Posted on 09/24/2008 6:53:57 AM PDT by yankeedame
Boy says he was just expressing himself, but school officials say it was a distraction
Garfield Middle School eighth-grader Matt Allsup displays
his black makeup and fingernail polish Tuesday,
Sept. 23, at his home in Hamilton. On Monday, school
officials made him wash off the makeup. Allsup and his
family are questioning district policies on the use of
makeup by male students.
HAMILTON (near Cincinnatti)— A Garfield Middle School student and his family are challenging the Hamilton City School District over his right to wear black eyeliner and lipstick to school.
Matt Allsup, a 13-year-old eighth-grader at the school, was told Monday, Sept. 22, to wash the makeup off his face. An administrator told Allsup it was "distracting" and therefore against the district's dress code.
Allsup said the makeup "expresses who I am. I am not like other people. I like rock 'n' roll and this expresses that. I am discriminated against."
Students in the Hamilton school district wear character badges that encourage acceptance and valuing the uniqueness of others, Allsup said.
"Why make us wear the character cards if they are not going to let us be unique?" he asked.
"It's gender stereotyping and sexual discrimination," said his mother, Mindy Ball. "If he has to take off his lipstick, then so do the little girls in the school."
Ball suggested to school officials that if the issue was the lipstick's color, she would buy her son pink.
Officials told her he couldn't "wear it because it's distracting because he's a male," she said. "He's a good kid and he is popular. The reason he wears eyeliner is because he is self-conscious and he thinks it makes his eyes look bigger."
No discipline was involved in the incident, said Joni Copas, district spokeswoman. "He washed it off and that was the end of it. The administrator didn't think it was conducive to the education process and the district believes it was handled appropriately. If makeup is too harsh — whether it's a girl or a boy — the student should be asked to wipe it off."
Ball said her next stop is "to contact a lawyer."
"I want him to know that no matter who he is or what he chooses to do, I will always stand behind him."
"...I am discriminated against...squawk...I am discriminated against..."
Freaking EMOS!
“I’m a dork! Look at me!”...”I’m a dork! Look at me!”...”I’m a dork! Look at me!”...”I’m a dork! Look at me!”...”I’m a dork! Look at me!”...”I’m a dork! Look at me!”...”I’m a dork! Look at me!”.......
“expresses who I am. I am not like other people.”
Remind him no one asked, no one cares. Our taxes are paid to educate you, learn your studies, you can express yourself after you graduate.
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By ester baever
September 24, 2008 9:37 AM | Link to this
This boy and his mother have serious mental problems.The boy is obviously GAY and the mother would rather have a daughter than a son.I bet she makes him wear a pad once a month also.They should both be put away.
"I am a sensitive artist...
I am a sensitive artist.
Nobody understands me because I am so deep.
In my work I make allusions to books that nobody else has read,
Music that nobody else has heard,
And art that nobody else has seen.
I can't help it
Because I am so much more intelligent
And well-rounded
Than everyone who surrounds me.
I stopped watching tv when I was six months old
Because it was so boring and stupid
And started reading books
And going to recitals
And art galleries.
I don't go to recitals anymore
Because my hearing is too sensitive
And I don't go to art galleries anymore
Because there are people there
And I can't deal with people
Because they don't understand me.
I stay home
Reading books that are beneath me,
And working on my work,
Which no one understands
I am sensitive...
I am a sensitive artist."
"Sensitive Artist" - King Missile
One nice thing about Catholic schools is that they have absolutely no problem suppressing expression and demanding conformity to square, old-fashioned rules. This garbage just does not happen.
You can put lipstick on a pig........
Oh, baby, look at you
Don’t you look like Siouxsie Sioux
How long’d it take to get that way
What a terrible waste of energy
You wear black clothes say you’re poetic
The sad truth is you’re just pathetic
Get into the groove just get out of my way
I came here to drink not to get laid
So why don’t you just go on home
‘Cause if you want to moan you’ll have to moan alone
You’ll dance to anything
Don’t try to tell me that you’re an intellectual
Cause you’re just another boring bisexual
“I met Andy Warhol at a really chic party”
Blow it out your hairdo ‘cause you work at Hardees
80 pounds of make up on your art school skin
80 points of I.Q. located within
Know what you are? You’re a bunch of ...
Artfags! Artfags! Artfags! Artfags!
Choke on this you dance-a-teria types!
You’ll dance to anything by The Communards
You’ll dance to anything by Book of Love
You’ll dance to anything by The Smiths
You’ll dance to anything by Depeche Commode
You’ll dance to anything by Public Image Limited
You’ll dance to anything by Naked Truth
You’ll dance to anything by any bunch of stupid Europeans who come over here
with their big hairdos intent on taking our money instead of giving your
cash, where it belongs, to a decent American artist like myself!
You’ll dance to anything!
The Dead Milkmen
Cultural ping. See especially Post #6. Don’t forget to pick up my library book.
And post 12.
At my children's school only girls are allowed to wear earrings. I remember a long time ago a boy tried to wear clip-on earrings as a gag, but after having to seat out two football games that was the end of the story. And, guess what?, I have never heard anybody complaining?
“I am not like other people.” Wasn’t that written in the diaries of the Comubine Shooters?
This little wimp wouldn’t last 2 minutes in West Texas.
Ball suggested to school officials that if the issue was the lipstick's color, she would buy her son pink.
Nice parenting skills there, mom!
Exactly. He can express himself after he graduates from high school. I feel the same way about the push for teaching homosexuality in the schools. Nobody knows what causes homosexuality, but those who are pulled in that direction sometimes leave their hometowns and go to The Castro as part of their “self-discovery”. The same concept applies to this kid, if he’s destined to be one of those “goth” type people, he can express himself when he’s an adult and out of school.
What does dad think about this?
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