[ticktockclok]

Texas has nothing better to do.

[Darkness]

Oh no. They'e banned. Whatever will we do.

Who cares? It's not like they're important o.o

[Bmatt]

huh, "preparing them for the work force". . . funny how I read that as "drilling any sense of individuality and uniqueness out of them so they dont try to do there best". I thought thats what being a student was all about, getting harmed in many different ways and doing -REALLY- dumb things so you can look back and go "Woah, I was stupid" later on.

[©allum]

They're so ugly, anyway. Why would you want them?

[Spikeout]

If you feel like being black. Lol, but yeah they're ugly.

[caycyber7]

...



Umm....

[Spikeout]

Lol

[Snowy]

Ohhh yeah! Look Erik, my mom bought me a Grill that I can't wear at school! I'm glad I didn't get that Mustang!!! This is way better and will probably cause my gums to bleed leaving them open to gingavitis!

[Phieta]

"The district is having to respond to fads because they've become distracters or a safety hazard for those around them," said Malcolm Turner, the district's executive director of student services.

Grillz
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--Not a distraction because students tend to face the same direction during class, as opposed to gazing at each others' mouths.
--Not a safety hazard except under... er, strange circumstances. Probably not at school.

Gauged earlobes
====
--More of a distraction than grillz, perhaps, but not much more than earrings, which seem to be allowed given student Devonte Wright's comment.
--Definitely a potential safety hazard to the owner, as an acquaintance of mine learned, but as with grillz, only "strange" circumstances would result in a threat being posed to other students.

Both
====
--Could possibly be gang-related, but the district people didn't seem concerned about that.

"We want to instill in them a sense of modesty and a sense of community," said school board trustee Gloria Pena. "We're preparing them for the work force, and in the work force there are rules."

"Young lady, it's statistically accurate that women who wear skirts to job interviews are more likely to get hired than women who wear pants. You may as well get used to it if you want to get a good job someday!"
--Principal Verrückt; El Goonish Shive

--I fail to see how either of these fads are immodest.
--A community thrives on diversity, self-expression, and individuality, not homogeneousness.
--A school's job is not to prepare students for the work force; its job is to educate students.

[Snowy]

Pwned

[Neraphym]

[sarcasm] I disagree with Phieta. I believe that our society thrives on homogeneousness. Being different is inherently evil, and theorefore I believe Phieta should be permanently banned for having an opinion that differs from the rest of our perfect, homogeneous society. [/sarcasm]

Grills and gauging sucks, imo, but I see nothing wrong with letting others do it. There are already too many laws. Laws do nothing but limit freedom, and laws should only be passed if there's a darn good reason for it. Nazi conservative principals seem to think otherwise.

[Spikeout]

They're ugly but that's a damn dumb reason to ban them.



That's a better reason to ban them.

[Bespetna]

Noooooooooooo!

[Jake]

They're ugly but that's a damn dumb reason to ban them.



That's a better reason to ban them.

I want to see him punched in the mouth... with a brick...

[Spikeout]

Send him to Texas