As an advocate of equal treatment, I do not condone the act of punishing everyone based on the act of one person.

I'm aware that a lot of really fucking stupid people exist no matter where you go.

And a lot of them did dumb things,

and a lot of precautions exist today to prevent those things from happening.



Objectively, however, restricting anything based on distraction is something that shouldn't affect the alleged offender -- it should apply to the person being distracted, if it's that much of a problem at all. No one thinks twice in the real world if someone has an unusual hair color or a piercing, so saying that "only natural colors or features" is an unrealistic circumstance.
Last I checked, all colors occur naturally.
Last I checked, self-infliction is an art form that goes back thousands of years, beginning with cultures that we're taught from youth to oppress (i'm not kidding; everyone here is racist.) and extending now as a hatred of the occult because people are afraid to see anything without their eyes.



This isn't a problem that happens in places with larger student bodies;

The vast majority of my friends are foreign or in other places in the US.

They wholeheartedly attest to that truth.



It's not that it bothers me. I'm fine with just having dark hair!

Or no piercings, or no sort of voice.

The reason I never talk is because no one fucking listens.

But the fact it's a problem at all here, in a small, redneck, backwater town.

Everyone's afraid to enter this goddamn century because they're afraid of losing an image that, frankly, /NO ONE/ from Oxford sees. Ask around!



The only people who validate those sentiments are the ones who:

1: The parents whose children are actively involved in sports.

2: The parents or adults who hold a staff position in our school system. (Notice how they're inherently one in the same.)

3: People who strictly (hypocritically) affiliate with everything right-wing, be it out of fear or reluctance to shift from the status quo (or both.)



As a result, I have to ask one question:



why the fuck is our school board not elected?







Oxford High isn't a private school. It needs to stop acting like one.



btw "freshman academy" is the most backward motherfucking educational prospect anyone's ever had. The point of high school is to GROW THE FUCK UP.

Amazing how everyone heading one is afraid to let that happen.