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doogsinparadise said:

I don't see a problem, it's a free country.

Don't get me wrong. The kid who dressed up like Nikki Minaj was pushing it. But, the principal definitely overreacted. There seems to be no consistency with school administrators. We hear about other issues that schools overreact on almost on a weekly basis. Most of those have to do with their no-tolerance policies, but they are enforced on things like Pop-Tarts that look like guns, bringing pocket knives to school, or a student giving Tylenol to a classmate.

I just wish the schools would handle these a little better. Keep it under the radar and resolve it without turning it into a shit storm. I think in this particular case, the principal didn't like the full-on drag look, so he took it upon himself to do something about it... even though students had been told that they could dress up like any celebrity.

unfrozencaveman said:

School unis for everyone solves it. You're there to learn. If you don't like it - LEAVE

I'm not for or against uniforms, even though I mentioned the whole private school thing in my original post. Uniforms would definitely eliminate a lot of dress code enforcement problems.

I don't remember these many problems when I went to school. There are either a lot more ticky-tack rules that schools have put into place. Or, the media just blows this kind of shit out of proportion. I know - ABUNDANCE.