Uh.....department of education mean anything to you? Government sets the rules, be it on a state or federal level, they still set them, and remember who gives the funds to operate the schools in the first place.....

You can deny the facts all you want, but it does not change what they are.

yea, i already said that... The government sets a standard which schools are run by, but EACH independent school district sets there own rules, in accordance to the governments mandates. the government has never told anyone how to wear their hair...

School are indeed primarily are funded by states and cities. Yet the federal has gotten its hand into how the schools are run but send federal dollars. Here is SC a few years back we had a fight. The feds were try to get our state to take so called stimulus to help but with it came a lot of rules on how the money was to be use including starting certain educational programs that in turn the state will have to keep funding and cannot stop it even if the program does not work or federal dollars will be cut off. In the end, some feel the state cannot survive without the federal dollars, especially the programs they want to keep as a way to buy votes.

Department of education is nothing more then a tool use to try and win votes and give the Federal government an excuse to try and meddle in the school system. It is in reality a waste of the taxpayer dollars.

Remember Pink Floyd’s song “Another Brick In The Wall” is what our government wants us to be. Another generic, can easy be replace, no individuality. There will be conflict of interest in to how far a school can go to maintain order and students rights, but only with government run schools. Private schools can place restriction on some of the rights sense you have a choice in join that school. The Government run school, you don’t have a choice to fund it and many don’t have a choice but to go.

The truth is that people are like stones, each one different, each one has a place in the wall of this world.

rich folks want to control us too,, they own and run so many places of employment that try to control our behaviors and make us into 'sheep'

we still remain one of the 'freest' places in the world, far from the 'sheep' people keep on about,,,,

Most places of employment we can choose to work at but the government is making it harder for people to start their own business. Take New York, you can’t go buy a car and start your own cab company without a median that cost in the millions of dollars. This is to keep the little guys out and the rich in control, all thanks to government.

Uber is an up and coming company that works like a cab but you use an app on your phone to reserve on and will tell you want the fair is. The Cab companies are trying to keep this service out of many cities going as far a having rules pass like Uber cannot charge no less then $80 regardless how short the drive is. The guy in charge of Uber said he had to hire a lobbyist just to get a meeting with one city’s council.

I am reminded of my experiences with school and university. My high school encouraged free thinking and expression, and this was always nurtured with a healthy dose of respect for others and being open minded to the opinions/statements of others.
I flourished in this atmosphere and was on the honor role.

First year university, I nearly flunked my first semester, because I had to learn that most of my professors didn't want to hear my viewpoint...they merely wanted their ideas, and the textbooks we used regurgitated back to them when it came time for tests and exams.

Oy vey...I learned quick, but hated to shrink back and conform myself to their pablum.

life is a balance, it can sometimes be all about our opinion, our desire, our thoughts,, but sometimes it is necessary in order to be part of a SOCIETY to be PART OF THE SOCIETY and blend down some of the INDIVIDUAL,,,,,,,


I think some people flourish better in different environments, but I also think there is a survival of the fittest need to be tought and understand 'the game',, 'the status quo' or whatever we call it so that we can be competitive in the real world,,,,which doesnt necessarily conform to EACH Individual,,,

I prefer montessouri which takes childrens strengths and builds on them while continuing to instill the basics of our culture so they can remain relevant and comptetitive,,,

some public schools also can be found with such a model but are more likely to be located in communities where people have more income

many public schools are overcrowded in terms of student to teacher ratio and resources which makes it much more difficult for them to have the time or resource to conform to each individual childs specific and unique circumstances,, and makes it more necessary for the parents to work with their unique attributes while the teachers are given a more 'uniform' standard by which those children can most peacefully and fairly receive their education,,,

yes, it seems some people don't get that rules/regulations/laws are for a reason... utopia doesn't exsist and the reason being is that everyone has a different opinion on things... the "free thinkers" are right in what they believe, i used to think that way myself, but i have come to understand that many laws are made so we can all live together, somewhat peacefully...

Wrong, they're made so that you will fall in line with what is wanted of you. They do not want free thinkers...., I believe George Carlin put it the best when he said:

"I'll tell you what they (the government) don't want

They don't want a population of citizens capable of critical thinking.

They don't want well-informed, well-educated people capable of critical thinking.

They're not interested in that! That doesn't help them. That's against their interests.

They don't want people who are smart enough to sit around the kitchen table and figure out how badly they're getting ****ed by a system that threw them overboard 30 ****ing years ago.

You know what they want? Obedient workers – Obedient workers.

People who are just smart enough to run the machines and do the paperwork but just dumb enough to passively accept all these increasingly shittier jobs with the lower pay, the longer hours, reduced benefits, the end of overtime, and the vanishing pension that disappears the minute you go to collect it. "

(full transcript of the entire bit is here: http://dotsub.com/view/5782d237-ab0a-41bc-a35b-d8b34d886b7c/viewTranscript/eng

That is what the government wants.....they may say they care about the people want the best for them, that they wanna protect us, keep us safe and so on and so forth, but it's all a bunch of hot air. Most laws are formed to serve THEIR interests, not ours. Oh sure you'll be given certain crumbs of freedom, like what restaurant to choose to eat at, what car to buy, shoes to wear, things that really don't matter in the grand scheme of things....things to keep us from revolting, and even that veil is beginning to lift, but things that actually would CHANGE the way we do things? Nope, that's not allowed, can't break their stranglehold on the public.....nothing in it for them then.

We need to wake up......America, the legal system, our government, is NOT what we are being told it is, not by a long shot. Quite frankly people trying to defend it are a part of the problem, it needs to stop, the system is broken and needs fixing. If they won't fix it, than we should. Enough of this garbage.

Well, everyone, it could have been worse. They could have asked him to remove a tattoo, or a leg, or some teeth. Wonder if he got a mohawk on purpose so that he'd get kicked out? If he genuinly hated that school, then he may do anything just so that he isn't allowed back there. Sometimes rebelling is easier than complaining. Otherwise he just thought "Screw it", and did it anyway.

What would they do if someone were to come to school with a tattoo on their face?

not really an issue, my niece is a model, she had tattoos, but no agents ever saw them

there is make up to cover tattoos,,,,

used to become known as GLEICHSCHALTUNG oh,in about AD1933!

so.... anyone that disagrees with you is a problem? you sound just like the government you hate so much...

But want would happen when say a teenager goes to school with a tattoo on the face and if it was of something that was controversial? Would the school then require that student to wear make up? I know one officer would like to do something about the students that have “tear drops” tattooed on their face as it means in some gangs as the number of cops they killed.

What a coincidence...I got kicked out of class for wearing a Mohawk too!...They didn't even have the decency to wait until a substitute teacher could be brought in!...That's the last time I lecture to those stuck-up snobby doughheads at Yale!!

Yes you are a problem for the simple reason that you are defending the enemy. The government is the enemy of the people anymore, and if you're defending them, you are contributing to their power whether you know it or not.

yes, I think they could require him to cover it up,,