Have some panic.

[draggonlaady]

Utterly ridiculous. Junior High boy got suspended for the rest of the year, missed the school dance, and the class trip. Because he wore a dress. Oh NOES, a DRESS! Suspension was later reduced, but not until he'd already missed the dance and class trip.

Here's one with a picture of the dress and shoes.

Why are people so completely stupid that anybody even gives a crap if a kid wears heels to school on a dare? For that matter, why is it even dare-worthy? Never mind. It's dare-worthy because people care, so just refer to the first question, I guess.

Anyway, have some blow-up overreaction, shall we? I mean really--if you can't handle the way he's dressed, send him home to change. But suspend him for the rest of the damn year? Get a life and a sense of proportion.

Comments

[sphynx-again.livejournal.com]

Sounds like he was asked to go home and change. It was when he called the dean "sexist" that he got suspended.

However, I agree whole-heartedly, who the hell cares if a boy wears a dress and heels to school! He looked quite nice, I thought. Lovely dress, though perhaps a touch low cut for that age. (that's the conservative in me talking...)

[draggonlaady.livejournal.com]

Yeah, higher heels than I'd have chosen, but it's not like he looks skanky. And I also think saying "that's sexist" is not a good reason for extended suspension. Maybe that's because I agree with the kid? (Not that it's sexism so much as homophobia, but whatever.) Unless the he was screaming and swearing while calling the sending home to be sexist, I still fail to find the punishment in proportional.

[sphynx-again.livejournal.com]

Oh if his mom had dared ME to wear those heels to school, I'd have just given her the win from the get-go. My "dress shoes" are Sketchers. :) And if I had been the dean, I'd have said something to the effect of "not everyone in this school is as creative and open-minded as you and I regarding gender roles and images, and so you are creating a lot of distraction dressed as you are. I'd ask you to please go home and change, though I cannot force you to do so, as you do not specifically violate the school's dress code." Unless he acted a total twit, there would have been no suspension at all, even if he chose to remain in the dress the rest of the day. Which, as I recall, 8th grade boys dressed as girls acted really really obnoxious back in the 80's. So really, who knows.

[draggonlaady.livejournal.com]

Heh. See, that's being all reasonable and stuff. If the principal had been reasonable, there wouldn't be a news story for me to get all in a twist over. :P

And yeah, it's not like this is the first time a boy's ever worn a dress. I really doubt that kids were falling over in shock. There was probably some giggling, and sarcastic comments, but I bet the teachers were more upset about it than the rest of the students.