I am in agreement that it does sound like he was being singled out, and the teacher is in the wrong. It does seem as though she has it out for him for some reason.

That being said, I grew up in a small town, and if ANY guy would have come to school wearing makeup, it wouldn't have been the teachers he would have had to worry about. I'm sure other guys in school would have beat the crap out of him.
I don't believe I have ever seen a guy with eyeliner on, and cannot even imagine it.

I will have to talk to my sister (she's 16), and see if that stuff goes on at her school, just out of curiosity. Also, I have a friend with a 16 year old daughter, I'll have to ask her too.

I guess I'm old, I didn't know that was the newest thing

I cannot stand a ton of makeup on anyone, male or female, so I can only imagine how it looks. But, I seriously doubt it was a class disruption. Maybe your teacher needs to be a little more tolerant of other people.

As for what Tonya said about the black clothing, I have a lot of it too, but I like how black looks on me, it has nothing to do with being depressed. I know what she meant though--that whole gothic look--ick!