Pink hair, long dress NO SCHOOL FOR YOU!

By Floater September 10, 1999 12:21 PM

Getaway Virginia posted an article about an eighth grader who was sent home for dying her hair pink.?We've all heard this time and again, the schools going out of even their own dress code rules to single out stundents because the article in question is "disruptive".?What do you think? For all you who havn't posted comments yet, here's your chance.?:)

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Posted by Sasquatch (sasquatch@aodmetal.com) on September 10, 1999 4:26 PM

Crap like this disgusts me. It seems everywhere I look, people are trying to tell you that they know what's right for you. What exactly was their conclusion that her hair and dress was "disrupting other students" based on? Do you think anyone actually complained? And if so...who becomes the judge of what is disruptive, but the school can't do anything about, and what is disruptive and the school should ostrasize you for it? If a student were to complain that someones face distracted them, do you think the principle would send them home to get plastic surgery? No! I know this is extreme and it's hardly the same thing, and I know that the persecution of someone different is nothing new either, but it seems lately that more and more it's become a beaurocratic process to decide what is and isn't right/normal.

It's just another symptom of peoples unwillingness to accept people w/out judgement and just let people do their own thing. I hardly think that her hair or dress were hurting anyone(despite the schools rediculous claims that they were fearfull someone might trip on it.) Bah...this crap gets me too worked up. I could rant for hours, but I'll stop now cause I don't have the energy and I'm sure you don't want to read it. But please people...if you see someone who's different and freaks you out...just think about whether they are hurting anyone...chances are they're not. 

I'm proud of Jade's parents. They did the right thing! They supported their child and didn't give in to meaningless rules. Hopefully she won't be too jaded(pardon the pun) by the intolerance she encounters and will instill those same values in her children some day.

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Posted by JackDavidsonOLD (No Email) on September 10, 1999 4:55 PM

It really is a shame that our schools have come to this. What was with the long dress thing? I havn't seen it of course, but it sounded like a normal full length dress. It used to be that girls were sent home for having short skirts, now it's long dresses?

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on June 9, 2001 12:32 PM

what is with this crap?i have pink hair and i told my princapal that if he wanted to kick me out he was going to have a lotta trouble from my parents.needless to say he didn't bring up the subject again.it's a hair color people.for crying out freaken loud!it grows out.it changes.but really folks.i think people should accept it.some people like different colors.deal w/ it.

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on August 25, 2002 9:17 PM

god wut a dumbschool i would tell then to kiss my PINK a--hole....i have pink tips on my hair and they can kiss my pink ass