Deseret News | Reader comments: Torrent of text messages brings singer Simpson to Weber High

Reader comments
Torrent of text messages brings singer Simpson to Weber High

Ryan | 3:27 p.m. Sept. 15, 2008

The sunset was amazing. Thanks Jessica.

Ugh - that's a "pay off"? | 3:37 p.m. Sept. 15, 2008

In what world is that a GOOD thing for kids to do?

The current world where "Christian" Jessica Simpson is known for her affairs with many men....and where it's now "cool" for a young girl to be pregnant because her mom is Christian?

I'm sorry. I'm SO glad our daughter made it through her teenaged years before this lack of morality infiltrated the right wing.

Yea! | 3:46 p.m. Sept. 15, 2008

reward text message in class, not learning, with vacuous celebrity.

whoop-dee-do

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So | 3:52 p.m. Sept. 15, 2008

She is still wicked hot.

Thanks Des news for the photos!

Hope she makes it back... | 3:57 p.m. Sept. 15, 2008

Hope she makes it back to Dallas. Tony is going to need her support tonight. Tony! Tony! Tony! Look out for that 300 pound man that wants to kill you. Eeeek!

Weber High Student | 4:18 p.m. Sept. 15, 2008

The assembly was really stupid. She was there for about 30 minutes then left, she didn't even sing.

Prettiest? | 5:00 p.m. Sept. 15, 2008

Wow, the "prettiest person ever!" who sounds as dumb as a 4x4 post when she opens her mouth. If this is today's education "payoff" then the prisoners are truly running the asylum at Weber High. Unbelievable!!!!

Maybe | 5:28 p.m. Sept. 15, 2008

Just maybe it will help their football team........Ya maybe NOT.

Utah Iggle Fan | 5:39 p.m. Sept. 15, 2008

Did she jinx Weber's quarterback?

The Bill? | 6:10 p.m. Sept. 15, 2008

One student sent approximatley 23,000 text messages?

Good grief, I hope that guy had unlimited text messaging in his bill plan!.....

It costs me 10 cents apiece!

Jealously | 6:14 p.m. Sept. 15, 2008

Some of these comments sound jealous, or at least, unnecesarily acerbic.

Let the students waste a little time. It's not as if they do this every week.

suzyk - your attempt to paint the entire administration with the same brush is evidence that YOU have not grown up yet.

I have a hard time understanding how the Weber High studentbody's education was harmed in any way, based on the facts that were reported.

I went on band tour all three of my high school years. Those tours (forcing me to miss an entire week of school) were much more disruptive to my education than this Jessica Simpson visit was to the average Weber High student. But I made up the work I missed (which was no picnic), and I am grateful for the experience I had on band tour. A visit from a celebrity like Jessica Simpson would have been even easier to absorb.

I think a few people need to lighten up, and not be so uptight. Celebrity is a part of our culture. Get over it.

To Weber High Student - if the assembly was lame, I still wish I had been there.

Rock the Votezz! | 6:51 p.m. Sept. 15, 2008

It's good to see so much excitement about bringing a celebrity to school. I wonder how many of these kids would vote for President if they could.

Free Agent | 7:12 p.m. Sept. 15, 2008

And to think, I sent 22,999 of those those text messages believing the visit would be from Homer Simpson. "D'oh!"

David O | 7:26 p.m. Sept. 15, 2008

Not only does she have the intelligence of a rock, she is not attractive. In fact, she looks like her dad with man jaw and all. I am just smart enough to not stare at her chest when she starts bouncing up and down to distract from the fact that she is vacuous and self absorbed.

Sounds more like punishment | 7:52 p.m. Sept. 15, 2008

High school kids must be seriously lacking study skills or brains to have the desire to send that many text messages to have Jessica Simpson come to your school. Way to go high school kids. Sometimes when I see high school kids act really dumb, I remind myself that I too acted a little dumb at that age. However, I would have never sent a text message so she could come to my school.

Got to meet her... | 7:55 p.m. Sept. 15, 2008

I was one of the lucky ones that got to meet her before the assembly. She was very appreciative of the things we had done for her and was very nice. She could have said no pictures with kids before hand and just came and left but she didn't. It was amazing to meet her and to see that not all celebrities are stuck up. She was a pleasure to be around!

observer | 8:02 p.m. Sept. 15, 2008

Sounds like a cool assembly to me. Even if you don't like her, it would still be cool just to be in an assembly with a celebrity!

Why | 8:49 p.m. Sept. 15, 2008

all the hate about a celebrity coming to Weber high. i think all the haters are from fremont and lehi. ha ha and she is way fine

If I were the parent.... | 9:24 p.m. Sept. 15, 2008

of one of those kids, I'd probably strangle him for wasting his time texting away (and costing me hundreds of dollars) instead of learning. I mean, that is what we send our kids to school for anyway, right? Sure hope those kids thought about how their parents will react when they receive the bill in the mail!

Bailey:) | 11:07 p.m. Sept. 15, 2008

its not like it was a concert or anything, but it was way cool that weber high actually had a celebrity come to our school. We got to get out of class for an hour and i was even on the news:) Its something cool that happened my senior year! yeah weber! lol

go weber! | 3:21 p.m. Sept. 16, 2008

people are ridiculous. since when has something cool like that ever happened to weber high?? it was a neat experience for some of the kids. get over it! GO WEBER!

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