Little Girl Taken Out Of Christian School After Told She's Too Much Like A Boy

[eveofrevolution]

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[shoujokakumei]

I'm sorry this little girl has to be separated from her friends and the environment she knows... But she'll be a hell of a lot better off not attending this shit-ass "school" in the long run.

[moonshaz]

Agreed, absolutely.

[i_llbedammned]

Seriously. Just let people be and do what they want as long as they aren't hurting anyone.

[molkat]

Ugh, made me think about how here in Colorado a girl was kicked out of school for violating dress code because she shaved her head to show support for her friend going through chemotherapy. As long as children are tidy, clean, and not distracting themselves or the class who cares.

[louisiane_fille]

I remember a few years ago a girl got suspended because she dyed her hair a dark, purple red. She wasn't allowed to return until she dyed her hair a more "natural" color. I don't remember if she did or not, but it was ridiculous that they suspended her over her hair color.

[ologist]

oh we had a no unnatural hair colours rule at my school, too. And my brothers had both an minimum and a maximum allowed hair length at theirs. The amount of restrictions on appearance were ridiculous - no jewellery, except a gold cross, a single 'tasteful' ring, a gold or silver bracelet or stud or sleeper earrings. Hair that was long enough to be tied back had to be, and only with dark green, white or brown (the school colours). No makeup (if you had any on they'd send you down to student services and be supplied with makeup remover), dresses to the knees, no ladders in your tights, definitely no non-standard piercings or tattoos... it goes on.

[ginger_maya]

So what happened if you got a ladder on your tights at school? Were you expected to carry around a spare pair?

[evilnel]

Doesn't surprise me at all. I went to a Christian school like this, and they were not friendly toward people who didn't fall into prescribed gender roles. Girls had to wear skirts or dresses to school until a push from some of the moms FINALLY made it okay for them to wear slacks (boys could wear jeans or athletic shorts). I'm glad this girl has loving grandparents, and hopefully she will be able to go ahead being awesome at public school.

[synekdokee]

In my country if your kid is in a labeled Christian school it means their parents purposedly put them there. Is this the same in the states? Because if it is, then while this is complete bullshit behaviour, wouldn't it be kind of expected from a Christian schools for them to demand that students and staff conform to traditional gender roles? So if the parents picked that school for their kid, I'm kind of like... What did you expect?

[eveofrevolution]

[silver_apples]

Not everyone sends their kids to these schools for religious reasons, though. Private schools often have smaller classes, stricter academic standards, a safer and more sheltered environment, etc. Many private schools are religious, so in some areas the choices are public or religious schools. Even when there are multiple private schools, tuition is a factor and a family may choose the more religious school because it' slews expensive.

The school's dress code says girls may wear slacks and has nothing about hair length. Sunni identifies as a girl. I don't think it's unreasonable for her grandparents to be upset by a letter basically saying she's not female enough.

[gothic_hamlet]

Sometimes Christian schools are the best educational choices if you're in an area with a poor quality of public schools. Not all Christian schools are hardasses about gender roles or forcing their students to conform to the bible.

Plus it's one thing if the school has a strict skirts-only, certain hair length dress code... but in this case it sounds like the letter came out of nowhere or is arbitrary.