Originally Posted By RoadTrip So what do you think of this... was the school out of line or did the boy push it too far? (from msnbc.com) <<PORT ORCHARD, Wash. — A 15-year-old boy has been suspended from school after wearing high heels and a dress to school as a part of a challenge laid down by his mother. Sam Saurs, a ninth grader at Sedgwick Junior High School in Port Orchard, said he told his mother that wearing high heels wouldn't be that hard. Saurs' mother challenged him to try it and he accepted. To take it even further, he decided to wear a dress, too. After Saurs showed up at school Wednesday in the dress and heels, the school suspended him for the remainder of the year. That suspension was later reduced to three days. But Saurs won't be allowed to go to the ninth grade dance or the class party at Wild Waves. The South Kitsap School District said the issue has been resolved and would not make any further comment about the incident.>> I think the school over-reacted.
Originally Posted By ecdc Hmmm...tricky issue. In principle, I agree it's no big deal and the boy should just be able to wear what he wants. And regardless, the school overreacted. But, we're not in Ideal Land where no one is judged for what we wear. For better or worse, our culture is what it is; women wear pants and it means nothing, men wear dresses and it's either A) For humor, or, B) Cross-dressing, often for sexual or complex identity reasons. The school can argue that it was distracting (though, again, suspension is just silly).
Originally Posted By RoadTrip Given it occurred on the last few days of school I think it should have been overlooked. We used to do all kinds of goofy things at school during the final week. For the most part the teachers didn't even attempt to make you learn anything because they knew it would do no good. The kids were already in Summer Vacation mode. Now if he had instead worn the dress to a homecoming dance or a prom to make a statement, I could see the school being more concerned about an attempt to disrupt and create controversy. But the final week of school? Heck, as long as the guy wasn't buck-naked let it pass...
Originally Posted By Dabob2 I've never really "gotten" drag, but I do like this quote: "You're born naked. After that, everything is drag." - Ru Paul
Originally Posted By hopemax When I was in high school, a couple of the male academic high achievers wore skirts to school a couple of times. Nothing happened to them. But I do wonder if it was a different set of guys had done it, if the reaction would have been different.
Originally Posted By dshyates Hypersensitive, over reactive, conservative bullying at it's finest. Followed by the predictable back peddling when they realized the slammed one of their own. No further comment.
Originally Posted By Lisann22 Remainder of the year, then 3 days? <sigh> I think school was out of line. Way over-reacted. Kids do crazy things in high school for Spirit Week, Homecoming, class projects, the drama department, etc. Aye yi yi!
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb It seems our schools these days to hand out suspensions too often for silly stuff and yet bullies and gangs still thrive in them.
Originally Posted By barboy2 If Sedgwick is a public creature, then I'd like to see the ACLU pick this up and 'go all Constitutional' on the school. Individual freedoms and equality must be paramount, be they popular or unpopular. Now, if this were a private setup then all bets are off and I say let the school set and enforce their own policies on dress.
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Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub Sorry guys but this is probably based on the real life incident in the Oxnard/Port Hueneme School District that concerned a child that did this and was taunted and retaliated in the classroom with a weapon and might have killed somebody and then killed himself. I do not remeber the details but the school district has still not resolved this.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip ^^^ Doubt it. If you'd read closely you'd have seen that the story was out of Port Orchard, Washington.
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub You mean the PORT ORCHARD capitalized in post#1. I am referring to the standards schools have to uphold to try to avoid bullying problems and children showing up at school with weapons,etc. The comments that are following are characteristic of old school thinking when children obeyed the rules and went to school to learn.
Originally Posted By sarahwithbaloo o what would happen if a scotish boy went to school in the US in a kilt I know they do not wear them daily any more but it is still National dress.
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub It would have to be an Official Sanctioned by the School Board themed day...after it was determined to be fair and open to all personal and political social economic variables by the school lawyers.
Originally Posted By LoyalOrderWaterBuffa Boys are not so posed to wear Girl stuff and I don't put on a man panTs. What is next our president will put a dress on, I think not If my guy ever had a dress I would think that he likes his own kind
Originally Posted By LoyalOrderWaterBuffa Suspend that kid and teach Him a lesson that will soon forget
Originally Posted By u k fan In the UK a boy made the news last month by going to school in a skirt to protest about the fact that boys couldn't wear shorts in hot weather, but girls could wear skirts as part of their uniform. The Head Teacher at that school said he couldn't do anything to the boy as if he said he couldn't wear a skirt he would be breaching his human rights!!!
