Texas 4 Year Old Sent Home For Having Long Hair

[WillParkinson]

Ruby-Sachs: Texas 4 Year Old Sent Home For Having Long Hair

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In a small town in Texas (oh Texas, do you have to play into every stereotype?) a small boy has been suspended from classes because he insists on wearing his hair past his ear lobes. He even told the school administrators that he was growing his hair long so he could donate it to a Locks of Love-type program.

The school responded that, fads in hairstyles “designed to attract attention to the individual or to disrupt the orderly conduct of the classroom or campus is not permitted,”

This child may not be interested in femming up his image, but the rule that caught him certainly is aimed at maintaining a masculine appearance for male students. It takes a general dress code that limits expression across the board and singles out individuals that separate from their gender norm.

Perhaps this kind of behavior garners attention, but some kind of individual expression is so personal, it is simply not acceptable to regulate it. Long hair and feminine clothes for men and the opposite for women fall into this category.

I feel for the family of this boy, whose only option other than attending this school (it seems from reading the story) is to submit to home schooling. But thank goodness this boys parents are supporting his choice to be different and, through that support, encouraging the end of a policy that seeks to stifle a pretty fundamental part of the school districts’ students’ identity.

http://www.365gay.com/blog/ruby-sachs-texas-4-year-old-sent-home-for-having-long-hair/

[ixion]

1. our public school system has become a grist mill

meant to quash individuality and spirit. :(

[WillParkinson]

2. You might enjoy this song...

One of my favorites from the Disney show Phineas & Ferb: Chains On Me - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4b4DFB-J4T4&feature=PlayList&p=8B7B3AFB11D86CBD&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=36

[Echo In Light]

10. Twas ever thus

"If they have the capacity to think freely and understand these types of things, they're going to be kept out by a very complicated filtering system -- which actually starts in kindergarten, I think. In fact, the whole educational and professional training system is a very elaborate filter, which just weeds out people who are too independent, and who don't know how to be submissive, and so on -- because they're dysfunctional to the institutions." ~ Noam Chomsky

[Winterblues]

3. Four year olds have classes, who'd of thunk it?

I am not even sure four year olds go to Kindergarten. Maybe a nursury or something? :shrug:

[guitar man]

8. Headstart?

My daughter started headstart this fall, she will be 4 next month

[Posteritatis]

9. I started kindergarten at four (nt)

[L0oniX]

4. This is an attempt to stop the future of heavy metal hair bands.

[MattBaggins]

5. Them I'm all for it

Stupid 80s hair bands that ripped off the Glam Movement and bastardized it.

Hated 80s so called metal... Haaaaaated it.

[dembotoz]

6. I thought we fought this shit in the 60's

another reason to avoid texas

do they still want to leave the us?

[Echo In Light]

11. God speed

[Posteritatis]

7. Another lovely use of the "disruption" carte blanche. (nt)