School Makes 7-Year-Old Shave Off His Military Style Haircut
Adam Stinnett is a seven-year-old boy who has an older brother in the Army that he looks up to. Why not show his support by being just like him? Unfortunately, some principal on a high horse at Bobby Ray Memorial Elementary School in McMinnville, TN decided that the young boy could not honor his brother. The egregious reasoning? His military style haircut was a distraction.
From FOX 17:
A military style haircut earned seven-year-old Adam Stinnett a trip to the principal’s office at Bobby Ray Memorial Elementary School in McMinnville.
Adam’s older brother Justin is a soldier who has served in Afghanistan, so little brother decided he too wanted a “high and tight” hairstyle. But the school called it a distraction and forced his mom to shave the child’s head after sending a note home with Adam.
What kind of America-hating principal did this school hire? Adam’s mom even explained to the school that his haircut was not a mohawk and is a military haircut. The school didn’t care and told him to not come back until his hair was cut.
Adam’s mother Amy says she told the school the haircut was not a mohawk, that it was a military haircut. “Well, we’re not a military school and that it has to be cut or he cannot return to school until it is,” was the response Amy says was given to her by the school. “It broke my heart. It pretty much crushed a seven-year-old’s dreams” Amy stated.
Congrats on crushing a little boy’s dreams. How does it feel? Your school is even named in honor of a soldier killed in Vietnam! Have some decency. The school’s director did not want to comment but did point out that the district does not have any sort of rule about not having a military-style haircut. Why do schools even bother doing this? It only causes negative publicity.
As the great Randy Marsh once said, “I thought this was America.”
[via FOX 17]
My guess is that this principal votes liberal, hates America, and doesn’t like the taste of beer.
11 years ago at 12:45 pmI think all three of those fall under the umbrella of being a liberal
11 years ago at 3:15 pmThat principal and the school administrators should be on some watch list.
11 years ago at 1:01 pmIf you don’t stand behind the troops, feel free to stand in front of them.
11 years ago at 1:17 pmTopic aside, great job summarizing the sited article. Some parts were even word for word. Must have been a tough write…
11 years ago at 1:35 pmThe fact this school was named after a war hero makes this story that much more asinine. This principal should be fired
11 years ago at 1:48 pmChi Phi baby!
11 years ago at 6:28 pmIf it’s a distraction, it’s one that the school should support. What the fuck has happened to patriotism, national pride, and support for men and women who serve?
11 years ago at 1:49 pmSo a Hindu can wear a turbin because of religious freedom, even if it may offer a distraction (I have no problem with this, for the record). However, an American cannot support an American soldier by mimmicking their haircut, because it may be a distraction…because you aren’t free to support your country?
11 years ago at 2:13 pmIf something like this ever happened to my kid, I’d raise as much hell as possible and pull him from the school. I’m damn tired of hearing these stories on a weekly basis. Our country is seriously fucked up right now.
11 years ago at 4:38 pmBullshit.
11 years ago at 6:27 pmCan’t believe this happened in my state, I guess we haven’t successfully removed all the pussies in the south yet
11 years ago at 8:41 pm