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Girl, 9, barred from school for shaving head to support friend with cancer

Girl, 9, barred from school for shaving head to support friend with cancer | Fox News

It's times like these I wish parents would/could take a stand. And I wish 15 other classmates would shave their heads. The stand I wish the little girl's parents would let her take would be to NOT attend school until the rule is changed. How simple would it be to amend the rule to allow shaved heads when one student in the school has lost his/hers due to cancer??

Easy-Peasy.

I am positively SICK of these academicians who don't have brain cells.

Really quite astonishing, if you ask me. And yes, the weird universe that the average academic's mind resides in is far removed from the universe of normal, everyday people.

1. Is there an epidemic of "skin-heads" in Colorado?

2. No wonder kids in Colorado are prone to shooting up schools - the stress of having to conform into a progressive robot must be incredible.

3. Far be it from the school to take this situation, and the two students, as a teaching moment to inform all the students in the school about neuroblastoma and other childhood cancers, about how they're treated and the side-effects, like hair loss, and about good things other supportive people do like shaving their heads to donate hair for the creation of wigs for those going through such treatment or to raise money or just raise awareness.

4. I appreciate schools may not want "distractions" but do they need to create a society of automatons, perfectly formed to be future teachers union shop stewarts and union leaders?

It's no wonder that children act out in society when they're away from school - there is little or no ability for individual expression to be encouraged or tolerated in a school environment.
 
Good luck with forcing the school to change. Parents are sending their kids to this school for a reason.

Still no answer to my question.

"But in a special meeting, school officials decided to let her come back to school Tuesday"
http://time.com/#36892/girl-who-sha...-banned-from-school-for-violating-dress-code/

"However, she added exceptions could be made “under exigent and extraordinary circumstance"

See, the school can bend the rule. Things should never be so black/white that exceptions cannot be made.
 
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School handbook can be found here: http://www.caprockacademy.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/2012-2013-Family-Handbook-final-draft1.pdf

Page 33: no shaved heads. Pretty clear cut(get it?). I think it is time people atop being outraged all the time. School is public, but not one kids are required to attend. School has a special ruleset. Student ignores rules. Student is punished. People spaz out that a school enforces its rules.

There's also an old adage that "rules are made to be broken" - I also find it remarkable that a proud liberal would be so dead set against individual expression, particularly when that expression means no harm and does no harm to anyone.

This is perhaps one of those times where the conservative, the one who believes in personal freedoms, takes a more liberal position than the actual, progressive liberal.
 
It is a charter school. If you do not like their policies, don't send your kids there.
She could've asked permission from the school. This isn't public school; there are distinct rules.
The situation is absolutely ridiculous within the contextual details, and the school ought not have reacted or taken the actions as it did. They're in the wrong to suspend and need to rectify the situation. Or at least everyone with a few seconds of reflection will believe that. Now the school is going to be dragged through the national media, and the administration's life is going to turn into a media hell for the next week or two, while the school's ability to function is going to be in detriment while it's embroiled in controversy.

Often there's a tendency for people (which is why I copied you two) to react in a manner that can be defined as "Rules are rules!" i.e., "But the charter school has rules!!" ... and that type of thinking is great and all. Rule-making is often a good idea. However it's never the best idea, because there will always be exceptions or overriding circumstances where rules cannot (and should not) be followed. This is a great example of such.



Edit: ... and there we go. The school finds out that the administration does have more than a couple brain cells to rub together.

Still no answer to my question.

"But in a special meeting, school officials decided to let her come back to school Tuesday"
http://time.com/#36892/girl-who-sha...-banned-from-school-for-violating-dress-code/

"However, she added exceptions could be made “under exigent and extraordinary circumstance"

See, the school can bend the rule. Things should never be so black/white that exceptions cannot be made.
 
It is noted you did not reply to being asked then should no tolerance be applied to all rules and laws. Why is that?

One could conclude that if a student dies, the school teachers and administrators have no role to play in such an event. Like I stated, the school missed an opportunity of a life lesson.

See, this is one of those totally avoidable situations. Let us imagine a scenario: girl wants to shave head to express support for friend with cancer(sound familiar? Just like what did happen, until...). Girl, knowing school has strict dress code and forbids shaved heads, goes to school administrators first. Now the administrators can either say, as they actually did when she came to school with a shaved head, you will need to wear a wig while actually at school, or they can say, well, you where willing to work with us so we will make an exception.

What actually happened is the girl just ignored the rule and did as she pleased, which left the school with fewer options. Simply being proactive on her part would have solved things. This should be an important lesson for the girl. Too bad people are too busy being outraged...
 
Girl, 9, barred from school for shaving head to support friend with cancer | Fox News

It's times like these I wish parents would/could take a stand. And I wish 15 other classmates would shave their heads. The stand I wish the little girl's parents would let her take would be to NOT attend school until the rule is changed. How simple would it be to amend the rule to allow shaved heads when one student in the school has lost his/hers due to cancer??

Easy-Peasy.

I am positively SICK of these academicians who don't have brain cells.

I agree, common sense is not something that is prevalent in our schools today. It is no wonder that over the last 30 or so years our education system in the core subjects fell from being number one in the world to around 30th today. We have a bunch of idiots teaching our kids, if not idiots, at least those lacking any common sense what so ever.
 
There's also an old adage that "rules are made to be broken" - I also find it remarkable that a proud liberal would be so dead set against individual expression, particularly when that expression means no harm and does no harm to anyone.

This is perhaps one of those times where the conservative, the one who believes in personal freedoms, takes a more liberal position than the actual, progressive liberal.

I am not against individual expression, I am against not being proactive. And I am against the culture of outrage that exists. We need to stop being outraged by every little ****ing thing and actually think first.
 
I am trying to come up with a reason why a shaved head would not be allowed. Who gets hurt when someone shaves their head? Fewer cases of head lice too. Hell my father made me shave mine, I survived.
 
Yes. I am aware of that.

One could make the case the school doesn't care about the sick child who the friend is supporting. Charter school or not. The school missed a learning opportunity. Instead, lets just suspend the kid who is trying to support her friend.

I agree, it seems the school does give a dang about supporting kids with cancer.
 
3. Far be it from the school to take this situation, and the two students, as a teaching moment to inform all the students in the school about neuroblastoma and other childhood cancers, about how they're treated and the side-effects, like hair loss, and about good things other supportive people do like shaving their heads to donate hair for the creation of wigs for those going through such treatment or to raise money or just raise awareness.

Exactly!!
 
I am not against individual expression, I am against not being proactive. And I am against the culture of outrage that exists. We need to stop being outraged by every little ****ing thing and actually think first.

I actually agree with you - too bad the school didn't do just that before their misplaced outrage caused them to suspend an innocent child for no good reason.
 
There's also an old adage that "rules are made to be broken" - I also find it remarkable that a proud liberal would be so dead set against individual expression, particularly when that expression means no harm and does no harm to anyone.

This is perhaps one of those times where the conservative, the one who believes in personal freedoms, takes a more liberal position than the actual, progressive liberal.
Rules are important and necessary. They provide a structural foundation to how we act and allow for us to form expectations, or make assumptions.

The breakdown occurs when people think that rules thus become sacred, immutable Commandments from the gods that ought be applied to every single situation, regardless of context or other circumstances.
 
See, this is one of those totally avoidable situations. Let us imagine a scenario: girl wants to shave head to express support for friend with cancer(sound familiar? Just like what did happen, until...). Girl, knowing school has strict dress code and forbids shaved heads, goes to school administrators first. Now the administrators can either say, as they actually did when she came to school with a shaved head, you will need to wear a wig while actually at school, or they can say, well, you where willing to work with us so we will make an exception.

What actually happened is the girl just ignored the rule and did as she pleased, which left the school with fewer options. Simply being proactive on her part would have solved things. This should be an important lesson for the girl. Too bad people are too busy being outraged...

In the end. The student is going back to school today. Admin found a way out.
 
i have to side with the school on this one.

charter schools and private schools have strict rules that you have to follow.
i have a feeling that if she had asked before hand then there wouldn't have been a problem.

just doing it on your own causes issues for the school and they have to enforce policy.
feigned outrage is just that.
 
I am not against individual expression, I am against not being proactive. And I am against the culture of outrage that exists. We need to stop being outraged by every little ****ing thing and actually think first.

I agree. The thinking first should apply to all. Student, Parent, and Administrative Officials.
 
i have to side with the school on this one.

charter schools and private schools have strict rules that you have to follow.
i have a feeling that if she had asked before hand then there wouldn't have been a problem.

just doing it on your own causes issues for the school and they have to enforce policy.

It's not feigned outrage. It is a culmination of stupidity at the administrative level of our school houses. Sending kids home because they made a "pointy-finger" gun indeed.
feigned outrage is just that.

I'm usually "hard-and-fast" on rules. No grey. But, the point is, this deserved grey. Read Canada John's post. It is a wonderful teachable moment . . . about childhood cancer, chemotherapy, why one loses one's hair, the other effects, solidarity, an opportunity to start a fund-raiser for cancer research... Hell, I could spend one hour a day for a week with the students and, you know, actually widen their horizons, teach them something important.

But no. Rules are rules. And why isn't the little girl involved required to wear a wig?? If rules are rules.
 
I'm usually "hard-and-fast" on rules. No grey. But, the point is, this deserved grey. Read Canada John's post. It is a wonderful teachable moment . . . about childhood cancer, chemotherapy, why one loses one's hair, the other effects, solidarity, an opportunity to start a fund-raiser for cancer research... Hell, I could spend one hour a day for a week with the students and, you know, actually widen their horizons, teach them something important.

But no. Rules are rules. And why isn't the little girl involved required to wear a wig?? If rules are rules.

i think i saw somewhere they told her to get one or let he hair grow out.
 
I'm usually "hard-and-fast" on rules. No grey. But, the point is, this deserved grey. Read Canada John's post. It is a wonderful teachable moment . . . about childhood cancer, chemotherapy, why one loses one's hair, the other effects, solidarity, an opportunity to start a fund-raiser for cancer research... Hell, I could spend one hour a day for a week with the students and, you know, actually widen their horizons, teach them something important.

But no. Rules are rules. And why isn't the little girl involved required to wear a wig?? If rules are rules.

You are right. At the very least this is a wonderful teaching moment on many levels. One could start with "Critical thinking" on behalf of the administrators here.
 
Honestly, I'd be surprised if anybody stood up to do anything at all. I don't know what has happened, but people are just walking through life asleep, now. They won't do anything - won't stick their neck out at all, and don't want to be bothered as long as it doesn't affect their little corner of the world.
 
If enough parents pulled their kids out of the school in protest, the rule would change pretty quickly.
 
Honestly, I'd be surprised if anybody stood up to do anything at all. I don't know what has happened, but people are just walking through life asleep, now. They won't do anything - won't stick their neck out at all, and don't want to be bothered as long as it doesn't affect their little corner of the world.

There's nothing wrong with picking your battles. When you battle the establishment, you need to accept that your perceived benefit will surpass the actual cost.

If it was worth getting sent home for making a statement that's contradictory to school policy, then she won.
 
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