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About every 2 years my adult daughter has her beautiful hair cut for a donation to Locks of Love. It is a tradition with her best friend. This article is interesting and I think this cancer survivor should be able to do the same thing. So what if he is a boy? I think the school board is being ridiculous and rigid. What do you think?
1. He is a senior who plans to grow his hair another 10 inches. He can cut it now, and begin growing it out. It will add exactly 3 months to the years it will take him to grow his hair that long.
2. Even locks for love has suggested that there are many other ways for this boy to help the cause besides growing out his hair.
3. Locks of Love is FOR ALOPECIA NOT cancer. Additionally, in 15 years they have done 2k wigs to kids, but Beautiful Lengths has already done that many in 5 years (LoL is not the best managed charity IMO). I would read their wiki page. The majority of the hair donated is SOLD not made into wigs.
4. This student is not in a public school but rather a school of choice. He CHOSE to go to that school knowing full well the expectations for their dress code. He has every right to grow his hair out at his public school but a school of CHOICE gets to determine their rules. If he was at USNA, would people be demanding he get to grow his hair out? I doubt it.
From the Locks of Love website:
"WHAT IS LOCKS OF LOVE?
Locks of Love is a public non-profit organization that provides hairpieces to financially disadvantaged children in the United States and Canada under age 21 suffering from long-term medical hair loss from any diagnosis."
From the Locks of Love website:
"WHAT IS LOCKS OF LOVE?
Locks of Love is a public non-profit organization that provides hairpieces to financially disadvantaged children in the United States and Canada under age 21 suffering from long-term medical hair loss from any diagnosis."
Most of the children helped by Locks of Love have lost their hair due to a medical condition called alopecia areata, which has no known cause or cure.
Their primary emphasis is NOT CANCER, while Beautiful Lengths is specifically for cancer.
Additionally, I would again point to the FACT that LoL sells the majority of hair they receive, their less than stellar record of number of wigs given, and the fact that this boy (a senior with only a few months left)has to grow his hair out to 10 inches before he can donate at which point it will likely be sold instead of made into a wig for a cancer patient.
1. He is a senior who plans to grow his hair another 10 inches. He can cut it now, and begin growing it out. It will add exactly 3 months to the years it will take him to grow his hair that long.
2. Even locks for love has suggested that there are many other ways for this boy to help the cause besides growing out his hair.
3. Locks of Love is FOR ALOPECIA NOT cancer. Additionally, in 15 years they have done 2k wigs to kids, but Beautiful Lengths has already done that many in 5 years (LoL is not the best managed charity IMO). I would read their wiki page. The majority of the hair donated is SOLD not made into wigs.
4. This student is not in a public school but rather a school of choice. He CHOSE to go to that school knowing full well the expectations for their dress code. He has every right to grow his hair out at his public school but a school of CHOICE gets to determine their rules. If he was at USNA, would people be demanding he get to grow his hair out? I doubt it.
The kid had to learn the hard way & now that suspension will be permanent. Hes not too bright.
1. He is a senior who plans to grow his hair another 10 inches. He can cut it now, and begin growing it out. It will add exactly 3 months to the years it will take him to grow his hair that long.
2. Even locks for love has suggested that there are many other ways for this boy to help the cause besides growing out his hair.
3. Locks of Love is FOR ALOPECIA NOT cancer. Additionally, in 15 years they have done 2k wigs to kids, but Beautiful Lengths has already done that many in 5 years (LoL is not the best managed charity IMO). I would read their wiki page. The majority of the hair donated is SOLD not made into wigs.
4. This student is not in a public school but rather a school of choice. He CHOSE to go to that school knowing full well the expectations for their dress code. He has every right to grow his hair out at his public school but a school of CHOICE gets to determine their rules. If he was at USNA, would people be demanding he get to grow his hair out? I doubt it.
Since his parents had to put him in this school you don't really know HOW much say he had in the process. So maybe he didn't CHOOSE to go to this school at all.
1. He is a senior who plans to grow his hair another 10 inches. He can cut it now, and begin growing it out. It will add exactly 3 months to the years it will take him to grow his hair that long.
2. Even locks for love has suggested that there are many other ways for this boy to help the cause besides growing out his hair.
3. Locks of Love is FOR ALOPECIA NOT cancer. Additionally, in 15 years they have done 2k wigs to kids, but Beautiful Lengths has already done that many in 5 years (LoL is not the best managed charity IMO). I would read their wiki page. The majority of the hair donated is SOLD not made into wigs.
4. This student is not in a public school but rather a school of choice. He CHOSE to go to that school knowing full well the expectations for their dress code. He has every right to grow his hair out at his public school but a school of CHOICE gets to determine their rules. If he was at USNA, would people be demanding he get to grow his hair out? I doubt it.
I think the main point is that sometimes rules need to have an exception. Would your response be different if he was going to a public school, was a freshman and was giving to Beautiful Lengths instead of LoL?
Most of the children helped by Locks of Love have lost their hair due to a medical condition called alopecia areata, which has no known cause or cure.
Their primary emphasis is NOT CANCER, while Beautiful Lengths is specifically for cancer.
Whatever....
THIS cancer survivor chose to donate to Locks of Love.
Alopecia has nothing to do with HIS decision....
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