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No one pissed in my cornflakes and I'm not paying for your tuition (hence my note that I was being facetious). It got turned into a "are college students really customers" debate once you thought that was a legitimate basis for not cutting your hair. The irony, of course, is that businesses typically reserve the right to refuse service to patrons for reasons they deem fit. And that's what your profs going to do "if you don't cut that hair" (courtesy Beastie Boys "Fight For Your Rights", would've been cool if you hadn't missed the reference the first time around--LMFAO). If you re-read my initial post on this, you'll see that it was really a commentary on your alluded to sense of entitlement as a possible root of the interpersonal problem you are experiencing with your professor. That attitude won't earn you success.

"all of it. every single penny."
You certainly aren't and never will be bearing the full cost despite how much you feel you pay.
I don't really care who's paying for your tuition, to tell the truth though, my only point to you in that regard was to not use that argument to anyone other than anonymous people on an internet forum if you want to be taken seriously.

Whenever I want to be lowkey, I tie my hair back and drop it down my shirt. If I want to be flamboyant, I pick it out into a big ass fro. A number of people have already explained some other options for you to exercise; what more "on topic" discussion are you waiting for?

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