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lpbk2713

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10. Body shaming can be harmful to someone this age.

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Sun May 21, 2017, 09:43 AM

May 2017

And it caused her a great deal of humiliation in front of her peers in what should have been one of the proudest and most memorable moments of her life. I hope the adults who caused this chain of events are held accountable and that the principal is made to deliver an apology in front of the entire student body. And the charge of insubordination is laughingly weak. It only means someone had the temerity to disagree with her. And if the principal were to experience a moment of honesty, would she admit she is jealous of the girl's 4.4 GPA and her level of achievement?

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Dress code, series of events lead to honor roll student's suspension [View all] demmiblue May 2017 OP

Got to be more to the story. mainstreetonce May 2017 #1

There is. Read it. This is a principal on a power trip. pnwmom May 2017 #7

But see, the principal could see that she had breasts. MineralMan May 2017 #2

Anything is possible in NC HAB911 May 2017 #3

It wasn't the half bare shoulders that upset the principal vlyons May 2017 #4

The principal probably had on his polyester suit LakeArenal May 2017 #5

This is the principal: demmiblue May 2017 #6

Um...I can see her shoulders... Aristus May 2017 #12

Called a scholarship. Throck May 2017 #8

Little people with power. Turbineguy May 2017 #9

Body shaming can be harmful to someone this age. lpbk2713 May 2017 #10

Adults in charge are never "made to apologize", only kids are put through that stripping of self lostnfound May 2017 #11

The "issue" here is not her shoulders, it's the size of her breasts. Barack_America May 2017 #13

Large breasts are very difficult to conceal in summer clothes.. LakeArenal May 2017 #15

Teaching attracts bullies. Bullies are pitiful cowards who take out their anger on the weak. McCamy Taylor May 2017 #14

You'd have to eliminate the bullying administrations first. LakeArenal May 2017 #16

The school was right to act as it did Orrex May 2017 #17

Here's the relevant excerpt of the school's dress code, by the way Orrex May 2017 #18