Teachers are supposed to be a role model, and when Sarah saw the teacher with the nose ring, she wanted to be just like her, Kimberly said.

Yes they are, and so are mothers, who should have said "no" when their little snowflake asked for a nose ring.

There's a lot of whaargarbl in the comments section. I'd be more amused if I thought some of the people were just trolling, but it doesn't look like they are. There are no winners in this situation.

Whether rules are just or not, one thing is for sure, and the district's student handbook probably puts it best. Rules, rules, rules. Some people like them, some do not; however, wherever we go, there are rules.

That's some nice journalism work there, Tang.

gambitsgirl: Where in the world is 8th grade in Elementary School?

Some smaller towns are K-8 and high school is 9-12. It all depends on how many students:teachers you have and how big of a population you have. Some school districts in more rural parts don't have enough buildings to have a separate middle school, so they lump them with k-6.

Wait til they get a load of her clit.

Adults have more options than children?

TheOther: Adults have more options than children?

Yes! Yes we do!

Bathia_Mapes: gambitsgirl: Where in the world is 8th grade in Elementary School?

This.


That being said, I don't think an 8th grader should have a nose piercing, but I also don't think a kindergarten teacher should have a pierced nose either.

You sound intolerant. Why would you care what another person does with his/her nose?

Why would anyone care about this sort of thing? It is amazing to me that any school system would care about what teenagers wear for shock value, and I don't see any possible positive consequence for making rules about these sort of things. Piercings and tattoos are so common now that it is strange that anyone even looks twice anymore -- heck even that "bombshell" chick causing marital woes for Sandra Bullock was sort of a "meh" to me.

bugmn99: Wait til they get a load of her clit.

When she pees it sounds like someone jingling a key chain

styckx: Yes they are, and so are mothers, who should have said "no" when their little snowflake asked for a nose ring.

Why? What's the harm? Ears, nose, what's the difference?

styckx: Yes they are, and so are mothers, who should have said "no" when their little snowflake asked for a nose ring.


Exactly. My daughter is not allowed to get one until she's 9.

We're not white trash goddammit...

I got my nose pierced in the 8th grade. My mother should have done better research, we went to a beauty shop and they pierced it with an ear gun.
/cool story
//hurt like hell
///regular ear rings arent supposed to be worn in the nose, duh.

Whatever. Professionalism is such a farking fallacy.

Jae0o0: I got my nose pierced in the 8th grade. My mother I should have done better research, we went to a beauty shop and they pierced it with an ear gun.

Nose piercings always look like boogers hanging off the side of your nose. Yes it makes you look totally cool.

/snicker

Oh noes....a 14 year old snowflake can't do everything that a grown adult can. Boo farking hoo. Get over it, kid.

pwhp_67: Exactly. My daughter is not allowed to get one until she's 9.

We're not white trash goddammit...

That's exactly what I told kindergarden after we had baby Tiffany tatooed.

This is kind of stupid. Who cares what someone else is wearing. And like others have said, is this still really that big of a deal? I mean, is the person ugly now? Is this just like the principal offering the girl a stick of gum after she woke up from a nap and hadn't brushed her teeth?

/And not to thread jack, but has anyone else noticed those ads with the really frumpy, weird looking old people becoming more prevalent?
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Ohhh Orel, up to your usual shenanigans again I see.

What if her nose got cut off in a car accident and she now has titanium studs embedded in her skull to keep the prosthetic nose on? What farking difference does it make one way or the other anyway? Whose education is being harmed by letting kids come to school with parent-approved body modifications? The only harm is that this kid now has a three-day suspension only because they decided to make a stink about it. That's just like saying pot is harmful because it is illegal, and it's illegal because it's harmful.

drunkenmidnight: gambitsgirl: Where in the world is 8th grade in Elementary School?

Some smaller towns are K-8 and high school is 9-12. It all depends on how many students:teachers you have and how big of a population you have. Some school districts in more rural parts don't have enough buildings to have a separate middle school, so they lump them with k-6.

Growing up we had a K-8/9, HS was 9-12. Private grade school, option to have the 'freshman' year there. 9th grade class was usually 10 people max instead of 50-60 in the other grades.

Is the teacher 18?

Gussie Fink-Nottle: That's exactly what I told kindergarden after we had baby Tiffany tatooed.


It's all about setting boundaries...

ne2d:

That's some nice journalism work there, Tang.


Kinda what I was thinking. He (she?) must have skipped class the day they taught punctuation in junior college, too.

feanturi: What farking difference does it make one way or the other anyway? Whose education is being harmed by letting kids come to school with parent-approved body modifications?

NO!!! Our completely arbitrary rules MUST BE FOLLOWED!!!

Rufus Lee King: but I wish to fark restaurant servers would refrain from wearing "nose ornaments" while at work


Or at least wear a low-cut top so the ring isn't noticeable...

Meh. I have a nose ring. I'm a substitute at the local school district and asked when I was hired if I would need to remove it for work. They looked at me like I was insane. "Why would you need to remove it?" the HR lady asks me. They don't care what the students have, either, as long as it isn't dangerous. This is stupid as hell and all this hullabaloo about body jewelry is far more distracting from the educational process than the jewelry itself.

FTFA:

Piercing are not a district-wide ban.

That's some nice writing work there, Lou.

... when Sarah saw the teacher with the nose ring, she wanted to be just like her, Kimberly said.

Good thing Sarah didn't see the teacher out around town legally drinking a beer... banging the football team in preparation for her FARK debut.

Bathia_Mapes: I just don't think a nose piercing on a school teacher looks particularly professional.


But you're OK with your son never looking professional a day in his life now that he's got tats and piercings?

pwhp_67: Gussie Fink-Nottle: That's exactly what I told kindergarden after we had baby Tiffany tatooed.

It's all about setting boundaries...



/ Maguire 4 eva

bugmn99 Wait til they get a load of her clit.

You almost owed DePaul University a new keyboard. It was a close one.

// Mom must have a lot of time on her hands.

I'm sorry, the girl's rights are absolutely, inarguably being infringed upon, and what the school is doing is wrong by any american legal standard. Despite that, I just can't sympathize with her.

I have a rule: nobody stabs me for non-medicinal purposes. Ever. If somebody runs up and shanks you Paul Pierce-style, it's not something you want to happen. Yet somehow it's different when some dumb kid wants to visibly implant a foreign object into their body? I guess you could just shoot yourself, the difference is pretty much academic and you can do it on your own time.

Animal Farm, George Orwell

"ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL
BUT SOME ANIMALS ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS"

vexle: I guess you could just shoot yourself, the difference is pretty much academic and you can do it on your own time.


Find a Marine who was awarded a Purple Heart and tell him my pierced ear is entirely equal to his wound...

vexle: I'm sorry, the girl's rights are absolutely, inarguably being infringed upon, and what the school is doing is wrong by any american legal standard. Despite that, I just can't sympathize with her.

I have a rule: nobody stabs me for non-medicinal purposes. Ever. If somebody runs up and shanks you Paul Pierce-style, it's not something you want to happen. Yet somehow it's different when some dumb kid wants to visibly implant a foreign object into their body? I guess you could just shoot yourself, the difference is pretty much academic and you can do it on your own time.

...You can't see the difference between someone doing something to you against your will vs consensually?

You don't happen to belong to a frat, do you?

hooray for pop-up ads

pwhp_67: vexle: I guess you could just shoot yourself, the difference is pretty much academic and you can do it on your own time.


Find a Marine who was awarded a Purple Heart and tell him my pierced ear is entirely equal to his wound...

Did the Marine shoot himself because he thought it would piss off his commanding officer and impress the kids in the popular squad? And if he had, would he have been given an award?

Ponzholio: ... when Sarah saw the teacher with the nose ring, she wanted to be just like her, Kimberly said.

Good thing Sarah didn't see the teacher out around town legally drinking a beer...

Or driving a car, owning a gun, etc. Status offenses are so awesome when coupled with over-zealous dictators, I mean school authorities. Wait till someone from India goes to that school with make up and extra piercings.

Would have made for a more interesting story if the girl was taken to metal shop and the teacher used a cutting torch and removed the nose ring.