Why Do Some People Think The Rules Don't Apply To Them?

[ToraToraTora]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-45521094
Cost the School £8k apparently, money they can ill afford, to indulge someone who thinks they are in some way "special"!

[woofgang]

that's just the point, she thinks that she isn't "special" or unusual and shouldn't be treated as though she is.

[emmie]

ridiculous that money was involved. The girl and father were interviewed on BBC news this morning,
and i wondered that she had her hair tied back, but not at school, strange.

[fiction-factory]

I'm sure she could have cut her hair so that it did comply. Whether the rule was reasonable, I'm not sure- although I can use the argument that it prevented other students seeing the board, unless they sat her at the back of course

[Bobbisox1]

We are living in a claims era, totally ridiculous, she should have had her hair tied back for safety and hygiene

[ladybirder]

I'd hate to be stuck sitting behind her at the pictures!

[Khandro]

The parent should be fined for wasting school teaching time & money, not the school

[Gladeian]

Perhaps now we will have legal cases brought by parents or students who, to their detriment, were unable to view the learning area (dare I say blackboard) because of this girls outrageous hair style. Where will this lunacy end ?

[Ken4155]

They could have sat her at the back of the class if her hair was so big it was obstructing the view of the whiteboard. Or they could have asked her to tie it back in such a way as to prevent the obstruction. Would've saved £8K:-/

[emmie]

more cases like this presumably

[woofgang]

but its not an outrageous hairstyle, its what her hair grows like.

[Old_Geezer]

Whilst I approve of personal freedom to have the hairstyle you choose, it's a slippery slope to suggest that schools can't put any limits to avoid distraction or ensure smartness or whatever. One doesn't need to have a large ball hair style. Seems to be just deliberate provocation.

Can the kids sitting behind her see the board and the teacher ? A little bit of common sense would go a long way.

Lord only knows what's wrong with the law in order to find in favour of those choosing to disrupt rather than those trying to apply reasonable rules. Law should be able to correctly spot the valid priorities between different rights and responsibilities.

[Ken4155]

Gladeian; "Dare I say blackboard." You obviously dare, but according to the link, it was a whiteboard. Just saying :-)

[Old_Geezer]

They could have done a lot of things to allow someone to break the rules, but that's not sensible.

Hair grows but doesn't need to be allowed to spread, that's a deliberate hairstyle choice.

[Ken4155]

Did any of you actually watch the video in the link. The young lass comes across as quite a sensible person and not at all 'special'. Quite the opposite. She explains that, for the most part, she wore her hair tied up when attending school. But she didn't like to do this every day as it pulled at her hairline. She also states that other pupils at the school were allowed to grow their hair as long as they wanted but, because hers grows outward, she was singled out. She is now moving on with her life and I wish her the very best of luck.

[Ken4155]

^
"That's a deliberate hairstyle choice." As she explains in the video, no it isn't.

[TheDevil]

Give it a rest. If the school wanted to spend 8K then that is up to them. A woman's hair doesn't force hand in pocket goodness grief.

Because a lady didn't get her hair cut we need a news article, 8 thousand pounds and ToraToraTora to get hysterical.

[fiction-factory]

>She also states that other pupils at the school were allowed to grow their hair as long as they wanted

I doubt that's true. Very short shaved hair cuts are usually forbidden, and if hair was below the waist I doubt that would be accepted- certainly if people could trip over it.

She should have cut it shorter if she couldn't tie it back- or found a different school.

[Ken4155]

When was the last time you tripped over someone's hair, ff?

[TheDevil]

It all seems a bit dramatic and hysterical in my opinion. If her hair is in the way of the smart board then she should tie it back. If it's not then what's the problem? Should we really be encouraging kids to modify their appearance to please others? I don't think so.

It's not her fault her hair grows differently.

[fiction-factory]

I haven't- because schools wouldn't allow it and the vast majority of people don't do it outside schools because it looks ridiculous. Very long hair would have to be tied back/up for all sorts of reasons to do do with safety and hygiene. But she is wrong to say everyone can grow it as long as they want.