Diane Hyam, 51, received a letter from King Edmund School, in Rochford, warning her that her son could be put into isolation because his blond highlights and gelled-back hairstyle breaks uniform rules.So she immediately apologised and rectified the situation, yes?
She claims her son, Jayden Wilson, has had a short back and sides for years, and had blond highlights added five months ago. Mrs Hyam, of Marshalls, Rochford, said other pupils at the school have similar hairstyles.*sighs*
Sometimes, it seems as though the parents behave no better than, and furnish the same pitiful justifications as, the children…
She said: “It is their policy, it is in the paperwork, to have natural colours in the hair. The school said he will be put in isolation if he does not get rid of the highlights.
“I have two school photos on the wall, one from two years ago and one from a year ago, both the sides of his hair shorter than it is now.
“I don’t think there’s anything wrong with his hair. It’s a fashionable style which all the kids now have, with the gel in it makes the highlights darker and you can barely notice the blond.It doesn’t matter whether you think there’s anything wrong with his hair. The school does. They make the rules that you admit you’ve read!
“It is neat and tidy and there has never been a problem in the past.Well, there’s one now.
“My son feels like he can never do anything right. From one teacher it’s a problem with the length and from another it’s the colour. “Maybe dubbing him ‘Jayden’ simply helped the teachers to recognise a future problem chav when they saw one.
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I'm torn. One the one hand I agree with you and the fact that it is their gaff their rules etc. On the other hand I sort of have a problem with the kind of petty minded control freaks who think that this kind of stuff is so vitally important. Have they really got nothing more important to worry about?
Stonyground
You and I will always disagree on this one. A uniform policy is fine, but it should be proportionate, reasonable, consistent across the sexes and, importantly, agreed.
The question here is; what effect will his hairstyle have on his education? None whatsoever. it is irrelevant. Any sensible approach would be to ignore it and carry on. There are more important things to worry about.
As a lesson in knuckling under in later life - frankly, we need more rebels and fewer forelock tuggers.
When I was at school long hair was fashionable (courtesy of the Beatles and the Stones amongst others), teachers found it difficult to teach boys with long hair. Short hair became fashionable, teachers had difficulty teaching boys with short hair. Highlights have become fashionable, teachers are unable to teach boys with highlights in their hair.
Maybe it's time we started training teachers how to teach the child, not the child's hair.
As you say the clus is right there in the name.
Hayden, Jayden, Kayden, Shayden, Kenzie and Lexi - the college of "Jeremy Kyle show" names as I refer to them, as over 60% of all brats who are mentioned in JK have one of those names. It's like a neon sign for chavs.
Frank. Fair point.
Shit first name, different surname to his mother, chav haircut.
The boy is doomed.
"On the other hand I sort of have a problem with the kind of petty minded control freaks who think that this kind of stuff is so vitally important."
If he ever hopes to get a job one day, it is. It's about following rules, whether you agree with them or not. If he can't learn this, he's not going to do well.
"You and I will always disagree on this one. "
Can't agree on everything. That'd be creepy.. ;)
"Maybe it's time we started training teachers how to teach the child, not the child's hair."
If it wasn't hair, it'd be something else. This is about learning to accept and following rules, even when you think they are daft.
"The boy is doomed."
Worse, he's now the majority in some schools!
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