I need to know! What are the rules about facial hair where you (or your kids) go to high school?

Surely they are. My friend Pete had a full beard when he was about 15 and there was never any problem about it.

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foxyflawedhands said:

no way!

Don't see why not?

It's just facial hair.

Most of the boys at my high school have a very thin mustache or nothing at all.

depends on the school around where i live (and have lived) private schools tend to say no, while public schools lean towards yes. but that's not always the case.

purplesweat said:

back in my day hair could not touch the collar at the back and no facial hair allowed.

Reason I ask is this prom photo

http://www.flickr.com/pho...415327120/

I don't think there is any rule at the schools in my area stating that the boys can't have beards. Maybe at the Catholic schools, but not in the public schools. I don't know

JessieJ said:

I remember when I was in grade 12 there were a couple of boys who would get a 5 o'clock shadow by lunchtime, imagine if they had been allowed full beards!

At my high school just about anything was OK, as long as it wasn't overly distracting or didn't cause some health concern. We had full beards, dreads, mohawks, afros... you name it.

I'm not sure what the rule on student facial hair is in my kid's school district -- she's only in grade 1 yet.
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What the fuck?!? Are there schools that restrict facial hair? What kind of fucking nazi schools are we talking about here?!?

FuNkeNsteiN said:

I'm sayin'!

FuNkeNsteiN said:

it was probably only in the olden days

Not at my kids schools they have to be clean shaven

That's stupid. As if they ban HAIR for gods sake.

What next, eyelashes???

FuNkeNsteiN said:

Private school dude

purplesweat said:

purplesweat said:

I dont know Hairy backs could do with some banning, in general I mean

my high school was private- only senior boys were allowed mustaches, but no other facial hair. TONS of guys would get in trouble for having sideburns that were 'too long'

I know an all boys Catholic school that doesn't allow it. But the kids do it anyway. (Hey, Jesus had a beard!!)

But most teenage boys facial hair looks awful, anyway. Exept for the light mustache look, thats pretty hot.
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evenstar3 said:

Where my kids go to school they arent allowed to dye their hair "unnatural colors" either. Mind U one girl I know dyed hers a dark auburn and they told her it was "un-natural"

ToraToraDreams said:

KidaDynamite said:

that part made me crack up too

chillichocaholic said:

my best friend got in trouble a few times for that, black hair was 'unnatural' (she's a very pale natural blond), but their real goal was trying to stop any kids being too goth. goths were full of satan. they banned 'excessive amounts of bracelets' for the same reason.

chillichocaholic said:

Mine too. But when they say it, they mean stuff like blue or green or whatever.
But school has alot of WEIRD rules. Like you can't have alot of hair hanging over your face.
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evenstar3 said:

I wonder what would happen if every girl protested by coming to school in a habit?

Lammastide said:

after i left they banned skirts that ended above the knee, because some girls used the whole 'easy access' aspect of them to get with their boyfriends during our 15-minute morning breaks

When I was in high school we had someone who used to come to school with a full beard.

Even though it wasn't documented or forbidden, you could tell the staff disapproved. It got so evident that eventually the poor girl shaved her beard off. She ended up making more friends that way too.

Imago said:

Imago said:

You win the thread.