Againsheila
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You know.........even though the school has rules on the length of hair for boys (a rule I disagree with by the way), they should make exceptions for this young man......
A few inches of hair stand between J.T. Gaskins and an education.
The 17-year-old, who had been treated for cancer and said he now wants to grow his hair to give to Locks of Love -- a charity that provides wigs for kids who lose their hair due to chemotherapy and other treatments -- was recently suspended from Madison Academy, a charter school in Burton, Mich., for refusing to trim his tresses.
Gaskins told The Flint Journal that he was diagnosed with leukemia as an infant and has been cancer-free since age 7. This is something I want to do, and I feel very strongly about it.
The schools dress code policy, spelled out in the student-parent handbook, says hair must bair must be kept clean, neat, free of unnatural or distracting colors, off the collar, off the ears and out of the eyes for boys.
Gaskins hair, which resembles the windswept bangs of Justin Bieber, dangles at his eyes and covers his ears.
His mother, Christa Plante, told the Journal she supports her son and remembers his cancer fight as a small child. The fact that hes ready to talk about everything he went through, his strength ... I cant deny him that. Hes ready to speak out about what hes been through, Plante said, according to the newspaper.
U.S. News - School suspends cancer-survivor boy for growing hair for Locks of Love
Me personally? I hope the parents are able to sue the school over this bullshit behavior.
As long as he keeps it clean and tied back, I don't see why they should have a problem with it.
One thing I thing people should know about "locks of love" is that the hair you send in, isn't used for making wigs for peole with cancer. No they sell THAT hair to a doll manufacturer and then buy the wigs. I found that out after more than a year of growing my own hair out for them. Then I decided, it would be easier to just send them money.