Schools - LOST THE PLOT?

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It's professionalism.

Plus give people an inch and they will take a mile.


Turned up to see a potential new client (a solicitors firm) 2 days ago wearing a hoodie, some lionsdale running bottoms and skate shoes.

Walked out with a £120/hr contract.

Did the same for a private clinic 3 weeks ago.

Did the same for a clinic on Harley Street 5 weeks ago.

When asked why I turn up looking like I do, I simply tell them that I believe if people have to focus so hard on "looking" professional its hiding something in the product or service they are providing, where as the reason I come to highly recommended by all my clients is the service I deliver is second-to-none so I don't need to perpetuate a false image to get the work.

If I ever employ people, I will tell them to turn up in whatever they like as long as its not completely obscene. Id rather have comfortable happy employees, than ones who worry if they might be breaking dress code by wearing shorts in the middle of summer.
 
That school's headteacher(s) is(are) obviously mentally impaired. How on earth is that a shaved head ? Isolate a kid from the rest for a ******* haircut ? Imbeciles...

Loads of people, kids and adults, walk aroud with a hairstyle like that, what the hell is supposedly unacceptable about it ?

Glad the teachers got to their senses later on, but it's bloody 2015, why send someone to a school with something of a ''haircut code'' in the first place. Why are those places not bankrupt/died out yet ? You can't tell people what to wear or how to cut their hair in a free country.
The haircut is stupid and if he was allowed to go around wearing it then it would be a thin edge of the wedge of dissent.
What ?
if you plan your kid to be a hopeless and jobless then fine,
What ? Are you serious ?
but every work place has rules (including dress code)
No they don't, I've had ( and still) various jobs, some had rules indeed, but they were not because of some mentally impaired imbeciles are stuck in the past.

One job didn't allow open shoes ( slippers, sandals, etc...) for safety reasons, because they don't want to pay a fine in case of an audit or accident. ( production environment where stuff can fall on your feet).
Other job didn't allow me to look like a chav ( so no track suits, understandable, since I visited customers), but shorts/jeans/whatever haircut the hell I like was fine).
Other job doesn't care at all, for all they care I don't need to shave, can come in tracksuits, whatever the hell I want, I'm in an office near the back where no customers come and my job is to work on software. What narrow minded idiot would force a dress-code on a software developer that doesn't deal/isn't visible with/to customers ?


and if he's not used to following it from his school days then he's going to have problems
What on earth makes people this narrow minded ? None of my schools have had dress-codes/whatever, kids walked around with coloured hair/trendy haircuts even in primary school when I was 10, what on earth does them expressing their look have anything to do with later on ? One of my friends ( who I know sicne I was 8) who always looked ''trendy'' ( colored hair at 12, or sometimes shaven completely, basically different look every few months) is now finishing medicine and almost a doctor...

Stop sticking in the bloody dark ages and let people dress and wear whatever haircut they want. No need for all this bloody conformism in life to be successful. Of course there are exceptions ( of course I wouldn't show up looking like a chav or homeless guy to a job interview), but your examples are plainly wrong. You don't need to be a conforming prude ***wipe to get a decent job or be successful in life. Being able to dress and look however the hell someone wants doesn't equal problems, nowhere near.
 
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No they can't

Obviously not basque & stockings but come the summer they will be in short skirts, short tops while we men will still be in long trousers & shirts.
At the moment they can wear all sorts of jeans, skirts, dresses and assortment of tops including t-shirts but we're stuck in our one uniform.
 
Turned up to see a potential new client (a solicitors firm) 2 days ago wearing a hoodie, some lionsdale running bottoms and skate shoes.

Walked out with a £120/hr contract.

Did the same for a private clinic 3 weeks ago.

Did the same for a clinic on Harley Street 5 weeks ago.

When asked why I turn up looking like I do, I simply tell them that I believe if people have to focus so hard on "looking" professional its hiding something in the product or service they are providing, where as the reason I come to highly recommended by all my clients is the service I deliver is second-to-none so I don't need to perpetuate a false image to get the work.

If I ever employ people, I will tell them to turn up in whatever they like as long as its not completely obscene. Id rather have comfortable happy employees, than ones who worry if they might be breaking dress code by wearing shorts in the middle of summer.

Can't stop laughing.... All I can say is, if what you are saying is true you'd have a hell of a lot more work if you dressed appropriately. Seriously, no offence, but do you look in the mirror with a hoodie on and think that clothing is acceptable in a solicitors firm? (I wear hoodies by the way, just appropriately.)
 
I can clearly remember having appearance rules back in 1969 when I started High School, nothing has changed.

Alright, old man, but so did I in the early 80's they just happened to be more sensible and you didn't get 'isolated' when breaking them. The teacher had a word with your parents and they've gave you a clip round the ear.

I had worse (looking) haircuts than the OPs son during secondary school and never got put in isolation or anything said to me or my parents.
 
Alright, old man, but so did I in the early 80's they just happened to be more sensible and you didn't get 'isolated' when breaking them. The teacher had a word with your parents and they've gave you a clip round the ear.

I had worse (looking) haircuts than the OPs son during secondary school and never got put in isolation or anything said to me or my parents.

Doesn't mean you shouldn't have had something said to you! Especially for worse haircuts.

For the record I have the hair of Samwise Gamgee so go where you will with that!
 
What an utterly stupid rule, if they want to complain to anybody it should to be to the parents - not punish the child & impact on his education.

Besides, it's hardly an extreme haircut - I don't see any racist symbols or gangland tags edged into it.
 
Alright, old man, but so did I in the early 80's they just happened to be more sensible and you didn't get 'isolated' when breaking them. The teacher had a word with your parents and they've gave you a clip round the ear.

I had worse (looking) haircuts than the OPs son during secondary school and never got put in isolation or anything said to me or my parents.

Times have changed and I know for a fact that certain rules exist in certain schools because of experiences that school has had.
Between 2008 to 2010 I worked in Education looking after over 100 year 10 & 11 female students and I had to lay the law down about dress code.
All these rules were justified and the worst example was being called to an Elderly Ward where one 15 year old girl had turned up for Work Experience in 5" stilettos, short skirt & top, about 1" long red fingernails, big blond hair and so on.
Of course you and others in this thread would think that would be OK for working on a Ward.
 
Alright, old man, but so did I in the early 80's they just happened to be more sensible and you didn't get 'isolated' when breaking them. The teacher had a word with your parents and they've gave you a clip round the ear.

I had worse (looking) haircuts than the OPs son during secondary school and never got put in isolation or anything said to me or my parents.

One of the things that has changed a fair amount since we went to school is the emphasis on discipline. You deal with the minor breaks in rules fairly harshly and it lets students know where the limits are and what the issues are with breaking them. A consistently applied discipline process does improve behaviour and reduces classroom disruption.

While it may also be pandering to stereotypes, sadly haircuts like those in the OP can be indicative of behaviour. Which isn't surprising when you think about it as it is a deliberate breaking of the rules with parental consent/approval, effectively telling the child "No, you don't have to follow rules you don't agree with."
 
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