Posted on 09/27/2010 5:33:29 AM PDT by Libloather
Bronx teacher admits: I'm an ex-hooker
By KEVIN FASICK and YOAV GONEN
Last Updated: 6:48 AM, September 27, 2010
Meet Melissa Petro -- the teacher who gives a new twist to "sex ed."
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 prostitute.
"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."
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
OTOH, the attendance of dads at back to school nights has risen 78%
Guilty and get her out of teaching.
If the woman was truly a changed individual, I wouldn’t have a problem with this. But since she seems to be bragging about her “sexcapades” in the public forum, I certainly wouldn’t want any kid of mine anywhere near her. She’s as much a deviant as she ever was.
not much different than any politician
“...creative nonfiction”???
Just more honorable than a politician.
well said
Probably. Didn't they ban those types of folks in New York back in the 80's?
Since she sounds pround and not remorseful about it, I doubt that will happen. Maybe the whole article shows that she rejects what she used to do. It sounds, though, like she glorifies it.
LOL spot on
I'm hot for teacher."
“I don’t want nobody that used to do that to be around my kid,” said Grace Ventura
I would prefer parents that actually paid attention in grammar class.
At least Grace is on the right side of the issue.
Except that we are the ones always getting screwed by these POS elitist/totalitarians AND...THEY take OUR money.
Remember you're not paying for it , you're paying for her to go away afterwards
Forgot about Velvet Jones!
A unionized teacher is a hooker!
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