[user104658]

I'm pretty sure it was disproven years ago that student appearance has any impact AT ALL on the academic performance of a school. I understand the point of a uniform: relatively inexpensive clothes that stop kids feeling like they have to "compete" to have the latest fashions (usually stupidly over-priced) which can lead to massive financial burdens on parents or alternatively bullying of kids who cant afford the "latest gear". A uniform makes sense, for that reason. Hair, including facial hair, has no such implication. It's a rule for the sake of rules.

And if its because the CATHOLIC school thinks they look neater / better clean shaven and in Uniform, that it reflects badly on the school to allow otherwise... Well, fine Christians, that is called Vanity, and it's a deadly sin. Then again shoe me a religion that isn't plagued by hordes of bloody-minded hypocrites and I'll show you my beautiful flying piggy.

[lostalex]

At my school we were allowed to wear our hair(and facial hair) however we wanted. Never caused any problems.

but I was sent home from school for wearing eye make-up when i was a teenager. I was going through a bit of a goth phase(short lived thankfully). They said it was a distraction, and that i'm there to learn, not put on a fashion show. It's definitaly unfair that the girls were allowed to wear make-up but not the boys.

It was pretty frustrating and emabrassing, but whatever, i got over it. I was just doing it for attention anyway, they are probably just doing it for attention and trying to piss off the school.

One rule for everyone, no exceptions. it's the only fair way.

On a side note, I think teenagers with beards are creepy looking. They are always really thin and patchy looking. I don't like it.