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22 Aug 2017, 4:12 pm

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/4-year-old-home-school-long-hair-article-1.3432685


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22 Aug 2017, 6:51 pm

how can they be so backwards there? :scratch: ain't NOTHIN' wrong with long hair! :afro:



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22 Aug 2017, 7:19 pm

t. leonard skinner.


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22 Aug 2017, 7:28 pm

Kiprobalhato wrote:
t. leonard skinner.

google didn't tell me who "t. leonard skinner" is. :idea: :?:



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22 Aug 2017, 7:29 pm

but does it tell you who "leonard skinner" is?


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22 Aug 2017, 7:31 pm

Kiprobalhato wrote:
but does it tell you who "leonard skinner" is?

it only pulled up "Lynyrd Skynyrd" [rock band] instead.



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22 Aug 2017, 7:36 pm

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For many years, Skinner was a gym teacher at his alma mater, Robert E. Lee High School. Before coaching at Robert E. Lee, he taught at Glynn Academy in Glynn County, Georgia. He was also a basketball coach at Stillwell Jr. High in Jacksonville. Several members of the band Lynyrd Skynyrd, including Ronnie Van Zant, Gary Rossington, and Bob Burns, were students at Robert E. Lee in the 1960s. Skinner's strict enforcement of a policy against long hair inspired the members to name their band after him. The group reportedly changed their name after Skinner sent Rossington and others to the principal's office for wearing their hair too long. Over time, Burns, Rossington, and other band members developed a series of running in-jokes about Skinner and ultimately decided to pay "tongue-in-cheek homage" to him by renaming themselves "Lynyrd Skynyrd."


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22 Aug 2017, 7:51 pm

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For many years, Skinner was a gym teacher at his alma mater, Robert E. Lee High School. Before coaching at Robert E. Lee, he taught at Glynn Academy in Glynn County, Georgia. He was also a basketball coach at Stillwell Jr. High in Jacksonville. Several members of the band Lynyrd Skynyrd, including Ronnie Van Zant, Gary Rossington, and Bob Burns, were students at Robert E. Lee in the 1960s. Skinner's strict enforcement of a policy against long hair inspired the members to name their band after him. The group reportedly changed their name after Skinner sent Rossington and others to the principal's office for wearing their hair too long. Over time, Burns, Rossington, and other band members developed a series of running in-jokes about Skinner and ultimately decided to pay "tongue-in-cheek homage" to him by renaming themselves "Lynyrd Skynyrd."

ah so :) thank you for that entertaining bit of knowledge :study:



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22 Aug 2017, 8:00 pm

This looks like it's actually the story of a transsexual 4 year old. The question is, did the tiny child decide on this or does the mom prefer a female offspring?



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22 Aug 2017, 8:04 pm

the point is that the school is in the wrong for shoving square pegs into round holes.



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Kiprobalhato wrote:
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For many years, Skinner was a gym teacher at his alma mater, Robert E. Lee High School. Before coaching at Robert E. Lee, he taught at Glynn Academy in Glynn County, Georgia. He was also a basketball coach at Stillwell Jr. High in Jacksonville. Several members of the band Lynyrd Skynyrd, including Ronnie Van Zant, Gary Rossington, and Bob Burns, were students at Robert E. Lee in the 1960s. Skinner's strict enforcement of a policy against long hair inspired the members to name their band after him. The group reportedly changed their name after Skinner sent Rossington and others to the principal's office for wearing their hair too long. Over time, Burns, Rossington, and other band members developed a series of running in-jokes about Skinner and ultimately decided to pay "tongue-in-cheek homage" to him by renaming themselves "Lynyrd Skynyrd."


Ha! I had no idea... that's awesome.

As for the article... people are dumb. I know a few mom's with boys who grow their hair long and then donate it. And even if they don't donate it, who cares how long someone's hair is? Like the mom in the article said... hair length doesn't affect learning... :hmph:



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22 Aug 2017, 8:12 pm

I believe that community and school just wanted to turn out obedient little binary [male OR female, no trans-anything] drones with no individuality.



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22 Aug 2017, 8:20 pm

I'm guessing the policy was in effect beforehand.



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22 Aug 2017, 8:21 pm

I sure hope there is another less backwards school she can send her son to attend.



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22 Aug 2017, 8:25 pm

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I sure hope there is another less backwards school she can send her son to attend.


So how far should policies of this kind be relaxed do you think? What if a 4 year old decides they're a Furry and want to attend school wearing an animal costume?



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22 Aug 2017, 8:27 pm

EzraS wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
I sure hope there is another less backwards school she can send her son to attend.


So how far should policies of this kind be relaxed do you think?

to the extent that at least one appropriate school in a district exists. short of that, the school district should not be allowed to be so exclusionary. the stress should be on education and not on externals.