School forces student to change out of kilt

[JonLP24]

WEST HAVEN, Utah - The principal of a Utah middle school has been asked to apologize for forcing a kilt-wearing student to change his clothes.

Weber School District spokesman Nate Taggart says Craig Jessop has been asked to extend an apology to 14-year-old student Gavin McFarland of Hooper after the school official's comments Wednesday.

Gavin says he wore the kilt twice in the past two weeks to Rocky Mountain Junior High as a prop for an art project. Jessop told the boy that the outfit could be misconstrued as cross-dressing.

Taggart says the district recognizes the kilt as an expression of the boy's Scottish heritage and that the kilt was not inappropriate.

http://www.azcentral.com/offbeat/articles/2009/05/17/20090517kilt.html

[markbark]

1. Consider the source:

This is UTAH.
Mr. Jessop probably considers girls in pants to be "cross dressing"
:eyes:
--MAB

[lunatica]

2. Shades of the Bush Era when a T-shirt could get you expelled

I've never heard of the kilt being perceived as cross dressing. Well, at least up to now. I thought everyone on the planet knows what a kilt is. Just like everyone on the planet knows what a cowboy hat is. Or a Mexican sombrero, or Dutch clogs. But then maybe they're all frowned on in Utah schools.

[FailureToCommunicate]

3. Or the Nixon Era when a black arm band DID get you tossed out. As Sarah Palin

- the new expert on Supreme Court decisions- would remind us, the relevant ruling was Tinker v Board of Education

[ProgressiveProfessor]

7. That has worked both way in that era

There was the kid who wore a "Straight Pride" hoodie...administration overacted something fierce to that one too.

[kickysnana]

4. Crossdresssing, no. Disruptive, yes.

Any kid who wore any costume 14 days in a row probably would be sent home to change but to claim it was cross-dressing was inappropriate.

That is my grandmotherly opinion and I am sticking to it.

[Grey]

5. No, just twice in two weeks,

That's like two tuesdays in a row.......

[kickysnana]

11. I stand corrected. n/t

[ProgressiveProfessor]

6. What if it was politcal in nature?

and he did 2X over two weeks probably to his art class

[JonLP24]

8. I object to it being called a 'costume'

As someone of Scottish heritage(you couldn't tell based on my last name taken from my father's side) it is not a custume. It is not the same as someone wearing a spandex outfit with a cape and a mask. It is clothing and should be allowed to be worn by anyone.

[lunatica]

10. That should go into the D'uh! section of that ignoramus' file

I can't believe anyone would call it a costume. Some of my countrypersons really embarrass me! I grew up in another country as a US Citizen and the things people think of us are just what these idiots are! Ugh!

[kickysnana]

13. See Wikipedia definition post #13

I attended one of the top rated schools in the nation and we always referred to them as costumes. Until today I had no idea that was not universal usage.

Don't get me started on scraper, scratcher, or spatula, and waterfountain or bubbler.

[kickysnana]

12. National Costume, In Minnesota it is common usage

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_costume

National costume, (also: national dress, regional costume, folk dress or traditional garment), expresses an identity through costume which usually relates to a geographic area or a period of time in history, but can also indicate social, marital and/or religious status. Such costumes often come in two forms: one for everyday occasions, the other for festivals and formal wear.

In United States usage the term "costume" is used in the sense of "fanciful dress", and so "national dress" is used to avoid this connotation.

[lies and propaganda]

9. every Jessop in that state scares the shit out of me

with the exception of Flora, who is like a Harriet Tubman to these little girls being raped by their dad and uncles in Joe Smith's name.

They farm a lot there too and I would always have to keep an eye out that i never bought any of their shit when i lived in Phoenix.

[mdmc]

14. .

:mad: