holy crap did you see what they have in the gift shop??

Best field trip ever?

Posted by Kelly on Apr 18, 2008 - 09:22 am

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?