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To 12-year-old Suzannah Pabla, piercing her nose was a way to connect with her roots in India. To Suzannah's school, it was a dress-code violation worthy of a suspension.
To other Indians, the incident was emblematic of how it can still be difficult for the American melting pot to absorb certain aspects of their cultural and religious traditions.
Thank goodness I don't live in Bountiful, Utah. I hope other parents at the school were outraged by this as well. I'm pretty surprised that body piercings are a dress-code violation at a public school; I didn't realize that they could do that.
It's not surprising to me that this is a dress-code violation in middle school. Not sure why people would be outraged - I thought the school was pretty lenient in how they dealt with it.
To 12-year-old Suzannah Pabla, piercing her nose was a way to connect with her roots in India. To Suzannah's school, it was a dress-code violation worthy of a suspension.
To other Indians, the incident was emblematic of how it can still be difficult for the American melting pot to absorb certain aspects of their cultural and religious traditions.
The school rightfully claims that the nose-piercing is a cultural choice, not a religious one, and therefore they are well within their rights to tell her to not wear the jewelry.
I don't see how a public school can "rightfully" ban a cultural practice. I think its worthy of outrage, although I'm happy to see that they backed down in the end.
Piercings (whether cultural, religious, or something else) should be between the child and the parent, and not the school. It would be a different situation if this were a private school. It's the same thing as the overzealous schools that once in awhile make news because they try to ban a kid from wearing a necklace with a cross. Kids shouldn't have to give up all rights when they walk in the door to their school.
I don't see how a public school can "rightfully" ban a cultural practice. I think its worthy of outrage, although I'm happy to see that they backed down in the end.
Trust me, there are a lot of cultural practices that have no place in public schools. Since the schools can't play favorites and cherry pick which ones are okay, it's more fair to simply ban them all.
As far as piercings go, the dress code is the dress code. Don't like it? Pay for private school that allows you to wear whatever you want.
I don't think I should have to pay for private school just because I think my kids should have the right to have a pierced nose. Now whether or not I would let my kid have a pierced nose is a different story, but that's not the school's business.
The thing is, schools ARE cherry picking cultural practices.
I don't think I should have to pay for private school just because I think my kids should have the right to have a pierced nose. Now whether or not I would let my kid have a pierced nose is a different story, but that's not the school's business.
The thing is, schools ARE cherry picking cultural practices.
Your kid can have a pierced nose. They simply may not be able to wear jewelry in it while at school. It's not rocket science.
I don't see how a public school can "rightfully" ban a cultural practice. I think its worthy of outrage, although I'm happy to see that they backed down in the end.
Piercings (whether cultural, religious, or something else) should be between the child and the parent, and not the school. It would be a different situation if this were a private school. It's the same thing as the overzealous schools that once in awhile make news because they try to ban a kid from wearing a necklace with a cross. Kids shouldn't have to give up all rights when they walk in the door to their school.
Would it be OK if kids came to school nude? That's a cultural practice for some folks.
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