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In other news, I got busted today for long hair.
I have to get my hair cut to collar length at the back -- probably could stretch it to be 1/4 inch or so under collar length, but definitely not collarbone length anymore.
I don't particularly mind because I don't like the mullet look and it is practically a blunt cut for me anyways (which I probably would eventually get). However, the implications of it are different. I just hope that they aren't going to be taking a vigilant stance on my hair then.
I'm trying to write an appeal to them, so here's the link to the group effort to write an appeal (google doc)
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cHoz6PzYZgX0ij-vya0ThAO3QWC9x1UWqsdhKHTkMQE/edit
Thanks,
Matt
So no appeal anyway because I found a way to circumvent the school rules and thus minimizing the chances that I am singled out again.
I probably shouldn't say any more, but now the order of business is to get back down to shoulder length in as little time as possible without getting extensions -- I have lost seven inches or so -- I prevented my mom from *styling* my hair -- in other words, maul it to be even shorter. Now I know what the awkward stage feels like. The bob cut was EXTREMELY aggravating, especially with my mother's attempts to try to style it. I said explicitly to remove as little hair as possible.
Anyways... is there a way to get back to shoulder length (5 inches) in 6 months? My hair grows about 3/4 inch a month.
Your question is simple mathematics surely you can do:
You want to grown 5" in six months and your hair grows at 3/4" per month. That means that in six months it will have grown 4.5" which is very near you goal, a further month will see it pass the target.
There is no way to speed this but it is surely not an issue?
I can think of no reason why schools should care how long anyone's hair is. But most schools do care. So the justification is that "there's a rule." Maybe it's just esthetic preference on the part of school boards (girls should have long hair and boys should have short hair), but it seems there must have been some reason other than esthetics.
The only thing I can think of is health. Most girls have clean, well cut and combed hair while some boys don't take as good a care of their hair. If the school board were worried about lice, they might think that boys should cut their hair short.
So, one way to turn that around would be to a) have hair that is as clean and neatly cared for as girls, and/or to show that boys' hair is just as healthy as girls' hair. That might take some research and expert testimony, but it has to be better than claiming "discrimination."