Long Hair not permitted on boys?
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I'm not defending the school regarding the long hair. I don't see a problem with the young child's hair being a little long. What I am defending is a school's right to rules. Without them there is nothing but mayhem and as I said earlier, these parents must have enrolled their child knowing the rules. If they did not know them and they disagree, it's pre-school. He can be moved to another school. It is them that have a point to make. Not the child. They are teaching him that rules are made to be broken.
My guess is Mesquite is the local board. Should the parents move or send the kid to private school for an education?
Singapore? Sodomy? Dictators? Gawd, I thought we were talking about a simple grooming code.
Actually, no it didn't.
The drop in crime had nothing to do with the broken window policy; in fact, you can tie it more closely to the availability of abortion.
So, according to you, it's okay for a school to discriminate on the basis of gender.
Perhaps kids should also have to wear neat uniforms consisting of knee/elbow pads, helmets, goggles, etc., too, just so they don't get scrapes and bruises.
People are just silly to the point of being downright foolish. If anything they could at least come up with a health reason for this. But even then, they'd be hypocritical to the max as most of the teachers themselves don't look like paragons of health.
People are just silly to the point of being downright foolish. If anything they could at least come up with a health reason for this. But even then, they'd be hypocritical to the max as most of the teachers themselves don't look like paragons of health.
And another view of "broken window"...
2/13/2009
The law enforcement field is taking note of the research efforts of Brenda J. Bond, assistant professor of Public Management, who is co-author of a journal article documenting significant crime drops in focused areas of Lowell where law enforcement problem-solving, public works and code enforcement had been brought to bear.
The long-debated “broken windows” theory of social behavior argues that crime is linked to physical and social disorder in a community.
In Lowell, this disorder took the form of trash-strewn streets, broken street lights, abandoned buildings, public drinking and loitering. In the course of the randomized research study, officials cleaned up half of the neighborhoods plagued by these sorts of prob
lems. Researchers then monitored the results and found that there were 20 percent fewer calls to police from the spruced-up areas compared to areas receiving traditional police response.
“This study is critical in that it not only supports the theoretical aspects of Wilson & Kelling’s ‘Broken Windows’ theory, but it generates valuable knowledge that police practitioners can adopt as part of their policing strategies,” said Bond. “Moreover, the study shows that engagement of non-pu
blic-safety services is critical to crime reduction. By building on the work of my colleague, Dr. Braga, the results of this experiment will inform police strategy for years to come.”
Bond served as co-author of the research article, in the journal Criminology (8/09), with Anthony Braga of Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. The Boston Globe wrote about the study and its outcome in its Feb. 8 edition, with a follow-up editorial on Feb. 13, 2009.
Before and after photos above show one of the Lowell neighborhoods that police officers focused on as part of their problem-solving efforts. Trash was cleaned up, and the neighborhood saw a reduction of crime with no significant increase in crime in the surrounding neighborhoods.
Suffolk University - Research Boosts Broken Windows Theory - Suffolk University, Boston
2/13/2009
The law enforcement field is taking note of the research efforts of Brenda J. Bond, assistant professor of Public Management, who is co-author of a journal article documenting significant crime drops in focused areas of Lowell where law enforcement problem-solving, public works and code enforcement had been brought to bear.
The long-debated “broken windows” theory of social behavior argues that crime is linked to physical and social disorder in a community.
In Lowell, this disorder took the form of trash-strewn streets, broken street lights, abandoned buildings, public drinking and loitering. In the course of the randomized research study, officials cleaned up half of the neighborhoods plagued by these sorts of prob
“This study is critical in that it not only supports the theoretical aspects of Wilson & Kelling’s ‘Broken Windows’ theory, but it generates valuable knowledge that police practitioners can adopt as part of their policing strategies,” said Bond. “Moreover, the study shows that engagement of non-pu
Bond served as co-author of the research article, in the journal Criminology (8/09), with Anthony Braga of Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. The Boston Globe wrote about the study and its outcome in its Feb. 8 edition, with a follow-up editorial on Feb. 13, 2009.
Before and after photos above show one of the Lowell neighborhoods that police officers focused on as part of their problem-solving efforts. Trash was cleaned up, and the neighborhood saw a reduction of crime with no significant increase in crime in the surrounding neighborhoods.
Suffolk University - Research Boosts Broken Windows Theory - Suffolk University, Boston
Your first link explains in the abstract: So far there has not been strong empirical support. There's many other variables affecting crime, and the few cases where you can show that crime rates drop, you can equally find cases where crime rates do not drop.
And I'll raise you here, and here.
More than that, I'll ask you to provide a reputable source that identifies long hair past the ears in pre-kindergartners as disorder, and affecting crime rates.
In the 1700s EVERYONE had long hair. What's the big deal? You go to some of countries' higher courts and lawyers, judges, etc. even put on wigs so they can have long hair.
1750–1795 in fashion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1750–1795 in fashion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hey, maybe some of us got a bit off-topic there, Tonington. You make a good point.
It's just long hair, after all!
... and a hero to the Christians of the day, too. Maybe the school's board are anti-Christian.
Yeah but did Samson even go to school? If he did, I'm pretty sure it wasn't in Texas. Besides, doesn't the story say that he couldn't cut his hair, even if he wanted to? Or was it that it went limp when he was under the spell of...oh heck, I can't remember the details...
The story of Samson illustrated by a harmless joke:
Back during the Depression there were these two Irish hoboes, by the names, Pat and Mike. They travelled from place to place, picking up an occasional odd job, to feed themselves.
Well, they came to this deeply religious community one day. The lady who answered their knock on her door responded to their request to do odd jobs for food saying that in her town only people who know their Bible will get a job, so do they know anything about the Good Book?
To which Pat replied: "I know the story of Samson. He was so strong that he licked 50 thousand philistines with the broken jaw bone of an ass".
The lady was properly impressed. Gave Pat and Mike a job, a meal and sent them on their way.
When they came to a similar town, once again they were asked if they know their Bible. Mike volunteered the answer, saying that he knows about Samson: "Samson was a strong guy. Once he licked the ass of 50 thousand philistines, till he had a broken jaw".
Back during the Depression there were these two Irish hoboes, by the names, Pat and Mike. They travelled from place to place, picking up an occasional odd job, to feed themselves.
Well, they came to this deeply religious community one day. The lady who answered their knock on her door responded to their request to do odd jobs for food saying that in her town only people who know their Bible will get a job, so do they know anything about the Good Book?
To which Pat replied: "I know the story of Samson. He was so strong that he licked 50 thousand philistines with the broken jaw bone of an ass".
The lady was properly impressed. Gave Pat and Mike a job, a meal and sent them on their way.
When they came to a similar town, once again they were asked if they know their Bible. Mike volunteered the answer, saying that he knows about Samson: "Samson was a strong guy. Once he licked the ass of 50 thousand philistines, till he had a broken jaw".
Fine then .... Moses had long hair.
And a hell of a big boat too! OK, you win - some of those Biblical guys had long hair. But, they also had long flowing robes and an entirely different "dress code of the day" so I'm wondering if it's fair to compare "apples and oranges" (or maybe it's figs and dates) here! :lol: