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連四歲的幼稚園學生都不放過!

這是發生在德州達拉斯的一個學區的事,四歲的幼稚園小男生留著長髮,學校先將他勒令短期停學。停學結束,他回到學校,頭髮更長了,這次學校不叫他回家,而是將他與其它學生隔離。

家長抗議,講的理由和台灣的家長講的差不多。台灣人說,教育重要的是頭皮以下,而不是頭皮以上,這位美國家長說他們認為學校更重視他小孩的頭髮而不重視他小孩的教育。

這個美國學校和學區的行政階級,沒有一個人讓步。

有些人祟拜美國教育,說美國學校沒有髮禁,很愛拿美國學校的作法來批評台灣學校。

這個例子告訴你,至少有一個美國學區有髮禁,行政當局還硬得很!

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http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2009-12-17-texas-school-hair_N.htm

Texas parents battle school over son's long locks

2009-12-17-

BALCH SPRINGS, Texas (AP) — Pre-kindergartner Taylor Pugh likes his floppy hair just how it is: long on the front and sides, covering his earlobes and shirt collar.

But his long locks violate the dress code in his suburban Dallas school district. So Taylor again Wednesday found himself facing in-school suspension, sitting in a library with a teacher's aide while his friends played and learned together in a classroom.

"They kicked me out that place," said Taylor, 4, who prefers the nickname Tater Tot. "I miss my friends."

Taylor's parents say he plans to eventually cut his hair and donate it to a charity that makes wigs for cancer patients. But they're not happy with the district's rules.

It appears the school district "is more concerned about his hair than his education," said Taylor's father, Delton Pugh. "I don't think it's right to hold a child down and force him to do something ... when it's not hurting him or affecting his education."

Pugh, a tattoo artist, said he used to shave his own head but that his son "made me pinky promise I would let my hair grow long with him."

The follicle fight came to a head last month when Taylor's parents received a signed letter from Floyd Elementary School's principal, threatening to withdraw the boy from school if his hair didn't comply with district standards.

When Taylor's parents didn't budge, their son was suspended.

Elizabeth Taylor, Taylor's mother, said her son is "an individual. He wants his long hair."

When the boy returned late last month, his hair was longer than ever. But school officials decided suspension was too harsh and changed the punishment to a modified in-school suspension.

"They still have regular classroom work, but in an isolated environment," Mesquite Independent School District spokesman Ian Halperin said. "We expect students ... to adhere to the code of conduct."

According to the district dress code, boys' hair must be kept out of the eyes and cannot extend below the bottom of earlobes or over the collar of a dress shirt. Fads in hairstyles "designed to attract attention to the individual or to disrupt the orderly conduct of the classroom or campus is not permitted," the policy states.

The district is known for standing tough on its dress code. Earlier this year, a seventh-grader in the district was sent home for wearing black skinny pants. His parents chose to home-school him.

On its website, the district says its code is in place because "students who dress and groom themselves neatly, and in an acceptable and appropriate manner, are more likely to become constructive members of the society in which we live."

A persistent violator could face additional suspensions, but such issues are handled on a case-by-case basis, Halperin said.

"We understand it may not be for everybody," Halperin said of the policy, "but those are the rules for this district."

Pugh said the issue is about more than hair. He said his son is being singled out, and that he has seen other male students in the district with hair much longer than Taylor's.

"Nobody wants to meet in the middle. It's all or nothing," Pugh said. "He's my son. I love him. I will back him to the end."

Copyright 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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我個人‧‧‧
2010/01/04 21:21

很欣賞您這幾篇美國生活的介紹

我個人沒在那裡長住過

有個朋友住德國,聽他說的我覺得也發人深省

謝謝您的分享

泥土敬白

時季常(ubhuang) 於 2010-01-05 01:38 回覆:

我看過很多台灣人形容美國的文章,裡頭美國被想像成像是外太空,美國人是外星人一樣。

尤其是每次看到一些人講到美國學校,說美國學生"快樂學習",老師不必要求,學生也不必用功,功課就會自然很好,實在是快要昏倒。

還有一些說什麼只有亞洲人才會望子成龍,望女成鳯,才會將小孩送去補英數,學才藝的說法,讓我簡直有時候想要駡粗話。

那是什麼樣的父母,才會不在乎他們子女的學業或是社會成就?


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很嚴格
2009/12/18 15:41
高中早上第ㄧ堂課是七點二十五分?這麼早?
遲到ㄧ分鐘還得被關教室?  您家大寶的學校真嚴格,是在好學區吧?
我記得美國有些地方沒那麼早上課啊!還是年代久遠記錯了?
時季常(ubhuang) 於 2009-12-19 08:24 回覆:

嚴格是為了他們自己的方便,不是為了學生的福利。

留學後留下來的第一代華人,絕大部份住在所謂的好學區,因為別的學區的學校根本就不能讀。想想每天四分之一甚至三分之一的學生沒去學校上課,那種學校能去嗎?

美國之大,無奇不有。亞歷桑那州教育程度,在美國是倒數的,但是大寶的學校,七點二十五分上第一堂課,二分十五分放學。

西紐約州的一些高中,九點才開始到校,九點半開始上第一堂課,一樣是三點十分放學。


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不過是個地方極端例子
2009/12/18 09:57
因為不平常, 所以才成"新聞". 現在美國公立學校幾乎不可能有這樣規定的, 用來代表"美國學校"未免太誇張了.

根據新聞, 說的是那學區現象沒錯, 但美國義務教育從五足歲開始, 怎麼會有四歲的學生?除非上的是私校. 只要不牴觸法律, 美國私校可以有任何不合理的規定, 學生要去就是願打願挨. 問題才是家長, 為什麼送孩子去不適合的學校, 讓他們受不必要的"歧視".
時季常(ubhuang) 於 2009-12-18 12:06 回覆:

有些學區比較有錢,或是有特殊經費,會往下開學前班,不過往往是由家長自願是否願意送小孩參加,因為那不算正式的學歷。我們住在西紐約州時,我家老大四歲時,就進入美國公立學校系統上課了。

那個學校是公立的,規定合不合理,還很難講。

那個家長已經抗議了。

一般而言,和台灣相比,美國學校對學生管理(包括服裝)的規定是比較寛鬆的,但是執行往往很嚴,違規的學生會受到相當嚴重的處份,包括停學,或通知家長等等在內。

我家老大現在讀九年級(公立的高中),第一堂課是早上七點二十五分,只要遲到一分鐘,就會立即被關到一間教室去,什麼事都不能做,整整一節課。

有些家長不喜歡,但大多數家長沒說話,所以學校就繼續此一虐政。



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2009/12/18 08:47

一堆搞不清楚自己有什麼的台灣教育專家?

美國要向中國人學的 東西太多了,這點都不知道?


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什麼學制
2009/12/18 04:55
四歲即上學?不知這是什麼學制?美國的K-12學制,幼稚園不是五歲才開始嗎?文中說男孩是Pre-kindergartner,他上的不是公立學校吧?
時季常(ubhuang) 於 2009-12-18 11:58 回覆:
有些學區比較有錢,或是有特殊經費,會往下開學前班,不過往往是由家長自願是否願意送小孩參加,因為那不算正式的學歷。我們住在西紐約州時,我家老大四歲時,就進入美國公立學校系統上課了。

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2009/12/18 02:19
您說的美國有髮禁,不知規定如何?只是男生不能留長髮嗎?可是女學生們
要如何規定?應該不會不可染燙髮吧?

十幾年前我在美西看到的中學生,他們有些人是有染燙的。
若規定不可燙髮,那黑人會很麻煩,我看他們ㄧ頭卷髮,有的還細編好幾十
條小辮子,頭皮條條紋路,各式花樣。
也見過理龐克頭的學生,或中間理光像ㄧ條高速公路。
在美國,我所見到的,乖的很乖,中規中矩,愛漂亮的女中學生
擦指甲油的也不少。

時季常(ubhuang) 於 2009-12-18 03:50 回覆:

黑人的頭髮是三角形,因此天生就是卷髮(混血兒例外),不必燙。

美國人頭髮自然顏色有金紅棕灰黑等,所以如果是染的也不知道。除非是紫色藍色或是參差雜色。

因此我猜,如果規定不能染燙髮,學校可能是自找麻煩。

如妳所知的,美國是個有三億人口的大國,各州有各州的教育系統,各學區還有各學區的規定,各學校也有各學校的作法,所以無法一概而論的。

服裝儀容的規定,自然也是到處不同。有的地方緊,有的地方鬆。但是,我相信,只要是正常人,絕對不會有一個學校或是學區的行政主管,會同意學校沒有管學生頭髮或服裝的權力。

我的意思是說,那些認為學校無權管理學生服裝儀容的人,思想是不正常的!而這種人,台灣很多。


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這是普遍性的現象?還是特殊的現象? 兩者的意義差異很大!!
2009/12/18 01:33

所舉的例子,當作結論?----有沒有以偏概全的可能?

弗蘭西斯培根﹙Francis Bacon﹐1561–1626﹚是由實證經驗為基礎,主張以“單純枚舉歸納”找出普遍性的一般法則。  單純枚舉若是少了"驗證歸納"就少了實證經驗---那麼"自然法則就會變得很奇怪了"!!


Tomas
時季常(ubhuang) 於 2009-12-18 14:50 回覆:

你寫的培根說的話,我看不懂。太空洞了。

何謂自然法則?

時季常(ubhuang) 於 2009-12-18 03:40 回覆:

沒有以偏概全,

文中最後一段寫了,至少有一個美國學區有髮禁。

我沒有說美國學校都有髮禁。注意一下吧。