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    • I Offline
      Imami
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      tutormum:
      Beware, she may file a police report on you taking her photo without consent.

      :evil:
      Oops :siam:[/quote]
      She may be a member of KSP :spank: :spank:[/quote]
      Don't think so... This report mata incident shows that she is someone who does nit hesitate to \"make it big\". She would not hesitate to \"tell us off\" if we are not in her camp.

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        limlim
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        ksi:
        limlim:

        Teacher cut student hair.. created a big fuss..


        Not long ago there was a saga on male photographer cut xmm model's pubic hair.. guess it didn't even made it to the straits times..

        Maybe because pubic hair is hidden? 🦆 :siam:

        Maybe not hidden by the cloth or under sized bikini or underwear, so photographer want to cut.

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          Imami
          last edited by

          MR06:
          ponyo:

          actually there are 2 more issues that I find disturbing:


          1) I wonder if the mum truly understood the damage of her selfish love for her boy boy. When the ah-boy goes back to school, I am quite sure he will be teased to no end by his other classmates or worse still, even ostracised by his class for giving his teacher/school/principal a bad name. Wouldn't he feel more stressed and upset and maybe even victimised? If not addressed properly e.g. he grows up blaming everyone including his mum how he turned out, then we have just created a potential problem? no? (machiam those hk/taiwan soap opera, 这不是我的错, 是你们害我这样做的!)

          2) Where is the father in this entire episode? Did not the mum consult her hubby before she filed the police report? If yes,how come she is alone answering to the media? Where is the man to support his wife if the decision was collective? Filing a report is not a trivial matter so if the father is not consulted, it does say something about the balance of power in their relationship right?

          The boy is in need of a good/strong father figure to grow up to be a man.

          If I am the man I :siam: long ago but I would have grabbed my son along. 🦆 :siam:

          :rotflmao: :rotflmao: that was what my hubby said too. The only diff was, he said, he would Siam alone....

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            hsm
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            I would be very angry too if the teacher simply cut my child’s hair without giving any pre-warning to the kids, and worst to do it just before the crucial PSLE oral exam! It was similar to the recent incident of Joseph Schooling who was told that his swimming cap is not approved before his major competition.


            Personally, cutting someone’s hair without consent is interfering into a personal boundary esp to a child. I’m not sure if the boy was really misbehave / naughty that the teacher needs to go to this extend.

            On the other hand, i agree the mother may have overdone it to report police. But perhaps she was too angry at that point??

            Well, i still think the teacher is the one who did not handle this matter in an appropriate manner…

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              corneyAmber
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              limlim:
              ksi:

              [quote=\"limlim\"]Teacher cut student hair.. created a big fuss..


              Not long ago there was a saga on male photographer cut xmm model's pubic hair.. guess it didn't even made it to the straits times..

              Maybe because pubic hair is hidden? 🦆 :siam:

              Maybe not hidden by the cloth or under sized bikini or underwear, so photographer want to cut.[/quote]Both bleaching and Brazilian wax takes time hor... Anyway, if it is Brazilian wax he did for her, it definitely won't make it to news...stylo milo what is there to complain? 🦆 :siam:

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                corneyAmber
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                hsm:
                I would be very angry too if the teacher simply cut my child's hair without giving any pre-warning to the kids, and worst to do it just before the crucial PSLE oral exam! It was similar to the recent incident of Joseph Schooling who was told that his swimming cap is not approved before his major competition.


                Personally, cutting someone's hair without consent is interfering into a personal boundary esp to a child. I'm not sure if the boy was really misbehave / naughty that the teacher needs to go to this extend.

                On the other hand, i agree the mother may have overdone it to report police. But perhaps she was too angry at that point??

                Well, i still think the teacher is the one who did not handle this matter in an appropriate manner..
                I think she should make a police report only if her son fails the PSLE oral because of the psychological trauma on him ma....otherwise if he scores very well, she should give that teacher a treat instead for helping the son appear proper for the exam. Seriously, a phone call to the parents to explain why the teacher had to do it would have avoided this hoo-ha.

                I am just wondering if it is not PSLE oral exam day, would she have hit the roof in her behaviour? :? Of course there is still no excuse that as a mum, she cannot see that his hair was \"out of place\"...

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                  verykiasu2010
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                  hsm:
                  I would be very angry too if the teacher simply cut my child's hair without giving any pre-warning to the kids, and worst to do it just before the crucial PSLE oral exam! It was similar to the recent incident of Joseph Schooling who was told that his swimming cap is not approved before his major competition.


                  Personally, cutting someone's hair without consent is interfering into a personal boundary esp to a child. I'm not sure if the boy was really misbehave / naughty that the teacher needs to go to this extend.

                  On the other hand, i agree the mother may have overdone it to report police. But perhaps she was too angry at that point??

                  Well, i still think the teacher is the one who did not handle this matter in an appropriate manner..
                  warning letter issued but the boy \"forgot\" to show to his mother lar

                  rule book from the school make it clear no long hair, not the same as Joseph Schooling which was a different situation - coaches unaware of new requirement - coaches sleeping

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                    BlueBells
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                    If I am not wrong, in Joseph Schooling’s case, the ban on the brand of products he was using did not include the swimming caps and goggles in the list when team Singapore checked; so it is a different case versus the haircut.


                    In the former, they checked and the item was not listed as banned, in the latter, earlier communication has been established with regard to the boy’s haircut. So I wouldn’t view both in the same light.

                    Also, Joseph Schooling said something which strike me very strongly about his attitude. He said, "Champions have no excuses." I would love my children to have this mindset too, anytime.

                    Tripped in Oral, just work harder for the papers. All are not lost.

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                      iFirefly
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                      ksi:

                      Both bleaching and Brazilian wax takes time hor... Anyway, if it is Brazilian wax he did for her, it definitely won't make it to news...stylo milo what is there to complain? 🦆 :siam:
                      Doc, Will you use this in our makeovers in Dr Woffi Clinic? :scared:

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                        Fresco
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                        hsm:
                        I would be very angry too if the teacher simply cut my child's hair without giving any pre-warning to the kids, and worst to do it just before the crucial PSLE oral exam! It was similar to the recent incident of Joseph Schooling who was told that his swimming cap is not approved before his major competition.


                        Personally, cutting someone's hair without consent is interfering into a personal boundary esp to a child. I'm not sure if the boy was really misbehave / naughty that the teacher needs to go to this extend.

                        On the other hand, i agree the mother may have overdone it to report police. But perhaps she was too angry at that point??

                        Well, i still think the teacher is the one who did not handle this matter in an appropriate manner..
                        I agree with you.

                        On hind sight, the whole incident was triggered by an innocent haircut which the mother didn't mind paying an arm or a leg for it. Unfortunately, the haircut turned out to be too outrageous and left a teacher gawking in mute horror, on top of her stress and over-anxiety for her students to do well on PSLE oral day. She threw discretion out of the window and freaked out, transformed into Edward Scissorhands and started snipping away at the hair, unknowingly that every snip she made soon had it's repercussions. A storm ensued and escalated into a hurricane with an irate mother protesting vehemently why a teacher dared to touch a hair of her son's, not to mention a whole mop, and sought redress from the authorities as if they have nothing better to do. The issue became full blown and things turned ugly for everyone. The rationale of everyone's action became the debate of the nation and the boy became famous overnight without having to win the Singapore Idol award, and whether this unexpected 'fame' will make or break him is anybody's guess.

                        Moral of the story: DON'T TOUCH A SINGLE HAIR OF MINE!
                        Errrr.....Yes, not even pubic hair.

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