Colorado student's Yearbook photo is banned. Right or wrong?
By agmamayo
@agmamayo (804)
Philippines
January 8, 2012 6:19am CST
Sydney Spies and her mother Miki Spies, and some fellow students of Durango High School in Colorado, USA were protesting in front of their school regarding the banning of Sydney's photo from being included to the school's Yearbook publication. She was crying foul about it and stated it was a complete restriction of her freedom of expression. In the banned photo, Sydney can be seen wearing a short yellow skirt midriff and a shoulder exposing black shawl. Sydney wants that picture to be her yearbook photo, but the student editor's of the yearbook contested that the photo is too racy for publication. The editor's stated that the yearbook is an award-winning publication and they don't want to diminish the quality with something that is deemed inappropriate, and clear violation of the dress code. However the editor's though offered Ms. Spies to include the photo in the yearbook as an advertisement which Ms. Spies never accepted.
I think the administrators and the editors of the said school yearbook did the right thing to ban the racy photo in question. A yearbook is where all the members of a graduating class are included, and it serves as a memoir for the class and the school. It should be considered as a professional publication, a great work which represent the whole graduating class. It is like a trophy for the whole class, an honorable token of appreciation from the school. Such photo is not acceptable in this juncture and really unprofessional. Yes it could restrict someones freedom of expression but it should be in the right place. Ms. spies should treat the yearbook with respect because it is not just her which is in it but her whole graduating class. Publishing the yearbook with the photo in question is like putting a rotten tomato in a basket of fresh tomatoes, it would spell disaster. She should give respect to her class and the school, the yearbook is not her personal journal where she can put anything and express everything wild in her. To think that the way she posed and dressed in that photo is truly not a yearbook entry but a fashion magazine or model photo shoot archive. So what is your opinion regarding this issue fellow myLotters.
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@Tresaqwe (376)
• United States
8 Jan 12
I think it is another obvious attempt for someone to get attention. Looks like she got it. The girl is probably trying to get a modeling career and by taking such a racy photo and then causing a controversy with the school she probably figured she could get her self on the news and get some attention generated for her photo. I think she already got what she wanted and should just comply to the schools dress code and take a normal picture like everyone else.
@agmamayo (804)
• Philippines
9 Jan 12
Attention seeker that is. Well, I was able to read some of the comment from this article and almost all of those comments were the same as what you have said. Truly, she was just trying to promote herself and seek attention from the media and maybe she can bang a modeling career or a cover girl of a magazine. The mere fact of protesting about the banning of her photo is controversial, and to think that even her mother is supporting her daughter. Her idea of restricting her freedom of expression is just a cover up to her true intent of asking for a bit of attention. There is a place for photos like that, and a school Yearbook is not one of it. Well now she really got the media and a worldwide buzz. let's see if she will be able to land a modeling job or none at all. Thanks for the comment and sharing your thoughts regarding the discussion.