Utah school forces student to change out of kilt

[Marshal Moroni]

Well, here in So. Cal, I teach every Friday kilted! My Principal has been nothing but supportive.

Sorry to hear that this Young Kiltie was taken to task by a numbskull.
Perhaps, the Principal's brains will come in soon.

Cheers,

Marshal Moroni

[ali8780]

Polygamy has been illegal in Utah since the late 19th century. It was one of the major conditions for Utah statehood. While certain groups practice it illegally, it has become an unfair stereotype against LDS Church members that they continue to practice it.

Regards,

Todd

Thank you Todd. Nothing personal Dan, but we Utahns are very tired of polygamy jokes.

As for the topic at hand--I have such a hard time with people thinking that kilts are a form of cross dressing, really do they live in caves? Have they really never seen a kilt before??

Good on the district for making him apologize and making it public!

[herminator]

"hand-sewn over 40 hours by his mother"

GREAT!!

[Frank McGrath]

Some people are just educated far beyond their intelligence. School principals for one.

[MacKay71]

Who was the principle trying to protect? The kid or himself? I'm sure the kid was more than ready for any comments that might be hurled his way.

[JolyStNicholas]

That educator should of done more that appologize, I feel more training is needed for that person on dealing with young people. I'm sure they have seen far more distracting dress such as black/blue hair with multi body piercings, and black attire and chains, etc,etc.

[Rex_Tremende]

This story made it in as the 6:30 interstitial on NPR's Morning Edition today, reaching millions of people.

Regards,
Rex.

[sathor]

When I was in high school, overalls were expressly prohibited in our school dress code because, administrators said, it could be misconstrued that we were making fun of farmers. I am not making that up.

Ever since I was 14, anytime educators do something that really seems uneducated, I'm no longer surprised.

Odd. In highschool, I remember a guy that had to leave early one day because the fence holding his family's cows broke and he had to go help recapture his cows.

[sathor]

I have a problem getting my mind around prohibiting something because someone else might misunderstand why you are doing it. Not misunderstands but might... So before you do something you should make sure everyone totally understands why you are doing what ever it is you are doing?
Bahh! Thanks I feel better now.
It sort of reminds me of Article 2 of the Bill of no Rights that says 'You do not have the right to never be offended.'
Bruce

A very few of the people on here have met me and know that I will often talk with various accents, the quality of which vary, but are second nature to me. I once got in trouble from the manager where I worked for talking with a 'Hindu' accent. It wasn't the few Indians that I knew and enjoyed it, no, it was an African descended (in that area, I wouldn't vouch for them to be Americans at all) who was angry because

I am Islamic, and there are Islamic people in India, and if you are disrespectful to India, you are insulting Islamic people everywhere.

I kid you not. I am still irritated about it years later. Not enough that it rules my life, its actually on the list of reasons I will never work for Walgreens again.

[Dan R Porter]

My sincerest apologies for all the wonderful people of Utah. Every state has their stereotype, and I in no way intended to tag the LDS Church. It just popped in my head.

I hope my ignorance will be excused. And an even more heartfelt apology to Todd. Thanks for the heads up.