Okay today my friends and I we were doing our work and talking at our little table like we always do. Well about 10 minutes later our little discipline person comes walking in and following him was my friend Ryan. Of course everyone then looked at eachother wondering what Ryan did now as they both walked to the back. Then 20 minutes later they both come out and when the person left Ryan looked at us and told us that he just got a lecture about some "offensive" stickers that are on his truck. (2 of them are of a stencil out of a naked woman and the other one is a bulldog stickin up his mid. finger). Okay since when does the school have the right to tell us what we can and cannot put on our vehicles!! I understand everything about the dress code but now they are trying to control what we put on our cars that is not even in their school!! This is just too much I mean while Ryan is getting a lecture about his vehicle, someone down the hall is getting shoved into a locker!! Plus he can even drive that same truck to an interview and still get the job!! Not to mention the stickers of the women are like really small..you have to be right up to his truck to see them!! Gosh just little things like this reeeeally get on my nerves!! I'm serious those people just sit in their offices and think "Hmm..so what are we going to complain about today?"
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My school has lost it's mind..(rant)
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Hmmm I might have to agree with you on this one
I don't think it's fair that they regulate bumper stickers and would be upset if I had a child and they were in trouble for what they had on their vehicle. When I was thinking about whether or not I thought it was fair I started to think it violates the whole "free speech" idea. But schools can regulate a dress code and I guess if you look at it there isn't much of a difference.... But then I remembered that when I was in school we learned that the whole purpose of the dress code is to keep class disruption to a minimum and for safety. A bumper sticker on a car poses no threat to what goes on in the classroom and it isn't a safety hazard. I think this is parents territory, not the schools.
I don't think it's fair that they regulate bumper stickers and would be upset if I had a child and they were in trouble for what they had on their vehicle. When I was thinking about whether or not I thought it was fair I started to think it violates the whole "free speech" idea. But schools can regulate a dress code and I guess if you look at it there isn't much of a difference.... But then I remembered that when I was in school we learned that the whole purpose of the dress code is to keep class disruption to a minimum and for safety. A bumper sticker on a car poses no threat to what goes on in the classroom and it isn't a safety hazard. I think this is parents territory, not the schools.
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Sweet so we can strikeOriginally Posted by squirtle
Hmmm I might have to agree with you on this one
I don't think it's fair that they regulate bumper stickers and would be upset if I had a child and they were in trouble for what they had on their vehicle. When I was thinking about whether or not I thought it was fair I started to think it violates the whole "free speech" idea. But schools can regulate a dress code and I guess if you look at it there isn't much of a difference.... But then I remembered that when I was in school we learned that the whole purpose of the dress code is to keep class disruption to a minimum and for safety. A bumper sticker on a car poses no threat to what goes on in the classroom and it isn't a safety hazard. I think this is parents territory, not the schools.
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Why have offensive stuff like that on your vehicle anyways? I hate seeing that stuff, and if I were looking for someone to fill a job, I would NOT be hiring someone with offensive stickers on thier car. It makes the business look bad to have a car like that sitting in the parking lot. When I was in school, I would have been right there with ya, but now I'm old (25 on Saturday) and have a child of my own, and that stuff doesn't have nearly the draw for me that it used to.
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You really wouldn't see the car anyway and who's to say that that car sitting in the parking lot isn't a customer's? I don't really like that kind of stuff either, but Ryan does and you know he's really a great person. My point is that the school has no right telling us what to have on our vehicles. I myself don't really like stickers on my car, but I do wish this was my issue so that I could fight it strong and from the looks of things I would probably win
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Plus how often when you go to a job interview does the employer walk out to the parking lot and ask, "What vehicle is yours?"
not to go all out on an imo thing here, but people got fired in very recent times for having bumper stickers of a candidate that their boss does not support. Maybe it's not right but it's life.
IMO, I think if he parks on school property I think they have a say, if he doesn't they don't.
IMO, I think if he parks on school property I think they have a say, if he doesn't they don't.
This was my first thought.... I am 25 as well. But at 25 it isn't hard to remember how things were when we were in high school. I wasn't one to put offensive stickers on my car, but I had friends who did. It doesn't mean anything they are just having fun.
Once your an adult things like this do have an impact on how you are viewed as a person especially in the business world. I think we expect a lot of kids in some cases and while it is very important to teach them values and the proper way to behave as adults, I think it's equally important to allow them to express themselves and be kids (as long as it doesn't cause harm to them or anyone else).
How very true.
And if they cared, we would probably lose half of America's work force. It seems like time could be better served on things that were more meaningful-I would be angry, too. I think they are coming down too hard on you guys.
P.S. I used to draw pot leaves on my notebooks at school- I mean, c-mon.
Actually I think you'd be suprised at what some employers use to help them decide on cantidates for jobs. I've heard of everything from fingernails to shoes to yes cars being looked at! Not for make/model type things. But is it dirty, etc. They think of it as a sign of your attitude. Whether it's true or not, some HR people have said that little details like that give a good idea of the person's real attitude, the one that shows more after they've been somewhere a while. Of course there are a million arguments, I just know what HR people in my area have said. Of course it all depends on the job too.
There are jobs where things like this are frowned against. But being in high school and being out in the world trying to make a career for yourself are 2 different things when it comes to something like bumper stickers.
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Yet they teach us "Don't judge a book by it's cover."Originally Posted by MoochNNoodles
Actually I think you'd be suprised at what some employers use to help them decide on cantidates for jobs. I've heard of everything from fingernails to shoes to yes cars being looked at! Not for make/model type things. But is it dirty, etc. They think of it as a sign of your attitude. Whether it's true or not, some HR people have said that little details like that give a good idea of the person's real attitude, the one that shows more after they've been somewhere a while. Of course there are a million arguments, I just know what HR people in my area have said. Of course it all depends on the job too.
My high school said the same thing. You know the "pee on" stickers? The ones with the little boy peeing on [chevy, ford, etc]? We were told at an assembly to peel them off, drive a different vehicle, or take the bus. They gave us a week then started handing out $25 tickets!
Hmmm...I doubt they have the right to do that....Sounds like revenue raising to me!!!
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They actually charge us $50.00 parking passes to park in their lot.Originally Posted by mferr84
My high school said the same thing. You know the "pee on" stickers? The ones with the little boy peeing on [chevy, ford, etc]? We were told at an assembly to peel them off, drive a different vehicle, or take the bus. They gave us a week then started handing out $25 tickets!
I think that is a crock!
Do these people have nothing better to do than walk the parking lot looking for bumper stickers?
It is not brought into the classroom or hallways. It's not as if it were on the locker in the hallways or gym. What will be next? Where does it end?
I think people of authority tend to go overboard at times. It's like a power trip to them to dictate what you can and cannot do.
As far as a potential employer checking out your car.......I doubt very much that these people are going to follow every interview-ee into the parking lot to see what they drive and what is on and in their car.
Do these people have nothing better to do than walk the parking lot looking for bumper stickers?
It is not brought into the classroom or hallways. It's not as if it were on the locker in the hallways or gym. What will be next? Where does it end?
I think people of authority tend to go overboard at times. It's like a power trip to them to dictate what you can and cannot do.
As far as a potential employer checking out your car.......I doubt very much that these people are going to follow every interview-ee into the parking lot to see what they drive and what is on and in their car.
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I am descriped by many as very old fashioned (i am 28) and old for my age , but I find no offese at those types of things ,,, they arent anti semetic or racist ... so whats the problem
I am going to play devils advocate on this one. if the car is on school property. which by the comment of paying for a permit to park on their lot i am going to assume it was. they DO have the right to restrict the content of what is on their property. I am sure they do not allow offensive tshirts, things on books ect on school property..sooo if its on their property it is in their right.
Do I agree with it. No. I am not a prude by any means I have matching piss on ford stickers on one of my cars, LOL.
But can they if its on their property..Yup
Do I agree with it. No. I am not a prude by any means I have matching piss on ford stickers on one of my cars, LOL.
But can they if its on their property..Yup
Wow... This sounds so weird to me.
Here schools wouldn't even dream of controlling students cars. Even dresscode is unknown here. In one case I heard of a principal sending a note to a little kids parents, when the kid wore a T-shirt saying "F***" at school, but that would never happen to a high school student, they can wear whatever they want.
I think people must have the right to have as tacky stickers, clothing etc. as they wish, a school cannot be allowed to decide matters of good/bad taste on other peoples behalf. The only case in which I accept such censorship is racist texts/pictures, stuff that encourages hate.
I think people must have the right to have as tacky stickers, clothing etc. as they wish, a school cannot be allowed to decide matters of good/bad taste on other peoples behalf. The only case in which I accept such censorship is racist texts/pictures, stuff that encourages hate.
