Student fights code of conduct to keep pink hair

[jessikay1922]

I'm guess I'm wrong for focusing on the fact that it was such a BAD dye job in the first place....

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by jessikay1922

I'm guess I'm wrong for focusing on the fact that it was such a BAD dye job in the first place....

lol, I just didn't watch the video It was probably done at home by her or her friends. I had friends who were super into that, but they used "natural" colors. By which I mean they died their hair Black, Brown and Blond at the same time. It passed the school's dress code.

[AlphaFrog]

Our dresscode went as far as to spesify that your hair had to be all one (natural) color.

Originally Posted by KSig RC

Look, you work for a plumbing company in the 'moderate' south - you have no basis for making this claim, and simply making it does not make it true. Accounting firms with pink hair - sure. Marketing firms? It may actually be the norm in some places. NYC? SF? C'mon - stop running mouth and start contributing meaningful conversation and not ridiculous platitudes.

DONNA MARTIN GRADUATES!

[Marie]

I am sooooo disappointed in this child's parents. Life is definitely about picking your battles, and this is the wrong one to pick. Regardless of the school's reasoning for creating the rule, they are 100% in the right to create and enforce it. Anyway that she shakes it, she's going to lose. The rule is not outstide of the boundaries of normal dress codes, most people are not going to be sympathetic to her preference, and she voluntarily chooses to attend this school that happens to have a dress code. I can't see where anyone will support her enough to help her win. I'm sad that her parents would let her walk into such a losing battle. I have to agree w/AlphaFrog that my parents would have definitely nipped that in the bud. While I think that I feared my parents far too much for them to need to do anything more than TELL me to go change my hair color, they certainly would have enjoyed making my life hell if I had pressed the issue.

[Taualumna]

According to the video, the school's Code of Conduct only states that hair has to be neat. It did NOT say that hair had to be of a natural colour.

My high school had the same problem 10 years ago, after green and blue hair started appearing. The following year, a "natural hair colour" clause was put in to the student handbook.

[texas*princess]

Originally Posted by KLPDaisy

The video wouldn't load on my computer. Does this girl go to a private or public school?

It's a public school. Sorry I couldn't find a link to the story All I could find on the website was the video.

Basically she wants pink hair, school district prohibits that, so she is sitting in on-campus suspension while her hair is pink. She said in her interview she is willing to fail all her classes during the first grading period to prove her point.

[Senusret I]

Originally Posted by OTW

DONNA MARTIN GRADUATES!

I love you.

Anyway, it's a public school. One of the greatest things about having attended a public school was the diversity that surrounded me every day. It wasn't quite like Degrassi High with spikes and pink hair, but it was pretty close. Lots of kids had piercings in strange places before they were the norm. One boy cut off his eyebrows. Girls were always borderline haute cotoure (sp?)..... and even now where I live, girls are wearing pink, green, purple, even white extensions.

I'm proud to live in a place that values those differences. How are people supposed to get used to living in a diverse world if they won't allow kids to BE diverse?

And it's stupid to say that coming to school in a bra and panties are the same as having pink hair. It's underwear, you fools.

I hope the ACLU gets involved.

[macallan25]

Originally Posted by Senusret I

I hope the ACLU gets involved.

I think I just threw up in my mouth a little.

How about just tell the girl to obey the rules or go somewhere else. I went to a public highschool with 5000 students and I never saw any definace like this. Although the school was in a very nice part of my hometown.....which is already very wealthy (for a town of 100,000) and very conservative to begin with. Didn't see a whole lot of kids like this. At all.

[SoCalGirl]

Originally Posted by jessikay1922

I'm guess I'm wrong for focusing on the fact that it was such a BAD dye job in the first place....

THANK YOU!!!

I kept reading the posts waiting for anyone to comment. I could understand her fighting if her hair was actually HOT PINK or something. Her hair is hardly pink at all. Lighter than this smiley ->
It's a gross mess. She should wash her hair and return to class.

[Taualumna]

Originally Posted by ariesrising

I'm very glad I live in Canada. My 3rd grade teacher had the back of her head shaved and long bangs. The woman who interviewed me for a retail job (not a "young" or alternative store either) a few years ago had pink hair and she was in her 60s. My insurance guy has an eyebrow ring.

I don't go around judging people based on how they look though, so I don't see a problem with all that.

This may fly in Vancouver, but it certainly won't in most parts of Toronto.

[squirrely girl]

whaaaaaaaaaa f'in whaaaaaaaaaaaa - so the girl has pink hair - i honestly doubt its REALLY hurting anybody (other than the uptight moral sensibilities of the administration)

as for the job arguement - who says she either needs or wants one - all she wants is to be able to go get her free education like everybody else.

at any rate - this school's assinine arguement is the same one used in my hometown for why pregnant girls should be expelled - their appearance was a distraction and it might influence other students to make babies. bull.shit.

i've gotta agree with the supporters here - it may be a little thing to stand up for - but at least she has an opinion about something and is willing to take a hit for it. can't really say the same about the rest of this apathetic generation...

[Kevin]

Squirell:

Most schools in the U.S. have some form of dress code. Are you saying that it's okay for a kid to simply ignore the rules because they want to "self-express"?

Schools are for learning. Self expression may be fine in art class, drama, etc., but doing it in ways which intentionally violate school policy is breaking the rules.

The issue is not the pink hair -- the issue is that she feels entitled to not obey the rules. Do you think that all school dress codes ought to be optional?

[Dionysus]

Originally Posted by ktsnake

Do you think that all school dress codes ought to be optional?

Why not? There aren't any dresscodes at our typical State U's...at least not any strict ones. I think the only thing banned from my campus are t-shirts with "hate" messages.

[kstar]

Originally Posted by shinerbock

On a side note, I think this is something greek organizations are good for...often they kinda slap a kid upside the head, giving him/her the message that, "listen, earrings and colored hair don't make you cool, nor do they make you different."
-I'm sure some of you will have something to say about this...

When I went through rush, there were two girls with pink hair. One went to Theta, which at OU is considered "top tier" and conservative. The other went to Gamma Phi Beta, which is considered very conservative and middle to top tier. I don't have a clue how many greek girls and boys have piercings, but it seems like a lot.

I'd fight it. High school is a time to search and discover who you are, and if pink hair is part of that search so be it. Especially since there is nothing in the dress code about hair color.

You can find well paying jobs with any color hair you like. My boss, a vet, has blue hair at the moment. One of my exes is working as a CPA for a wall street trading company with a purple and blue skunk 'do.