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Bev54

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15. What the hell

Reply to TexasTowelie (Reply #10)

Mon Feb 10, 2020, 07:49 PM

Feb 2020

does any of these rules do for learning? I do not understand how people put up with this shit.

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Teen growing his hair for sick sister withdraws from Texas school when told to get haircut [View all] left-of-center2012 Feb 2020 OP

Take the Sequoia outta your rectal orifice irisblue Feb 2020 #1

Heh. blm Feb 2020 #4

Seems like 'the rules' that are inflexible are always the excuse rurallib Feb 2020 #7

How crazy is this - an educator who cannot (or will not) use his BRAIN! leftieNanner Feb 2020 #2

Common sense Bev54 Feb 2020 #14

Adminisrators only the written law can be followed no brain needed. Or heart or soul IADEMO2004 Feb 2020 #51

Pompous authoritarian idiots. lpbk2713 Feb 2020 #3

Yes. TexasTowelie Feb 2020 #9

KISS: Change Your Outdated Policy MagickMuffin Feb 2020 #5

I was raised near Poth. TexasTowelie Feb 2020 #10

What the hell Bev54 Feb 2020 #15

Liability and pride. TexasTowelie Feb 2020 #16

I am sorry Bev54 Feb 2020 #17

What century are you living in? TexasTowelie Feb 2020 #18

Post removed Post removed Feb 2020 #19

Now you are doubling down. Advise not to call people "Trumpsters" at DU. Hekate Feb 2020 #20

Thank you. nt TexasTowelie Feb 2020 #23

This message was self-deleted by its author RandiFan1290 Feb 2020 #36

It's a good thing no NFL player made the choice to grow his hair long... bullwinkle428 Feb 2020 #22

If their employer is okay with long hair, then they are welcome to grow it. TexasTowelie Feb 2020 #24

tackle by the hair is not a personal foul in the NFL Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2020 #25

Okay, I'm mistaken because I thought that it was. TexasTowelie Feb 2020 #27

I can understand a coach's requirement, not a school's. ... Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2020 #28

Women's volleyball should then demand short hair. LanternWaste Feb 2020 #44

Volleyball isn't a contact sport TexasTowelie Feb 2020 #47

I'm not buying the liability angle happybird Feb 2020 #30

School districts are allowed to set dress codes TexasTowelie Feb 2020 #32

No one is arguing otherwise. Simply that the policy is brain-dead on arrival. LanternWaste Feb 2020 #45

Dress codes are usually determined by community standards. TexasTowelie Feb 2020 #48

If it were an issue of athletic safety gollygee Feb 2020 #35

I get it. TexasTowelie Feb 2020 #37

I live in a conservative town in west Michigan gollygee Feb 2020 #38

My school district had some money in it due to natural gas and uranium mining revenue, TexasTowelie Feb 2020 #41

No, it was the other socioeconomic factors. nt gollygee Feb 2020 #50

I think it is a matter of opinion. TexasTowelie Feb 2020 #52

If it were really about safety and hygiene Mariana Feb 2020 #54

Instead of complaining to me, why don't you write a letter to the superintendent TexasTowelie Feb 2020 #57

Because I was commenting on your post Mariana Feb 2020 #60

Guess what? TexasTowelie Feb 2020 #62

There are A LOT of pro NFL, NBA, Soccer, Rugby etc. players with long hair Arazi Feb 2020 #55

Employers are permitted to set their own dress codes. TexasTowelie Feb 2020 #58

In post #16 you say long hair is unhygienic. Since most females have long hair, you sound sexist Arazi Feb 2020 #63

I chose not to respond to you last time since you accused me of being sexist. TexasTowelie Feb 2020 #64

I suspect religion is the real reason Mariana Feb 2020 #61

Please avoid gender normative pronouncements at DU CreekDog Feb 2020 #66

because everyone must conform. how very fascistic TeamPooka Feb 2020 #21

I think that you are exaggerating when you compare this to fascism. TexasTowelie Feb 2020 #26

Are you sure 'enrolling in another school district' is an allowed option? mr_lebowski Feb 2020 #29

There are two school districts that are each about 7 miles away. TexasTowelie Feb 2020 #31

I'm just going to agree to disagree ... mr_lebowski Feb 2020 #40

I will agree with you that changing schools is detrimental. TexasTowelie Feb 2020 #42

They could just get rid of that one silly rule ... I don't think anarchy would ensue ... mr_lebowski Feb 2020 #43

Your use of the word 'exaggerating' is damned ironic given your own sentiments... LanternWaste Feb 2020 #46

The point is that I knew I was exaggerating with my comment TexasTowelie Feb 2020 #56

My high school is about 65 miles away from Poth. TexasTowelie Feb 2020 #6

Mark Twain: "God made the Idiot for practice, jg10003 Feb 2020 #8

"There was an avenue and process to seek resolution to the issue that the parent chose not to take unblock Feb 2020 #11

I left Duncanville Tx high school for exactly that reason. vanamonde Feb 2020 #12

I graduated high school rownesheck Feb 2020 #13

That attitude prompted the hippie movement way back when. lunatica Feb 2020 #33

I remember this crap from back in the sixties DFW Feb 2020 #34

Extend beyond the ear opening? panader0 Feb 2020 #39

Give them a dose of their own medicine. MarcA Feb 2020 #49

This is Texas. TexasTowelie Feb 2020 #59

All this dress code stuff just baffles and irritates me Withywindle Feb 2020 #53

This message was self-deleted by its author geralmar Feb 2020 #65

the school shouldn't have different hair and/or clothing requirements by gender CreekDog Feb 2020 #67