Singer Nelly, with diamonds on his teeth, arrives to the second annual Fashion Rocks concert, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2005. One school district in Texas has banned students from wearing the mouth jewelry known as 'grillz.' (AP Photo/Diane Bondareff)
Posted on 07/11/2006 12:11:04 PM PDT by martin_fierro
Texas school district bans grillz
2 hours, 56 minutes ago
ARLINGTON, Texas - The school district here has expanded its dress codes to include mouths — and earlobes.
Students may no longer wear mouth jewelry known as "grillz" — shiny teeth caps — or 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 grillz, 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 junior Devonte Wright, 16.
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."
Singer Nelly, with diamonds on his teeth, arrives to the second annual Fashion Rocks concert, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2005. One school district in Texas has banned students from wearing the mouth jewelry known as 'grillz.' (AP Photo/Diane Bondareff)
It's What's Next, yo.
Not only does it make the losers who do it look like complete morons, it's permanent.
"Gauged" earlobes do not grow back the way standard ear piercings do, and create a disfigurement these jokers can wear as a badge of pride through life.
YUCK!
The dueling dimwits must have gone for the Reynolds Wrap model route...
She replied, "Dad. An old bald fat guy with an earring is still an old bald fat guy."
Took the wind right out of my sails!
I see the bong on the floor amongst the trash....yeah baby!
The only "grills" i like is on my BBQ for cooking up meat. :)
The guy in the picture you posted looks like a total MORON with his ears like that. It looks like he has the outer rim of a car toy in his earlobe hehehehe.
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