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The fact is society doesn't handle abnormality very well. Schools are constantly under the scrutiny of society.
I heard this shit all through school. From when I was in elementary with my rat tail (Yes, I had a fucking rat tail) and my earring all the way to high school with my mohawk and nails in my ears. They used "distraction" as a scape goat then too. It's an image thing though.
It comes down to the fact that more conservative parents would not want their children going to school with children that have those types of hairstyles, and, naturally, schools don't want the negative reputation that could very well cause.
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"The fact is that censorship always defeats its own purpose, for it creates, in the end, the kind of society that is incapable of exercising real discretion..." - Henry Steel Commager
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