Four year old Texas boy suspended due to long hair
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Captain Guy-With-Hair-So-Long-I-Can-Sit-On-It, reporting for duty!Mr. Blue Sky said:
And to "Tater Tot", the kid in question, I say ROW ROW FIGHT THE POWAH, little man.
to some cultures, cutting hair is a sacrilage. i havent read the article so i dont know if that is right for this boy also.
on the other hand, damn, i had long hair throughout highschool and never got suspended for that. how i would be SAD if it had happened. few days off school and all
on the other hand, damn, i had long hair throughout highschool and never got suspended for that. how i would be SAD if it had happened. few days off school and all
A rule is a rule. But what is the purpose of a rule, if only to be a rule? Does it hurt anyone that this childs hair is longer than the social norm? Or is this rule in effect because principle (or higher) believes a boy/man should have short hair?Con Carne said:
Ask yourself why rules and laws exist. Look for the reasons. Then ask if they're so nessessary as to need to be obeyed. In this case, I would say no. A rule is a rule only because someone says so, and has the authority to make it so. But the rule is unjust, and utilizes its authority on this family unfairly.
I'm Siding with the kid's parents on this. His hair isn't that long nor is it distracting. If he had a Mohawk or somthing I might have understood the school perspective, but that's just my Predjudice against mohawks talking.
Compared to some of the hot threads I've seen on the site, this is actually pretty interesting.DustyDrB said:
If they can show the long hair does not disrupt the pedagogical process then the rule can be changed. Schools do make rules, but I've seen them challenged and be overturned and sustained. It is the give and take of dress codes at public schools, they change and people allow or push back every so often.
Texas was one of the Confederate states who wanted to leave the United States... I'm just saying. If they had their way they wouldn't even be part of the USA.robert632 said:
But on the other hand, no one from the school board is holding the kid down and shaving his head, it's just a case that rules are rules. If the school had a no spitting rule but you just loved to spit, don't be surprised if you get the ban-hammer.
I think Freedom is not the issue here but rather the Justification of Rules within a public facility.
The boy having long hair is not in itself a problem, the boy being suspended for failing to comply with ANY rule is not in itself a problem. One problem to be avoided is to simply give this kid a free pass as the rules are universal and are undermined by making exceptions. The problem is this school has a rule that does not serve to maintain the schools education function but merely to enforce CERTAIN conservative values*.
The school has the right to make any damn rule they want but they still NEED justification that each rule is to preserve the School's role = giving children the education and preparation they need for adulthood.
To be honest, it is a stupid and poorly thought out rule. Whoever made it should have thought very hard about this rule and every single rule of "am I willing to exclude a student over this or be forced into compromise?" and also "is this something that must be prevented to ensure continued school function"
*I hate to pull the race/religion card but a very conservative Sikh family would have different interpretations of the rules as long hair is a requirement for them. so either:
(a) this rule discriminates against Sikhs forcing them to defy their religion or not attend, or
(b) forces the school to make a case by case exception, which undermines the rules and causes rifts with idiots thinking "well if the rules don't apply to THEM, then they don't apply to ME!".
Well doesn't this just make me feel old. School rules must have severely changed since the days that I went or just did not realize that hair length was actually that much of a distraction. It's HAIR for crying out loud or are they making the assumption that kids with long hair will turn into the next school shooter? O.O
Yes rules are rules for a reason, but that doesn't stop them from being downright silly.
Yes rules are rules for a reason, but that doesn't stop them from being downright silly.
Yet another example of the stupid south enforcing ultra-conservative views on schools. When will they ever get with the program? It's not like the kid is being a nuisance in class. How is his hair a distraction? What really got me was at the end, they said he would be segregated.....so I guess segregation does still exist.
Welcome to 2010.
Welcome to 2010.
It's not every Texa school is strict about that. I have that, oh what's that called... ducktail, is that what they call it? Whatever, it goes past the collar, which is against school policy and I've never been consulted about it let alone suspended. And why cut it? Obviously the kid was trying to sport a mullet. Do you have any idea how hard that is to grow? Let alone how long? What is wrong with the system nowadays.Freedomario said: