Comments on: Ohio: six-year-old’s mohawk earns suspension from school http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/03/01/ohio-six-year-olds-mohawk-earns-suspension-from-school/ Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 06 Dec 2009 08:33:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Nixx McNuggets http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/03/01/ohio-six-year-olds-mohawk-earns-suspension-from-school/#comment-507349 Wed, 09 Apr 2008 21:37:48 +0100 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/03/01/ohio-six-year-olds-mohawk-earns-suspension-from-school/#comment-507349 "Most dress codes are full of women-are-too-distracting bullshit, though." Haha, yep. What's funny is that they only enforce that if the girl isn't hot or is a fatass like myself. And yes, dress codes are completely fuckin' asinine, unless you're a mind-control obsessed jesus freak/Republican. Dress codes are one step away from fascism. “Most dress codes are full of women-are-too-distracting bullshit, though.”

Haha, yep. What’s funny is that they only enforce that if the girl isn’t hot or is a fatass like myself.
And yes, dress codes are completely fuckin’ asinine, unless you’re a mind-control obsessed jesus freak/Republican. Dress codes are one step away from fascism.

]]> by: Orange http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/03/01/ohio-six-year-olds-mohawk-earns-suspension-from-school/#comment-496130 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 17:13:30 +0000 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/03/01/ohio-six-year-olds-mohawk-earns-suspension-from-school/#comment-496130 My 7-year-old had a fauxhawk this winter. His teachers told him they liked it. My 7-year-old had a fauxhawk this winter. His teachers told him they liked it.

]]> by: devan http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/03/01/ohio-six-year-olds-mohawk-earns-suspension-from-school/#comment-495929 Sun, 02 Mar 2008 23:06:36 +0000 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/03/01/ohio-six-year-olds-mohawk-earns-suspension-from-school/#comment-495929 keep your rules off my body, anyone? oh wait i forgot feminism only applies in theory. @_@ keep your rules off my body, anyone?

oh wait i forgot feminism only applies in theory. @_@

]]> by: Mold http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/03/01/ohio-six-year-olds-mohawk-earns-suspension-from-school/#comment-495873 Sun, 02 Mar 2008 18:31:17 +0000 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/03/01/ohio-six-year-olds-mohawk-earns-suspension-from-school/#comment-495873 How about dreads? The filthy unwashed hair with the stench? Skinheads anyone? We try to keep the disturbances to a minimum. Kids are distractable anyway. Goofy hair is usually not a problem. But the board reserves the right to remove it. Public schools are there for you. Get involved. Make changes. See what the taxes are used for. You may be surprised. Our district only has questions about gang-banger hairstyles. We don't have them here and really don't need them. We have enough with the white-supremicist wanna-bes. How about dreads? The filthy unwashed hair with the stench? Skinheads anyone? We try to keep the disturbances to a minimum. Kids are distractable anyway. Goofy hair is usually not a problem. But the board reserves the right to remove it.

Public schools are there for you. Get involved. Make changes. See what the taxes are used for. You may be surprised.

Our district only has questions about gang-banger hairstyles. We don’t have them here and really don’t need them. We have enough with the white-supremicist wanna-bes.

]]> by: Damian http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/03/01/ohio-six-year-olds-mohawk-earns-suspension-from-school/#comment-495862 Sun, 02 Mar 2008 17:35:12 +0000 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/03/01/ohio-six-year-olds-mohawk-earns-suspension-from-school/#comment-495862 And the "Authority Uber Alles" crowd has spoken: "Shut up and get back to being good little slaves." Well, let's all go home, then, there's nothing more we can do here. And the “Authority Uber Alles” crowd has spoken: “Shut up and get back to being good little slaves.”

Well, let’s all go home, then, there’s nothing more we can do here.

]]> by: Mold http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/03/01/ohio-six-year-olds-mohawk-earns-suspension-from-school/#comment-495830 Sun, 02 Mar 2008 15:38:21 +0000 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/03/01/ohio-six-year-olds-mohawk-earns-suspension-from-school/#comment-495830 Dress codes at our public school district are there to provide a proper learning environment. Strippers are not conducive to teenage learning. Hot pants have a very distracting effect. Rude T-shirts are less than helpful. Mohawks, feh, only at charter schools Dress codes at our public school district are there to provide a proper learning environment. Strippers are not conducive to teenage learning. Hot pants have a very distracting effect. Rude T-shirts are less than helpful. Mohawks, feh, only at charter schools

]]> by: Shell Goddamnit http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/03/01/ohio-six-year-olds-mohawk-earns-suspension-from-school/#comment-495785 Sun, 02 Mar 2008 13:04:37 +0000 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/03/01/ohio-six-year-olds-mohawk-earns-suspension-from-school/#comment-495785 I can see uniforms or limited-palatte being a good thing; it cuts out the designer-label arms race that can be an annoyance to the unfashionable or a serious financial burden to the family. But the situation where a hairstyle - ANY hairstyle - can be a sufficient distraction to merit suspension is simply beyond me. Maybe a Winehouse-sized beehive which blocks kids' view...otherwise, what the hell?? This administrator is unable to feel in control if certain standards are not met, including stupid aesthetic standards. And is willing to punish others for his/her inability. In other words, a BAD administrator. The mother is smart - don't bother to try to fight the school; get the kid out of there, pronto. There will be other stupidities perpetrated at that school & no point in waiting around to see how stupid it can get. I can see uniforms or limited-palatte being a good thing; it cuts out the designer-label arms race that can be an annoyance to the unfashionable or a serious financial burden to the family. But the situation where a hairstyle - ANY hairstyle - can be a sufficient distraction to merit suspension is simply beyond me. Maybe a Winehouse-sized beehive which blocks kids’ view…otherwise, what the hell??

This administrator is unable to feel in control if certain standards are not met, including stupid aesthetic standards. And is willing to punish others for his/her inability. In other words, a BAD administrator.

The mother is smart - don’t bother to try to fight the school; get the kid out of there, pronto. There will be other stupidities perpetrated at that school & no point in waiting around to see how stupid it can get.

]]> by: Astraea http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/03/01/ohio-six-year-olds-mohawk-earns-suspension-from-school/#comment-495754 Sun, 02 Mar 2008 11:07:45 +0000 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/03/01/ohio-six-year-olds-mohawk-earns-suspension-from-school/#comment-495754 Amanda, I've seen that argument also used by courts: that a hairstyle/color is too trivial to invoke freedom of expression protection. However, consider that another issue involved is a child's right to an education. If suspension is involved, then that is removing them from their education. Surely the standard required for removing a child from their education (even temporarily) should be high, shouldn't it? Shouldn't it require demonstration that their behavior/expression actually is severely disruptive to others' education? So my question is, if a hairstyle is too trivial for freedom of expression protection, why is it significant enough to warrant violation of a student's right to their education? Amanda,

I’ve seen that argument also used by courts: that a hairstyle/color is too trivial to invoke freedom of expression protection.

However, consider that another issue involved is a child’s right to an education. If suspension is involved, then that is removing them from their education. Surely the standard required for removing a child from their education (even temporarily) should be high, shouldn’t it? Shouldn’t it require demonstration that their behavior/expression actually is severely disruptive to others’ education?

So my question is, if a hairstyle is too trivial for freedom of expression protection, why is it significant enough to warrant violation of a student’s right to their education?

]]> by: Rocket Girl http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/03/01/ohio-six-year-olds-mohawk-earns-suspension-from-school/#comment-495731 Sun, 02 Mar 2008 08:12:05 +0000 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/03/01/ohio-six-year-olds-mohawk-earns-suspension-from-school/#comment-495731 My son's middle school has a moderately strict dress code. They wear polos of limited colors and have a few different color choices for pants/shorts/skirts. Of course the shorts and skirts can't be too short and I would imagine that all hell would break loose if a guy tried to wear a skirt ... My loves it, though. He is an engineer in training, or at least inherited the engineer fashion gene. He loves being able to just throw on something in the morning and know that he won't be a misfit because of his clothes. All of you against dress codes, just remember us engineers, we need the boring dress codes;-) My son’s middle school has a moderately strict dress code. They wear polos of limited colors and have a few different color choices for pants/shorts/skirts. Of course the shorts and skirts can’t be too short and I would imagine that all hell would break loose if a guy tried to wear a skirt …

My loves it, though. He is an engineer in training, or at least inherited the engineer fashion gene. He loves being able to just throw on something in the morning and know that he won’t be a misfit because of his clothes.

All of you against dress codes, just remember us engineers, we need the boring dress codes;-)

]]> by: Skullhunter, Archdemon of Coffee Beverages http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/03/01/ohio-six-year-olds-mohawk-earns-suspension-from-school/#comment-495717 Sun, 02 Mar 2008 03:21:42 +0000 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/03/01/ohio-six-year-olds-mohawk-earns-suspension-from-school/#comment-495717 On the contrary, dress codes <i>do</i> serve a purpose. They give schools a good level of cover-your-own ass plausible deniability, useful for avoiding culpability when students are bullied, harassed and assaulted for instance. Any of you with school-age children and access to a handbook of the rules and regulations for their school should easily be able to find the weasel words and phrases they use that can cover practically <i>anything</i> they want to stop students from wearing/saying/doing. It also allows them to identify "problem" students; namely the ones who don't like to conform or blindly obey instructions from authority. Notice I didn't say it was a legitimate or noble purpose. On the contrary, dress codes do serve a purpose. They give schools a good level of cover-your-own ass plausible deniability, useful for avoiding culpability when students are bullied, harassed and assaulted for instance. Any of you with school-age children and access to a handbook of the rules and regulations for their school should easily be able to find the weasel words and phrases they use that can cover practically anything they want to stop students from wearing/saying/doing. It also allows them to identify “problem” students; namely the ones who don’t like to conform or blindly obey instructions from authority.

Notice I didn’t say it was a legitimate or noble purpose.

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