Kids with Mohawks - Victims of Adults with Low Self Esteem

Ah yes, yet another kid has been kicked out of the classroom for being "disruptive" by doing nothing more than having an individual spirit and a mohawk. At least this time he was 2 years older than the 4 year old they booted in another school.

He was warned several times that if he did not "conform" then he would not be "educated" with his classmates. When did the low self-esteem, individuals-are-bad mindset of a brainwashed robot "adult" come into a position to say who they would educate and who they would not. Fact is, kids who they will not be able to educate beyond rote memorization, won't just be the one with the mohawk, it will be all children victimized by the drudgery of their monotoned voices and thinking patterns.

Pulled from this link http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/02/27/mohawk.html?sid=101

Mohawk haircut gets Ohio kindergartner suspended from school
Wednesday, February 27, 2008 5:49 AM

Associated Press
Bryan Ruda, 6, displays his haircut while playing in his Parma, Ohio, home.
PEGGY TURBETT | THE PLAIN DEALER
Bryan Ruda, 6, displays his haircut while playing in his Parma, Ohio, home.
PARMA, Ohio—A kindergarten student with a freshly spiked Mohawk has been suspended from school.

Michelle Barile, the mother of 6-year-old Bryan Ruda, said nothing in the Parma Community School handbook prohibits the haircut, characterized by closely shaved sides with a strip of prominent hair on top. The school said the hair was a distraction for other students.

"I understand they have a dress code. I understand he has a uniform. But this is total discrimination," she told The Plain Dealer. "They can't tell me how I can cut his hair."

An administrator at the suburban Cleveland charter school first warned Barile last fall that the haircut wasn't acceptable. The school later sent another warning to her reiterating the ban.

Mohawks violate the school's policy on being properly groomed, school Principal Linda Geyer said. Also, the school district's dress code allows school officials to forbid anything that interferes with the conduct of education.

Ruda's hair became a disruption last week when Ruda arrived freshly shorn, Geyer said. Administrators called Barile on Friday telling her to pick Ruda up from school.

"This was his third infraction," Geyer said yesterday. "We felt that we were being extremely patient."

Rather than request a hearing to appeal the suspension, Barile said she'll enroll him at another school. Changing the hairstyle is not an option, she said.

"It's something that he really likes," Barile said. "When people hear Mohawk, they think it's long, it's spiked, it's crazy looking, and it's really not."

Comment by Jesse on May 9, 2009 at 10:17am: wow i wish that was my mom lol
it dosent make sense i mean it his choice he can look like a hardcore punk for all we care but he could also be smarter and more civilized than other kids.

Comment by Filthy-C on July 24, 2009 at 8:52pm: Why do I imagine some terrible O.A.P ranting like headline "The horror!" "Scandal mohawk plan ruins child's education." It's bugger all to do with your image, it's how you behave. The teacher's in my school like it because they find it impressive, unique *only kid in my town with one, the rest are spread out.* and it brings them back to their youth. I guess this is more of an American 'Conform or die' than the UK's "Oi goffff you look pure different! YER GETTING IT!" type of attitude?

Comment by Bam on July 25, 2009 at 8:04pm: fucking stupid. Doesn my head in when colleges and school say that 'hair' disrupts the learning. Whether this be colour or style. I've had the same thing. Does my head in.

Comment by Alex Underwood on August 20, 2009 at 8:13pm: damn...its teachers like that that pisses me off! that little dude has an amazing mom that i can truly respect. i hate this discrimination with a passion, im a good guy that wears studs and patches but no, people i dont know treat me like shit so of course im gonna get angry but thats cause i put up with it till its just gotten rediculous

Comment by Toker on August 20, 2009 at 9:44pm: ALex ffuckn hear ya man...thats why i say if they treat ya like scum act like fuckn scum fuck em all

Comment by Toker on August 20, 2009 at 10:25pm: FUCK U

Comment by Kazm on August 20, 2009 at 10:33pm: Now this is absolutely ridiculous. I mean, dude, if the hair was 10 inches long and neon green, it would be fair enough, I don't agree with it, but it would be fair enough. The problem is, it's not. It's relatively short and brown. Why is there a problem?

Ah well.

Comment by Kazm on August 20, 2009 at 10:57pm: @ Syx
Hey man, I do deal with it. Every day of the week, as I'm sure you do too. I'm not saying "OMG, I can't believe people acted funny around him", I'm saying "Why is it such a big deal for the kid? especially if he wears it down.".
Also, I don't know if the beginning of the paragraph was directed at me? If it was, I wasn't replying to you, I posted that whilst still on the front page.

Comment by Kazm on August 20, 2009 at 11:14pm: Prosti-tots. Amazing XD.
Yeah, I get you dude, it's still wrong though, know what I mean?

The world would be a considerably better place if people just accepted one another.