Mike, What do the official school policies say about piercings? I went to a catholic school my entire life and piercings in any other place but the ears was not allowed. In fact, guys couldn't have piercings even in their ears. That was based on a policy that was documented, etc. However, I had three piercings which I took out when I walked in to school and put in when I walked out. When I had initially gotten the 3rd one I was a sophomore and had to keep it in for 6 weeks or so. To get "around" the policy I put a small Band-Aid on it which looked ridiculous but got me around the policy as the policy said "visible" in the wording. Anyway, I would first check the policy at her school and then just have her cover it up if she insists that the hassle is worth it.
A funny story about my earrings... I played football since I was about 10 and in high school it was a "dress down day" which meant guys could wear their earrings except we could not wear them under our helmets on the practice field. Our coach was a stickler about it too... to demonstrate why he insisted on no earrings he promptly pulled my helmet off after noticing I had not taken my earring out. The earring ripped my ear a little and he said "now imagine if that happened in a game and you... you might be done for the game, cost us a penalty (delay of game) or even worse, done some serious damage to your ear/head". Had I not been in the wrong I would have been pissed but he had a point... anyway, good luck with your situation. Tango. > From: Dawson, Michael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Of course, there are other students with similar piercings. > This one teacher is the only one who has ever made a comment > and today took her to the principal for discipline. (She got > the piercing right after Xmas and today is Jan 20. Now, all > of a sudden, it's a bad thing?) > > The suspension paper said she had to remove it before coming > back to school. The guy who did the piercing said not to > remove it for eight weeks. Well, that's still five weeks away. > > So, do we lose the $70 piercing or do we fight it? I, and my > wife, are ready to fight this. I told my daughter to cover > it with a small bandage, then tell them "it is taken care > of", but not to lie and say she removed it. > > My daughter has had some problems with friends and got into > some trouble. Her grades suck and she hates school. We > finally got her interested in school again where she is > studying like she has never studied before. Now, they kick > her out of school for this crap. > > Are public school systems this fekked-up everywhere or just > Warrick County, Indiana? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:193460 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
