people at my skwl have been getting suspended evn expelled for having our hair covering parts of our face such as our eyes. i was the only kid who got suspended when we tried to protest this. the skwl now has a rule saying we cnt have "emo haicuts" this rule totally goes against our first admendment right but no1 will listen to me because im just a kid. Any advice?
2007-03-28 08:13:12 · 24 answers · asked by Billie 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
Schools can do this but I agree it's stupid, and ineffective as well. Schools claim to have all these dress codes to 'prevent disruptions', well I see all these questions and even articles in the newspapers posted online, while I'm living on the other side of the world! If this dress code is there to prevent disruptions, it's definitely backfiring the moment a group of students decide they're truly fed up with them. These dress codes *cause* disruptions. Here we rarely have dresscodes in school, my school didn't. I mean, I'm sure if someone would've come to school naked they would've said something but it pretty much stopped at 'cover private parts'. We had people with green mohawks, with goth-like clothes (although I don't think it was called that yet), all kinds of stuff... when someone came in wearing something new it disrupted the class for a minute or two, we looked, we went back to work, all done. Now every few weeks I hear about some school in the US where there are student strikes, several people getting suspended, the local news gets involved, local news is published online so people from all over the WORLD get involved... yeah, let's have a dress code and prevent disruptions!
2007-03-28 11:37:47 · answer #1 · answered by Sheriam 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, that's just the way things are. It sucks when people treat you like your opinions don't matter just because you are young. The best thing to do, though, is just suck it up and move on. I can understand why they have these rules in the workplace, because the appearance of the employees is very important. But in school, physical appearance rules get a little out of control sometimes. When I was in high school, religious shirts were no longer allowed, because they started too many problems between students, because of the differences in beleifs. Plus no dyed hair, shorts had to be arms length, etc.I think every school has their own rules. The best thing to do is to just be mature and follow the rules. Don't blow it up into anything bigger, because it will just cause more problems for you. Good luck!
2007-03-28 15:41:56 · answer #2 · answered by Lindsey H 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
News flash- Students don't have First Amendment rights (or many rights at all). And, since when is a hair style a First Amendment right?
If the school (not skwl) has rules, they are to be followed. There are reasons for them. If you go against them, you pay the consequences.
Sorry, no sympathy here.
2007-03-28 15:40:00 · answer #3 · answered by Lizzie 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Because you're still in school, you're kinda screwed on this one. The school system knows they can get away with pretty much whatever they want, and if one person makes a stink about something, the easiest thing for them to do is ban it to appease that person.
When I was in school, unnatural color dyed hair would get you suspended, as it was 'too distracting' to other students.
Drug dogs were brought into the classroom randomly, for what I still consider Illegal search and seizure, and there is not really anyhting you can do about it.
I would recommend bringing up your issue to your school paper and local newspaper. Let them know that you, and others are the victims of unlawful discrimination, and that you were forced to cut your hair in order to be allowed to attend a taxpayer funded school (unless it's private, and then you really have no soapbox to stand on).
Your bringing attention to the issue probably will not change it, but you may cause the school to lose face.
2007-03-28 15:25:37 · answer #4 · answered by xooxcable 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
There are a lot of things that are involved in these decisions. My guess is you go to a private school, where they have a lot more control over things like haircuts, clothing, etc. If that is the case, unfortunately, you probably don't have much of a leg to stand on. The other scenario I can see is that these haircuts are seen as "gang related" or something like that, in which again, if the school sells this rule as something being done to keep you "safe" you probably don't have much of a leg to stand on. My suggestion is to protest in a peaceful way by wearing your hair out of your eyes in a really crazy way. Start a new trend. Like spike it all up or something like that.
2007-03-28 15:24:47 · answer #5 · answered by heathyre30 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think that is so wrong, people shouldn't be told how not to cut their hair, that's crazy, but you should organize like a march against it, because this is a free country. You should pass out flyer's to everyone about the march, but don't just say that it's because of the hair, but also because they are depriving students of their basic rights, later on they will be saying we can't dress a certain way. If your parents agree with you, then you should tell them to go talk with the school principle.
2007-03-28 16:51:33 · answer #6 · answered by Little-one 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
School rules vs. 1st amendment rights is an old battle. The school has a right to suspend you for breaking its rules. If you want the rules to change, you have to appeal in an appropriate way, not by simply breaking them. No one has ever changed a school rule by breaking it. You have to do it a different way.
You need to understand why the school has this rule, and form intelligent arguments to reason against it. "It's not fair" doesn't work, it's very childish and whiny and won't ever convince anyone of anything. This is the argument 2 year-olds use when they can't have a cookie before dinner, and translates roughly to "It's not fair because it's not what I want." You have to reason with them at the adult level.
If your intelligent, well-thought out debate still doesn't succeed, you just have to accept it. School (note spelling) is temporary, it's only for a couple years of your life and then you're free to wear what haircut you please.
2007-03-28 15:23:39 · answer #7 · answered by KC 7 · 6⤊ 1⤋
As a school age child - you have very first amendment rights while on school property. And the school can tell you what to wear, how to wear your hair, what not to wear and how to behave while on school property. It's called life, and part of learning to be an adult is learning that in certain situations, you must follow certain rules - even if they are arbitrary and unfair.
2007-03-28 15:43:44 · answer #8 · answered by Catherine T 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That's because the school feels in control.People like to wield their power over everyone else.Just because someone wears there hair different, is no reason to expel them. I bet they had their own styles when they were younger.You should try to get a few of the parents together and approach the school board and try to work out a compromise.It really is lousy that they are treating you that way.Good luck.
2007-03-28 15:27:24 · answer #9 · answered by Bird lady 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It took me 5 minutes to realize skwl=school. Did they stop teaching vowels?
2007-03-28 16:09:41 · answer #10 · answered by retropink 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋