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I'm assuming this is a public school? If it is a public school, I think that particular rule is outdated, and unfair.
Then that's for the elected school board to decide. Some communities are more conservative than others.
When I was in high school, we had virtually the same hair code for boys (so maybe it IS outdated, haha) and boys who wanted to wear long hair had to hide it under a wig. The boys were called "wigheads", a definitely edgy group that might be kind of like a goth group of today, and they popped their wigs on top of their heads with their hair dangling below. Cheapest, ugliest wigs they could find, often worn backwards.
Also, the wigheads all smelled like cigarette smoke and arrived in class 2 minutes late.
I didn't realize how odd this was until one of my kids was going through my high school yearbook and spotted a couple wigheads.
I think it's way out dated. I hope he fights it. Heck, if he was my son who does have long hair, I'd tell him to not walk at graduation. Eff them. My son hasn't had a hair cut since 9th grade, he's 34 now. His great grandmother always wanted him to cut it but at one point she accepted it because he was a good kid. She passed away 6 days shy of her 108th birthday..
Short for, or replacing the somewhat negative term "dreadlocks," locs are a hairstyle where the hair that one would normally comb or shed locks into itself, creating ropelike strands.
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I'm assuming this is a public school? If it is a public school, I think that particular rule is outdated, and unfair.
Barbers Hill High School google - Barbers Hill High School is a 5A public high school based in Mont Belvieu, Texas. It is part of the Barbers Hill Independent School District located in western Chambers County. In 2015, the school was rated "Met Standard" by the Texas Education Agency.
There was this boy in Bastrop, Texas. Zachariah Toungate, in the 1990's. He had a rat tail haircut in 3rd grade, which was against hair code, and if he wouldn't cut it, he'd have to spend his time at school in in school suspension.
The controversy raged, and eventually died down, with Bastrop ISD winning in court, stating the community has a right to determine dress and hair code for its students. There was another child who was allowed to wear his hair a little longer, due to the fact that his hair hid a skull deformity, and the Toungates brought that up that he should have to cut his hair, too.
Years passed, and Zachariah's parents stubbornly stuck to this notion that he should be able to wear a rat tail. He graduated high school, never having been in a regular classroom since 2nd grade - he was schooled entirely in in school suspension.
Before anyone blames the school, saying "it's just hair", I'd say to the parents, "it's just HAIR!!!" and can't believe they put him through all that just so he could have a ratty looking hairstyle. I would feel differently if this were a religious belief, or as in the other boy, the hair hid a deformity.
He's now, as anyone could guess, amounted to nothing and he's angry and disgruntled.
I find it absolutely ridiculous that they let him attend school here and do all his studies and earn enough credits to graduate, and the hair wasn’t a big deal then… But now all of a sudden it’s the line in the sand for him to walk through graduation? It just seems like a pretty stupid hill to die on for the school in my opinion, especially since apparently he’s been a student there with the same haircut for however long he’s been there. What’s the point of cutting it now, for this one day? If the hair was against their code, they should’ve dealt with it a long time ago.
I find it absolutely ridiculous that they let him attend school here and do all his studies and earn enough credits to graduate, and the hair wasn’t a big deal then… But now all of a sudden it’s the line in the sand for him to walk through graduation? It just seems like a pretty stupid hill to die on for the school in my opinion, especially since apparently he’s been a student there with the same haircut for however long he’s been there. What’s the point of cutting it now, for this one day? If the hair was against their code, they should’ve dealt with it a long time ago.
And it proves that his having longer hair didn't affect his or other students' abilty to learn. There's been a lot of backlash about natural hairstyles being looked at as "less professional." This is an outdated rule.
The DCR also issued new “Guidance on Race Discrimination Based on Hairstyle” to clarify that policies banning, limiting or restricting hairstyles closely associated with those of African-American descent — including twists and dreadlocks — may violate New Jersey law.
“Student athletes should be able to compete with each other on a level playing field,” AG Grewal said in a statement. “Racial discrimination in the enforcement of the rules of any sport is inconsistent with the spirit of fair play."
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I find it absolutely ridiculous that they let him attend school here and do all his studies and earn enough credits to graduate, and the hair wasn’t a big deal then… But now all of a sudden it’s the line in the sand for him to walk through graduation? It just seems like a pretty stupid hill to die on for the school in my opinion, especially since apparently he’s been a student there with the same haircut for however long he’s been there. What’s the point of cutting it now, for this one day? If the hair was against their code, they should’ve dealt with it a long time ago.
Agree. Why is it all of a sudden he had to take them out?
I find it absolutely ridiculous that they let him attend school here and do all his studies and earn enough credits to graduate, and the hair wasn’t a big deal then… But now all of a sudden it’s the line in the sand for him to walk through graduation? It just seems like a pretty stupid hill to die on for the school in my opinion, especially since apparently he’s been a student there with the same haircut for however long he’s been there. What’s the point of cutting it now, for this one day? If the hair was against their code, they should’ve dealt with it a long time ago.
I agree totally!
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