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Here's a link to the story of Kenneth Fails, facing in-school suspension for refusing to cut his hair.
His mother is very supportive and has spoken her mind to the school board. Good for her!
Bruce
Goddamm Texass Conservatives!
Well done to the "big flag" state!
.....mmmmmmmmmm.....If it is against the school policies to have long hair on boys....is it against policy for me to have my goatee too???????
LOL
Jerome Andrews
Is this America??? - land of the free??? - hmmmm
I like the Mother, good for her sticking up for her boy! And she's right - it is sexual discrimination. Yet again
Yeah, good for her! We need to teach our kids at an early age that if they don't like rules and policies set forth by an organization (school, work place, etc), they should protest / sue them into submission! It's the only way to get what you want in the end. No compromises! If they learn NOW to do this, then they can face the real world later in life when they try and get a job with a company that has stringent uniform requirements. They'll learn to FORCE their employers to adhere to the wishes of the subordinate! To hell with the management's rights! It's all about OUR rights, and no one elses! YEAH! (lol Sorry! got carried away there! lol)
They'll learn to run things THEIR way, and the rest will just have to like it! What kind of a country do these schools, businesses, etc. think we're in? A republic with majority rule, and free enterprise society, where an employer (or school board officials in this case) can create a handbook that says how someone should present themselves, just because THEY are the ones who make the decisions (or hand out the paychecks in the case of a privately run business)?! PLEASE!
It's time we instill in our children that rules and regulations are not to be blindly followed, but protested and questioned when they think it's unfare, no matter WHAT it is. If we can engrain this NOW into their line of thinking, they will believe that they can take control AWAY from their future bosses (who are always out to step on their rights), and run things the way THEY want them run! (Which in the end, is how it should be done!)
I applaud and support this great parent, who has the courage to fight for her son's right to buck the system, and hope she passes on these values to her son for his future.
I personally allow my children to voice their displeasures about the rules and boundaries I ONCE had for them, but now I allow them the freedom and right to explore their independence however they see fit. Granted, they are spoiled ROTTEN (and frankly can be holy TERRORS at times! lol), but I love them enough to allow them to take that mile, when I am only willing to give them that one inch. I can only hope they can have it their way (like Burger King! lol) when they're older, just like I allow them to right now. Too many rules today that we have to follow! BLAH! lol
Judy
I don't we're suggesting that kids should run amuck and resist and break every rule made. I do think that rules and laws can and should be examined for fairness. It's the American way! If more than 200 years ago we said "Oh we should protest the unfair rules and laws" we would be curtseying and bowing to the queen.
I think people confuse hairstyle with dress code. I have no problem with dress codes. You want to wear a smelly obscene T-shirt and jeans with the half the ass missing? Fine you have the liberty to do that at home on your free time. But at school or work you can change into something decent. But that's not the case with your hair. Once cut for school your can't change out of that "decent" style back into your comfortable hair. That's 24/7 baby!! And really that all aside, the real issue is equality. (The Equal Rights Amendment!) If some administrator had a bug up his or her ass that girls should have a nice pixie hair cut, all hell would break loose! There should not be any difference.
Enough said.
Bruce
If more than 200 years ago we said "Oh we shouldn't protest the unfair rules and laws" we would be curtseying and bowing to the queen.
If God didn't want us to have hair... God wouldn't have given us hair.
Well that's true if you read the one of the best selling works from that time! I'll ask him next time I see him :-)!
AMEN, Bruce! The reason that rules exist in society is usually based out of realizing there is some logical need for them. Imagine, for example, no DMV "Rules of the Road"... I can only begin to guess at the chaos and increase in daily car accidents without them (much as I may dislike a few of them myself - LOL)....
I agree 100% with your above statements, Bruce. If a school does not allow long hair on boys, it should not allow it on girls, either. In order for a school rule to be truly fair, it must treat all students equally. PERIOD!
And now back to lurking (LOL)....
- Ken
I agree fully, and this was exactly what I was saying! I just think that someone should be able to disagree with ANY thing that they don't like when it comes to rules. Why stop at the length of a boy's hair? If we give them that much leeway, then we might as well allow them more! What's wrong with that? If a girl wants to sport a mohawk in school (or work), then that's only fair as well. Body piercings, tattoos...the whole gambit of "self expression and freedom of speech".
I think that if you start allowing ONE rule to be "bent" or even thrown out, you should be able to go across the board and allow all of them to be bent equally. It's about compromising with our superiors that benefits US, not THEM. We are the one's who should be given rights, not THEM! As I've said earlier, they shouldn't be able to declare how they want their workforce to appear, just because they actually own the land, buildings, business, equipment, and sign the paychecks. Who do they think they are? (Oh yeah, the "OWNERS" lol) It's the only way that we can be treated fairly. The length of a man's hair is his CHOICE, just like he should CHOOSE to wear whatever he wants, say whatever he wants, and act the way that he wants. The law should be on OUR side (after all, it's the same "freedom of speech" that I mentioned earlier).
If we start drawing a "line" that divides where an employer or school has the "right" to dictate what's expected of it's subordinates (in this case, the length of hair), then that's not being fair to people who want to wear visible body piercings, clothing that MIGHT seem inappropriate to the general public, obscene tattoos, so on and so forth. It's not right for these people to be discriminated against, just like it's not right for you guys either.
Very nice although a bit over the top perhaps. At the very least it gets the posting activity up a bit.
Kevin
Hello,
It might be a good idea for the mother of that long haired boy to sue the school board. The poor kid needs an education not a punishment for having long hair. What is wrong with a few extra strands of protein??
Birdman
Good for him and his mother!
What these schools forget is that by trying to enforce stupid rules they are teaching the students that rules are bad. This is the exact opposite of what the schools are trying to achieve.
This really brings up memories of my long hair "trials' in the late 60s. I was onr of the 1st in my High School to grow my hair beyond the begrudgingly accepted " 1966 Beatle" length. Dress code, for males was, No hair over the eyes ears or collar. I was in violation of all 3 counts. I pulled down good grades, though and the administration couldn't use that against me.My parents were O.K. with it as long as I "keep it cleaned and combed" Used to have an asst Principal follow me down the halls, just hoping to catch me at comething. He never did. (Not that I hadn't been up to several somethings.) I received a lot of grief drom my track coach, but I did not gfive it up. he threatened to take me off the roster. I said "fine" A lot of the jocks gave me constant razzing. but I ignored them. If the Hair wasn't bad enough, the day I and my friend, Jerry, showed up wearing Bell bottoms, in 68, set them on their ears. It all seems so petty, now. and it was/is. It is unbelievable that a school district would choose long hair to rail against. Rather a silly exercize on their part, and they deserve to lose.
Similar story - and just as daft - in the UK right now - the headmaster is quoted as saying "The college has high standards" which basically means no hair on chins for males ... ummm which does kind of grow there for most teenage guys..
The world is mad..
Not on my chinny chin chin
Well look what type of school it is. Perhaps they should have a word with "El Papa" after his recent visit, and get him to sort his act out first before having rules like that!
Cheers,
John.B