Jun 25 2008
The Real Story in Gloucester
Shame on Time and reporter Kathleen Kingsbury. Shame on principle Joseph Sullivan. Shame, shame, shame. Can anybody say remember a story Dan Rather once did?
I read this evening that Kathleen Kingsbury of Time has been caught telling two different tales of whether or not she talked to any of the pregnant teens. I’m not surprised and she should lose her job along with principle Joseph Sullivan. While we are at it, if I was the parent of any of those 17 girls I’d find it hard pressed to be as disappointed in them as I am in the school district and the media.
Are you kidding me? These are children, children that shouldn’t be having sex or getting pregnant maybe, but they are children. This story reeked of suspicion from the very start. Am I the only one who believes that something is amiss here with this story?
Remember school, can you tell me the biggest click in your school? Did it consist of 17 girls? Please. Do you know how many women try to get pregnant a year? It is actually harder than is purported. Even if what is being reported that eight or so had a pact, you’re telling me they could really all get prenant at the same time.
This is nothing other than a big coincidence. If it weren’t there would be about a handful of other girls or so that tried and were part of said pact that didn’t get pregnant. Talk to any doctor and I’ll bet you ten to one they’d agree with me. At least you’d think there’d be girls who decided not to try…and they’d be talking.
It is easy for Time’s Kathleen Kingsbury and principle Joseph Sullivan to say these things. Who’s going to believe a bunch of teenage girls that have already shamed their families enough? Who would think they would come forward?
While I believe there are teenage girls lacking maturity that think it is okay to get pregnant, there is no way I believe you can find 17 girls in one school who think it is okay to get pregnant. This is beyond belief. Remember the saying if it is too good to be true, then it probably isn’t.
And if it is true…I still stick by my shame on them, there is just a bit more shame and a bit more of them if there was a pact. The adults in this story are not out to help anybody, solve any problems, they all just get their names in the paper and denigrate the children in this story. Oops, maybe this is why this happened, I’m sure there’s more to this story than meets the eye, but we may never know and I hope that we don’t have to hear from Dr. Phil on this one.
I remember being a young middle school kid and a sixteen year old bus mate took me aside and told me how she would have to be leaving school and her life was about to change and she hoped the same thing never happened to me when I was older. I remember that. And I’ll tell you this, it was from the heart, and I really feel that there is no way there are 17 girls reveling in their predicament and shame on anybody who thinks otherwise. They are just trying to make lemonade out of lemons right now. Kudos to the couple that made an appearance on Good Morning America and explained the real pact of the matter.
So, I just wanted to say I’m tired of the blogs beating up on these girls. It serves no purpose. They are being painted as immature, selfish, witches who supposedly tricked a bunch of boys. Real nice. As usual the boys did no wrong, has anybody talked to any boys? I bet all involved are banking on them not coming forward too.
Come on, anybody having hindsight about this story? Anybody the least bit sorry for this kind of injustice? If it was your daughter? A little tough love? Or this?
Damn that’s rediculous. How can she make things up when it involves teenagers and the sensitive topic of pregnancy? Very shameful.
I don’t have all the fact but,
My wife and I taled about this…. it is sad that “sex” was the pac they made… yet I’m sure it was with more than just the 17 involved but for what I read and my wife tole me that they where have sex is with a lot of “boys”, and report was that one of the girl had sex with a 40 year old man… So just to put a damper on your “big coincidence” theory… That fact is some of these girls were very smart… and since your youths do have a better chance to get get pregnant and the fact they they no doubt are very cyber savvy. They could research and find out that the percentages of getting pregnant 78% higher if they have intercourse 15 days after they cycle. Do for get, they have 9 months to get pregnant to be considered par of the pac…
This is my thoughts… with out looking at the damage they are doing to them-selfs and all the psychological issues they and their kids will have to deal with… but I bet there will be a book deal, more media and I’m sure every one in the “pac” will be getting paid some how in some way for this… then this will set off others to beat them and so on and so on…. Just like what happen with women 5 babys.. WOW, then 6, 7, 8 all the press and media they got….
Still I feel bad for the parents… they must be asking them selves so many questions….
I know how to get pregnant. LOL and like I said, shame on them if it is true, but it is all hearsay. And to tell the truth I wouldn’t believe what the principle thinks he saw or heard from these or other students. Some kids are cruel or have their own reasons for wanting attention. Everybody is telling tales out of school and that is more my point, that and, oh yeah Time magazine and their irresponsible reporting saying they had talked to some of the girls, then back tracking and saying they didn’t. Red flags. I think the school is in some serious trouble for this…and I hope someone does some real reporting on that. Who decided to make this a Time story?