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http://www.wivb.com/dpp/n...ts-protestNIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) - There is controversy in the halls of a local high school over how a teenaged boy was treated when he wore high heels to school.
More than 20 supporters turned out in front of Niagara Falls High School on Thursday for 17-year-old junior Tyreese Maye. The openly gay student wasn't allowed to wear the same bright red high heels that many girls were wearing in the high school.
"I wore some high stiletto red heels and I had many girls wear them, too, just to see who they would pick out first. I didn't even last a period because I went to breakfast and they told me to take them off. It was an administrator and he told me to take them off and I told him, 'Tell this girl to take her heels off.' And he said, 'No, I'm making you take yours off first.' And I said, 'That's not fair,'" said Maye.
He first refused to take them off, but gave in after he says he was threatened with suspension in the principal's office.
Student Autumn Gotel said, "I had on heels yesterday all day long; they let me wear them walking up and down the stairs all day. There's about five or six of my friends had on heels they didn't say anything. They say the reason Tyreese couldn't wear his heels was because it was distracting."
Maye argued, "How is this a distraction? There are girls that are half-naked in school. That's a distraction."
Administrator James Spanbauer says it was partly a safety issue in case of a fire in the four-story building.
"I would say there probably are some students who go through the day without us addressing, but our intention is to keep everybody safe and administer the Code of Conduct equally across the board and we do the best we can with 1,900 students and when we see things that are inappropriate we address it," said Spanbauer, who denied there was a double-standard for boys wearing heels.
The group has also started a petition, already amassing a few hundred signatures.
Maye's mother, Jenyne Powell, said, "I'm proud of him that he wants to stand up for himself and defend what he feels is right.[..]Tyreese Maye
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Owwa? | |
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12/05/2011 
P*$$y so bad, if u throw it into da air, it would turn into sunshine!!!  | |
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I don't know whether to laugh or cry... or go "yay" or "what?" so I'm gonna be exiting this thread. Stage left. | |
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Them heels in the video were hella nice. Apart from that.. I'mma just leave... Wow. | |
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We all know there's a double standard. But I was laughing my ass off at his outfit. No telling how much crap he has to put up with on a daily basis.
I just want to yell GON HEAD AND WORK IT at him. | |
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Those heels (and jacket) belong on a hooker in a Rick James video. That outfit is MESSSSS.
But he should be allowed to wear them. | |
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I'm sure I'll be in the minority here, but I don't think he should be allowed to wear them if it causes any kind of a distraction. And this is most definitely a distraction. If he's already dressing that way with no issues the heels REALLY shouldn't be something worth fighting about.
Our taxes are taken in an attempt to teach these kids the most basic of educations (one which they're barely getting now).
School should be about learning. He'll have his whole life to wear high heels, ya know?
And keep in mind, I have no problem with him wearing heels, nor anything else he feels comfortable in. But I don't think it's fair to make it an issue at school. Its high school - if you're told you can't wear something, you don't wear it. My niece and nephew will be sent home if they wear any three items of the same color. ANY. THREE. ITEMS. (That includes belts and shoe laces.) No questions asked.
And if the "but the girls can wear them" card being played is the issue, then don't let them wear them, either. Cerebus has never been against a dress code for school kids. Whole lot less pants around some kids knees would have been taking place if dress codes were enforced. | |
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I'm ALL for dress codes in school. ALLLLLL for uniforms!
If anyone else is allowed to wear the heels, so should he, is all. If "distraction" is the issue, Supafreak made a good point when he said that the half nekkid girls at his school are "distractions" as well.
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I thought you were - I have a memory of this discussion taking place in the past.
I totally agree about the way the girls dress, but male teachers/administrators have to be VERY careful how they address those issues these days. Sad, but true. Thankfully my sister keeps my 17 year old niece looking classy, even though my niece hates her for it most of the time. | |
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That's pretty sad. We like to think that schools are all about learning, but it isn't. A college professor told me he would never teach high school dual credit again because schools put too much effort into controlling students instead of teaching. They interrupted a girl taking her final exam and made her finish it in the principle's office just because her shorts were too short. Like Seriously?? What's the effin point? The U.S. education system needs to be revamped if you ask me. The school board is the first thing that needs to go. But that's another thread lol. | |
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They're in the Alameda school district? Yeah that sounds about right [Edited 12/29/11 20:48pm] "We may deify or demonize them but not ignore them. And we call them genius, because they are the people who change the world." | |
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Eh, there's always another thread, but this is a good discussion.
Yes, it is sad. But it stems from the proliferation of blue and red being worn to school and grouping together at breaks and lunches. So I'm not really sure I'm against it. Anything that can be done to break up the circlular pattern of gang behavior is a good thing, imo.
Their high school also has a full-time armed security guard, and they live in a friendly, LOW CRIME city.
Yeah, there is a lot of what would seem to be unnecessary crap involved with being a high school teacher or administrator these days. But at the same time, who else is taking care of this stuff. So many kids are sent to school without ever seeing a parent in the morning. Or without ever being taught what is socially acceptable at all. Is it the place of the school board to take on this work? I don't know. I don't have kids, so its hard for me to answer that. I know there's an awful lot of them out there who clearly need some guidance and its got to come from somewhere, or someone. | |
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They're actually out in Livermore. But from what I understand its a pretty common practice in the Bay Area at large. | |
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I would have a tough time following that rule. 99.9% of everything I say is strictly for my own entertainment | |
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Even if doing so would label you as a gang member?
I don't necessarilly agree with the rule in principle. I think kids should be allowed to express themselves so long as it's not a distraction for other students. But in concept I totally support it. As I said, anything that stops kids (particularly those who are the fence about the choices they're being forced to make) from contuing the same destructive cycles is a positive. | |
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It's all over the Bay. It started, if I remember correctly, in '01 so I was in the 7th and 8th grade when I first heard about it. I went to junior high in Oakland, Alameda (Chipman Middle) and El Sobrante/Richmond and high school in Pinole and Concord. It was all the same
IMO, something should've been done about the kids who wore the pants to their ankles (yes this was going on "We may deify or demonize them but not ignore them. And we call them genius, because they are the people who change the world." | |
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Hell, it's so much crap you have to consider. I admire teachers, they have to put up with so much shit on a shitty salary. It's the same thing with the health care system, it's kinda hard to change when we've been in a broken system for so long. | |
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Style is something I have always. And I don't second guess it. I just do it. I don't over do it persay like superfreak here. The restriction would just cramp my style. Because sometimes I dress in 1 color from head to toe (Prince understands). 99.9% of everything I say is strictly for my own entertainment | |
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do u think Prince wore heels to school????
Where i come from 99% of the school have uniforms
even tho they dont get to wear what they want, it causes less problems at schools
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He wore platforms it was the 70's 99.9% of everything I say is strictly for my own entertainment | |
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did other boys wear them 2???
2 me these r platforms...
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regular shoes "We may deify or demonize them but not ignore them. And we call them genius, because they are the people who change the world." | |
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The heels didn't come until the '80s. He wore platforms or regular shoes in his childhood. I doubt many folks who dress androgynous didn't always show that in school except a few (Boy George, Pete Burns, etc.). | |
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what did his platforms look like???
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99.9% of everything I say is strictly for my own entertainment | |
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Nah these were the platforms boys were wearing:
[img:$uid]http://www.partypants.co.uk/images/retro-mens-platform-shoes-silver.jpg[/img:$uid]
There's a '70s pic of Prince with Morris and 'em, look at his feet, those are platforms with bellbottoms around it. | |
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Those heels have "Dave1992" written all over them. الحيوان النادلة ((((|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|)))) ...AND THAT'S THE WAY THE "TITTY" MILKS IT!
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where can i get a pair!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i wonder if other kids picked on him 4 wearing them, they r girly!!! mailto:www.iDon'tThinkSo.com.Uranus | |
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Sad to say I have to agree. I mean I'm not against dude wearing heels that's his prerogative but damn, there's bigger things to worry about. Just get an education, then once you graduate, do whatever you want lol | |
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