A Teacher At His Son’s School Wants His Son To Get A Haircut To Meet Dresscode Before Graduation, But He’s Refusing To Make His Son Do That, And It’s Causing Problems Between Him And His Wife
This guy has a 17-year-old son named Adrian, who will be graduating from high school in just one week.
And over the years, his son has always kept his hair length to just above the shoulders since his son’s school has a strict dress code. Apparently, boys are not allowed to have hair that reaches or goes below their shoulders.
However, as of this past week, he found out that his son’s hair was no longer up to code after, on Tuesday, his son asked to go for a trim.
So, he agreed, took Adrian to get a small haircut, and thought everything was fine.
Well, just yesterday, he received an email from his son’s homeroom teacher, who asked if he could have Adrian’s hair cut even more to reach ear level.
He was confused about why that was necessary, though, so he responded to his son’s teacher to ask.
At that point, Adrian’s teacher claimed that his son had been “skirting the hair length rules” throughout the entire school year.
“And that my son’s hair length and style are against the spirit of the rules; that graduation is coming up, and all the students need to look mature and put together for the ceremony,” he added.
In addition to all of that, his son’s teacher also provided some “unsolicited parenting advice.” More specifically, the teacher claimed to be a father as well and said that they both needed to discipline their sons and teach them to listen to authority.
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Well, he just responded “curtly” to Adrian’s teacher and ended the conversation there. Then, he decided to show his wife the email thread and was surprised to find out that she actually agreed with the teacher.
In fact, his wife pointed out how she had been letting Adrian get away with his haircut for all of this time just because it was technically abiding by the dress code. However, she thought that, since they received a complaint from their son’s school, they needed to “lay down the law” with Adrian.
Then, his wife even asked him to talk to Adrian about getting a haircut– which he simply refused to do. He also wound up calling his wife ridiculous, which sparked a heated argument between them.
In the end, his wife ultimately stormed off and claimed she would just talk to their son herself. Although, he has not heard anything about that from Adrian, and his son’s hair has remained uncut.
So, he actually spoke to Adrian and told his son not to let anyone touch his hair if that’s not what his son wants. He also told his wife that he would be very upset if she decided to take Adrian for a haircut behind his back.
“I can’t believe we’re fighting over our son’s hair, and I feel like an idiot for getting so worked up over this,” he vented.
Nonetheless, he’s been left wondering whether refusing to force his son to cut his hair just one week before graduation makes him a jerk or not.
If his son’s hair is technically within the dress code, does it matter what one specific teacher thinks? Do you think it’s necessary to have his son’s hair cut if there is only one week until graduation? Do you agree with his perspective or his wife’s? How would you handle this?
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