holy crap did you see what they have in the gift shop??
Best field trip ever?
The ‘American Consumption’ class from Randolph College in Lynchburg, VA, found a strange outlet for their studies- the Chicken Ranch brothel in Nevada. They toured the facility, went backstage during a performance, and participated in a seminar with the ‘working girls’.
The brothel tour was a natural fit for a class that tells students “don’t just study America — live it,” said Julio Rodriguez, the director of the college’s American Culture Program.
What’s more, not a single person from the class took the professor up on the option to skip the trip- all participated even when not pressured. The working girls, however, were not as enthusiastic- the vast majority of them did not participate in the interviews with students.
Is a field trip to a brothel acceptable? How do you think it can be academically applicable?
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Need I say more. It reminds me of a certain building downtown in fact.