Gareth Shand, 6, Suspended From School for Growing Hair Long to Help Cancer Victims
source: http://www.truecrimereport.com/2011/08/gareth_shand_6_suspended_from.php
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In today's episode of The Sphincter People, we take you to the Blanco Independent School District in San Antonio, where uniformity takes precedent over helping cancer victims. 6-year-old Gareth Shand and his mother Kandi had the misfortune of recently moving there...
It seems the young lad not only has a diamond stud in his ear, but he's also growing his curly locks so he can eventually donate his hair to Locks of Love, a charity that makes wigs for cancer victims.
This was never a problem back in South Carolina, one of the nation's most conservative states. But administrators at the Blanco district take their dress code very seriously. It bans kids from wearing earrings. It also says boys' hair must be neat, clean and well-groomed.
There are no exceptions for 6-year-old boys who wish to help cancer victims. Exceptions would require administrators to think and make judgment calls. And everyone knows that thinking and exercising judgment has no place in an educational setting.
So during the first week of school, Gareth was suspended. He now has to sit outside the principal's office until he conforms with the dress code. After all, there's nothing more important to a child's development than teaching him to be exactly like everyone else.
But Gareth's mother isn't about to acquiesce. She believes the rules discriminate against boys, and she wants to protect her son's sense of individuality. So she plans to take her case to the school board.
The district, meanwhile, refuses to comment on the matter. Administrators reportedly couldn't come to the phone, since they were all in the middle of an Assholes Anonymous meeting.
http://www.truecrimereport.com/2011/08/gareth_shand_6_suspended_from.php
It seems the young lad not only has a diamond stud in his ear, but he's also growing his curly locks so he can eventually donate his hair to Locks of Love, a charity that makes wigs for cancer victims.
This was never a problem back in South Carolina, one of the nation's most conservative states. But administrators at the Blanco district take their dress code very seriously. It bans kids from wearing earrings. It also says boys' hair must be neat, clean and well-groomed.
There are no exceptions for 6-year-old boys who wish to help cancer victims. Exceptions would require administrators to think and make judgment calls. And everyone knows that thinking and exercising judgment has no place in an educational setting.
So during the first week of school, Gareth was suspended. He now has to sit outside the principal's office until he conforms with the dress code. After all, there's nothing more important to a child's development than teaching him to be exactly like everyone else.
But Gareth's mother isn't about to acquiesce. She believes the rules discriminate against boys, and she wants to protect her son's sense of individuality. So she plans to take her case to the school board.
The district, meanwhile, refuses to comment on the matter. Administrators reportedly couldn't come to the phone, since they were all in the middle of an Assholes Anonymous meeting.
http://www.truecrimereport.com/2011/08/gareth_shand_6_suspended_from.php
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