SCNDLS said:

awesome.

the rule is sexist and archaic. it serves no function other than to support forced gender roles that pretty much became antiquidated about 45 years ago.

cborgman said:

And that same rule is not unique to nor was it invented in Mesquite.

cborgman said:

I guess...but what if he wants to wear a dress to school? And while the parents may want to fight the system of sexism, I still don't think it's fair for them to use their son as a prop in that battle. If the son were 14, I'd be far more inclined to be completely on your side on this. I'm not exactly sure at which age the line would be crossed, but I think a four-year-old isn't really making valid decisions about his own appearance, and the parents are throwing him into the ring for their own reasons.

Efan said:

I agree.

OnlyNDaUsa said:

I always figured Angelica Houston for a lesbian.

johnart said:

It's Huston

SCNDLS said:

Oh hush-ton.
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johnart said:

johnart said:

hush-ton wii half a pro-blem
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OnlyNDaUsa said:

SCNDLS said:

hey now you owe me an Apollo 13 G!
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Another thing that makes it obvious to me the parents are just using the kid for attention is that he's not LEGALLY required to be in school until this coming school year in August yet they've been fighting this since Nov. If this was REALLY about growing his hair out for a wig for his aunt as they keep saying, they could easily pull him out of school and cut it before he enters school next fall.

WOW! I am really surprised at many of the responses in here...
I think that school district is ridiculous!!!
and it's not as simple as just put your kid in a different school, I'd have to pay to put my child in a different school.
I would be rip roaring PISSED off if this were my kids school.
I'm with cborman and noimageatall on this one.
there are tons of rules kids have to follow in school, they learn plenty about following rules, so the "how's this kid ever gonna learn blah blah blah bullshit just doesn't even come into play here.
ugh!

i'm appalled by all of you who think the school is right


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Dewrede said:

We agree!

Shorty said:

We agree!

the child is to blame. he needs to man up and tolerate the cornroll. beauty is pain!


his mom's name is Elizabeth Taylor. No wonder the kid got problems.

DesireeNevermind said:

And she obviously hasn't endured enough pain cuz she ain't cute at all.

SCNDLS said:

Vendetta1 said:

On the surface it seems such a non-issue...but you have to realize that rules are there for a reason. When this kid is 20-something and living in a trailer 'cuz none of his bosses would bend to his demands...then maybe his folks might think that the stupid haircut might not have been such a bad idea after all. Unless they're passed out alongside him, in front of the TV in the double-wide.

PurpleJedi said:

I really don't think fighting to abolish one silly hair rule that is felt to be unfair is going to lead to a life of rebellion (and according to you, subsequent failure) for the rest of his life.

As was mentioned already, even at 4 years old there are plenty of rules that they MUST abide by in school and they do...this poor kid in the middle of all this is probably being a good little boy in class otherwise.

PurpleJedi said:

wow.... just wow. yeah cause we all know long hair = all that shit you just said. talk about judgemental! No, I don't live in a trailer but I do know some hard working good people who do. Nice...real nice.
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Here's some video

http://www.myfoxdfw.com/d...er-haircut

So, which is it? Is he growing the hair for a wig or is cuz he's always worn his hair long?
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SCNDLS said:

it doesn't matter.

Shorty said:

It does if it means the parents are lying and using this kid for their own selfish reasons.

Shorty said:

You're gonna have to grow a thicker skin to partake in the P&R slugfests.

Making a point, I was, young padawan.

I live in one of the wealthiest counties in the world (on Long Island) and I am surrounded by a growing number of American youths that come from affluent households BUT have no f*cking clue as to how to deal with real life. Their parents have coddled them from crib to college and they graduate with useless degrees working crappy retail jobs that barely pay for the maintenance on the BMW that mommy & daddy bought them. In school, (my wife is a T.A.) kids of all income brackets are learning that the rules don't apply to them. They can't even be scolded anymore lest they develop deep psychological traumas. Then when they go out in the real world and have to come to terms with the fact that they aren't the center of the universe, they implode.

Blind subservience is bad, but a rebel without a cause is much worse.

SCNDLS said:

I don't think that's what that means at all. To me it means there could be 2 reasons the kids hair is long. or it could mean the parents being frustrated tried to come up with a good reason (acceptable to the school) to get that school off their backs. can't say as I blame them if that's the case.
"selfish reasons" what do you mean by that?

PurpleJedi said:

True that. Not to mention that all this coddling and rule bending is leading to a virtually useless workforce incapable of taking criticism on their job performance and following company rules and policies. These are constant complaints from managers and supervisors with younger workers because so many been raised to believe they are special.

SCNDLS said:

Ya, if they really feel strongly about this, balls up and just say the truth. It's ok to just not agree with it, you don't have to come up with bullshit answers to gain silly sympathy.

I wonder how the schoolboard would deals with other religions, like a Punjabi student and his hair...would he have to braid it exactly how they wanted as well...?