Oregon School tells Kids Shave Off Eyebrows

OH HELL NO! if that happened with my kids at their school I would fight it tooth and nail!! As much as I understand the whole fear of gang association thing particularly here in the U.S..I'm sorry but if a generally good student does this for "cool factor" whats the big deal AND lets face it..anyone who waxes or tweezes their eyebrows KNOWS the hairs grow back in fairly quickly so I would say the best solution is for the school to send out a letter to all the parents saying that from this point on it is not allowed..

I must admit nova that I was a bit shocked by reading the title but then I read the rest of your message and understood why the school is asking them to do it. It is like the first time kids came to school with earrings - we weren't allowed them until we were 16! Then of course there were the nose piercings... it is a shock at the beginning for the school but after a while I'm sure that they will allow the students to do it. It will be incredibly embarrassing for the kids if they have to shave their eyebrows! I wonder how old the kids are? I sort of agree with the school to a point. You have to ensure that everyone is more or less dressed the same and that they are not wearing gang colours etc. Oh well, they are kids they will hate it for the couple of weeks that they won't have any eyebrows but I'm sure they will grow back quite quickly. LOL Thanks for sharing this with us nova.

I think it is appropriate. I am sure they broke school dress code by having those symbols in their eyebrows so they have to make some kind of change.

Unfortunately, a lot of the things or trends youths are sometimes negative. And there are times when a trend comes out that is not meant to be violent or gang-related at all but being that we are in dangerous, sensative times, we must be careful of what we choose to follow. I would personally hate to see my son without eyebrows......not a nice look. Maybe if the principal would have said for them not to do it again and to allow their eyebrows to grow back would be better.

Well lets see.....schools are responsible for our children and their safety for the majority of the day. There are certain signals that public school administrators search for that appear to be ones that would signify a dangerous trend or a gang affiliation. These include specific clothing styles, colors, even items of clothing. They might also include tattoos, body piercings, hair styles. Why not eye brow shaving? As a parent why should we not look to school administrators to define the standards for student appearance? What is the issue? When my youngest son was in High School (Public) the school had a dress code that included hair length for boys. The policy stated where on the body pants could be worn (no low riders), that shoes had to be tied, no tee shirts, and hair for boys had to be at or above the collar. If boys had long hair they had to put it in a hair net during the school day. My youngest son had hair to the middle of the back. He was very angry at this rule. I didn't care I bought him sissors and a hair net and gave him a choice. He choose the net, by the way. There is nothing wrong with a certain amount or conformity if it keeps young people safe during the school day. There is nothing wrong with a certain amount of conformity if it keeps them focused on what they are their for! They aren't there to be "cool" they are their to learn and become educated. They are their as a first step to become productive members of a society that is failing due to lack of educated members.

School officials all feel a over riding need for control. If you do your job and control behaviour in school gangs are not a problem. The problem is to many people have come to believe kids rights come above disipline. Parents are the ones to control the attire of thier sublings not the school. Just the same as I at 68 at the time had to force schools in my area to obey the law.

sorry but I sort of agree with the school officials in that they do not wear gang insignia of any king in school. we have in a town about ten milesz away gangs that roam the streets and drive by shootings thatoften kill innocent people so why have lethal gangs and kids in school aping these hoodlums? no shave off the stupid marks and use eyebrow pencil. i have no sympathy with kids making gangsters their role models.