Should a student be able to wear a shirt that says....

[honeybunny]

It is blatantly obvious to me that most of y'all havent been in High School for many many many years. If you think a shirt with a rainbow fish is the worst thing going on in schools then please, invite me into your little fantasy world. I can tell you many things that I have seen and done in HS and its all alot worse than a damn shirt. I've seen guns in school, I've seen knives in school along with just about every drug imagineable. I'm glad we live in a world so perfect that a stupid shirt causes controversy. Did anybody hear about the soldier KIA that was honored in Griffin recently? Nope, not a big enough story.

Again...apples and oranges.

The other stuff going on in schools doesn't make these kinds of distractions alright or any less significant.

I could make the observation that many of you who think this was OK either don't have children or don't have children that age yet. We all have different perspectives, but what it boils down to is the standards we set in schools and the environments we allow. And whether it's distracting/predicative clothing or guns, it isn't the kind of educational environment we owe our children.

I owe my child an educational enviornment where her unique individuality and
creative expression are encouraged, not repressed in the name of conformity.

 

[Guard Dad]

My strong libertarian streak says let him wear it. Esp. since he's a high schooler. I think a lot more hullabaloo results in people banning things like this than if they'd just allow it to continue.

:thumbsup




I think one thing that some might be missing is that he wants to wear it on a specific day for a specific event. This is not going to create more of a disturbance then the "event" already does. (Now I will say Lisa did say at his high school no one participates. Here, many, many do, including parents. I equate this event to the same as pajama day, 80's day, college day, etc. they are all out of the norm with different clothes and do create a different environment for that day.) In the situation of an event, which this is, why shouldn't clothes that fit it be worn? Just throwing that out there. (Obviously the courts agree. )

Again...apples and oranges.

The other stuff going on in schools doesn't make these kinds of distractions alright or any less significant.

I could make the observation that many of you who think this was OK either don't have children or don't have children that age yet. We all have different perspectives, but what it boils down to is the standards we set in schools and the environments we allow. And whether it's distracting/predicative clothing or guns, it isn't the kind of educational environment we owe our children.

I do have a high school child. )

I quoted myself above because I would like to know what you think about one day, one event. I agree we all have different perspectives, but one day events have been going on forever and even this particular event happens here. So with that said, not a daily wearing, an event wearing, what do you think?

I think the rules can be relaxed for event wearings. But there needs to be limits.

 

[Guard Dad]

It is blatantly obvious to me that most of y'all havent been in High School for many many many years. If you think a shirt with a rainbow fish is the worst thing going on in schools then please, invite me into your little fantasy world. I can tell you many things that I have seen and done in HS and its all alot worse than a damn shirt. I've seen guns in school, I've seen knives in school along with just about every drug imagineable. I'm glad we live in a world so perfect that a stupid shirt causes controversy. Did anybody hear about the soldier KIA that was honored in Griffin recently? Nope, not a big enough story.

Again...apples and oranges.

The other stuff going on in schools doesn't make these kinds of distractions alright or any less significant.

I could make the observation that many of you who think this was OK either don't have children or don't have children that age yet. We all have different perspectives, but what it boils down to is the standards we set in schools and the environments we allow. And whether it's distracting/predicative clothing or guns, it isn't the kind of educational environment we owe our children.

I owe my child an educational enviornment where her unique individuality and
creative expression are encouraged, not repressed in the name of conformity.

I see no repression of expression in my ideas. Children will get plenty of that unless they live in a convent. Safety and an environment conducive to learning is more important.

 

[mei lan]

It is blatantly obvious to me that most of y'all havent been in High School for many many many years. If you think a shirt with a rainbow fish is the worst thing going on in schools then please, invite me into your little fantasy world. I can tell you many things that I have seen and done in HS and its all alot worse than a damn shirt. I've seen guns in school, I've seen knives in school along with just about every drug imagineable. I'm glad we live in a world so perfect that a stupid shirt causes controversy. Did anybody hear about the soldier KIA that was honored in Griffin recently? Nope, not a big enough story.

You're my hero.

You cannot have him...he's mine. MINE, I tell you!

 

[ShoeDiva]

My strong libertarian streak says let him wear it. Esp. since he's a high schooler. I think a lot more hullabaloo results in people banning things like this than if they'd just allow it to continue.

:thumbsup




I think one thing that some might be missing is that he wants to wear it on a specific day for a specific event. This is not going to create more of a disturbance then the "event" already does. (Now I will say Lisa did say at his high school no one participates. Here, many, many do, including parents. I equate this event to the same as pajama day, 80's day, college day, etc. they are all out of the norm with different clothes and do create a different environment for that day.) In the situation of an event, which this is, why shouldn't clothes that fit it be worn? Just throwing that out there. (Obviously the courts agree. )

Again...apples and oranges.

The other stuff going on in schools doesn't make these kinds of distractions alright or any less significant.

I could make the observation that many of you who think this was OK either don't have children or don't have children that age yet. We all have different perspectives, but what it boils down to is the standards we set in schools and the environments we allow. And whether it's distracting/predicative clothing or guns, it isn't the kind of educational environment we owe our children.

I do have a high school child. )

I quoted myself above because I would like to know what you think about one day, one event. I agree we all have different perspectives, but one day events have been going on forever and even this particular event happens here. So with that said, not a daily wearing, an event wearing, what do you think?

I think the rules can be relaxed for event wearings. But there needs to be limits.

:thumbsup

 

[ShoeDiva]

It is blatantly obvious to me that most of y'all havent been in High School for many many many years. If you think a shirt with a rainbow fish is the worst thing going on in schools then please, invite me into your little fantasy world. I can tell you many things that I have seen and done in HS and its all alot worse than a damn shirt. I've seen guns in school, I've seen knives in school along with just about every drug imagineable. I'm glad we live in a world so perfect that a stupid shirt causes controversy. Did anybody hear about the soldier KIA that was honored in Griffin recently? Nope, not a big enough story.

You're my hero.

You cannot have him...he's mine. MINE, I tell you!

I hugged him last night....twice. :Ninja stirthepot2

 

[mei lan]

It is blatantly obvious to me that most of y'all havent been in High School for many many many years. If you think a shirt with a rainbow fish is the worst thing going on in schools then please, invite me into your little fantasy world. I can tell you many things that I have seen and done in HS and its all alot worse than a damn shirt. I've seen guns in school, I've seen knives in school along with just about every drug imagineable. I'm glad we live in a world so perfect that a stupid shirt causes controversy. Did anybody hear about the soldier KIA that was honored in Griffin recently? Nope, not a big enough story.

You're my hero.

You cannot have him...he's mine. MINE, I tell you!

I hugged him last night....twice. :Ninja stirthepot2

Don't make me cut a *itch.

 

[ShoeDiva]

It is blatantly obvious to me that most of y'all havent been in High School for many many many years. If you think a shirt with a rainbow fish is the worst thing going on in schools then please, invite me into your little fantasy world. I can tell you many things that I have seen and done in HS and its all alot worse than a damn shirt. I've seen guns in school, I've seen knives in school along with just about every drug imagineable. I'm glad we live in a world so perfect that a stupid shirt causes controversy. Did anybody hear about the soldier KIA that was honored in Griffin recently? Nope, not a big enough story.

You're my hero.

You cannot have him...he's mine. MINE, I tell you!

I hugged him last night....twice. :Ninja stirthepot2

Don't make me cut a *itch.

Holy heck I just about fell over laughing! You are too funny! :laugh :laugh
:hug

 

[mei lan]

It is blatantly obvious to me that most of y'all havent been in High School for many many many years. If you think a shirt with a rainbow fish is the worst thing going on in schools then please, invite me into your little fantasy world. I can tell you many things that I have seen and done in HS and its all alot worse than a damn shirt. I've seen guns in school, I've seen knives in school along with just about every drug imagineable. I'm glad we live in a world so perfect that a stupid shirt causes controversy. Did anybody hear about the soldier KIA that was honored in Griffin recently? Nope, not a big enough story.

You're my hero.

You cannot have him...he's mine. MINE, I tell you!

I hugged him last night....twice. :Ninja stirthepot2

Don't make me cut a *itch.

Holy heck I just about fell over laughing! You are too funny! :laugh :laugh
:hug

I know it's vulgar, but I couldn't help myself. If I can make a body laugh, I'm happy.

 

[BeatBoxinGranny47]

It is blatantly obvious to me that most of y'all havent been in High School for many many many years. If you think a shirt with a rainbow fish is the worst thing going on in schools then please, invite me into your little fantasy world. I can tell you many things that I have seen and done in HS and its all alot worse than a damn shirt. I've seen guns in school, I've seen knives in school along with just about every drug imagineable. I'm glad we live in a world so perfect that a stupid shirt causes controversy. Did anybody hear about the soldier KIA that was honored in Griffin recently? Nope, not a big enough story.

You're my hero.

You cannot have him...he's mine. MINE, I tell you!

I hugged him last night....twice. :Ninja stirthepot2

And it felt so right.

 

[BeatBoxinGranny47]

I'm wearing my vagitarian shirt to school tomorrow.

 

[Waski_the_Squirrel]

So what I'm seeing, is that while he gets in trouble, the minorities don't. I know what school my eventual future child won't be attending. Actually, I'm hoping that by that time in my life, I can afford to send Me, Jr to a private or Christian school, where I can be sure he gets a decent education.

Don't expect Christian schools to be some kind of refuge. I went to a Christian College and I'm intimately familiar with the awful behavior of the players and parents from a Christian high school that plays my school quite often in sports.

Like public schools, there are good and bad ones, and there are good and bad people within them.