Shawn Johnson to be on Dancing With the Stars

[clones11]

I think this is just wrong, first off she is 17 she has no business being on a show like that, she should be in school. I don't care that she won a gold medal if I were her parents I'd knock her down a peg and teacher her where her priorities should lie. plus she has lost a ton of respect points from me since she declared her loyalty to the Hawks on sound off

[akellar]

Am I the only one that can't wait to see Steve-O on this? I hate this show with a passion but may tune in just to see if he actually tries to take it seriously or just screws around like usual. Hopefully the latter.

[cstrunk]

I think this is just wrong, first off she is 17 she has no business being on a show like that, she should be in school. I don't care that she won a gold medal if I were her parents I'd knock her down a peg and teacher her where her priorities should lie. plus she has lost a ton of respect points from me since she declared her loyalty to the Hawks on sound off

She is advertising for herself. And she is making good money. She represents her state and country well. What exactly is she doing wrong? How is this any different than parents letting their kids start an acting career or modeling (many at a very young age)?

I think most of us would like her a lot more if she declared herself a Cyclone. (I too, dropped her a few notches on my "people to admire" list when I learned who she roots for... )

[ScottyP]

Keep in mind also that she is only about 4ft 10in tall. Unless her partner is small as well, it will look awkward, in my opinion.

[jdoggivjc]

Thanks - I had never seen that, and love Eddie Izzard!!

Great, now I'm gonna be thinking of this Eddie Izzard sketch all day:
"Taking over the world by clever use of flags:
'We claim this land in the name of the Queen!'
'You can't do that - we live here. There are 5 million of us here.'
'Do you have a flag?'
'We don't need no bloody flag...'
'No flag no country. That's how it goes. Those are the rules I just made up.'"

[jdoggivjc]

I think this is just wrong, first off she is 17 she has no business being on a show like that, she should be in school. I don't care that she won a gold medal if I were her parents I'd knock her down a peg and teacher her where her priorities should lie. plus she has lost a ton of respect points from me since she declared her loyalty to the Hawks on sound off

I fail to see how your argument is relevant at any level.

[CycloneErik]

I need a tutor for these. They should really bump these two classes to 4 credits a piece.

I hear that you'd need a tutor to tie your shoes. With Velcro