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Can secondary schools stop you from dying your hair

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  • 06-11-2018 7:57pm
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    Kianrooney
    Registered Users Posts: 1 ✭


    So today i was told by my vice principal that if i die my hair they will refuse to let me into school. I thought this was extremely old fasioned and sexist as girls are allowed to bleach their hair blonde. I was wondering are they within their rights to stop me getting an education if i dye my hair fyi im dying my hair grey which is a natural colour and it states in my school rules that studemts may have their hair natural colours


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    zoe 3619
    Registered Users Posts: 630 ✭✭✭zoe 3619


    If there are girls in your school dyeing their hair blonde it would be totally unfair and unreasonable if anyone had an issue with it.
    I have no idea why you want to die your hair grey though.


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    wexie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,480 ✭✭✭wexie


    Kianrooney wrote: »
    I was wondering are they within their rights to stop me getting an education if i dye my hair

    But they wouldn't stop you from getting an education would they? They'd just not be the ones giving it to you, be nothing to stop you getting it elsewhere.


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    spurious
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 27,222 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    What does the code of conduct you signed up to on enrolment say?


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    Peatys
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,881 ✭✭✭Peatys


    How does the vice principal have any knowledge of your hair?


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    byhookorbycrook
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 12,498 Mod ✭✭✭✭byhookorbycrook


    Kianrooney wrote: »
    So today i was told by my vice principal that if i die my hair they will refuse to let me into school. I thought this was extremely old fasioned and sexist as girls are allowed to bleach their hair blonde. I was wondering are they within their rights to stop me getting an education if i dye my hair fyi im dying my hair grey which is a natural colour and it states in my school rules that studemts may have their hair natural colours
    Have their hair its natural colour or have any "artificial" natural colour -the exact wording is the key here.


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    jimmycrackcorm
    Registered Users Posts: 14,339 ✭✭✭✭jimmycrackcorm


    How did the VP know you were planning to dye your hair. Sounds like a teenage rebellion is afoot.


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    vicwatson
    Registered Users Posts: 28,404 ✭✭✭✭vicwatson


    If it says no hair dye in the code of conduct then deal with it


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    pawdee
    Registered Users Posts: 550 ✭✭✭pawdee


    It's "dye" not "die". It'd be more in your line to concentrate on your spelling.


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    mvl
    Registered Users Posts: 1,229 ✭✭✭mvl


    surprised.... but there is a thread about a ban on hair dye in a Galway secondary, under Legal Discussion board.


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    byhookorbycrook
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 12,498 Mod ✭✭✭✭byhookorbycrook


    I'd hope the OP is under an assumed name!


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    spurious
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    byhookorbycrook wrote: »
    I'd hope the OP is under an assumed name!

    Bless.


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    NSAman
    Registered Users Posts: 3,438 ✭✭✭NSAman


    Why would you want to go bald? If your hair dies, your natural colour will be pinkish..;)


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    368100
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,067 ✭✭✭368100


    pawdee wrote: »
    It's "dye" not "die". It'd be more in your line to concentrate on your spelling.

    Condescending much?


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    c6ysaphjvqw41k
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    When I was in secondary school some guy dyed his hair in a leopard print pattern, brown and blonde. Both natural colours. They sent him home and made him shave it that day.


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