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acroyearbased on this article about a muslim family suing a school system for not letting their daughter cover her head as required by their faith...
my thoughts is that its yet another example of the wrongness of the blanket absolutes, zero-tolerance and such insincere attempts to have all children treated equally.
if boys can't wear baseball caps at school, why should a muslim girl be allowed wear a head-scarf, or a jewish boy wear the cap (whatever its called)?
if they can't enforce a regulation uniformly (yes, i *meant* that word), the regulation has no bite when kids start complaining to parents and discriminiation lawsuits get filed.
in other words, when it comes to the "hats" issue, schools are in a no-win situation. allow some and they must allow all for face a lawsuit; deny all and they face a lawsuit.
better stupid clothing regulations be hanged. baseball caps and slogans on t-shirts are not a distraction: the *enforcement* of the regulation is the distraction. if they didn't concern themselves with that crap, the kids wouldn't be so intent on pushing teachers/administrators buttons and might actually instead pay attention in class.
my thoughts is that its yet another example of the wrongness of the blanket absolutes, zero-tolerance and such insincere attempts to have all children treated equally.
if boys can't wear baseball caps at school, why should a muslim girl be allowed wear a head-scarf, or a jewish boy wear the cap (whatever its called)?
if they can't enforce a regulation uniformly (yes, i *meant* that word), the regulation has no bite when kids start complaining to parents and discriminiation lawsuits get filed.
in other words, when it comes to the "hats" issue, schools are in a no-win situation. allow some and they must allow all for face a lawsuit; deny all and they face a lawsuit.
better stupid clothing regulations be hanged. baseball caps and slogans on t-shirts are not a distraction: the *enforcement* of the regulation is the distraction. if they didn't concern themselves with that crap, the kids wouldn't be so intent on pushing teachers/administrators buttons and might actually instead pay attention in class.
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Date: 2004-04-22 08:53 am (UTC)This shirt (black shirt) was allegedly viewed as threatening/intimidating by another student. The young man was given the choice of wearing his shirt inside out for the rest of the day or going home. I think he went home.
As for the religious symbols, there have been cases where people try to discourage the Star of David but don't say a blamed thing about a crucifix or a cross. Of course other symbols either don't get noticed or get truly vilified..