Students may no longer wear mouth jewelry known as "grills" - shiny teeth caps - or the earlobe-stretching practice known as "gauging."
"The district is having to respond to fads because they've become distracters or a safety hazard for those around them," said Malcolm Turner, the district's executive director of student services.
The nearby Irving, Grand Prairie and DeSoto districts also ban grills, and some also address gauging - the process of placing increasingly large items in the ears to stretch the lobes.
But students said the body modification is simply self-expression.
"Really, a grill is just like an earring. It's fashion," said Devonte Wright, 16.

But school officials said they hoped to teach students that life would require them to follow specific regulations in specific settings.

"We want to instil in them a sense of modesty and a sense of community," said school board trustee Gloria Pena. "We're preparing them for the workforce, and in the workforce there are rules."

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Hot ghetto messes.

Imago said:

hot ASS ghetto messes...

damn when i was in high school, everybody was getting their parents to get them beepers and cell phones, now its grillz??? what is the world coming to?

missfee said:

Everybody thinks it's cute to be ghetto when it isn't. That's why I'm moving out of this damn city. The people here get on my nervous system.

Okay so they take that shit out of their ears when they go to school, but the hole's still gonna be there.

DiscoballStallion said:

and what city is this??

missfee said:

York, PA. I might as well live in Compton or some shit. It is HORRENDOUSLY ghetto here. I HATE it.

eikonoklastes said:

huh?

DiscoballStallion said:

well maybe thats your next thing to focus on...moving.

missfee said:

i think he/she/it's talking about the gauging. when you take the huge ass gauge out of your ear, you'll still have a huge flabby hole hanging there.

i think that would be more distracting than the gauge itself.



on a side note, i once met a guy who had a piercing like that. He had a hollow piece in it and stick a daisy through it. it was cute.
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Blackfunk69 said:

Say What????

What the hell IS that???

Noooo. That's not CUUUTE. That is just not cute at all

I'm with the other poster that thought the pagers and the phones were the things the kids wanted. I didn't know they now want to run around looking like Metal Mouth from the James Bond movies

I like 'em.

JasmineFire said:

oh, thanks for clarifying.

JasmineFire said:

She?

jeez those things are ugly and stupid. no one should be wearing them.

eikonoklastes said:

like it freakin' matters? she, he, it, that....it's not like you said "i'm a man and i'm saying..."

but i'll go edit it just for you.

That's ridiculous looking.

JasmineFire said:

I've been here for a little over 7 years now, I thought people would know I'm a guy by now and then there's my avatar....

eikonoklastes said:

i can't see your avatar on this computer and i don't ever recall seeing you before

besides i've been on the org for five years under two different names. people always tend to think that i'm a guy regardless of my username or avatar.

it doesn't really matter all too much especially considering it is very easy for people to disguise their gender on the internet. it's not like real life or anything.

eikonoklastes said:

Oh yeah. You're definately all MALE!

Terilicious said:

Now on topic:

I will never be able to go to school again.

Imago said:

DiscoballStallion said:

eikonoklastes said:

Stretched out ears are gross as hell when they don't have the plugs in.

missfee said:

I am! I've been saying that on here

Imago said:

Unbelievable....stupid is as stupid does. If my kid came home with that sh!t in his mouth, I'd slap it right out him, Rick James style.

uPtoWnNY said:

I second that!

Someone should tell that Kelis bi*ch how ugly she looks too.

I'm @ a loss for words...