Oooooo, turns me on!
Posted on 07/11/2006 6:26:50 AM PDT by tuffydoodle
ARLINGTON, Texas -- The Arlington school district has expanded its dress codes to include bans on mouth jewelry known as "grills" and the earlobe-stretching practice known as gauging.
"The district is having to respond to fads because they've become distracters or a safety hazard for those around them," said Malcolm Turner, the district's executive director of student services.
The nearby Irving, Grand Prairie and DeSoto districts also ban grills, and some also address gauging -- the process of placing increasingly large items in the ears to stretch the lobes.
But students said the body modification is simply self-expression.
"Really, a grill is just like an earring. It's fashion," said Sam Houston junior Devonte Wright, 16.
Others said it was unfair to ban such jewelry after students had purchased the expensive items, such as a $200, six-tooth white-gold diamond-cut grill. The price ranges from $180 to $3,000 at J's Grill in Arlington.
"If they bought it, they should be able to wear it," said Sam Houston senior LaVeda Antwine, 17.
But school officials said they hoped to teach students that life would require them to follow specific regulations in specific settings.
"We want to instill in them a sense of modesty and a sense of community," said school board trustee Gloria Pena. "We're preparing them for the work force, and in the work force there are rules."
Oooooo, turns me on!
good.
Ugh, that and "piercing" are some of the most hideous of the current fads. Nothing makes me want to gag like looking at a bolt shoved through someone's eyebrow, or a "smile" like the one in your picture.
That would go well with a platinum bone through the nose.
When I was in high school it was the Principal's goal to have our shirts tucked in our pants. When you don't hold the line kids will push the envelope to some pretty ridiculus limits.
By the way, I still tuck in my shirts and feel improper any other way. A big thank you to my old principal who may have felt like giving in but didn't.
"If they bought it, they should be able to wear it," said Sam Houston senior LaVeda Antwine, 17."
I just love these kids arguments. Don't think LaVeda will be attending Harvard law school.
I think it's like a retainer.
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| "Really, a grill is just like an earring. It's fashion," Right. Leisure suits were considered fashion too. Most of us eventually learn that exploiting the masses in the name of fashion is simply making someone else a ton of money at your expense. Nature designed us to say ouch to a hole being created in our body for a reason. If it was a good thing, you'd think it would give off a pleasurable feeling. |
EW it's so UGLY!!!!!
I wouldn't be caught dead in that.
Nor would I. It reminds me of the movie "Alien" when the alien was getting ready to rip someone up. They would show his mouth up close and the lips slowly parting to show BIG ugly teeth. Looks just like that mouth jewelry.
Ahhhh, the logic of a child. I bought myself a .45 caliber pistol recently, so since I bought it, I should be able to shoot it whenever and wherever I feel like it.....RIGHT????
That guy never has to buy plates.
It slides over their teeth. It is disgusing to see. Kids bring them to school and slip them in and out. Filthy. [probably hard on the tooth enamel, too--not that it matters because of the tooth decay from the candy they eat all day long] I hope that our school district will do the same thing--ban the mess. Of course, we'd have parents before the school board to protest, you know.
It's about time American schools introduced proper school uniforms instead of letting pupils attend class in whatever they like.
Express yourself at home.
It's long past time that we went back to the days when kids were KIDS and parents/adults were GROWNUPS.
Kids have the right to food, shelter, clothing, if they're lucky - to be loved and protected and not to be abused.
When it comes to self expression, kids can do it once they stop being supported by their parents.
How does one talk with one of those things in their mouth?
"Blumph smufth thpthths gunthus upfff"
Translation: This thing is ripping my gums up.
Double-Dog Dittos to what you said! May I also add multiple tattoos to that list? Some of these kids look like they should be in a freakshow!
"When I was in high school it was the Principal's goal to have our shirts tucked in our pants"
A loose shirt hanging outside of the pants goes a long way toward covering up some embarrassing aspects of being a teenaged boy, it seems to me.
Yeah, but that's what notebooks are for.
"Yeah, but that's what notebooks are for."
"But, I really REALLY need to have my notebook. Really."
Hey, check this out! Texas bans garbage such as this, San Francisco embraces it.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/05/01/BAG32CIDA81.DTL
A loose shirt hanging outside of the pants goes a long way toward covering up some embarrassing aspects of being a teenaged boy, it seems to me.
The girls had a dress code also, so we didn't that problem very often.
I would have had that problem if the dress code had mandated that all girls had to wear ankle-length burlap bags.
"Girls are getting grills just to have them like the boys," she said.
So far, the guys are pleased.
You bet the guys are please, they know the "easy targets" who are easily influenced.
"The girls had a dress code also, so we didn't that problem very often.
"
Hmm...there was a girl's dress code at my High School, too, but I recall many occasions where there was a problem. I guess I had a very active...ummm...imagination.
Good point!
The downside is that it's difficult to find fashionable clip earrings today.
Leni
exactly!!!
"Hmm...there was a girl's dress code at my High School, too, but I recall many occasions where there was a problem. I guess I had a very active...ummm...imagination."
This is what most young ladies don't understand. There's no need to wear tiny, tight tops and ultra low jeans to show off. Cover up, girls! The guys will still love you and more importantly, respect you.
"This is what most young ladies don't understand. There's no need to wear tiny, tight tops and ultra low jeans to show off. Cover up, girls! The guys will still love you and more importantly, respect you.
"
I think you may have it slightly wrong. I think that the real lesson is that adolescent boys are horndogs. Dress codes are meaningless, since all adolescent boys have minds that can see through any clothing.
Where the hell does a 16,17 year old get the money for this capola? Are the parents shelling out the money?
I read it - YUCK!
"While most dentists shudder at the thought of all that bacteria growing behind the bling, jewelers who make the teeth are counting their gold."
Ah, dentists will be celebrating soon too, $$$$$$$$$ !
"Where the hell does a 16,17 year old get the money for this capola? Are the parents shelling out the money?"
Let's see:
Selling drugs
Stealing stuff, then selling it
Extorting money from pansy kids
Stuff like that...
It used to be that the worst thing parents had to admit to their kids was that they had sex before marriage, or drank under age or smoked, or might have smoked some pot. That was pretty much it. The things these teenagers are doing today are largely permanent and will be embarrassing as a mature adult, at least for those who do grow up someday, preferably before they hit mid-life like so many liberals who never grow up. I'm greatly relieved that I don't have to make any embarrassing admissions to my kids someday, other than the couple times I drank when I was 17 and was totally unimpressed. Parenting is much easier when you didn't do drugs, didn't smoke, knew how to keep your pants on till you married your spouse, and especially easier when you aren't all marked up with vulgar tatoos and freak show piercings. Unless of course you don't mind lying to your kids, about the things they can't see for themselves that is. But kids are smart and most of the time they can tell when a parent is blowing smoke up their arse. And even if they were easy to lie to, I prefer to be truthful and am just glad there's no embarrassing skeletons in my youth I have to be afraid of being asked about by my kids. Not being a rebellious freak who's unable to keep their pants up and then being able to be truthful with your kids is a great thing. :)
"Who's more irrational? The guy who believes in a God he can't see? Or the guy who is offended by a God he doesn't believe in?" Brad Stine
Excellent post! I may have to print that out and put it in my permanent file.
Oh I wish most teenage girls could understand that concept. I don't know who's in more desperate need of a brain. Teenage girls, or teenage boys.
"Who's more irrational? The guy who believes in a God he can't see? Or the guy who is offended by a God he doesn't believe in?" Brad Stine
""Who's more irrational? The guy who believes in a God he can't see? Or the guy who is offended by a God he doesn't believe in?" "
Hmm...I don't know any atheists who are offended by any deities. That just doesn't make any sense at all, since they don't believe such supernatural entities exist at all.
Some atheists, I suppose, are offended by people who do believe in deities, but I'm not among that group.
"Who's more irrational? The guy who believes in a God he can't see? Or the guy who is offended by a God he doesn't believe in?" Brad Stine
"Who's more irrational? The guy who believes in a God he can't see? Or the guy who is offended by a God he doesn't believe in?" Brad Stine
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