WRONG OR RIGHT?

@Kandae11 (55175)
June 3, 2017 9:03am CST
News coming out of a sister island is that a 15 year-old male student was held down by three teachers and his hair forcibly trimmed by a fourth. This happened on the school compound after the student arrived for classes with his hair not trimmed - low enough. During the ensuing struggle, the student sustained a cut lip, and three of the teachers are now facing the courts on a charge of assault. What is your opinion on this? Were the teachers wrong or right? - and how would you have reacted if that student was your child ?
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@LadyDuck (472109)
• Switzerland
3 Jun 17
What they did is wrong and I would have surely not appreciated if that was my son. If they had something to say, they had to call the parents and talk with them.
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@LadyDuck (472109)
• Switzerland
3 Jun 17
@Kandae11 I cannot understand, this was not a good example.
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@Kandae11 (55175)
3 Jun 17
Whatever were they thinking?
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@Happy2BeMe (99380)
• Canada
3 Jun 17
The teachers were deinfitely in the wrong, if it was policy then a warning should have been issued. Even though how you want to wear your hair should be your choice not the schools. They had no right to lay their hands on that student. If that was my child I would be furious and definitely be pressing charges against them.
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@Kandae11 (55175)
3 Jun 17
They say he was warned. The parents say he did go to the barber - but obviously the teacher was not pleased with the result. In that case, the parents should be called for a meeting - that was an obvious violation of the student's rights.
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@Happy2BeMe (99380)
• Canada
3 Jun 17
@Kandae11 yes I agree. The parents should have been called. It never should have gotten physical.
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@marguicha (223850)
• Chile
3 Jun 17
I would expect that those teachers did not teach again.
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@marguicha (223850)
• Chile
3 Jun 17
@Kandae11 Parents should take care of the way the kids go to school unless there´s a law about a certain haircut. But even then, there´s no reason to do that to a person.
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@Kandae11 (55175)
3 Jun 17
I really would not have liked it to be my son. We'll see what happens in court.
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@Lolaze (5093)
• St. Louis, Missouri
4 Jun 17
He should have been sent home if his hair broke dress code. There was no reason for teachers to cut it, let alone hold him down to do it. The teachers should be punished.
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@Kandae11 (55175)
4 Jun 17
I am sure they will be.
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@andriaperry (117157)
• Anniston, Alabama
3 Jun 17
Here in the USA the school would send you home till you got yourself to code, if you did not do it the parents face the board. I would sue those teachers but have them arrested first.
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@Kandae11 (55175)
3 Jun 17
Those teachers behaved without principle . Surely they should have known better?
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@BettyB (4117)
• Summerville, South Carolina
4 Jun 17
Dress codes are important but there are better ways of handling the problem. As a teacher I was always told to "teach but don't touch." If it had been my son, I would have been standing before the school board the next day.
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@BettyB (4117)
• Summerville, South Carolina
4 Jun 17
@Kandae11 I find it hard to believe that they thought that was acceptable.
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@Kandae11 (55175)
4 Jun 17
Imagine! that child was actually injured in the process.
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@allknowing (137914)
• India
4 Jun 17
Is there anyone here who would say that the teachers were right?
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@allknowing (137914)
• India
5 Jun 17
@Kandae11 Do you want to hang me?
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@Kandae11 (55175)
4 Jun 17
I need just one person, will you be that someone?
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@Kandae11 (55175)
5 Jun 17
@allknowing Impossible to do it online. But seriously, I did hear the headmistress of another school talking as if it wasn't a big deal and that rules are rules.
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@Shavkat (140131)
• Philippines
3 Jun 17
I think the teachers are not the right in this situation. It is better to impose the school rules to this student.
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@Shavkat (140131)
• Philippines
3 Jun 17
@Kandae11 I think this is the best course of action.
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@Kandae11 (55175)
3 Jun 17
He was warned - so the next step should have been discussing it with the parents.
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• United States
3 Jun 17
Will they be fired, brought up on charges? This would be the proper thing to do with those monsters.
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• United States
3 Jun 17
@Kandae11 Okay thanks Kandase..it would be good to know what happens.
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@Kandae11 (55175)
3 Jun 17
It is in court right now. I will be following the proceedings closely.
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@DianneN (247184)
• United States
4 Jun 17
That is so wrong, wrong, wrong! Here they'd face charges and get fired. They should have known better. There are certain things that teacher should know. They should be thankful that it wasn't my child!!!
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@Kandae11 (55175)
4 Jun 17
Or mine.
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@DianneN (247184)
• United States
4 Jun 17
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@just4him (317282)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
4 Jun 17
Those teachers were in the wrong. They have no right to decide how a person should wear their hair or their clothes. If it had been my child, I would have the teachers up on charges as well.
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@just4him (317282)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
5 Jun 17
@Kandae11 Yes they do and if there isn't anything in their handbooks about the length of their hair, they should have left him alone.
@Kandae11 (55175)
4 Jun 17
Children have rights too.
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• United States
4 Jun 17
I can't even imagine how they thought they could get away with something like that. Send the kid home with a suspension until he has a proper haircut. Problem solved.
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• United States
11 Jun 17
@Kandae11 It seems to me that by showing up without the haircut he has refused to get it cut.
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@Kandae11 (55175)
11 Jun 17
@Jeanniemaries He did get it cut, but the teachers felt it wasn't done low enough.
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@Kandae11 (55175)
5 Jun 17
If he had refused to get it cut at a barber - then suspension would have been the route to follow.
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@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
5 Jun 17
The teachers were wrong to manhandle the student. If he was breaking rules they should have contacted the parents.
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@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
6 Jun 17
@Kandae11 They should have been reprimanded.
@Kandae11 (55175)
5 Jun 17
Definitely.
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@ShifaLk (17817)
• India
7 Jun 17
Kids nowadays are very stubborn and don't listen to their teacher or their parents but still this is not a good thing to do what they did with the guy... Still they must have called his parents and complain and rest whatever happens was none of their business.. They could dismiss him temporarily from the school if he was not listening
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@Kandae11 (55175)
7 Jun 17
Yes, suspension until he complied with the rules.
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@ShifaLk (17817)
• India
13 Jun 17
@Kandae11 exactly!
@GardenGerty (160996)
• United States
4 Jun 17
I would be suing the pants off the school. I understand schools have dress codes, but the teachers are not licensed barbers.So that is also a health and licensing violation. They are not the parents of the student.That is invading his private and personal space. I could see him being suspended if it was dress code violation. If it was just their taste. . . whoa. . . they had best keep it to themselves.It sounds and feels like they just were needing to show "who is boss" and were kind of power mad.
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@Kandae11 (55175)
4 Jun 17
When I heard the news, I was appalled. I can't imagine such behavior in this day and age.
@Nawsheen (28643)
• Mauritius
4 Jun 17
This is definitely not right. How could the teachers do something like that. They could have called the parents and advised about the child's behaviour. Are they teachers or hairdressers.
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@Kandae11 (55175)
4 Jun 17
Good question.
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• Eugene, Oregon
4 Jun 17
They were wrong and guilty of assault. If I were a parent, I would hire a lawyer.
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@Kandae11 (55175)
4 Jun 17
I am keeping a close watch on the court proceedings.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
5 Jun 17
should the boy cut his hair, there would have been no problem.
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@Kandae11 (55175)
5 Jun 17
He did - but it seems it wasn't low enough.
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@Ruby3881 (1963)
• Canada
4 Jun 17
That's outrageous! Here in Canada, that would be considered assault.
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@Kandae11 (55175)
4 Jun 17
They are in court facing assault charges.
@Teekaaa (11580)
• India
3 Jun 17
Surely it is wrong.... The teachers should have advised that student....It is wrong to trim the student's hair forcibly....
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@Kandae11 (55175)
3 Jun 17
I think his parents should have been called for a meeting and the matter resolved more sensibly.
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@Teekaaa (11580)
• India
3 Jun 17
@Kandae11 yes ....You are right
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