What an awesome idea!

Mrmojoman0 · 2016-03-09T03:43:22+00:00

it's good that people are taking steps to help the boys and girls that grow up with only one parent. especially with the statistics showing how poorly they compare to children from two parent homes in issues like poverty and mental health.

LockNuts · 2016-03-09T03:21:53+00:00

http://www.abc10.com/life/teacher-creates-gentlemans-club-to-teach-kids-life-lessons/57118422

PopoMcdoo · 2016-03-09T04:46:49+00:00

A gentleman's club? I've heard of those. Sign me up!

1forthethumb · 2016-03-09T07:18:53+00:00

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Ekat_clan · 2016-03-09T03:18:41+00:00

This is nice!

waffleezz · 2016-03-09T05:41:30+00:00

"Hey son, what is this permission slip for?" "I want to stay late after school for the gentleman's club" http://imgur.com/gallery/IEl6yJl

boundbythecurve · 2016-03-09T06:41:37+00:00

Can I point out the significance of the line "I've done this with the girls at my school"? This is important because I think r/MensRights is really about equality for all genders, and if something like this can inspire someone to do something similar for the opposite gender, then it must be a good thing. There's no bias here. It's not 'men must be gentlemen cause girls are already ladies'. It's a teacher taking interest in teaching children how to be respectable.

liquidthc · 2016-03-09T06:16:32+00:00

That one white kid lol

osirusr · 2016-03-09T08:25:38+00:00

It's nice to see something positive in this sub.

is-an-ant · 2016-03-09T11:35:48+00:00

I'm still growing up without a father lol wish this was in my country :(

newaccount21 · 2016-03-09T07:29:19+00:00

That kid in the middle looks like he's 35 already.

Normal-ish · 2016-03-09T15:19:58+00:00

A men's rights post on the front page of r/all ? I never thought I'd see the day

CroMoGo · 2016-03-09T09:50:12+00:00

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What is this?

KnugensTraktor · 2016-03-09T14:00:21+00:00

Good, young boys really need a father figure in their life, and if they can't get one from home, than it's really nice that the teachers are being there for them.

solarunion · 2016-03-09T14:03:48+00:00

He's arguably having a greater positive impact on these kids lives than the whole education system will for their whole time they're there.

Knight-of-Black · 2016-03-09T06:30:25+00:00

Good man, lower the chance that these boys will wind up in the Criminal Justice system. A strong father figure is what they need.

Background_Process · 2016-03-09T09:31:08+00:00

That's beautiful and encouraging

smokedspirit · 2016-03-09T10:11:34+00:00

Fantastic idea. It's amazing how a little effort with a young child can have huge repercussions on their lives

This video is of a footballer Ian Wright who was from a single parent family and the effect his teacher had on him

https://youtu.be/omPdemwaNzQ

TehDobsVII · 2016-03-09T16:22:55+00:00

The father is one of the most undervalued roles in our society

DrPhuqtaztik · 2016-03-09T14:15:37+00:00

More posts like this and less of the negativity

Shironekosama404 · 2016-03-09T05:37:36+00:00

Wasn't there something similar to this in Australia? A woodworking group for men and boys? If i remember correctly it got shut down because of fear of pedophiles. I wonder if we will see a repeat with this.

cocotheape · 2016-03-09T14:04:15+00:00

Growing up without a father or grandfather I would have loved having someone like him in my life. Great idea!

tclearinghouse · 2016-03-09T14:59:13+00:00

This is really great. It's grassroots ideas and things like this that really change the world and he is making a positive impact on these boys life. Having good self-esteem and a positive sense of self-worth goes far.

dockerhate · 2016-03-09T06:45:48+00:00

The kid on the right (stage left, audience right, with a little extra weight) if rocking that outfit. But psychadelic tie has it going on too. And the kid who is showing them double breasted never goes wrong. Even a lot of bow tie action going on.

RoaeminRoman · 2016-03-09T10:57:45+00:00

This is what mens rights should be about

Funcuz · 2016-03-09T06:22:32+00:00

What a good man. Actually, it's especially good that he's infusing a little manliness into their education. That's what I think is the best thing about what this guy is doing. Channel the energy.

Thats_absrd · 2016-03-09T09:04:59+00:00

What I want to know is how do you get kids involved for this. Seems like a sensitive subject to advertise for on the school bulletin or whatever.

jewboyfresh · 2016-03-09T12:56:20+00:00

They should have this in colleges too for guys who don't know how to dress, take care of themselves or talk to women

CranialFlatulence · 2016-03-09T12:59:39+00:00

/r/upliftingnews...except, of course, for the fact that these kids don't have a father in their lives.

candidly1 · 2016-03-09T14:26:27+00:00

And if you notice, most of the boys look genuinely happy...

zissou12 · 2016-03-09T14:27:49+00:00

Scotts Tots

Blutarg · 2016-03-09T18:49:49+00:00

We should raise money for that club.

farkface · 2016-03-10T01:17:31+00:00

That tie on the kid on the left. He think he Russell Westbrook or somethin?

Seriously though this is really sweet, and it really shows the importance of getting more male elementary school teachers.

hyugafan · 2016-03-10T01:31:21+00:00

those kids look dapper as fuck. well played, sirs.

NeverCallMeFifi · 2016-03-10T02:44:05+00:00

Single mom who raised my boy pretty much by myself until he was 13. I wish there had been something like this in his school. There's so much about being a man that moms can only guess at. Also, there's so much that, even if taught by mom, has more impact coming from a man.

Kudos to this school.

optimus159 · 2016-03-09T07:20:42+00:00

Hell yes! This man is havin a direct impact! Damn I hope this is real

Fastfalkie · 2016-03-09T14:58:44+00:00

That's the exact correct way to be a man, teach future men.

StevesBitch · 2016-03-09T10:33:54+00:00

This is going to end up in /r/Imgoingtohellforthis and stuff because they're all black and don't have a father in their life.

TakesRedPills · 2016-03-09T08:21:50+00:00

The one on the left has the CIA cosplay to the point.

Moldytomatoe · 2016-03-09T08:39:35+00:00

Damn, my dad doesn't even teach me how to shake hands properly.

Tarantulasagna · 2016-03-09T09:44:19+00:00

how is every kid the same height

_____FRESH_____ · 2016-03-09T11:12:48+00:00

I'd donate money to that.

drparktoyou · 2016-03-09T12:31:33+00:00

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What is this?

SillyQuestionBut · 2016-03-09T12:54:24+00:00

I have a friend that does something like this in Florida. I'm not sure the name of the program but as he went from a questionable childhood to being a successful financial advisor......he makes a big impact on kids.

Jafar_Goldblum · 2016-03-09T13:37:47+00:00

Wish they had this in highschool

mognut · 2016-03-09T14:15:44+00:00

Fucking legend

AllDesperadoStation · 2016-03-09T14:56:08+00:00

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HisokaX · 2016-03-09T15:22:27+00:00

I wish there were more of these going on and I could donate.

theblackveil · 2016-03-09T15:42:12+00:00

That kid on the far left is still working on his eye contact game, I guess.

Infinitopolis · 2016-03-09T15:44:20+00:00

I could've used that myself in the 90s.

Havikz · 2016-03-09T15:45:39+00:00

He's prepping them to become Kingsman.

Beholdable · 2016-03-09T15:46:00+00:00

They all look so well dressed I'm impressed with them.

risunokairu · 2016-03-09T16:16:10+00:00

I don't understand where the rest of the picture is with tumblr comments complaining about how this is sexist and why aren't there girls in the club.

sothendoitright88 · 2016-03-09T16:18:39+00:00

This is great. This club would probably work for those scene kids too

gimmea_jumpbutton · 2016-03-09T17:13:49+00:00

wait till they grow and head to a real gentlemen's club

ohreddit1 · 2016-03-09T17:36:47+00:00

I think I see one honorary dude getting invited to the BBQ.

WarDamnMoon · 2016-03-09T18:10:33+00:00

Look at these terrific yuman beings. Be more like them. The world needs more of this.

Dullahan3470 · 2016-03-09T19:06:36+00:00

I wish we saw more posts like these on this sub.

ContHund · 2016-03-09T19:37:53+00:00

Those are some dapper looking men.

Raidicus · 2016-03-09T20:37:57+00:00

That double-breasted jacket is lit

Alkomb · 2016-03-10T12:15:58+00:00

Dang, this almost made me wanna cry. Thank you for posting this!
If I wasn't so broke, I'd give you "Reddit Gold", or whatever.

Crunchtopher · 2016-03-09T08:57:31+00:00

You invited a bunch of young girls to be in a gentleman's club? And then bought them clothes?! Shame, OP.

Haha.

All jokes aside, I think that this is great, and this guy is gonna have a great influence on those young gentlemen's lives.

layorz · 2016-03-09T08:46:05+00:00

Lol token white guy

ryeshoes · 2016-03-09T06:14:27+00:00

Regarding teachers, how many "good" teachers did you come across as you made your way through K-12 (or K-post secondary/grad school)?

Looking back, the only time I had a teacher actually give a damn was way back in Grade 8. I was a late bloomer or what-have-you: short and shy type. And the kids in my class would pick on me, but because of my size they got away with some crazy stuff that I hope aren't tolerated any more (but who am i kidding?) like one time I spent recess being held up by my neck while everybody just watched.

The nicer kids eventually pressured me to tell the teacher, and he ripped the kid a new asshole. Compare this to every other teacher since who would have not only looked the other way but wouldn't have bothered to make sure I was okay. This teacher also took the time to have one on one talks with me, prepped me about puberty, and was all around awesome. We would all visit him every so often after we headed off to high school.

Sometimes I wonder how much more cynical I would be about schools had this teacher not shown up. I've had my share of very competent teachers who gave a damn, but nobody has stepped up like this guy.

Anonymouselol · 2016-03-09T10:38:38+00:00

idk about this sub but this is great. I hope to give back like this one day.

chese692 · 2016-03-09T11:45:32+00:00

Damn, my dad doesn't even teach me how to shave your face, after all.

makaro1 · 2016-03-09T13:48:07+00:00

The one on the front page of reddit.

Thorins_Meme_Gumbo · 2016-03-09T15:15:18+00:00

Hey man, I really thought this was going to be a /r/Imgoingtohellforthis post because of the name 'Gentlemans club'.

RepetitiveStrain · 2016-03-09T22:34:03+00:00

Too much handsome :)

awxggu · 2022-01-12T15:28:31+00:00

I would imagine some feminist posts this on r/pointlesslygendered

PrayForTheAss · 2022-04-30T13:19:02+00:00

Sorry guys, but that's pretty funny there is only one white guy

64GILL · 2022-08-14T16:38:47+00:00

Those kids are so cute

roharareddit · 2016-03-09T04:16:25+00:00

This is great as long as he isn't teaching any chivalry bullshit. The worst thing you can do to a boy is condition him to over-idealize the opposite sex.

fuckjapshit · 2016-03-09T08:28:04+00:00

That poor white boy.

RobDog101 · 2016-03-09T07:45:06+00:00

On the one hand this is good. On the other you have to ask: what has happened to our treatment of men's roles in raising the future of humanity that these boys need surrogate father figures (or rather, their mothers need them to have such men in their lives)?

EDIT: Doesn't seem to be completely good after all, as that guy you simps don't want to listen to has pointed out.

Tounge_hair · 2016-03-09T16:35:32+00:00

What a great idea! This is something that could really help black culture in America. Fatherless boys and girls is such a terrible epidemic for the black culture in America. Things like this is how blacks can really fix their culture. It wold be cool if there was a way to donate to causes like this posted on here.

silly_vasily · 2016-03-09T05:07:05+00:00

It's awesome and all but I'm sitting here waiting for a female complaint to wanting to join the club and how the club is sexist and a judge ordering them to accept her. then the whole club won't have the same feeling to it and she will complain that it's because they're sexist and hate her because she's a woman...

Popdog789 · 2016-03-09T08:03:45+00:00

Third from right looks like Kevin Durant

xesvuli420 · 2016-03-09T09:02:00+00:00

Hahaha like a quick game of wheres waldo

Xemnas81 · 2016-03-09T09:48:34+00:00

This is lovely. Cheered me up a bit.

dale163 · 2016-03-09T10:15:02+00:00

My school did this

x0rms · 2016-03-09T11:27:40+00:00

I see you, Slim!

sYnce · 2016-03-09T11:52:41+00:00

Manners maketh man.

yoshi570 · 2016-03-09T12:37:33+00:00

I thought this was a /r/BlackPeopleTwitter post. :c

Hailtothething · 2016-03-09T12:51:46+00:00

Those kids woulda turned into D-12 if it wasn't for this guy

TBoneTheOriginal · 2016-03-09T13:08:29+00:00

It takes a village!

patternsofpatterns · 2016-03-09T13:36:12+00:00

Man this makes me so happy.

Guesty_ · 2016-03-09T13:40:33+00:00

Is that Big Man Tyrone?

TrevinoDr · 2016-03-09T13:50:58+00:00

someone post this to random acts of amazon? I do not qualify, as I am not human.

1RudeDude · 2016-03-09T14:05:48+00:00

There's a guy in my local school system who does something like this. Except he tends to write bad checks and is a big advocate for the red pill with the boys he interacts with.

Grumpsh · 2016-03-09T14:09:54+00:00

This guy gets it. Well done.

milkweed84 · 2016-03-09T14:12:22+00:00

I don't understand why he's buying ties for the girls too!

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EverGreenPLO · 2016-03-09T14:52:48+00:00

Look at the one kid invited to the cookout

You know that one white kid is hella cool

MasterBates_ · 2016-03-09T15:34:35+00:00

Looks like Bubs cleaned up his act, and decided to give back to the community.

Phillipmcd · 2016-03-09T16:02:42+00:00

Great idea.

r0botdevil · 2016-03-09T16:32:14+00:00

My first thought was "hey that's a great idea, I should do something like this!"

My very next thought was "wait, no, everyone will assume I'm a paedophile."

Wargame4life · 2016-03-09T20:35:38+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJTFaJ1-Ul0

pappugulal · 2016-03-10T00:28:05+00:00

look at the smiles !!!!

GhostBeezer · 2016-03-10T00:46:58+00:00

What's Michael Strahan's role in all this?

HiberniaSon · 2016-03-10T07:23:17+00:00

This primarily stems from female nature being weaponized by the State and women given incentives to kick the father out of the kids lives.

This mentally damages some men and they often give up.

Others have no money to fight to see their kids, so they give up.

Many still lose everything to pay to fight to see their kids and run out of money to fight, then they get saddled with child support and alimony and spend the rest of their lives in an out of prison a few times a year for civil contempt, then they stop going to the court hearing for fear of prison, then get picked up for direct criminal contempt of court, and put back in prison. Often this ends up in substance abuse to kill the pain, then addiction issues.

This all adds up and a man gets mentally damaged from it, a form of PTSD I guess you'd call it, on top of the mental damage from the issues surrounding not seeing his kids.

The kids end up paying the greatest price. No relationship with their fathers and not adjusting well going into and through adulthood.

It is a tortuous, vicious cycle.

SuperDanceParty · 2016-03-10T09:32:55+00:00

This is excellent, no corruption of social justice, just good old fashioned teaching kids to be respectful upstanding men with good social skills, this is what kids need!

Alkomb · 2016-03-10T12:13:50+00:00

That one white-boy has a pretty cool shirt, & so does the boy that's right next to him. (Next to, & not in front of.)

BeCarefulNow · 2016-08-19T15:38:21+00:00

They're more than just teachers

Benedikto_ · 2016-03-09T23:35:13+00:00

Why are they all black?

justthrowmeout · 2016-03-09T15:33:51+00:00

"I have done the same thing with young girls at my schools" ha

moorghost · 2016-03-09T09:25:50+00:00

already 12 employees at such a young age.

10010101 · 2016-03-09T13:50:31+00:00

Is this is a joke moment in my life

kensai01 · 2016-03-09T13:23:04+00:00

Maybe, just maybe it's like their way of drowning in all that pussy that will be thrown at them. But you know, 2 birds 1 stone and all all good.

No1RunsFaster · 2016-03-09T14:52:21+00:00

As if any of those things are necessary to being a man.

Delica · 2016-03-09T14:53:54+00:00

Maybe God should've eliminated the middle man, and just blessed the kids...

mwobuddy · 2016-03-09T03:47:08+00:00

I feel like a lot of feminists could use a few sessions in this club.

FFXIV_Machinist · 2016-03-09T05:39:47+00:00

i feel like the kid on the right is meme material.

Grudlann · 2016-03-09T12:35:03+00:00

I always see those jokes around Reddit about black people growing up without a father, but man... if I look at the picture, the ratio is like 10:1, now I know where those jokes come from. Kudos to those teachers anyway!

TimesWasting · 2016-03-09T11:44:14+00:00

it's cool and everything, but I don't like the idea of teaching little boys that men should act a certain way.

RonManHandler · 2016-03-09T12:19:48+00:00

It is a nice idea. It's also sad that over 90% of the boys standing there without a father are black.

Darktidemage · 2016-03-09T14:05:41+00:00

show less? Sho'nuff!!!

baphometsayshi · 2016-03-09T18:31:51+00:00

probably could have named the club something else (when I was growing up it was cotillion ball, thought that's a bit overkill in the manners department so maybe something halfway there).

still, it's nice to see something good happening for a change

1HopHead · 2016-03-09T11:57:21+00:00

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ClayCan · 2016-03-09T14:29:02+00:00

What's that white thing second from the left?

agamemnomnom · 2016-03-09T11:59:49+00:00

Am I the only one thinking that white kid looks photoshopped in?

ldish949 · 2016-03-09T13:39:42+00:00

I listened to a short story today from a podcast called Risk! Similar situation but the guy in charge was also a child molester. Not saying this guy is, but my spide-y senses were tingling having heard that alternative version of this situation

Pannra · 2016-03-09T13:55:31+00:00

Looks like they have a diversity problem.

RoboLegGaming · 2016-03-09T04:25:27+00:00

~~Is it just me or is it hillarious that there's only one white kid?~~
Edit: Sorry, that was in rather poor taste

morbowillcrushyou · 2016-03-09T06:23:15+00:00

So that's what Bubbles did after the last season of The Wire.

throww_uh_way · 2016-03-09T12:26:28+00:00

I thought this was going to be sarcastic but I'm actually impressed. Would be great if this caught on everywhere actually. I'm sure feminists would shoot it down though, since apparently the rhetoric now is "Why is bad for boys to act like girls, u MISOGYNIST??"

But good on this dude.

oscarito_198666 · 2016-03-09T13:58:21+00:00

I bet those dudes are slaying the single moms.

7Jamester7 · 2016-03-09T17:10:06+00:00

As an adult who went through childhood without a father. This is a great idea. Unfortunateky someone from LGBT will inevitably come out and say they shouldn't be "labelled" as boys, but even Transjenner would agree that this is a wonderful way to help them grow up to be smart and confident men.

expiredeternity · 2016-03-09T12:17:38+00:00

Good move, the white token kid!

XFX_Samsung · 2016-03-09T09:53:12+00:00

Stereotype still living strong I see.

RebelWitch · 2016-03-09T18:36:10+00:00

On the surface this looks very good if it is helping boys who otherwise would have problems with learning and social skills and a positive male role model/mentor.

If they are using this to brainwash these boys feminist dogma however, poor kids i say.

I dont see an issue with teaching these boys manners such as opening doors for "people" not just women.

rustcohleofporn · 2016-03-09T14:08:16+00:00

What happened to the white kids dad?

Szos · 2016-03-09T15:01:54+00:00

Women's groups protest over this saying it's sexist in 3...2...1....

Ricwulf · 2016-03-09T15:01:58+00:00

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Jazzyfizz42 · 2016-03-09T10:21:51+00:00

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Calciferous245 · 2016-03-09T13:34:59+00:00

This is really nice and all but I'm sure there is a joke here somewhere, and a good post for /r/imgoingtohell

reaperofblood · 2016-03-09T14:12:22+00:00

Not sure why this is heavily upvoted in a sub that proclaims itself to be for Men's Rights when it promotes Chivalry, a system that puts women on a pedestal and encourages men to cater to their every need. Fuck 'Gentlemen'. I'm not a 'Gentleman' and never will be.

orangeluva56 · 2016-03-09T12:31:02+00:00

Why don't black men raise their own children? Are they just genetically predisposed to abandon their kids?

sickofallofyou · 2016-03-09T08:37:19+00:00

And there's only one white kid...

Jokkerb · 2016-03-09T05:57:39+00:00

Woot for not sarcastic

EdwardoSuperTramp · 2016-03-09T12:14:49+00:00

One of these things is not like the other 🎵

OBLIGATORY: /r/imgoingtohellforthis

josh_wal · 2016-03-09T08:20:12+00:00

One of these is not like the others

TheRavenousRabbit · 2016-03-09T13:32:05+00:00

It annoys me that this is not on the front page of reddit. It's fucked up that the world needs surrogate dads because the biological ones have been pushed out of their lives.

usernamesteph · 2016-03-09T16:53:00+00:00

Men's rights should be against wearing ties. I need a tie to be a "gentleman"?

It reinforces a useless tradition connected with manhood and qualifying as a man.

vhite · 2016-03-09T09:25:49+00:00

And then one kid brings a fedora...

Nuclearmoth · 2016-03-09T09:50:51+00:00

Good old proper dress code. Fuck what the medias done to kids and teen fashion

Curtis4eva · 2016-03-09T15:13:25+00:00

Thank god for this program, if not for it, little Russell Westbrook on the left would never have made the nba

snakebyter · 2016-03-09T08:18:57+00:00

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konoplya · 2016-03-09T05:30:54+00:00

start teaching them red pill and they'll be true mens

marcooni1 · 2016-03-09T07:32:45+00:00

But it is incredibly sexist, since no girls are allowed. And i also see very poor diversity.

vHAL_9000 · 2016-03-09T07:50:59+00:00

Fuck r/MensRights but this is cute...

099992 · 2016-03-09T14:35:52+00:00

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Cheeseypoofs123 · 2016-03-09T07:17:48+00:00

Wow what an obvious use of power to further the patriarchy. This man doesnt deserve a job, his lack of care for WOMYN IS OFFENSIVE and DISRESPECTFUL to MILLIONS of WOMYN everywhere

TheDude41 · 2016-03-09T06:12:32+00:00

Oversidee · 2016-03-09T14:57:08+00:00

I dont live in US but why are there so many black only schools? seems kinda racist

Title	What an awesome idea!
Author	ShariaPantyParty
Upvotes	15035
Comments	657
Date	March 9, 2016 3:14 AM UTC (10 years ago)
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