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Think we found a loophole against the fine!
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Think we found a loophole against the fine!
As a form tutor myself I'd like to apologise for them not getting back to you but do remember that remembering to call home can always be forgotten (accidently). I'd personally recommend an email to their school accounts with times that you can be contacted and a number to go with it.
I do personally think that extreme haircut rules are ridiculous, and as someone who was excluded at school for a day for a haircut (my only exclusion/telling off) it did seem stupid at the time. Make sure that he is getting worthwhile work while in isolation!
I do personally think that extreme haircut rules are ridiculous, and as someone who was excluded at school for a day for a haircut (my only exclusion/telling off) it did seem stupid at the time. Make sure that he is getting worthwhile work while in isolation!
That is twaddle because they never would have accepted that when I went to school, and it was worse before I went.
Kids are lacking discipline and don't need things to distract from their learning, there's plenty of times to 'express themselves' outside of school.
that BS.
Name and shame the reaction they had in the local paper/daily fail.
It being against policy is "fine" i guess, but they shouldnt be isolating the child, they should just phone you and say not to do it again etc.
I went from logish hair, to grade 4, to grade 0, to razer shaved, to random little tufts in colored hair bands, to double mohawk, to spikes, to braids with black elastic bands, braids with multi coloured luminous bands, to just long hair which was dyed generally natural shades with hints of other colour like blue black etc.
The school didnt like any of them, i was asked to remove the colored bands in the tufts type style, and i was told i wouldn't be allowed in school stuffs with the luminous bands in my hair, which I didnt take out in time due to not having the money/effort, and the one teacher who hates individuality (he literally told me he wants everyone at the school to look the same) started having a go at me and telling me I couldn't go in, my form tutuor saw this, brought over another year head and they basically told him to stop being a dick and let it slide, since it was nearly the end of year 11.
Not once did I get put into detention, isolated etc. I was told it might happen if I didn't change it, not that it would make much difference, I kinda liked detention, since I would do my homework then, instead of at home
Name and shame the reaction they had in the local paper/daily fail.
It being against policy is "fine" i guess, but they shouldnt be isolating the child, they should just phone you and say not to do it again etc.
I went from logish hair, to grade 4, to grade 0, to razer shaved, to random little tufts in colored hair bands, to double mohawk, to spikes, to braids with black elastic bands, braids with multi coloured luminous bands, to just long hair which was dyed generally natural shades with hints of other colour like blue black etc.
The school didnt like any of them, i was asked to remove the colored bands in the tufts type style, and i was told i wouldn't be allowed in school stuffs with the luminous bands in my hair, which I didnt take out in time due to not having the money/effort, and the one teacher who hates individuality (he literally told me he wants everyone at the school to look the same) started having a go at me and telling me I couldn't go in, my form tutuor saw this, brought over another year head and they basically told him to stop being a dick and let it slide, since it was nearly the end of year 11.
Not once did I get put into detention, isolated etc. I was told it might happen if I didn't change it, not that it would make much difference, I kinda liked detention, since I would do my homework then, instead of at home
I went to a selective school (not a great one but it involved passing a test) and for pupils that didn't quite make the grade they would assess based on other criteria. One guy failed the entrance exam but was let in because he was a promising athlete on the junior British karate team.
As part of his karate programme he had to have short, clippered hair (around a 4 I think). The school kept telling the parents that his hair had to be longer and kept taking him out of mainstream classes when they refused. Eventually the school expelled him, which was clearly madness since his hair length was a requirement of the thing they let him in for.
As part of his karate programme he had to have short, clippered hair (around a 4 I think). The school kept telling the parents that his hair had to be longer and kept taking him out of mainstream classes when they refused. Eventually the school expelled him, which was clearly madness since his hair length was a requirement of the thing they let him in for.
Really not.
I think half the male population would be banned from school!
That cut does seem shorter than a number 2 though. I used to be cut to a number 2 all through my school life, now I'm a 4 on the sides and cut on top...
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Well my wife is a Teaching Assistant anyway and we are not allowing him to be punished for something he has not caused/done.
If he is to remain in isolation until its at an acceptable length for them then we are going allow him to study at home, we have made arrangements for him to be supervised correctly, and will be requesting the work from his school that he would be doing in class and that way he wont be losing out, and as my wife is a fully qualified teaching assistant, working at another local school, she is more than qualified to ensure his education isn't suffering. She will monitor his work and ensure his is learning correctly.
Ultimately it is not fair to punish him. We will go into the school at 8:15 tomorrow morning to discuss this in a calm reasonable manner.
And if we ensure he is learning at home, then he will keep his 100% record, even though his is not physically in the school. It is good having my wife work in a school, so she knows what we can and cannot legally do which doesnt negatively affect his education and attendance records etc.
P.S. At the school my wife works at that hair is allowed and a large number of boys at the school have the same cut. Why can schools not all have the same standards and rules, that is also part of the problem, different schools, different rules, even within the same county/council - both being samepublic school grades and not academys etc.
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It's like some sort of comb over. Better than the Jedward quiff that so many seem to sport these days. Or the classic topknot.
Still not an excuse though is it?
Horse poo. I have a No. 4 (12mm) all over. That's not short.
He looks like a real rebel though! (That was sarcasm by the way) The only time I remember hairstyles near that… Though my memory may be lacking as I can barely remember Primary 7 in 1991. It was the bowl effect with the hair angled in a wedge below the line in secondary school.
From all the things I hear of schools nowadays, thinking back… Life seemed more simple back in the late 80s/early 90s in school. Then Friends came on the scene and a majority of the girls trying to get Rachel and Monica hair cuts as well as the blonde tips/streaks?
Though, you got insulted something rotten if they saw you with home cut hair for weeks. "Poor" abuse along those lines… Amongst many other.
so if it was shaved grade 2 all over then you wouldn't consider it to be a shaved head?
I think you're kidding yourself or being a little bit naive in your reading of the rules
It is fairly standard unfortunately*, if you don't have the right uniform you can be sent home to get changed etc.. if you've got a silly haircut you can get it corrected or wait for it to grow back. They do appear to have been fairly clear in the rules and specifically said if unsure then please ask:
personally I think uniform is silly and kids should be allowed whatever haircuts they want, but given that your kid is going to a school where things like uniform and hair cuts have rules then it isn't all that shocking that they'd enforce those rules
*not that I've got a kid at school but it is a regular tabloid story - some parent getting upset because little jimmy was sent home/had to work in the library because they wore the latest trainers/latest hair style etc.. in breach of school uniform rules
Not true. Back when my sister was in high school she and a number of friends began to wear grey trousers in one of the harsh sub-zero winters we had. The school 'policy' mandated a skirt for girls and grey trousers for boys. After various rants and threats from the school involving isolation and exclusion, a single letter from a solicitor pointing the school to the ECHR was enough for them to apologise and 'amend their policies' to be equal between the sexes.
Dictating a child's haircut is equally stupid. I went through school in the 80s and early 90s with everything from a skinhead to full on grown out and nobody said a word.
There's nothing wrong with the haircut, but I have to play devil's advocate...
It's in their rules, and obviously it has to be strictly enforced or else they would spend all day trying to determine what was an acceptable haircut and what wasn't.
EDIT: Of course, the obvious answer is "who the hell cares what their hair looks like?".....I'm just saying if they're going to have a rule then they have to stick to it.
It's in their rules, and obviously it has to be strictly enforced or else they would spend all day trying to determine what was an acceptable haircut and what wasn't.
EDIT: Of course, the obvious answer is "who the hell cares what their hair looks like?".....I'm just saying if they're going to have a rule then they have to stick to it.
Or alternatively just stop worrying about other people's hair and what 'they' deem acceptable to their tastes and subculture, and just concentrate on education. Perish the thought.
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Looks shaved to me...
Would never have been allowed at my school!
Would never have been allowed at my school!
Somehow I don't think 'the right to a naff haircut' is a human right.
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