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| Thread ID: 137324 | 2014-06-23 07:30:00 | School Boy forced to leave school for having long hair. | mzee (3324) | PC World Chat |
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| 1377695 | 2014-06-23 08:42:00 | This is 2014, why do people still think it's okay to dictate how other people express themselves :rolleyes: So expectorating on the carriage floor is ok now? ;) |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 1377696 | 2014-06-23 08:50:00 | So expectorating on the carriage floor is ok now? ;) Now that is just revolting, should be a law against it...... LL. ;) |
lakewoodlady (103) | ||
| 1377697 | 2014-06-23 09:04:00 | Well, now the Auckland trains have put up an electric fence, preventing the train staff from taking their traditional seating positions, perhaps they should be allowed one of their traditional ways of marking their territory? That must override any law surely? ;) | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 1377698 | 2014-06-23 09:19:00 | Although I agree, I have to wonder if there are other reasons behind this. Has he been singled out while others a guilty of the same crime. Boy has been at the school for 3 and a half years with no problem with long here till now. From what I have read he is an A1 pupil, top sportsman and also rescued a couple of swimmers last year. The board of trustee member that suspended him, his daughter has been out on twitter abusing the boy. I agree with Plod, there must be other reasons behind this, and one must also question the objectivity of the parents. The boy presents as an achiever and from what we know, one most parents - and schools - would be proud of. Although a senior citizen, I have no issue with long hair (except envy especially if it's not grey), and if the boy is as well presented at school as he was for his TV and Court appearances then the matter ideally should rest there - let him get on with his life. Except as PaulW pointed out, the parents "when he was enrolled [they] sign up for a dress code that included hair above the shoulder". That's the crux of the matter. I don't envy the Judge whose cross will be to sum up and adjudicate on this one! |
WalOne (4202) | ||
| 1377699 | 2014-06-23 09:47:00 | I remember last year when my eldest was in the 5th form. We went to parent teacher evening two thirds through the year. His science teacher informs us he hasn't handed in any homework this year. When asked why are we only hearing about this now the teachers reply was he had been doing well through the year except for the last month. I then told the teacher if he insists handing out homework he really needs to insist on it being done or don't bother handing it out. This was last we heard about his homework from science. His other teachers were always in email contact letting us know what was expected from him as far as homework. Even an email from a teacher saying she didn't issue homework. So try telling a teenager what has been acceptable for a reasonably long period of time from the school that it no longer is. | plod (107) | ||
| 1377700 | 2014-06-23 09:49:00 | Except as PaulW pointed out, the parents "when he was enrolled [they] sign up for a dress code that included hair above the shoulder". That's the crux of the matter. I don't envy the Judge whose cross will be to sum up and adjudicate on this one!when you married your wife, she also said she would love, honour and OBEY. How's that working for you | plod (107) | ||
| 1377701 | 2014-06-23 10:03:00 | when you married your wife, she also said she would love, honour and OBEY. How's that working for you Ermmm, #1 and #2 are history (enuf said); no sign of #3 on the horizon :D |
WalOne (4202) | ||
| 1377702 | 2014-06-23 11:11:00 | I hope there is room on the fence, because that's where I am sitting. I feel sorry for the boy, who seems otherwise to be a person who will be someone who could go far. Despite those who advocate that we should be able to break rules and then thumb our noses. I wouldn't go that far, or the inmates would be running the prisons (do I hear a call of "wait"?). My grandson told me that school gets in the way of life, fortunately, his parents don't agree and he is only eight years old. When I went home from school complaining, if my parents thought it was justified they would go and speak with the teacher. I just know for sure they wouldn't have been hiring a lawyer for me. |
Marnie (4574) | ||
| 1377703 | 2014-06-23 19:32:00 | It is not really about the hair it is about the schools rules. . Actually I disagree, it is about the hair. I disagree with the idea anyone should be able to dictate what another person: wears, how they have their hair, how they may decorate their bodies etc.....if you think about it logically, it's mad. Yes, uniforms come into that.....but then that's what it's about really, conformity. Look at the insanity over jeans earlier in our history, Russia tried to suppress it, the black market did a roaring trade. Or take China, once they all had to wear matching pyjamas, didn't they. But then what do you expect from a Catholic school, they're all bonkers to start with. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1377704 | 2014-06-23 22:12:00 | I find the whole thing hilarious. Here we have a Father & Son brat attack on a school that leaves a High Court Judge wondering why the hell he is involved and a Lawyer the laughing stock of his peers for suggesting the long haired delinquent should be compared to Kate Sheppard and Martin Luther King. :lol: :crying Well while they’re at it I think it’s a breach of their human rights not to be allowed to use Mobile Phones in class and girls should be allowed to run around topless at school the same as the boys. Further, each school should engage a resident tattooist to appease those who wish to have their body covered in scribble. I wonder if I’m now a “Human Rights” campaigner. :rolleyes: |
B.M. (505) | ||
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