name and picture. The attached bio identifies Petro, who has an MFA in creative nonfiction from The New School, as a "former sex worker, researcher, writer, educator, and feminist." It appears she managed to keep her shenanigans a secret from parents at PS 70 -- who were stunned by the revelation. "I don't want nobody that used to do that to be around my kid," said Grace Ventura, whose son is in third grade. "People like that should not be allowed to be anywhere near children." Yocelyn Quezada said perhaps Petro had managed to turn her life around, but she still fumed that a former money honey was teaching two of her three kids. "She's not a good role model. I do not want my daughters to find out about this," Quezada said, "and I do not want my daughters to be around that kind of person." Despite predicting in one online posting that "that this would be a conversation I'd someday be compelled to have," Petro declined twice to speak with The Post. Principal Kerry Castellano referred questions to the Department of Education's press office, which said Petro had been reassigned to administrative duties pending an investigation But Petro's posts show she was warned by at least two school staffers -- including one administrator -- that her refusal to be more cautious about her history could land her in hot water. "In an off the record conversation, a sympathetic administrator kindly asked if I couldn't publish under a pseudonym. I wish, for her sake, I could," Petro recently wrote on The Rumpus, an online magazine. Petro, who earns $61,000 a year, also wrote that a co-worker had warned her that some of her colleagues were beginning to Google her. "There have been lots of rumors going around about her for a while now," one school worker told The Post. "I wouldn't want my kid to be in a school where she is."[/QUOTE] Source: [url]http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/bronx/bx_teach_admits_an_ex_hooker_HAs5wQMrW8KdcAfpgrK3WP[/url] Only in the Bronx. Oh and photo [IMG]http://www.nypost.com/rw/nypost/2010/09/27/news/photos_stories/cropped/melissa_petro--300x450.jpg[/IMG]
Can we get a picture where she isn't scrunching her face up?
Sort of want
[QUOTE=Mr. Scorpio;25102281]Can we get a picture where she isn't scrunching her face up?[/QUOTE] nope that's all I have
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B25rZPZaehk[/media]
i wonder what being a sex worker in Lon don is like
What's with the random spaces between letters in words? For mer. Lon don. Pros titute.
Good to know that she turned her life around. Watch, a lot of assholes will denounce her for her past and she will become a sort of pariah.
A sex worker for Mer? Who the hell is Mer?
She's changing her life around and becoming a positive and productive member of society while not trying to run away from her past... I really don't see a problem. Honestly, what the fuck do you want her to do?
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Our health teacher use to be a stripper. She's even got a tramp stamp.
[QUOTE=Sottalytober;25102498]Our health teacher use to be a stripper. She's even got a tramp stamp.[/QUOTE] HOLY SHIT ME TOO :psyduck:
[QUOTE=Sottalytober;25102498]Our health teacher use to be a stripper. She's even got a tramp stamp.[/QUOTE] My English teacher used to be a Queensland cricket player...
One of my high school teachers was a stripper. She was one of the nicest teachers ever.
[quote] "I don't want nobody that used to do that to be around my kid," said Grace Ventura, whose son is in third grade. "People like that should not be allowed to be anywhere near children." Yocelyn Quezada said perhaps Petro had managed to turn her life around, but she still fumed that a former money honey was teaching two of her three kids. "She's not a good role model. I do not want my daughters to find out about this," Quezada said, "and I do not want my daughters to be around that kind of person."[/quote] grow up.
I thought feminists were supposed to be against being a "sex worker"
[QUOTE=Heroms;25102650]I thought feminists were supposed to be against being a "sex worker"[/QUOTE] It really depends on each feminist's view of it. Some feminists believe that it's their body to sell and that doing so is empowering. Some believe it is objectifying women and is demeaning. There is no "catch all" belief aside from women deserve to be first class citizens.
How is she not a good role model? [editline]08:45PM[/editline] I mean she cleaned up didn't she?
do what you gotta do to survive
i would do her but only after i check for diseases
If these parents knew any dirty secrets about other teachers they would be saying the same thing about them. Any professional likely has parts of their lives that would make people discredit them. As far as teaching credentials go, a teacher simply needs to be able to teach and keep their personal lives to themselves, and most of them do this. A teacher who used to be a stripper or a prostitute would likely not share this with the class or share any other controversial personal details. Being a good role model has nothing to do with the past.
do want
Right after Obama declares we need more schooling time, lol. Its now obviously not quantity, but quality is need in the schooling system.
[QUOTE=Blackizzle;25102380]She's changing her life around and becoming a positive and productive member of society while not trying to run away from her past... I really don't see a problem. Honestly, what the fuck do you want her to do?[/QUOTE] To continue to be a prostitute and stay away from my children because she obviously poses a serious risk to them by formerly having consensual sex for profit with adults.
[QUOTE=GodKing;25103199]To continue to be a prostitute and stay away from my children because she obviously poses a serious risk to them by formerly having consensual sex for profit with adults.[/QUOTE] Thanks for proving your stupidity.
Actually, I think she is a great role model. Who would you want to teach your child's class? A sheltered person who tells children, the world is full of butterflies and rainbows, or someone like her, who can say, do well in school, and don't make the same mistakes I did.
[QUOTE=Blackizzle;25103626]Thanks for proving your stupidity.[/QUOTE] I don't think you realise how ironic your post is.
[QUOTE=GodKing;25103941]I don't think you realise how ironic your post is.[/QUOTE] I still can't figure out what your post meant.
[QUOTE=Qombat;25104001]I still can't figure out what your post meant.[/QUOTE] It was sarcasm. I'm actually agreeing with him, in other words.
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