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My parents were working poor, but we children always went to school in presentable clothing. No holes. No "emerging" holes. For the school to actually write that into their school dress policy, we can assume many children were being sent to school in raggedy attire. That's not acceptable.
Mama should cut back on her food consumption and do more to instill some self-respect in her son. No child wants to be dressed like a rag muffin. I've seen better clothing at the thrift shop. Where'd mama find those pants? In a dumpster? I don't believe she bought them new a few weeks ago. BS!
My parents were working poor, but we children always went to school in presentable clothing. No holes. No "emerging" holes. For the school to actually write that into their school dress policy, we can assume many children were being sent to school in raggedy attire. That's not acceptable.
Mama should cut back on her food consumption and do more to instill some self-respect in her son. No child wants to be dressed like a rag muffin. I've seen better clothing at the thrift shop. Where'd mama find those pants? In a dumpster? I don't believe she bought them new a few weeks ago. BS!
I support the teacher on this one.
^^^After reading that, I had to see if you were being mean or what--so I went back and watched the video.
Yep, you may be right. The mom is obese and could probably cut down on the food bill, the kid wears a lot of clothing with holes and the school has even bought new clothes for him. There are thrift stores where you can buy clothes with no holes.
The kid looks overweight too. The problem could be with the mom for what she eats and what she feeds her son. Also, for sending him to school in raggedy clothing.
It's the school board that sets the rules, not the teachers. Unfortunately there probably isn't anyone who can intervene and teach this mom some life skills like cooking and finding bargains in thrift stores. She wants the rules changed to suit herself. Well, the time spent on camera justifying her poor life skills could have been spent shopping for decent food or cooking it. Maybe even getting to a thrift store and buying her son some decent clothes for school. Otherwise the kid is going to grow up to be obese and unhealthy and he will think it's acceptable to show up for job interviews dressed in ragged clothes.
^^^After reading that, I had to see if you were being mean or what--so I went back and watched the video.
Yep, you may be right. The mom is obese and could probably cut down on the food bill, the kid wears a lot of clothing with holes and the school has even bought new clothes for him. There are thrift stores where you can buy clothes with no holes.
The kid looks overweight too. The problem could be with the mom for what she eats and what she feeds her son. Also, for sending him to school in raggedy clothing.
It's the school board that sets the rules, not the teachers. Unfortunately there probably isn't anyone who can intervene and teach this mom some life skills like cooking and finding bargains in thrift stores. She wants the rules changed to suit herself. Well, the time spent on camera justifying her poor life skills could have been spent shopping for decent food or cooking it. Maybe even getting to a thrift store and buying her son some decent clothes for school. Otherwise the kid is going to grow up to be obese and unhealthy and he will think it's acceptable to show up for job interviews dressed in ragged clothes.
She's acting entitled.
Whoa. Just whoa.
As an aside, I am wearing a pair of pre-distressed jeans right now, and I'm a middle-aged woman. My daughter picked them out for me, and I like them. It's the fashion right now. Honestly, if anybody ever criticized me for wearing them, I'd tell them to shut the hell up. Fortunately, nobody ever has.
My parents were working poor, but we children always went to school in presentable clothing. No holes. No "emerging" holes. For the school to actually write that into their school dress policy, we can assume many children were being sent to school in raggedy attire. That's not acceptable.
Mama should cut back on her food consumption and do more to instill some self-respect in her son. No child wants to be dressed like a rag muffin. I've seen better clothing at the thrift shop. Where'd mama find those pants? In a dumpster? I don't believe she bought them new a few weeks ago. BS!
I support the teacher on this one.
Frankly, presentable clothing is much more important than time spent learning to read and write. If this child had been allowed to sit in the classroom with an offensive, and frankly disgusting patch of thinned fabric across his knee, imagine the potential outcomes, not only of himself, but the fellow, innocent classmates who were forced to witness this horror.
Or, common sense would be to just inform the kid about it, and inform the parents about it and ask if there might be any issue with fixing the problem, and if so, we (the school) will be more than happy to assist.
Dang, kids can be hard on clothes. I understand not wanting kids to show up with really distressed clothing and a lot of skin showing. But a little wear and tear isn't that unusual, especially if kids are going through a growth spurt and the family can't afford to buy a bunch of new things. Sounds like the school is a little overzealous and has a ridiculous zero tolerance policy in place on something that it shouldn't.
I think that a school staff member with sense could just "forget" about the "emerging hole" and not do anything about it in this case.
They could. And then when the kid leaves that teacher's room and an administrator sees him the kid is marched back to the room and the teacher is asked if the Dress Code doesn't apply today. The teacher then receives a Teacher Compliance Report later in the day as a record of his not following policy. Enough of those and it's to the School Board for a dismissal hearing.
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