Schools should get some common sense, and also install zero stupidity

I was always annoyed when they made the "almost naked" female students wear more.

they didn't mess with the people with colored hair at my school.

...only the semi naked female students who wanted to be Madonna ('83 - '87)

Students wearing their bras on the outside of their clothing really drove the teachers nuts.

looking at them sure beat looking at the teacher.

I lived in a school district with 2 public high schools. Mine allowed "unnatural" colored hair -- the other did not. My hair was pink, purple, red - you name it.

A friend of mine at the other high school dyed his hair blue. He got suspended. I went to the hearing and spoke about how ridiculous it is to punish someone when 1/2 of the school board was doing the same thing -- no offense, lady, but at 60 years old no one is buying your "natural" blond highlights on your brown hair.

So I spoke, with Elmo-red hair about my high grades, my Girl Scout Gold Award, my community service, etc. and how allowing someone to be pre-judged wasn't what public schools should be about. They claimed that it was a "distraction" to the other kids - but I said showing up with ANY new hair style would be distracting on day one (kids commenting, noticing, etc. - doesn't make it wrong) - but that then kids would move past it. If you're sitting in science class and after 2 weeks you still can't learn because a boy in the other row has green hair, then you are the one with the problem. Unless it was a uniform school you can't get past distractions, so get over it. It's not inappropriate. They agreed and both changed their rules and apologized to my friend.

But yeah - this is nothing new at all.

no offense, lady, but at 60 years old no one is buying your "natural" blond highlights on your brown hair.

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