The power of words

[Medusa]

It was a short haircut, a fauxhawk. The parents cut it even shorter, giving him a flat top. Without permission, the school buzzed his hair. Totally unacceptable.

I, like you, Richard, was raised in a much stricter environment and went to a school that dictated everything. Believe it or not, we had to stand in line each morning before the teacher while she inspected us to see if we were clean, clothes pressed, girls had a clean handkerchief, boys w/shirts tucked in, no hair ornaments for girls except one barrette. It goes on and on. We did it because it was school policy. And that was just grade school. In high school, the principal met us at the door w/a yardstick and he measured the girls' skirts. If they were too short, we were sent home. If the boys wore jeans, they were sent home, too. However, I guarantee you that if a teacher had cut my hair w/out telling my parents, my father would've gone to that school in a heartbeat and rightfully so.

Today there are kids wearing their pants below their derrieres and Tshirts w/vulgarity on them and they get away w/it. The mother of one kid in Cleveland actually considered bringing suit against the school district because her teenage daughter got sent home for wearing pajamas w/feet in them! She said that it was casual attire. This kid w/the fauxhawk, however, was 6 YEARS OLD. What the school did was bullying and they overstepped their bounds w/the parents who should've had the guts and common sense to have a discussion w/the school rather than to say "do what you see fit". That gave the school an out because there was too much room for interpretation. I'm not a coddler and I don't jump on the bandwagon when it comes to kids. As a matter of fact, I think too many are indulged and self-entitled. But this was just plain wrong on the part of the school but the parents also bear responsibility in all of it, too.

[moosmom]

NO wonder the made you have P.E. once a week, ever play tag in wingtips?

I'm sorry, but picture RICHARD in wingtips has me rolling on the floor laughing. Of course, so does a picture of ME in saddle shoes!!

*shuffles off, head down* I'm sorry, didn't mean to bogart the thread.

[RICHARD]

In high school, the principal met us at the door w/a yardstick and he measured the girls' skirts. If they were too short, we were sent home.

LOL,
And the girls kept pushing the limits.~

[Medusa]

LOL,
And the girls kept pushing the limits.~

But of course!

[Twisterdog]

How absurd.

I would have demanded to see a school district policy prohibiting the hair style. And even if there was one prohibiting a "faux hawk" I would bet money there was not one prohibiting a flat-top.

My son went to high school with a boy who wore his mohawk in about eight bright green spikes down the center of his otherwise bald head. And each spike was at least a foot high. How he got in a car, I do not know. He graduated with a 4.0 GPA, and went to college on a full-ride scholastic scholarship. Touche.

[Medusa]

How absurd.

I would have demanded to see a school district policy prohibiting the hair style. And even if there was one prohibiting a "faux hawk" I would bet money there was not one prohibiting a flat-top.

My son went to high school with a boy who wore his mohawk in about eight bright green spikes down the center of his otherwise bald head. And each spike was at least a foot high. How he got in a car, I do not know. He graduated with a 4.0 GPA, and went to college on a full-ride scholastic scholarship. Touche.

Absurd is right. I saw the boy on TV and because the haircut was a fauxhawk, it wasn't anywhere close to being outrageous. No other colors either. I also the pic of him after his parents gave him a flat top haircut, also nothing outrageous. In the 50's, a lot of boys wore flat tops. That was considered conservative. Now, just because so many boys shave their heads, does that mean this kid had to follow suit?

Another touche': my son's artistic abilities got him accepted into the Pittsburgh Art Institute and other places where entrance wasn't easy. So the kindergarten teacher who tried to quash my son's self expression would have to eat her words had she known.

[smokey the elder]

That's a Johnny Unitas haircut. What the heck?? I think the kid's marks are a little more important than his haircut.

[RICHARD]

That's a Johnny Unitas haircut. What the heck?? I think the kid's marks are a little more important than his haircut.

But, can he throw like Johnny U?

As long as they leave the high tops alone!