Celebrities Get Free Pass to teach Our Children

An acquaintance of mine was wondering if she could get Tiger Woods to do a benefit for her children’s school since his reputation has crashed and burned in recent months. She figured he’s be looking for ways to look good. My thoughts? Why would the school want Tiger in the first place?
That was before I read that convicted Rihanna-abuser Chris Brown has accepted an invitation to appear at "Family Read Night" at the Sisulu-Walker Charter School in Harlem, the New York Daily News reports. "I extended an invitation to all celebrities and politicians, and we had an acceptance by him," said principal Dawn Cejas, who added that the evening was geared toward encouraging students to read.
The article also quoted Olubunmi Sonubi, mom of fifth-grader Ishola, who said she was cool with giving Brown a "second chance. He can come even though he was arrested," she said. "He's coming to read to the children. He apologized on TV. Sometimes in real life we make mistakes."
Ohhh…a mistake.
Chris Brown is one of a lineup of celebs who have transgressed badly and still get paraded out before schoolchildren as a model. It’s BS and parents ought to know better. So should school principals.
We all need to teach our children that people do make mistakes, but that as a part of making those mistakes there are consequences – even beyond the criminal justice system. Sometimes we lose respect that people have for us.