Should he be allowed to go to school with this hairstyle?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail....lishment-mohican.html

/// I would feel ridiculous without it, it makes me an individual. All my mates like it and some want it too.' ///

Yes a ridiculous individual it would seem.

[joggerjayne]

School: "Our rule is that all pupils must have similar hairstyles."

Parent 1: "That is an arbitrary rule, which I do not accept."

School: "Okay, we have taken on board what you say. Our new rule is that pupils may have any hairstyle that they choose."

Parent 2: "That is an arbitrary rule, which I do not accept."

If all parents have a "democratic" right to challenge "arbitrary" rules that they do not accept, then there can be only 2 outcomes.

Either ...

(1) All parents agree on everything (unlikely), or

(2) The school ceases to exist.

[nungate]

Gran (hope you won't mind my shortening your name) Tell you neighbour to buy some tea tree oil and massage it along her children's hairline at the back of their neck and up towards their ears. It should keep the little nits at bay. Worked a treat for my daughter whose hair was waistlength and always tied back for school (private school, strict rules!) after trying the tea tree oil we were never bothered with nits again

[LoftyLottie]

Challenging a rule is not the same as asking the reason for a rule though.

[Ann]

I suppose we did look ridiculous Lottie with our backcombed hair not smoothed down properly at the back - like a birds nest!! Do you remember the little plastic sachets of hair lacquer bought off the market which we used to snip the corner off and transfer the contents to a squeezy bottle? It set like glue on our hair! Can you remember the brand?

[askyourgran]

Thanks nungate I'll tell her, as far as I know she's trying to avoid putting any more chemicals on her hair.

[LoftyLottie]

I remember the stuff Ann, but not what is was called. I also remember washing net petticoats in sugar water and wearing under my school summer dress. We too had to kneel on the floor to make sure our gymn shorts were the right length. The headteacher used to stand in her gown outside the hall door as we filed out of assembly and pull us to one side if she spotted anything untoward like lipstick!! We used to have to go and stand outside her study and wait for her to come and give us a lecture.

[nungate]

Was it called Bel-Air? I seem to recall something that came in a bottle which was poured into a spray

[Ann]

Same here Lottie!! Did you go to my school Ha Ha? We were TERRIFIED of the Head - he was ferocious, he had traffic lights on his study door - Red to wait (for hours if he felt mean) Amber - "I will be with you soon" Green - Enter (shouted in a very deep booming voice!! Discipline at its best! The Senior Mistress was to be feared also - her beady eyes followed you walking down the hill from the school - woe betide you if she saw you holding hands with a BOY - tut tut that was wicked -detention for you (me often!!) and if your school beret (called our lid) was gripped on and slipped at a rakish angle you were hauled into the tormentors study for a lecture!! Still it didn't harm us - just instilled good morals and mode of behaviour I suppose! Makes me despair when I see some youngsters today (never thought I would be saying that!!)

[LoftyLottie]

http://www.20thcentur...t_browser_object=2042


I feel really old when I think this is now in a museum!!

[Ann]

Yes nungate I seem to remember one brand being called Bel-air but I think that was later in the 60s.

[LoftyLottie]

Ha, ha. We had those traffic lights too!!! It was a headmistress and her name was Miss Lawson Brown. She was awful and she wore big baggy bloomers which were on full view when she sat up on the stage with her knees apart!!! She was never without her gown and mortar board!!

[LoftyLottie]

We were not allowed to talk to men or boys or go into any chain stores or cafes in school uniform and we weren't allowed in the town after 6.00pm. We broke all the rules though!!

[nungate]

I grew up in the sixties - so Bel-air is all I can remember. And I just need to smell Vosene shampoo and I am back in my Auntie's bathroom "helping" her wash her hair! I suspect I was more of a hindrance though ah those were the days. The only mohican I ever saw back then was on Chingachook on Last of the Mohicans...................I think they should have stayed there

[Ann]

We did too Lottie!! We always nipped into town which was strictly out of bounds - we walked back to school dodging behind all the trees en route in case we were spotted! Our teachers also wore caps and gowns - our geography teacher stood at the front of class twirling the ends round and round in circles - a most annoying habit!

[ummmm]

Lottie....My sons school still have rules on what they can do whilst wearing the uniform.

[LoftyLottie]

Not really much difference though than the backcombed monstrosities of the 60's ;o)

[Ann]

Our Senior Mistress (a strict frumpy old spinster) took us for RI - rumours flew round that her one and only true love was killed in the war so she had become bitter and twisted .......... we were very cruel, looking back!

[LoftyLottie]

Are they allowed to talk to women and girls though ummmm and can they go in Marks and Spencers, etc. and are they allowed in cafes? We weren't. I am never quite sure whether we weren't to go in these places in case we shoplifted or because they were beneath our status ;o)

[ummmm]

Lol...yes, they can do those things.

[Ann]

Nungate - I remember Vosene (smelt very medicinal) but also "White Rain" shampoo which my Grandma used.......