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Bearded Pupils Banned From Class
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http:// www.bbc .co.uk/ news/uk -englan d-lanca shire-2 4382723
//Head teacher Xavier Bowers said the decision was not a religious issue.//
really? and who exactly is he trying to kid with that statement?
//Head teacher Xavier Bowers said the decision was not a religious issue.//
really? and who exactly is he trying to kid with that statement?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Simple rules can be sweeping. A manual of allowable facial hair patterns is not necessarily preferable to a simple "No beards" rule.
Likewise with the wristband. Schools don't want to have to spend the time and effort figuring out, and arguing the toss about, which "bracelets" are OK which aren't. If the rule is "No bracelets", it's nice and simple.
Likewise with the wristband. Schools don't want to have to spend the time and effort figuring out, and arguing the toss about, which "bracelets" are OK which aren't. If the rule is "No bracelets", it's nice and simple.
my thinking would be: everything should be allowable unless it actually causes problems. Are pupils catching their wristbands (or their beards) on door handles? Then consider whether there's a genuine risk involved (or whether you could do with more sensible handles).
I'm not talking about uniform dress codes, incidentally: I've no problem with a school uniform being prescribed, to encourage esprit de corps. I'm more concerned with pupils being told what to do with their bodies.
I'm not talking about uniform dress codes, incidentally: I've no problem with a school uniform being prescribed, to encourage esprit de corps. I'm more concerned with pupils being told what to do with their bodies.
jno // my thinking would be: everything should be allowable unless it actually causes problems. //
Sounds like a good policy. If you ever get to be a charge of a school you can put that into practice. The problem you'd have though is that there'd always be a few parents who disagreed with you about what qualified as 'causing problems' and what didn't.
Sounds like a good policy. If you ever get to be a charge of a school you can put that into practice. The problem you'd have though is that there'd always be a few parents who disagreed with you about what qualified as 'causing problems' and what didn't.
We'll have to differ then. In the first post you were extremely presumptious and in the second unnecessarily rude,imo.
Saying that, I expect little else from the liberal/left nowadays. They used to be the 'nice'* people when I was younger but they seem to have become a bunch of nasty,fascist bullies.
*@jno. That's the way I meant to use my inverted commas. If I wanted to quote someone I'd use " (double inverted commas or quotation marks) Bearing in mind I can't 'get' italics(which would, possibly,be ideal) what would you suggest. This is a genuine question if not very well put.
Saying that, I expect little else from the liberal/left nowadays. They used to be the 'nice'* people when I was younger but they seem to have become a bunch of nasty,fascist bullies.
*@jno. That's the way I meant to use my inverted commas. If I wanted to quote someone I'd use " (double inverted commas or quotation marks) Bearing in mind I can't 'get' italics(which would, possibly,be ideal) what would you suggest. This is a genuine question if not very well put.
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