Post by brassmonkey on Sept 25, 2008 15:42:03 GMT -5
This little fruit would have never even dreamed of showing up at my school like this, and I went to a Catholic school for 12 years. Maybe that's why he would have gotten beaten up-we were actually taught morals and values, and kids like this are demonstrating a definite lack of those. In my schools, and in my life, what's right isn't subjective. I wouldn't have beaten him up-don't get me wrong-I have always either pitied or been entertained by these freaks, but I know what would have happened to him. Even we had the kids who chased other kids home or made them wait inside the building until they were sure the bullies had left, even if that meant LATE... I used to ride my bicycle back to my grade school because the parking lot was fun to ride in, and I would see kids just then thinking it was safe to head home. I think this boy's parents should be talked to in order to find out what the hell they're doing wrong to have this boy thinking that sideshow makeup is okay to wear out in public.
What would ever make these little freaks think it was cool to dress this way and wear makeup, even fighting for the right to do so?
Take look:
In the article, his permissive and neglectful mother says, "They're gender stereotyping.." Well, hell yeah! They want a boy to dress like a boy and not wear his mother's makeup to school where other kids are trying to learn. Again, they're trying to make everything subjective.. No, it's gay for a boy to wear makeup.
Eighth-Grade Boy Fights For Right To Wear Makeup
Hamilton teen fighting for his right to wear makeup at school.
Reported by: Lynn Giroud
Photographed by: Jason Garrison
A Hamilton teenager is fighting for his right to wear makeup at school, but school leaders say it's a distraction.
"They're gender stereo-typing. He's being sexually discriminated against. Nowhere in the rules does it say that males can't wear make-up" says Mindy Ball.
The Hamilton mother says she stands 100% behind her son, 13-year-old Matt Allsup, an eighth grader at Garfield Middle School who wears black eye makeup, lipstick and fingernail polish.
But on Monday, he was told to wash the makeup off his face, with the assistant principal telling him it was distracting and against dress code.
"When I spoke to the principal," Ball says, "She told me it was distracting because of the black makeup and I said, 'Well, I'll get him pink,' and she said no, because he's a male, he's not allowed to wear it, the public don't accept males wearing make-up."
Allsup says, "None of my classmates found it distracting or anything – and it's not extreme. I don't see why I can't wear it."
Ball and her son point out that every student is required to wear a character badge – and one of the qualities it pledges is acceptance.
"It says, 'do you value the uniqueness of all students,' and they're not letting me be unique," says Allsup. "I don't see why we have to wear them if we're not able to express who we are."
Freedom of expression is what Matt Allsup and his mom say this is all about.
They vow to fight the school's ban on his black make-up and plan to hire an attorney to take the issue to court.
"I don't think it's fair if he has to take his makeup off. I think every student in the district should have to take theirs off," says Ball.
Hamilton City School District spokesperson Joni Copas says after Allsup washed his face, there was no further discipline.
She says if makeup is too harsh – whether on a boy or a girl – the student should be asked to wipe it off.
What would ever make these little freaks think it was cool to dress this way and wear makeup, even fighting for the right to do so?
Take look:
In the article, his permissive and neglectful mother says, "They're gender stereotyping.." Well, hell yeah! They want a boy to dress like a boy and not wear his mother's makeup to school where other kids are trying to learn. Again, they're trying to make everything subjective.. No, it's gay for a boy to wear makeup.
Eighth-Grade Boy Fights For Right To Wear Makeup
Hamilton teen fighting for his right to wear makeup at school.
Reported by: Lynn Giroud
Photographed by: Jason Garrison
A Hamilton teenager is fighting for his right to wear makeup at school, but school leaders say it's a distraction.
"They're gender stereo-typing. He's being sexually discriminated against. Nowhere in the rules does it say that males can't wear make-up" says Mindy Ball.
The Hamilton mother says she stands 100% behind her son, 13-year-old Matt Allsup, an eighth grader at Garfield Middle School who wears black eye makeup, lipstick and fingernail polish.
But on Monday, he was told to wash the makeup off his face, with the assistant principal telling him it was distracting and against dress code.
"When I spoke to the principal," Ball says, "She told me it was distracting because of the black makeup and I said, 'Well, I'll get him pink,' and she said no, because he's a male, he's not allowed to wear it, the public don't accept males wearing make-up."
Allsup says, "None of my classmates found it distracting or anything – and it's not extreme. I don't see why I can't wear it."
Ball and her son point out that every student is required to wear a character badge – and one of the qualities it pledges is acceptance.
"It says, 'do you value the uniqueness of all students,' and they're not letting me be unique," says Allsup. "I don't see why we have to wear them if we're not able to express who we are."
Freedom of expression is what Matt Allsup and his mom say this is all about.
They vow to fight the school's ban on his black make-up and plan to hire an attorney to take the issue to court.
"I don't think it's fair if he has to take his makeup off. I think every student in the district should have to take theirs off," says Ball.
Hamilton City School District spokesperson Joni Copas says after Allsup washed his face, there was no further discipline.
She says if makeup is too harsh – whether on a boy or a girl – the student should be asked to wipe it off.
