"Although you may consider purple, blue, and pink beautiful colors, effective Monday, they are not acceptable hair colors." - Announcement at our local high school this morning.
"Purple? Are you on crack, Vice Principal McTarnahan? This is lavender..."
I note 'green' is not on the list. Probably because the swim team generally has a problem with chlorine and copper pipes turning hair green...
And I wonder what you do if you have purple hair on Friday, go for the Picard/Ilia look?
I remember when I was in high school and on the "staff" of the school newspaper, that some school officials were contemplating a t-shirt ban or something. I gained an interview, and led with the probing question:
"Don't you have anything better to do with your time?"
I'm long since retired from the fourth estate, but maybe a local teenager with appropriate attitude can fill the role I leave vacant....
Behind every ridiculous school rule, there is a parent trying to shift some responsibility for rasing our children on to the administration.
And Jeff, I couldn't agree more. However, if the school's average SAT scores are great, no one is bringing guns to school, teen pregnancy has been eliminated, and the school's fiscal matters are in order, then I suppose hair color bans might be an okay way to kill some of the principal's vast amount of free time. But until then, you've got to wonder why the topic is in the batting order at all.
Whew, I'm glad to see my favorite color, plaid, wasn't banned since it pretty much goes with everything.
My favorite color (courtesy of Harry on Third Rock From the Sun) is ...clear.
Bald rules!
Tolerant Texans rule