Veil ban on kids
- Thread starter Blackleaf
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depends if it hides their face. it'd have to be pretty huge and bushy to do that, although not impossible.
That would definitely be fair, but is not covering the face an established rule in schools?
I'll try to find some info on that.
I'll try to find some info on that.
I remember reading a story (fact or fiction, I do not recall...) wherein a father/priest/clergyman covered his face with a veil. The church goers grew increasingly suspicious of the priest's intentions or reasons for using the veil and it caused much grief for him...
Can anyone else help me identify this?
Can anyone else help me identify this?
Same here, except for yarmulkas. Those were allowed, but not without protest from a minority of teachers.
I dont have anything against small expressions of one's religion such as the skull cap or those top-knot turbans, that kind of thing. It's only when it starts to physically impair the teaching process. I am all for school uniforms too, but with a little flexibility in the rules.
I guess the question in my mind is: Does not seeing the lower half of a child's face truly impair teaching?
I think totally obscuring the mouth is a nono... you need to see expressions. Having said that many large beards are flexible and transparent enough to see expressions anyway. It's up the teachers but for the best possible communication between teacher and pupil, both need to be able to see facial expressions. That's what school is about, communication.
My girlfriend is a high school teacher. i'm going to ask her about this topic after work and try and relate her point of view as well. (She doesn't do teh internets fora):lol: