The other day, in England, a kid was sent home from school just because of his hair cut which was in the colur of the George cross. He did this to show support for England in the world cup somthing that his mother enocouraged him to do and agreed with. However his teachers described it as inappropriate.
My question therefore is why is it inappropriate to be patriotic and get behind your team??!! This competition only comes round once every four years and last for 4weeks So why cant we get behind our boys instead of having anal teachers with anal ideals. What i find really frustrating is that if a muslim is told she cannot wear a hajib, or a Seikh is told he cannot wear a turban then the word 'inappropriate' becomes 'racial descrmination' But then the Goerge cross is a symbol of this country the Turban and Hajib arenot So why are can we not express patriosim freely just like Seikhs and Muslims can seeming express religion freely??!
2006-06-27 02:44:31 · 14 answers · asked by Boon5 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
teachers are just trying to be politically correct the new buzz phrase which allows minorities to do what they like but not the native Englishman [to be P>C> englishperson] these are the same bunch who told me i was wrong on questions on hong kong years ago as they had read an outdated text book and i had only lived there for 4 years
ihave a new zealand flag tatooed on my arm and woe betide any one who told me to remove it
2006-06-27 02:55:31 · answer #1 · answered by gwaz 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chances are there is a dress code in the school that includes the banning of outrageous hairstyles. It may very well be a private school with some stricter rules. Look, the code of conduct was known (or was able to be known) before the kid attended the school. the mom is out of line. It is a distraction to learning, a point quite obvious since it caused such a row. It isn't a question of patriotism; it is a question of appropriateness. If it was a question of patriotism, then girls with flags on their butts would be able to wear only thongs so they could show off their patriotism, and that would certainly be a distraction to the learning process, or at least the academic process.
2006-06-27 09:54:20 · answer #2 · answered by Iamstitch2U 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I feel this is something you should bring up to your local school board. Or who ever is in charge of the school system. I feel you are absolutely right. They will continue to run things the way they want until someone or someones stand up and say they are not going to take it. Why not write an essay on your views and why patriotism in school is important to you. Then have everyone sign a partition that agrees with you. If the school board sees how many people are serious about this, and are willing to make a stand then they may work with you.
2006-06-27 09:56:05 · answer #3 · answered by Q~T 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think "enthusiastic fan" would be a better term to use. Patriotism should be left for those that are actually sacrificing something for love of country, not making outrageous salaries by playing a sport. I commend your enthusiasm, but school is school. If you were an adult and had a position that dealt with the public, as your employer I would send you home too.
2006-06-27 09:56:00 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunately, a school-aged child is learning lessons of appropriateness, authority, obedience, and public manners. Although the child may have been treated unfairly in the views of many adults, he was learning to be respectful of the authority figures at his school. His mother is not at his school; therefore, she should have checked with the school before allowing her son to wear the George Cross.
Life isn't fair, unfortunately. Children need to be instructed on "following the rules" first, respecting those in authority over him, and in respecting others. I would side with the school in that regard. I would, indeed, fault the mother in not taking the necessary steps to determine what would be appropriate with the school prior to allowing her son to wear the George Cross.
Sorry. I'm probably going to be the only one to side with the school, but children are, too often, being allowed to make the rules for those in authority---rather than being taught to obey them.
2006-06-30 16:04:20 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is not inappropriate to be patriotic. However, it is within the school officials discretion to deem certain clothes, looks, jewelry, hairstyles as a distraction from what children come to school for, which is to learn a broad variety of topics.
If his attire or style is distracting other students, HE SHOULD BE STOPPED.
I hope you understand.
2006-06-27 09:48:26 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would seem that your government is ignoring the very people who gave them their power. It may be time for you and your like-minded patriots to stand together and put the government back in its place, as a servant to the people, not the master.
2006-06-27 09:49:30 · answer #7 · answered by Shadar 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like a crock. Sue the school.
2006-06-27 09:48:38 · answer #8 · answered by AlphaFemale 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You Brits are insane! This kind of stuff never happens in America! lol
2006-06-27 10:07:12 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Welcome to the new world of liberal expression. Liberal policies are not confined to the United States I see. Muslims run amuck in the World.
2006-06-27 09:49:23 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋