BlueDiamond - I am almost 55, but hanging around these kids makes me feel like I am still 15! I am very lucky to be married (second wife) to a pretty nice 28 year old who is NOT a former student of mine. She laughs like crazy when I tell her about the girls in school. She is happy because it keeps an old guy like me going. It sure doesn't seem like the girls looked like this when I was in school. We haven't even touched on the subject of bras or rather the lack of bras. And, yes, I do like to keep my air conditioned room cold! I always think that I am just a little out of step with today's youth. But in all honesty, the girls are an entirely different breed than those of the past in my humble opinion. All this being said - I still cannot believe that anyone working in a school would be so idiotic to think that they would not get fired for having a "thong" check. I do see the thongs in my class all the time and wouldn't even bother to report it (as it would be violation of dress code to be visible) because someone might make something out of the fact that I was looking! We also have a rule that prohibits cleavage. Well, same thing goes. Once the girls settle in at their desks, they pull the tops down a little; bend over and voila - cleavage galore! But no male teacher in his right mind will make a deal over it because he will then be reprimanded for looking in the first place. With all the sexual harrassment crap these days, you can't win either way. I just make sure that I am never alone in my room with a girl and that my doors are never closed - even then, if you have one evil minded enough, she could cause you some trouble. Some other day we can talk about the girls that like to sit up in the front of the room and wear short skirts. That's a hole, I mean, whole other story.