Pith in the Wind

Archives | RSS

  |  

Friday, July 30, 2010

Hargrove Franklin High Students Protest Flip Flop Ban...FAIL?

Posted by on Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 2:59 PM

flip-flop-ban.JPG
Perhaps not filed within the Department of Truth and Consequence, under the heading "Profiles in Courage," Franklin High students — who attend a school in one of the wealthiest counties in the country — have drawn a line in the sand. They're not boycotting a prom that bans same-sex dates. Nor are they protesting massive cuts in state aid to public schools. (Clearly in Franklin this is not a concern.)

They're refusing to obey the new Draconian dress code which bans — the humanity! — flip flops. Truly, flip flops are the "cornerstone," as The Tennessean reports, of every slovenly high school student's wardrobe ... along with frayed ball caps and khaki cargo shorts.

"I always wear flip flops," junior Gabrielle Lamay told Jennifer Brooks of The Tennessean. "I just kind of think (the ban) is dumb." Powerful stuff.

Some 200 students have signed onto a Facebook campaign to flout the dictatorial decree.

Pith's verdict: Civil disobedience FAIL...

Tags: ,

Comments (10)

Showing 1-10 of 10

Add a comment

 
Subscribe to this thread:
By Email
With RSS
Showing 1-10 of 10

Add a comment

Top Topics in
Pith in the Wind

Legislature (66)

Politics (51)

Phillips (40)

Education (36)

Around Town (23)

Law and Order (23)

Media (21)

Crazy Crap (14)

Breaking News (13)

Sports (13)

Top Commenters

The SouthComm Set Nfocus | The City Paper | LEO Weekly | NashvillePost.com | Medical News Papers

All contents © 1995-2013 City Press LLC, 210 12th Ave. S., Ste. 100, Nashville, TN 37203. (615) 244-7989.
All rights reserved. No part of this service may be reproduced in any form without the express written permission of City Press LLC,
except that an individual may download and/or forward articles via email to a reasonable number of recipients for personal, non-commercial purposes.
Powered by Foundation