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Since: Aug 07
Chicago, IL
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Good going Ohio - way to teach the kids that a good education is the first priority, and to be accepting of people who don't look like you.
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Grouchy Conservative
Orlando, FL
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It all started with those "Beatles". Society began circling the drain when those "Beatles" and that racket called "Rock & Roll" came out.
TV went downhill after Milton Berle went off. The good clean fun we used to have watching Groucho has given way to sex! I recall Groucho waring up his guests to play "You Bet Your Life". He asked a gentleman if he was married and were there any children. The gentleman asnwered:"Yes, and I have 11 children." Groucho asked: "Why so many children?" The man answered: "I love my wife." Groucho replied: "I love my cigar but I pull it out occasionally."
See, TV used to teach clean habits like not smoking too much.
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“Many ideas, few words”
Since: Feb 08
Bethlehem
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I do agree that if rules are put in place, they should be followed.
BUT, I can't believe that a school should have the right to tell me, as a parent, that I can't allow my child to wear his/her hair a certain way or dye it a certain color. As mentioned in a previous post, it's a temporary distration.
btw, I don't like mohawks, but if I wanted one or my daughter wanted one......I want that to remain my choice.
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“Help us!”
Since: Dec 07
Queens
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I attended Catholic school my entire life, and we wore uniforms. The hair style and color was left up to the student. In high school, we wore make-up too. I do feel though that at 6 years old, this boy should learn that rules need to be followed. He may grow up thinking it's ok to break every rule that doesn't suit him.
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life
Melville, NY
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are you kidding me
AOL
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Ray_D wrote: "Changing the hairstyle is not an option"
Oh yes it is. It's not all about you, Ms. Barile. There are other students in the class and your son's mohawk is a distraction. I'm glad the school is standing firm. Give me a break my son had a mohawk last year. He is a straight A student and I don't know of any child in his class who's grades suffered because he wore his hair spiked. This is moronic to even make and issue of the childs hair.
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are you kidding me
AOL
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Seriously wrote: I'm a teacher, and I'll admit that an unusual haircut or hair coloring is only a distraction for a day or two. After a week, the kids don't even notice it anymore. We ban obscene t-shirts and inappropriate clothing, but the kids are pretty much able to wear their hair any way their parents will let them.
However, this school has every right to have a dress code that includes hair styles/colors. School officials have to do what's they feel is best for all children. School is supposed to be a working and learning environment. I tell my students that an adult's job is to go to work and a kid's job to go to school. I can do whatever I want with my appearance outside of work, but at work I have to adhere to a certain standard. If you were to show up for most job interviews with a mohawk, odds are that you aren't going to get the job. If this kid wants to sport this haircut during the summer, great. However, it's not allowed in his school.
The part that I have the biggest problem with is the message this woman is sending her child: If you don't agree with a rule, then it's okay to break it. If she didn't agree with the rule, she could have adhered to it while at the same time fighting to change it. I fear for what will become of this child if this is the message he's being taught at five years old. I agree that if there is a rule the children must be made to follow it but at the same time I don't want my child to be forced to fit in to some ones mold of what is correct. I prefer to pick my battles with my children and how they wear their hair isn't one of them. This think is juvenile.
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pajoyo
Washington, DC
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Nick wrote: Im sure it be perfectly fine if a 2nd grader came to school wearing a "im a gay 7yearold" printed t shirt and it wouldnt be a distraction to the school. That would be perfectly fine. WHAT?
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pajoyo
Washington, DC
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life wrote: Rules are rules Good little facist, aren't you?
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Leria
Capitol Heights, MD
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Ray_D wrote: "Changing the hairstyle is not an option"
Oh yes it is. It's not all about you, Ms. Barile. There are other students in the class and your son's mohawk is a distraction. I'm glad the school is standing firm. I am not. Frankly, what hairstyle a person wears is no business of the school whatsoever, just as what a person wears to school isn't any of their business. It doesn't cause a danger to other students to have a mohawk, it doesn't cause a danger to other students to wear 99.9% of the other things that schools try to ban, so why are they doing it? It is NOT to 'teach students responsibility and head off problems preemptively' because I have read and talked with people who go to private, uniform-only schools and they have JUST AS MUCH PROBLEMS, if not more, as public schools. Simply put, this is ripe for an ACLU lawsuit, and I will be cheering it on if it gets to that point.
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floyd
Bangkok, Thailand
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The Voice of unReason wrote: <quoted text>
Suspended over a hair cut? My god this country has bottomed-out. the decision was made by a school board I believe - totally at discretion of board of education. i went to a private high school where students had pretty crazy hair cuts and it was like 10 years ago BUT in a Manhattan suburb - this case is Ohio.
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Since: Mar 07
Location hidden
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Ok, I'm usually not for schools suspending kids for stupid-ass things but this mother is a complete asshat.
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RISSYPETTO
New York, NY
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If you don't like the rules, find another school. It's really simple as that. The problem with society today is that people don't think rules apply to them.
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RISSYPETTO
New York, NY
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pajoyo wrote: <quoted text>
Good little facist, aren't you? Rules ARE rules. People like you feel entitled to special treatment and destroy the country.
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Ray_D
Norfolk, VA
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pajoyo wrote: <quoted text>
Good little facist, aren't you? Good little anarchist, aren't you?
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bewitched
Brooklyn, NY
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Seriously wrote: I'm a teacher, and I'll admit that an unusual haircut or hair coloring is only a distraction for a day or two. After a week, the kids don't even notice it anymore. We ban obscene t-shirts and inappropriate clothing, but the kids are pretty much able to wear their hair any way their parents will let them.
However, this school has every right to have a dress code that includes hair styles/colors. School officials have to do what's they feel is best for all children. School is supposed to be a working and learning environment. I tell my students that an adult's job is to go to work and a kid's job to go to school. I can do whatever I want with my appearance outside of work, but at work I have to adhere to a certain standard. If you were to show up for most job interviews with a mohawk, odds are that you aren't going to get the job. If this kid wants to sport this haircut during the summer, great. However, it's not allowed in his school.
The part that I have the biggest problem with is the message this woman is sending her child: If you don't agree with a rule, then it's okay to break it. If she didn't agree with the rule, she could have adhered to it while at the same time fighting to change it. I fear for what will become of this child if this is the message he's being taught at five years old. Best reply. Thanks Teach...
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“I've now been in 57 states”
Since: Mar 07
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The Voice of unReason wrote: <quoted text>
Suspended over a hair cut? My god this country has bottomed-out. You are correct that this country has bottomed out. We have bottomed out because no one feels like they have to follow the rules, especially when it comes to their little brat darlings. A 6 year old with a Mohawk, I’m sure he is the poster boy for respect and erudition. Kudos to the administration for enforcing their rules and kicking the little F out of school. Another fine example of an idiot parent, what a tard!
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The Voice of unReason
New York, NY
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silver surfer wrote: <quoted text>
You are correct that this country has bottomed out. We have bottomed out because no one feels like they have to follow the rules, especially when it comes to their little brat darlings.
A 6 year old with a Mohawk, I’m sure he is the poster boy for respect and erudition.
Kudos to the administration for enforcing their rules and kicking the little F out of school. Another fine example of an idiot parent, what a tard! What do we ban next, afros, hair that is too curly? Blond hair, black hair, no hair? Zig Heil!!!
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i like it
New Canaan, CT
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The Voice of unReason wrote: <quoted text>
What do we ban next, afros, hair that is too curly? Blond hair, black hair, no hair? Zig Heil!!! The bottom line is, this school has their own rules. Simple as that. She had the choice to send her child elsewhere.
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Kevin
Redondo Beach, CA
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i like it wrote: <quoted text>
The bottom line is, this school has their own rules. Simple as that. She had the choice to send her child elsewhere. Do you KNOW this? Or are you assuming that this family could afford such a move? I question any logic that assumes everyone is financially capable of such convenient solutions. It's the Katrina mentality of "Well why didn't you LEAVE?"
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