Old, I have held back on commenting because I have read many of your posts and respect both your knowledge and your beliefs - many of which match my own. The real question here is not so much what student "rights" are, but more on what is the purpose of spending all of the money and time sending kids to school.
They are there to learn so that they can contribute to society and earn their own way. Dress codes and grooming codes are implemented to help establish a non-disruptive atomosphere in which to teach. Granted that some rules are childish in their own right, but some of our laws are somewhat the same. There are many in our society that believe those of us who have enough fuel to store back until we need it should share with those who don"t - so they just help themselves at night. When we complain about these so-called "thefts", they just shrug it off as rulemakers trying to make their life tough.
We often wonder why teachers really don"t give a damm anymore. It may be that part of that attitude is enhanced when parents make a big fuss over something as insignificant as rules on hair or rules on dress. I have seen the same problems in my community - the only involvement that the majority of the parents contribute is to support the football team and loudly complain over areas that are not nearly as important as the education process - or lack therof.
There are battles that need to be fought in order to preserve both our educational system and our country - the hair color issue is not one of them.
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