I found this story on DRUDGE concerning a teacher/coach/mentor being sent home because he dyed his hair green for St. Patrick's Day. This incident occurred in Richland, SC at Richland High.
Most interesting for me is a memory of growing up in Charleston, SC, where an elementary teacher dyed her hair different colors, including orange, regularly without a problem in the 50s. My mother often told the story that the teacher responded after being asked why she dyed here hair different colors that she liked being different.
The Richland story has many angles to it. The "green-haired monster" was an African-American celebrating an Irish holiday is one angle. Another angle is that the teacher was helping to bring fun in a non-threatening way. I wonder whether schools are wound so tightly that it can't identify light teachable moments because it is focused is on the negative more often. Now, how many years have we known that positive reinforcement work much more often than negative reinforcement?
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