The 4 year old in Texas that has to get his hair cut.... cute boy BTW

[Ichingcarpenter]

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School officials in suburban Dallas have given an in-school suspension to 4-year-old Taylor Pugh because his hair is considered too long. Pugh's parents say officials are 'more concerned with the boy's hair than his education.'

[LARED]

1. It's hard to tell what is dumber

a public school with a dress code that includes hair length, or the four year old allowed to tell his parents how long his hair should be.

[proud2BlibKansan]

5. I disagree with the hair length policy but

I'll take the 4 year old in charge of his parents as the dumber thing.

[PSzymeczek]

17. He told his parents

he wants to grow it to donate to Locks of Love. They are supporting him in this. So it's not like he's doing it just to be a brat.

[pundaint]

31. A great kid like that doesn't come from faulty parents.

[GOTV]

26. Why should a parent tell a 4 year old how long his/her hair should be. Could anything matter less?

of all think things parents have to worry about

[tnlefty]

39. Not to me, hair was always the least of my 'things to get riled

up about' with my boys. Not drinking underage, not doing drugs, being decent human beings toward the fellow men/women were WAY higher on my list. Not stealing, etc. much higher priorities for me.

They've had long hair, hair super short and spiked, back to long...I don't care about their hair. It's one of the few things that they have any control over anymore anyway, especially at school and I don't understand the distraction part of it, just sounds like bullshit to me.

[Ken Burch]

2. Sorry to pick on this one particular state, but I gotta ask...

Why is a large chunk of Texas(not all mind you, but a big chunk)so freaking obsessed with trying to keep the 1950's going for the REST OF ETERNITY?

What is it about the idea of personal freedom that they find so terrifying and threatening?

[Ishoutandscream2]

12. Mesquite ISD has a draconian dress code

Many districts (including mine) would have no problem with the hair lenghth. My son, who is in 4th grade, has longer hair than that boy.

Even teachers and administrators are subject to the severe dress code of Mesquite ISD. Male teachers aren't allowed to have any facial hair.

[sonias]

18. Watch out Alaska

You're not sorry to pick on our state, large or small chunk of it.

But you know Alaska has some pretty large chunks of land, that well, you know I'd be sorry to pick on too. :)


Sonia

[Ken Burch]

34. Well, we have some places here that would do the same thing

n/t.

[democracy1st]

3. LMAO the only one that needs to cut their hair is Laura Jobe LOL!

[crim son]

4. Hmmm. I tend to think that if you don't like the rules of

a voluntary organization, then leave the organization. I wonder if there are other schools the boy could attend, and would he be willing to switch over the hair issue.

[Pool Hall Ace]

14. He probably could, but

I can see why they want to bring attention to this issue. I clicked on this thread thinking that the boy's hair was down to his ankles and would present a safety hazard. When I was in junior high school in the mid-seventies, there were many boys whose hair was the same length as Taylor's (and some even longer). Long hair on males is certainly nothing new. And I take it that the hair length policy does not apply to girls, so there is the sexist aspect to it.

[crim son]

23. Yes, I get that and I agree that the rule is ridiculous.

But it's like gay kids who go to a Catholic school and are shocked to be expelled when their sexuality is discovered.... On the other hand, I respect people's attempts to fight the unjust system. The whole situation is ridiculous and the school's dress code is ridiculous. And sexist, you're right.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

29. It's a public school. Isn't it? The video doesn't say but it looks public.

If so, it's not voluntary.

[crim son]

33. Right and no, I don't know if it is or not.

I know here you're stuck with going to the school in your district... of course here, we have a dress code too: skirts must reach fingertip length, but there are boys who wear such skirts and nobody gives them any shit. Maine, the way life should be, but colder.

[AtLiberty]

6. HE'S FOUR YEARS OLD!!!

FOUR!

FOUR!

FOUR!

FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!

[tnlefty]

40. I have to ask, why does age really matter?

One of my sons had his hair down to the middle of his shoulder blades and when he decided to cut it, he donated it to Locks of Love. He had it cut short, but it's been long, short, long, short. All 3 of mine have had long hair at some point, one has it short - it curls and he hates it, the other 2 have long hair.

I have more to worry about than their freakin' hair.

[sasquatch]

7. Texas

[Ishoutandscream2]

10. You know what, you really, really need to cut this shit out

Your hatred, bigotry and your snide remarks about the Texas and the south is just plain old. You need to remember that there are many here on this board who reside in Texas and the south.

By the way, Houston elected a lesbian for mayor. I didn't see you expressing any pleasure in that. You just like to look at the negative.

[sasquatch]

32. I did express joy in waht happened in Houston and then I wondered when someone would -

try to take her out either politically or physically.

[tbyg52]

35. >>then I wondered when someone would - try to take her out either politically or physically.

Thanks for making the point once again for Ishoutandscream2.

You obviously don't know much about Houston. She has been in public office for about a decade and is very well liked. Don't let those few jerk friends of Locke fool you.

[MNDemNY]

8. TEXAS, where , if this dog of HCR bill is passed, soon to be the home of Health care!

TEXAS will decide the regulations for the Insurance industry.

[sonias]

19. Do you know something about the HCR we don't in Texas?

And if you mean that we'll actually get some increase in health coverage in Texas, why that would be a good thing. We are the state with the highest percentage of uninsured people, after all.

But go ahead, send us your jobs - we'll take them gladly.

Both our our shit for brains Texas Senators, aren't deciding squat on that bill. Seems to me you can thank Joe Lierberman for fucking it up.


Sonia

[MNDemNY]

22. A little known provision of the Senate Bill...

may allow Insurance companies to sell across state lines, using their "home states" regulations. So they may well "migrate" to states such as Texas, with weak consumer protections , and away from States like Minnesota with much stronger consumer protections. It will be a race to the worst coverage !!!

[sonias]

24. Thanks for the clarification - I didn't know that

That would suck. I agree our insurance protection laws in Texas would not suffice for good protection for the country.


Sonia

[_cash_thatswhatiwant]

9. Oh. its texas.

it makes sense.

[Ishoutandscream2]

11. Read the message above.

[sonias]

16. Oh I see you're a newbie to the board

What fine state do you reside in? A perfect state I'm sure. No crazies in your state right? :eyes:

Enjoy your brief stay on the board.


Sonia

[davidhilton]

30. hello sonia,

we dont hate texas sonia, all states in the US have their own issues with reactionary policies.
as an outsider (a californian), it seems texas has more then others. so its easy to judge
your state as a leader in reactionary incidents especially with Perry and Cornyn leading the way - and of course W.
i myself apologize for any negative cracks toward Texas, peace < d

[tbyg52]

36. Sigh..... nt

[madmom]

13. The only problem I saw with his hair is it needs to be out of his face/eyes more. And yes I

would say the same for girls.

[hmorehead]

15. Hair is a distraction? How about a scarf for girls hair?

If the kids hair is a distraction the teachers aren't teaching well enough.

[Capt. America]

20. The girls wear longer hair than he does, is it a "distraction" for them as well?

[change_notfinetuning]

21. Hair length is an issue? Did I go back in time? It's a joke, right?

[Leftist Agitator]

25. How is this not against the law?

What fucking decade did I wake up in?

[davidhilton]

27. hair length still an issue in 2009? amazing n/t

[SemperEadem]

28. since when does a 4 yr old dictate anything to adults?

this is frivolous. the parents can home school him if they want him to grow his hair down the block. Really. It's not that serious.

[Divine Discontent]

37. so, the girls have short hair too, like the boys? If not they're batshit crazy.... & need told so

[Loudmxr]

38. Watch this....

The boy shaves his head. donates all the hair to the charity and BOOM. He is too distracting again.
OR
A girl gets a crew cut. Will they mandate a length of hair for girls? Once you cross into the distracting hair cut idea gee wilikers all sorts of things can happen.

And yes that school official woman has an Amarillo's nest of a hairdo.:smoke:

[Exultant Democracy]

41. ohhhh Texas!