Any TEAM that doesn't respect its members, is a PRISON.
Any RULES that don't respect its members, are TYRANNY.
Every person, in my entire life, who I have ever known to pound on RULES, was a tyrant. No exceptions.
Every single one had a PERSONAL AGENDA they were ABUSING RULES to enforce.
The litmus test for RESPECTFUL LEADERSHIP is RESPECT in applying RULES.
The TEAM is NOT WORTH THE HARM OF ITS MEMBERS.
And DISRESPECT IS HARM.
If I were the Superintendent, and you were in charge of this decision, you'd be out of a job.
BUT - like TYRANTS always do (read the article) NO ONE FROM ADMINISTRATION is taking PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY for this decision. They aren't even answering their phones!
And now, the girl dropped out of orchestra.
Mission accomplished - obey, or be destroyed.
So (after recieving permission), The Collective smiled.
:: spit ::
Mark my words: America will not be free until public education is utterly destroyed. These public teachers and administrators are MONSTERS. They are destroying the very essence of freedom in children. They are fantastically evil.
What should be provided is VOUCHERS. Not funding for these soul-destroyers.
MAKE THAT ONE CHANGE, and America will be restored, and the Democrat Party will collapse.
THAT is the TRUTH.
/rant
I spent sixteen years in The United States Army, wearing the uniform and following the rules. When I decided I wanted some individuality, I left.
If a different-colored violin upsets the team, it’s a problem. If not, no big deal. I’ll leave it to the leaders of the team to make that decision.
If she decided to drop out rather than conform to the team, the maybe she’s the one who didn’t value the team or its goals?
BTW, uniformity is more a feature of private education, not public (government) education. I’m actually surprised a private (government) school had any rules or standards to begin with.
I read a wonderful article in my newspaper yesterday about a10-year-old kid who is into surfboarding competitively. He’s homeschooled, has the freedom to go to the West Coast or East Coast to surf anytime his parents let him, or visit his grandparents in Florida for six weeks at a time when invited, all through the school year. He just promises them to keep up with his school work, and I guess he does.
Too bad more kids don’t have that freedom. They’d be a lot happier.