Quote:One of the issues I had with the story is the kid had worn the same shirt several times already and no one had a problem with it. Then suddenly someone did and most likely complained. Be consistent with your zero tolerance rules or shut up.

 

Eh, I wore a shirt to school once that (unbeknownst to me) had a skeleton sticking up it's middle finger.  Someone pointed it out to try to get me in trouble, and the teacher was like "Eh, he's a good student.  It's not really noticeable.:"  Nobody else noticed it the rest of the day, and I never got in trouble for it.


Different teachers enforce rules differently.  He may have been lucky before, and nobody noticed it violated the rules, or they simply didn't care.   A lot of teachers don't enforce the rules strictly  Some Administrators however will.  Of course the administrator may have never seen this student wearing that shirt before.  Not unlikely given how many students tend to be in a school.

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