[qp0yfHOf]

Kindergarten teachers have an inflated sense of self worth and job importance since most of them are too stupid to teach at a higher grade level. All they do is babysit a troop of foul little children and teach them not to stick their fingers in sockets. Real school work begins in the 1st grade.

[Meenepek]

Parents can be so cruel.

[Hsmrcahr]

I think the Nazi punks-Fvck Off shirt is warranted now.

[Alkanyadela]

Lets see... the school gives two warnings to the mother about the issue and she does nothing. Not only does she do nothing, but she obviously was involved with either cutting the hair or getting it cut (six year olds don't go to the barber on their own).

Mohawks violate the school's policy on being properly groomed, school Principal Linda Geyer said. Also, the school district's dress code allows school officials to forbid anything that interferes with the conduct of education.

The school, either public or private, has a right to remove a student if that student has become a distraction to the education of other students.

[KuznehikVasaN]

You have no kids, do you?

[chzvacmyye]

Originally posted by Donegeal
You have no kids, do you? I don't have kids myself, but I spent years working as a teacher's aide during college with kindergartners through third graders, and a mohawk was the least of my concerns (and several kids at that age had one, including myself when I was 6).

The point isn't that a distraction isn't a problem, it's that this is an absurd distraction to pick out. If this were Amish country I might understand it, but in a regular public school, it's beyond absurd. Work on making sure kids don't bring guns or knives to school, and don't smoke, and don't have sex on school grounds. Haircuts should not be in the discussion.

[eliniaguilefp7m]

So the school warning the mother not to do this twice should just be ignored?

The school shouldn't have issued a warning like that in the first place!

[Allorneadesee]

Just bring back uniforms, problem solved.

If she wants the freedom to do that why not homeschool her kid?

[KixdricyArrip]

Bah, some administrator just didn't like the haircut and thought he was God for a Day. QFT !

Petty tin-pot dictators

[SpeavaJap]

Originally posted by Zkribbler
This is a violation of his Mohawk heritage! I stand with my First-Nations brother! I've seen kids with that haircut.

Would he have been okay if he had a completely shaved head? What a silly rule.

[artofeyyy]

Originally posted by Ben Kenobi
If it is right that schools have dress codes, then the issue isn't freedom at all. What is to stop the school from saying "no mohawks" and revising their dress code. Discipline problems decline drastically when dress codes are instituted.

Arguably, the school could institute such a rule if it had a legitimate reasons. But here, it wasn't part of the rule.

The kid was punished even though he broke no rule.

[QxmFwtlam]

Originally posted by Ben Kenobi


Just like there is a right to education? I don't see that one anywhere in the Bill of Rights.



Yes, Americans have freedom, but they do not have the freedom to infringe upon the freedoms of others. If it is right that schools have dress codes, then the issue isn't freedom at all. What is to stop the school from saying "no mohawks" and revising their dress code. One person's haircut DOES NOT infringe upon the freedoms of others.

[Gvadelunar]

Little boxes on the hillside,
Little boxes made of ticky-tacky,
Little boxes, little boxes,
Little boxes, all the same.
There's a green one and a pink one
And a blue one and a yellow one
And they're all made out of ticky-tacky
And they all look just the same.

And the people in the houses
All go to the university,
And they all get put in boxes,
Little boxes, all the same.
And there's doctors and there's lawyers
And business executives,
And they're all made out of ticky-tacky
And they all look just the same.

And they all play on the golf-course,
And drink their Martini dry,
And they all have pretty children,
And the children go to school.
And the children go to summer camp
And then to the university,
And they all get put in boxes
And they all come out the same.

And the boys go into business,
And marry, and raise a family,
And they all get put in boxes,
Little boxes, all the same.
There's a green one and a pink one
And a blue one and a yellow one
And they're all made out of ticky-tacky
And they all look just the same.

[gydrorway]

Originally posted by Swissy
I work with children from 2mo - 10 years. The administrator is not off base with the request. It has potential of being disruptive to all the children in that classroom and the individual child's social progess in that school. The greatest potential for disruption is the reaction of his clasmates' parents. The child would be eventually labeled by some of these parents; best case as a little strange, worse case as a threat to their own child. So some parents whose own kiods have"normal" hairstlyes claim this kid is bad because of his haricut? Bullshit, that shouldn't ever be a reason to remove the mohawk hairstyle kid from school. If anything, anyone intolerant of the kid should be removed for bullying.

[Lkemybab]

To put it bluntly, what if it was a kid with leukemia and that child had no hair because of chemotherapy? Are the administrators going to demand an end to the chemotherapy so the kid can havea normal hairstlye?

[addyta.org]

The mother said the kid likes the haircut. Since they don't report the kid's opinion on this I don't see how anyone could simply conclude that it's "all about her".

[animilius]

"They can't tell me how I can cut his hair."

Yes, it is all about her.

Frankly I doubt the kid would care if his hair were one way or another.

What I'm trying to figure out is why the mom picked the fight in the first place.

[AcecePesFeacy]

I'd prefer to hear from Swissy about why the haircut is disruptive before I'd make any more judgements to be honest.

[Poowssnople]

Why wouldn't she if she thinks the school is acting stupidly? Just because they refer to rules doesn't mean the rules are great. You know, rules can change. Frankly I agree with the school here.

What does the kid do? Go to the barber and tell him "I want a mohawk?"

He's 6! Not 16!

Where was the day when parents would actually raise their kids?

[Erossycuc]

Originally posted by BeBro


If you agree, fine, but why would the mother need to share that view?

And a six year old kid isn't a baby anymore. If it would be unable to tell if it likes its haircut at this age I'd think there would be something very wrong. 6 year olds aren't pets or lawn furniture, please don't use "it' to describe them.

I agree with your point though.

Though I agree with Ben if it turned out that hte mother was just trying to make some point and using her son's head as her way of doing it. If, however, the son really likes the haircut (I wouldn't at all be surprised) then yea, leave him the hell alone.