School accused of demanding teenage boy’s ‘submission’ to identity type after he was sent home for wearing earring

by ByGollie

27 comments

  1. > an earring in the left ear was “indicative of heterosexuality” and an earring in the right pointed to “gay identity”.

    Well, you learn something new every day, don’t you?

  2. It’s insane that he would be allowed to have earrings if he had both ears pierced.

    What moron of a principal came up with that.

  3. TL;DR

    The boy came in with a single ear pierced

    The principal allegedly demanded that the boy identify as an identity type (gay/genderfluid/Bisexual) – and pierce his ears appropriately.

    The principal then allegedly blew up in a rant when the parent came into school looking for an explanation, allegedly exhibiting anger management issues, shouting, pounding the desk and smashing a laptop.

    A solicitors letter was the sent, and the pupil was then punished by the principal – forced to sit outside the principals office, denied permission to leave the school at lunchtime, and forced to sit evening detention which made him miss his bus home.

    This went on for 6 weeks, until the WRC got involved, and the sanctions were dropped when the assistant principal informed the mother.

    The solicitor for the schoolboy made an interesting quote regarding the principal.

    > “male chauvinist attitude that belongs to a certain sort of religious ethos”

  4. What if he kept his piercing and put a clip on stud on the other ear. Would that be malicious compliance?

  5. That Principal sounds like a fucking header. All that over a pierced ear?

  8. What a fucking dick, it’s a piercing for fuck sake.

  10. That’s bonkers, can’t believe this kind of stuff is still happening in schools. I remember in the 90s boys weren’t allowed to have long hair.

  11. An earring in your ear means your gay, mate!. And I thought it was when you had your cock up another man’s arse. Things change eh.

  12. Why was this up in front of the WRC? Didn’t think complaints of this nature would be it’s remit.

  13. Jesus as adults we should be making kids’ lives easier and supporting them, not doing this Victorian shite. I hope that principal gets into some real trouble for this.

  14. I genuinely cannot believe that this happened in this day and age. Jesus wept.

  15. Well I guess we all know where Enoch Burke is going to turn up tomorrow…

  17. Principals who spend their time enforcing uniform rules do not have enough real work to be doing.

    What do principals do anyway? It’s not like they’re managing the teaching staff.

  18. Absolutely insane conduct from the principal, they should really be removed from the register for this.

    Just on every level this entire thing is super inappropriate and overblown by the principal.

  21. Ah, the the school system I remember!
    And I left in 2014

  22. I’ve heard of a few schools with policies against piercings, dyed hair, it’s archaic

  23. You really forget how much those gobshites get all up on a power trip over the smallest amount of self expression and are willing to fuck over student and parents schedules with pointless detention, all to stoke their own delusions.

    Wankers

  24. Are we still this fucking backward? Remember getting suspended for having long hair in the 90s, I assumed we’d moved on since then but apparently not.

  25. Whatever about the piercing thing, how the child was treated afterwards is an appalling abuse of power fuelled by bitterness. Bullying behaviour.

  26. The principal should be sacked. Wouldn’t want him anywhere near my kids.

  27. Most schools have a policy of no jewellery during the school day. There’s a number of reasons for this. Health and safety being one, another being the risk of parents bothering the school if valuable items are lost or stolen in the school.

    This just sounds like someone looking for special treatment. 

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