School bans pupil for hairstyle - Page 4

Flubflow · 23-03-2005, 02:12

There is no empirical data that I can find anywhere that supports the idea that wearing a school uniform (or imposing ridiculous rules on hairstyles) improves the standard of education. I've heard many anecdotes but no real evidence.

**Damien** · 23-03-2005, 09:14

Theres also the bullying agurement to do with what clothes people wear

**Maggy** · 23-03-2005, 10:05

Sigh!

As a parent I would have undone the braids and sent my child back to school....

23-03-2005, 13:19

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Originally Posted by Incognitas

As a parent I would have undone the braids and sent my child back to school....

If I'd been the parent I'd have gone down to the school and told them to stop playing silly buggers with my child's education and to get themselves a life or at least a sense of proportion!

**Maggy** · 23-03-2005, 13:42

I personally would have rather my child got on with it's education...I would have of course made my feelings known in no uncertain terms to the school governers namely through the serving parent governer but I would have made sure that there was no break in my child's attendance in the short term.

Matters of principle are all well and good but sometimes one needs to be pragmatic as well.

allieyoung666 · 23-03-2005, 13:43

Our school has just banned those bands they wear round their wrists to support cancer, I went in and asked her why, so told me that it was not a fashion show!!!! I just cannot understand schools thinking anymore??

paulyoung666 · 23-03-2005, 13:44

proably think that other kids will nick them off them

**Maggy** · 23-03-2005, 13:47

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Originally Posted by allieyoung666

Our school has just banned those bands they wear round their wrists to support cancer, I went in and asked her why, so told me that it was not a fashion show!!!! I just cannot understand schools thinking anymore??

I've had to confiscate several of these damned things because the kids use them like rubber bands to flick pellets and pens across the room...

23-03-2005, 13:49

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Originally Posted by Incognitas

I've had to confiscate several of these damned things because the kids use them like rubber bands to flick pellets and pens across the room...

Long gone are the days of an empty cotton reel an elastic band and 2 thumb tacks hey...

allieyoung666 · 23-03-2005, 13:52

No she is just a miserable old bitch who will not let the kids have a bloody thing!!!

**Maggy** · 23-03-2005, 14:00

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Originally Posted by allieyoung666

No she is just a miserable old bitch who will not let the kids have a bloody thing!!!

Well with all due respect you may not know all that is going on in the school.I have heard of some kids being bullied into selling these items against their will.

I did ask if it was the antibullying one...

Frankly they were a nice idea but perhaps it's got out out of control like so many of these fads do..such as the dratted pokemon cards or those bluddy stupid clackers things from about 20 odd years ago.Number of kids with bruised wrists...

Anyway they can wear jewellry here BUT it must be out of sight and not worn during PE.Drama,Science experiments and all the Technology subjects.Doesn't leave much of the timetable for them to wear them.

allieyoung666 · 23-03-2005, 14:07

I have helped in that school and the kids are really nice, then she comes out of her office barking at them for no reason. We have shoot out cards at the boys school and we have a swop session on a break time, I go in and help and there is never any trouble. The problem is she is to old fashioned and isnt with 'it'. Yeah I do agree on the mobile phone and game boy issue, but to stop the kids from wearing a rubber band is just silly

**Maggy** · 23-03-2005, 14:15

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Originally Posted by allieyoung666

I have helped in that school and the kids are really nice, then she comes out of her office barking at them for no reason. We have shoot out cards at the boys school and we have a swop session on a break time, I go in and help and there is never any trouble. The problem is she is to old fashioned and isnt with 'it'. Yeah I do agree on the mobile phone and game boy issue, but to stop the kids from wearing a rubber band is just silly

Not when they are put to the use I've already discussed earlier they are not.

allieyoung666 · 23-03-2005, 14:19

We keep a close eye on them, I mean its not as if the 13/16 yr olds who like doing stupid things llike that!!

Stuart · 23-03-2005, 14:28

Allieyoung666, bear in mind Incog is a teacher, so she has some experience in these things.

It may not happen in your school, but things like Incog described certainly happen in other schools. I went to a good school (ex-grammar school that at that time still followed the same procedures), and we did stuff like that. Particularly from the ages of 13-16. Ok, not so much when we were 15-16, but we still did it.