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| Subject: Outrageous: 12 year old threatened to be expelled for her natural hair, at the divorced from reality, Faith Christian Academy Thu Nov 28, 2013 2:40 am | |
| Because school uniforms are bland, most of us would've tried to get away with a piercing here or a friendship bracelet there to show that we are not entirely homogeneous creatures slowly being brainwashed by high school.
Sadly these futile 'creative expressions' tend to end in detentions. But what if you naturally stood out from everyone? Would you still get in trouble for looking like yourself?
That's the dilemma faced by 12-year-old Vanessa VanDyke from Orlando, who was threatened with expulsion because of her naturally puffy hair. It's a glorious head of frizzy tresses that she's grown to love and seems to be completely comfortable with:
AS Vanessa told Orlando news outlet Local 6: “It says that I’m unique...First of all, it’s puffy and I like it that way. I know people will tease me about it because it’s not straight. I don’t fit in.”
http://www.dailylife.com.au/dl-people/12-year-old-threatened-to-be-expelled-for-her-natural-hair-20131127-2y8w9.html |
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