Mom call police and MOE : Teacher force son for a haircut

[cnimed]

Hm, dh was laughing over this when he showed it to me. I didn’t read it but a photo that showed the hair cut dangerously close to the scalp did catch my attention. The scissors appeared to be either angled dangerously towards the scalp, or the teacher really was just grabbing and cutting without looking. The school was lucky that there was no wounds.


To me it’s not about the haircut per se. It was obviously a power show down, and someone went overboard. The boy could have been receiving stitches. That photo up there does not tell the complete story.

[Chenonceau]

If it’s a power show down over long hair in school, I would plumb for the teacher any day. Further, it doesn’t look like a Loner Attack. The team of educators concurred on the approach… so it seems like a reasoned decision, and applied in front of witnesses. Going overboard seems unlikely, unless the boy was himself struggling violently.

[hmsg]

This wasn’t the first time the boy has been warned about his hairstyle. To continually "test" the system is going to risk such incidents. Doesn’t help that the boy’s mum is perceived to "bo-chup".

[Chenonceau]

I think that as long as rules are clear, and have been communicated several times, the school has a duty towards OTHER parents and OTHER children to apply the rule.

[tankee]

The school should have just sent that boy back … Till he return with a decent hair cut.

[JonC]

I agree with Tan Kee.


But some parents can be just as "i d i o t"

[tankee]

Chenonceau:

These are parents that make good Teachers/Educators leave the service.

:goodpost:

[Kodomosuki]

Too long get a hair cut.

I don’t like my boy to do those high slop cut…
So grandfather …
Anyway, school don’t be too harsh …
Relax… U cross the human right!
Sent the boy home or speak with the parents or detention la…
Why cut his hair ? What right have you got?
Just because you are the teacher ? So what ?
If stress? Take it to somewhere else?

[corneyAmber]

As in all issues, we cannot read it at face value. There must be a series of event leading to this. Flouting school rules is a no-no and if a reasonable timeframe has been given to respond, this would probably be the final warning. If there has been no warning then it might be a little harsh reflecting the teachers acting in anger just like how we parents sometimes pick up the cane out of anger instead of reason.


However I feel that the teachers might have also considered that the harm in hair cutting is not as bad as caning or other physical punishment. As a parent my first reaction might be anger especially if my child is a girl but I would still want the full story n if my child is really defiant, I would support the punishment.

[coast]

While I certainly do not agree with the parent’s action, I do not think the punishment is appropriate. Even in the army where discipline is strictly enforced and there is a fair amount of recruits breaking the hairstyle rule, instructors do not take out scissors and start snipping away. Certainly there are other forms of punishments that are more appropriate and effective to deter students from breaking the rules.