Student fights code of conduct to keep pink hair

texas*princess · #1 08-28-2006, 07:36 AM

http://www.myfoxdfw.com/myfox/pages/...Y&pageId=3.8.1

This is a video - but to summarize, there is a student who is willing to fail school to keep her pink hair. She says her freedom of expression is being violated because pink hair is considered a distraction in the classroom.

Her mom is supporting her kid.

Basically, I think this girl needs to grow up. In the workplace, unless she works for Hot Topic, pink hair will not be tolerated and she just needs to learn to live with that.

To ruin her academic record over hair dye is ridiculous - and her mom isn't helping by telling her kid it's ok.

dumb dumb dumb...

Kevin · #2 08-28-2006, 08:44 AM

My advice would be for this young lady to more wisely pick her battles.

CrimsonTide4 · #3 08-28-2006, 10:10 AM

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Originally Posted by ktsnake

My advice would be for this young lady to more wisely pick her battles.

Pretty much, but I would also say the mom needs to be a parent.

AlphaFrog · #4 08-28-2006, 11:11 AM

If not being able to have pink hair in highschool is the worst thing that happens to this girl, she'll have a good life.

Kevin · #5 08-28-2006, 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by CrimsonTide4

Pretty much, but I would also say the mom needs to be a parent.

Yep.

The pink hair might be our first clue that you're onto something

valkyrie · #6 08-28-2006, 11:45 AM

I think that's awesome. School isn't the workplace and there's no good reason why a student shouldn't be allowed to come to class with pink hair.

PenguinTrax · #7 08-28-2006, 11:49 AM

The issue is that there is nothing in the school dress code to prohibit it, yet the school is objecting.

Drolefille · #8 08-28-2006, 11:58 AM

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Originally Posted by valkyrie

I think that's awesome. School isn't the workplace and there's no good reason why a student shouldn't be allowed to come to class with pink hair.

Except that the dress code prohibits it. This is the equivalent of saying that student should be able to come in wearing a bra and panties. Following the dress code of any institution whether work or school is a condition of attending (or getting paid)

valkyrie · #9 08-28-2006, 12:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Drolefille

Except that the dress code prohibits it. This is the equivalent of saying that student should be able to come in wearing a bra and panties. Following the dress code of any institution whether work or school is a condition of attending (or getting paid)

What's wrong with a student questioning authority and taking a stand against a rule she thinks doesn't make sense?

Drolefille · #10 08-28-2006, 12:22 PM

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Originally Posted by valkyrie

What's wrong with a student questioning authority and taking a stand against a rule she thinks doesn't make sense?

Nothing, as long as she's willing to accept the consequences.

It's been established that schools have a right to enforce dress codes. Requiring "natural" hair colors isn't different from requiring shorts to be longer than a certain lenght, banning facial hair on guys, or even having a full on dress code of khakis and polos or something.

It's also an issue of picking your battles.

But hey, if she gets suspended due to the hair color AND it's deemed that the school is using appropriate authority in doing so, then that suspension remains on her record. If her, and her parents, are ok with this, so be it.

If I were her mother I'd tell her to dye it pink in the summer but go brown, black, whatever during the school year.

AlphaFrog · #11 08-28-2006, 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by valkyrie

What's wrong with a student questioning authority and taking a stand against a rule she thinks doesn't make sense?

She questioned. They answered. They said no.

Apparently, we can't count on parents to prepare children for "the real world", so we need schools to do that for us. In the "real world" you can't have pink hair and expect to be gainfully employed.

Also, there were a lot of rules when I was in highschool that I didn't think "made sense". Which is why highschoolers don't run the highschool, the admin does.

shinerbock · #12 08-28-2006, 12:34 PM

However, having pink hair is probably distracting to other students in class. This is the basis for many such dress code rulings.

AlphaFrog · #13 08-28-2006, 12:40 PM

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Originally Posted by ariesrising

I think it's ridiculous that schools get to mandate how you look. And there's plenty of places you can work with pink hair.

So a highschooler should be able to show up looking like this:

And the school shouldn't be able to say anything?

AchtungBaby80 · #14 08-28-2006, 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by ariesrising

I think it's ridiculous that schools get to mandate how you look. And there's plenty of places you can work with pink hair.

I think it's ridiculous, too. There's a difference in having pink hair and, as someone else mentioned, going to school in a bra and panties. My boyfriend had long green hair when he was in high school and no one gave a damn.

Dionysus · #15 08-28-2006, 12:44 PM

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Originally Posted by ariesrising

I think it's ridiculous that schools get to mandate how you look. And there's plenty of places you can work with pink hair.

Having pink hair is not my style at all, but I agree with you and valkyrie. Don't our schools have bigger fish to fry, like improving test scores or preventing violence?

Yeah pink hair is distracting...for like three seconds.