...to be kilted at prom...

**###KILTEDKIWI###** · 5th January 10, 10:22 PM

And dogs. With bees in their mouths and when they bark they shoot bees at you!

oh, so thats where "she had a face like a bulldog chewing a wasp" comes from, you live and learn...

**Strings** · 6th January 10, 06:59 PM

Ok... you're wrong. Asking advice of the rabble might very well be the most imprudent course of action possible... :P

Hey... you asked...

**Nighthawk** · 7th January 10, 09:31 AM

Originally Posted by Strings

Ok... you're wrong. Asking advice of the rabble might very well be the most imprudent course of action possible... :P

Hey... you asked...

Alright- you make a valid point. I can see from the letter that he included a little of my advice... That may also be imprudent!

**auld argonian** · 7th January 10, 11:08 AM

Originally Posted by Strings

Ok... you're wrong. Asking advice of the rabble might very well be the most imprudent course of action possible... :P

Hey... you asked...

Might be like asking a Recruiting Sergeant for career planning advice...

...think about it...would you ask any of us to watch your dog over the weekend? I mean, you'd get your dog back but it'd probably be wearing a kilt and would most likely have Guinness on it's breath...

Best

AA

**Nighthawk** · 7th January 10, 12:06 PM

Originally Posted by auld argonian

Might be like asking a Recruiting Sergeant for career planning advice...

...think about it...would you ask any of us to watch your dog over the weekend? I mean, you'd get your dog back but it'd probably be wearing a kilt and would most likely have Guinness on it's breath...

Best

AA

Or in my case, he'd have a bowl full of Speyburn and his fur would be died in the Dress MacLeod tartan! Think a cat hide sporran would go well with that... or would the dog just chase it in circles?

**LadyGriffin** · 6th January 10, 07:24 PM

I am a little nervous about the part where you mention the school that had to apologize to the student. That sounds a bit forceful and threatening. Maybe reserve that for verbal if needed instead of in writing.

Julie

**###KILTEDKIWI###** · 6th January 10, 08:02 PM

Ok... you're wrong. Asking advice of the rabble might very well be the most imprudent course of action possible... :P

Kind of like asking a one arm man hanging off the cliff by said arm, "what is the time"...

**randal** · 6th January 10, 09:23 PM

I might be repeating some prior advice but...don't forget to take a picture of yourself in the kilt and jacket you will wear to the prom and present that to your principal. This might also prove to be persuasive.

**Strings** · 7th January 10, 03:07 PM

I'm going to disagree with those who say "just drop it if he says no".

Officials (of whatever stripe) are very much lilke teenagers: they push until they hit hard limits. By NOT calling them on the little stuff, you encourage them to push further.

Is the kilt at prom issue a big deal? No. However, similar issues have been let go in the past, with administrators then taking on more authority over folks. I personally know of one instance where a school official basically held a girl against her will, until she would consent to a pregnancy test...

If the principal says "no", and can't come up with a VERY convincing argument (better than what's been given), all correspondance should be given to the local press. Make him wish he'd just said "yes" and let it go.

IF he should try (as others have hinted at) to make your life difficult while still under his control, that should ALSO be brought to the press (and possibly, depending on his actions, the courts).

Pull him up short, and (if necessary) do so hard... ;)

**Nighthawk** · 7th January 10, 05:19 PM

Originally Posted by Strings

I'm going to disagree with those who say "just drop it if he says no".

Officials (of whatever stripe) are very much lilke teenagers: they push until they hit hard limits. By NOT calling them on the little stuff, you encourage them to push further.

Is the kilt at prom issue a big deal? No. However, similar issues have been let go in the past, with administrators then taking on more authority over folks. I personally know of one instance where a school official basically held a girl against her will, until she would consent to a pregnancy test...

If the principal says "no", and can't come up with a VERY convincing argument (better than what's been given), all correspondance should be given to the local press. Make him wish he'd just said "yes" and let it go.

IF he should try (as others have hinted at) to make your life difficult while still under his control, that should ALSO be brought to the press (and possibly, depending on his actions, the courts).

Pull him up short, and (if necessary) do so hard... ;)

I talked to my about this. He has said the exact same thing- about the admin, I mean. I mention this because he's a retired career teacher who has been in it since well before I was born. He has in the past made the same analogy between admin and students. Give them an inch and they take a mile.