I don't care how new it is, its stupid.

Other people shouldn't be able to dictate your facial hair tbh. I cant think of a job where they would do that (unless you had a santa style gigantic bush on your chin perhaps)

But no other lads have beards
can you not see the problem

they are 14

Maybe they don't want them, or just cant grow one yet..

I hate facial hair fullstop, so I dont even see why I am arguing with this. But I don't think schools should be able to dictate to you exactly how you should look :shrug:

These Muslim lads say the want them
its like their Prophet



I wish you was the Head Mistress

Honestly though, for me the strangest thing about this story is that the catholic school even allowed them in. I thought you had to actually be catholic to get into a catholic school :laugh:

Maybe it's just fashion
or that now they're seen as unprofessional or slovenly?
Paxman wrote an article on his in the Telegraph :laugh:
(can't post links soz)

They have to take a % of other faiths, it could have been a draw due to the fact they do very little sex ed?

But dont they have prayer hours and such? They did at the one at durham where my dads ex wifes daughter went. They had to worship this big pole thing in the yard everyday :joker:

The religious element of this story is irrelevant IMO, that's not my issue here because it's a matter of principle. Dictating a dress code is one thing, telling students their face (and to a lesser extent hair) must look a certain way is another. They go to school to be educated, how is some stubble going to prevent that?

14 year Boys walking around school with full face beards........Have you ever heard of anything so bloody ridiculous in your life.

its almost as bad as Muslim women walking around in public covered in little black tents...!!!!

I'm sick of these news stories it's making me contemplate switching over to the dark side....But I really don't want to become a Daily Mail reader....!!!!

Yep, a school telling its students how their face must look. That is ridiculous.

It's to do with socialisation and social control.

I grew up in the country. I've seen girls with full face beards at 14.

This is not on Chat and Games.


No girls have beards.
Unless it a medical problem

Sorry - can a good mod move this thread to C&G for Arista please, as he's just requested it. Thank you.

:laugh:

Your not into PunkRock Designs
are you?

No as it is News Story



I hope its on Question Time
tonight - I can see Anger from the Public.

Bloody hell, make up your mind. Can a good mod leave this here for Arista as it's a news story? Thank you.

It'll probably be one of those brief comments made by an audience member that they skip past.

I can't see a couple of kids moaning getting on QT can you? :joker:
Jog on kevins!

No it may be a Full Question


The BBC must take all types of questions

AAaaaarrgghh.........Perhaps this is why so many of them insist on covering their faces.......it can be quite a task for a girl to shave off every bit of that beard and moustache.......

Now things look a little clearer.....

Are girls allowed to wear make up now in schools? Serious question? When I was in school you were frog marched to wash off every last scrap of make up if you were wearing it and so in that case I can kind of get it...if this is not about the religious side of things and they allow boys to have facial hair surely they have to allow make up on girls too?

The day girls grow make up out of their facial follicles is the day make up should be regarded the same as facial hair. Did the teachers frog march you to shave every hair below the neckline? Maybe that was just my PE teacher. My memory is a little hazy.