When my mother was in school, the nuns at a different school would accuse her and her sisters of being satan's cheerleaders because they all have naturally red hair (one ginger two red-blondes).

I go to a catholic school (although I am not catholic anymore; just Christian) and their church and "rules" and so misinformed. It's crazy how they believe everything they hear without question at all. And we have the hair dye rule; no extreme highlights, no streaks, and nothing too far from the natural color of the girls hair. We don't have nuns for teachers anymore. It's still just as crazy though. O.o We can't even wear the color nail polish we want. They are depriving everyone of their freedom of expression. It's quite sad.

@40: Being "Satan's cheerleader" sounds better than some drab, boring, no-fun nun... in my opinion.

40-it's called strawberry blonde :)

My friend used to get into trouble often because the teachers thought she was wearing lipstick. She just had naturally dark pink lips. At least with hair you can dye it if necessary.

79- I used to go to Catholic school and we never had nuns teaching us. But all my teachers were Catholic and I think it's a bit offensive that you say all Catholics just accept everything without questioning it. I've met nuns who weren't even like that. Where are you from that is that backwards? Sounds like Ireland in the 50s

105 - it's a very different shade than "strawberry blonde". If you lookup strawberry blonde, it looks nothing like their hair color

I'm probably jumping the gun but I think the school is doing that because they believe hair dying can be rebellious.

38 - That may be the case, but if they made it acceptable, the teenagers wouldn't be rebelling against them, would they?

My school has this rule. It's an exemplary school, and they think that we all have to look the part. Unnatural colors, facial piercings, tattoos, pants with rips or holes, anything with sleeves less than the width of a dollar bill, shirts that show your stomach, yoga pants, and shorts/skirts higher than six inches above the knee (even with leggings underneath) are all banned. If you break the rules, you spend the day in ISS.

52. They send you to the international Space Station for the day?

"In school suspension", I think a space station would be too fun for my school...

So you basically all have to look like preppy clones of each other... *shudder* I'd be expelled in a heartbeat- 11 piercings, two tattoos, dyed black and purple hair, and I don't own a pair of jeans without rips :P luckily, I've never come across a school like that where I live. And I went to a different one every year.

So you basically all have to look like preppy clones of each other... *shudder* I'd be expelled in a heartbeat- 11 piercings, two tattoos, dyed black and purple hair, and I don't own a pair of jeans without rips :P luckily, I've never come across a school like that where I live. And I went to a different one every year.

122, basically, you would walk in the building, and then walk right back out. They may even get the security guards after you. Apparently our dress code lets them identify intruders easily...

My school wont even let me have long hair cus im a guy and honestly i realy dont see how me having long hair is rebelious in any way i just like how it looks and its the only hair style i like and its just to my shoulders and the y make me cut it and in two weeks i go back to school and i have to cut my hair and its not even a private school its a public school

Sounds like its time to go to a different school instead.

Wigs can be very hot though. Not to mention teasing for wearing it.

They'd make her go blonde then. Arian race

Like with baby pictures. Unless you're my mother. She went from blonde to brown.

Ah yes the answer to all life's battle. Tie up our courts with stupid lawsuits instead of just dealing with the problem one on one. Sure done things are tough to deal with like that but are still stupid lawsuits. Mediators are good for that. I'm still trying to figure out what dumb ass lawyer would screw around with a case like this.

"Stupid" lawsuits are sometimes the only recourse to stupid policy. OP may want to try a note from her doctor, first. Requiring a girl to dose her head with toxic chemicals for a non-health reason is not good for her health.

What outoftown said.

People often start with the lawsuits instead of doing a little bit of work and trying other steps first. It's amazing what kind of change one can bring about with some time and effort in organizing people and bringing attention to a stupid policy. They get the results they want and courts don't get tied up. I understand that sometimes you have to take something to court, but often times, people start there as a short cut.