no more grillz

[BB2132]

this school is banning grillz and gaugeing

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060711/ap_on_fe_st/grillz_earlobes

[ladiva]

Smile for me daddy.....Let me see yore grill


I think they should, that is tacky and inappropriate for children in school to be wearing.

[RonBurgundy]

My grandmama hate it, but my little mama love it!

[ladiva]

My grandmama hate it, but my little mama love it!

You wanna see my what???


Ok I'm stopping now I promise-I'll behave...*slumps off to the corner

[debby]

EWWWW! That makes me sick to look at it. And the school has a point. There are just some things you can not wear when doing business in the real world.

[brown_eyed_girl]

You wanna see my what???


Ok I'm stopping now I promise-I'll behave...*slumps off to the corner

Just another example! I told you about being so much fun! Thanks for making me laugh AGAIN today!

[ladiva]

Just another example! I told you about being so much fun! Thanks for making me laugh AGAIN today!

I wasn't even trying...LOL....it comes natural:drool:

[BronzeDragoness]

You guys are funny. I can understand the mouth thing.. but I know if they were to tell me that I wasn't allowed to gauge my ears I'd more or less be suspended.

[Jay]

I think it's great! I know that things like that cause many distractions when trying to teach kids. They get caught up in how extreme someone may look. Some would make it a competition to see who can be more "extreme". Just my opinion though!

[mmcd3182]

They should just deal with the highscool people how they have to -- once you get out of highschool then more things are allowed.

[Polly]

I work in a high school and I think grillz and gauges both are hideous. They're ugly ugly ugly. But...I don't have a problem with them wearing them if they want to. I wore ugly spiked up 80's hair. And a long earring in one ear, 3 earrings in one ear, none in the other...and I survived it fairly unscathed and about as conservative as you can get!

[mmcd3182]

I work in a high school and I think grillz and gauges both are hideous. They're ugly ugly ugly. But...I don't have a problem with them wearing them if they want to. I wore ugly spiked up 80's hair. And a long earring in one ear, 3 earrings in one ear, none in the other...and I survived it fairly unscathed and about as conservative as you can get!



Yep... we have to remember.. beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

or beerholder.. depending on what night of the week it is.

[12bucklemyshoe]

kids who want grillz arnt gonna make it anyway..... less competition for the kids without them...........just a thought.

[Polly]

kids who want grillz arnt gonna make it anyway..... less competition for the kids without them...........just a thought. What do you mean exactly? I have a beautiful young lady who graduated this past year who for whatever reason owns a "grill." She just earned a scholarship for college!

[dave]

These posers calling themselves "gauging". Take that weak stuff back where you got it.
http://members.demopolislive.com/dave/stretchear.jpg

This isn't "self expression". It's done by the hip-hop generation desperately trying to appear wealthier than they are, and by "emo's" who attempt to not "follow the crowd" by doing what all the other "non-conformists" are doing.

[dillybar]

This is the first time Ive ever seen, read, known about a thing called grillz.

hmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

[dillybar]

This is the first time Ive ever seen, read, known about a thing called grillz.

hmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.


Its my opinion that less is more.

and the less I know the happier I am.

[mmcd3182]

kids who want grillz arnt gonna make it anyway..... less competition for the kids without them...........just a thought.


So you're clothing / accessories determine your successfullness in life?

Take that bs elsewhere please.. :-)

My reason for posting this: check Aufan's Sis's post # 14 (i think) ... in this thread.

[Polly]

The hip-hoppers I know (and I know a lot of them) wear the grillz, but not a single one does the gaugeing. The only gaugers I've seen are the ones who also dress in black, chains, and spikes and wear giant safety pins through their ears/noses/eyebrows.

[flight doc89]

i wonder how "grillz" and "guages" appear at the job interview???

btw, nice find dave.

[mmcd3182]

i wonder how "grillz" and "guages" appear at the job interview???
btw, nice find dave.


all depends on where and who you are interviewing with actually.

Not everyone wants to work at a bank... or sell clothes at a department store. ekkk.

[BronzeDragoness]

The hip-hoppers I know (and I know a lot of them) wear the grillz, but not a single one does the gaugeing. The only gaugers I've seen are the ones who also dress in black, chains, and spikes and wear giant safety pins through their ears/noses/eyebrows.



Hehehe. Gaugeing isn't all that bad. I mean, it might not even be as bad as some make it sound. Mine are gauged at 14, which is 'standard' for most other bodyily piercings. I have thought about taking it to a 10, but I'm too grown for all that now. lol. I will now only do tattoos, those addictive, self expressing art that lasts forever ^^ (sometimes).

Grillz.. yeah, our store does the orders. I think we are the only ones that do in Demopolis (that I know of). But I do know that I have talked some mothers out of it for the younger children.

[trezhamayn]

i could think of 121231434565656 more offensive to people than any set of grillz or ear-gauging could ever be. if you think that some body-modification is "gross" or "hideous", then it's possible that you might be a shallow judge of character. i mean, appearance is just a small part of what makes a personality...i tend to let my final impressions be formed by what they actually say, not what they look like the moment before they open their mouth...

[leagle]

i could think of 121231434565656 more offensive to people than any set of grillz or ear-gauging could ever be. if you think that some body-modification is "gross" or "hideous", then it's possible that you might be a shallow judge of character. i mean, appearance is just a small part of what makes a personality...i tend to let my final impressions be formed by what they actually say, not what they look like the moment before they open their mouth...

Yes, but....

there are enough naturally gross and hideous people in the world; so why go to the effort to create more?

[BB2132]

i could think of 121231434565656 more offensive to people than any set of grillz or ear-gauging could ever be. if you think that some body-modification is "gross" or "hideous", then it's possible that you might be a shallow judge of character. i mean, appearance is just a small part of what makes a personality...i tend to let my final impressions be formed by what they actually say, not what they look like the moment before they open their mouth...

it is a fact that if you want to do these things you will find it very hard to work in the professional world. i am not shallow i have friends that do this (many tatoos and ear gauging). one worked in my restaraunt in gadsden. he could have been a manager if he had not had that. he understood why. i think it is all about prepareing the kids for the professional world. after all that is what school is all about not teaching personality. i have a damn good personality and i don't have grilz or gauged ears.

[trezhamayn]

so many people are caught up in the rat race of trying to succeed that they pretty much lose their own identity and individuality. not everybody wants to work in a cubicle, wear a suit, or have to look "normal" according to society's standards. if school is about preparing the student for a professional career, isn't one aspect of working with others tolerance? where is the tolerance in banning these items. they are not illegal, and in most states, any kid with parental permission can have body piercings. my rights end where your nose begins, not where your prejudices are formed

[2-SPOLD]

I think they should, that is tacky and inappropriate for children in school to be wearing.

I totally agree with you. Children dress so inappropriate these days. I wonder what the parents are thinking when they allow their children to leave home dressed so crazy.

[flight doc89]

Hehehe. Gaugeing isn't all that bad. I mean, it might not even be as bad as some make it sound. Mine are gauged at 14, which is 'standard' for most other bodyily piercings. I have thought about taking it to a 10, but I'm too grown for all that now. lol. I will now only do tattoos, those addictive, self expressing art that lasts forever ^^ (sometimes).

pictures for size reference.....

[BB2132]

so many people are caught up in the rat race of trying to succeed that they pretty much lose their own identity and individuality. not everybody wants to work in a cubicle, wear a suit, or have to look "normal" according to society's standards. if school is about preparing the student for a professional career, isn't one aspect of working with others tolerance? where is the tolerance in banning these items. they are not illegal, and in most states, any kid with parental permission can have body piercings. my rights end where your nose begins, not where your prejudices are formed

you just go ahead and do this and see how much you sorry *** makes.

[Daddy'sBabyGirl]

after all that is what school is all about not teaching personality. i have a damn good personality and i don't have grilz or gauged ears.

That's probably why you have such a good personality, because you never learned anything else they tried to teach you in school!!! LOL I love you BroHo!

[teach11]

my rights end where your nose begins, not where your prejudices are formed
That's your opinion. In a group setting, such as a high school, your rights as an individual end where the rights of the group begin. Every American child has a right to a free and equal education in a public institution. It is the JOB of every teacher and administrator to ensure that that education is available. Dress codes are an effort to maintain an environment conducive to learning. So are rules against carrying weapons and exhibiting violent behavior at school.
Grills and unusual piercings are distracting to high school students and their teachers. I will not walk up to a child on the street or in a mall and demand that he or she remove the jewelry in question. I will ask, (and have in the past) that the items be removed in my classroom. We have enough trouble getting the kids' attention as it is for various other reasons.
I support this school's right to include regulations on grills and gauging in their dress code policy.

[trezhamayn]

if your teaching is being interrupted by non-animate objects that are not weapons, then maybe your teaching methods should be changed to become more entertaining to students...that could increase participation. if you want people to learn from one another in a classroom setting, don't you think that other students can learn best by seeing all the different contributions being made by all the different types of students. i just don't see how grillz or gauges are disruptive to classrooms. i would say that the failure of the school to enforce dress codes for revealing and sexy clothing is much more disruptive than a set of gauges in one's ear or a set of grillz. i think more harm is being done by banning because those that wear these items will become outcasts, or marked as different, and they will definitely be treated that way too.

[trezhamayn]

besides, if gauges or grillz prevent you from learning, then i would like to introduce you to a friend of mine who would completely blow you away...the kid is scarily brilliant and is innovating new ideas in the field of nanotechnology. He also has two of the biggest freaking gauges i've ever seen and any part of him not clothed is covered in tattoos and piercings. try telling him he's not qualified to learn because of some stupid holes in his ears and he would basically make you feel smaller than your feeble little mind

[mmcd3182]

it is a fact that if you want to do these things you will find it very hard to work in the professional world. i am not shallow i have friends that do this (many tatoos and ear gauging). one worked in my restaraunt in gadsden. he could have been a manager if he had not had that. he understood why. i think it is all about prepareing the kids for the professional world. after all that is what school is all about not teaching personality. i have a damn good personality and i don't have grilz or gauged ears.


Not everybody wants to work at a restaraunt either... DEFINATELY NOT for a lot of people -- including myself. It all depends on what you want... and the "get the food in people's mouths" professional world is not the same as every other professional world.

[BronzeDragoness]

pictures for size reference.....
This is the chart I found for gauging.

[mmcd3182]

This is the chart I found for gauging.


Yeah the biggest holes I've seen in anyone's ear was about the size of a dime -- maybe a bit smaller. It was just an empty hole -- with something metal bordering the hole... sorry -- I don't do piercings myself, have friends that do, but I dont' know any technical terms.

[BB2132]

Not everybody wants to work at a restaraunt either... DEFINATELY NOT for a lot of people -- including myself. It all depends on what you want... and the "get the food in people's mouths" professional world is not the same as every other professional world.

i don't think i said anything about it being a restaurant.i used an example that i dealt with personaly. any professional job that deals with the public would not tolerated it. except maybe a professional tatoo artist. there are some but not many.

[teach11]

try telling him he's not qualified to learn because of some stupid holes in his ears and he would basically make you feel smaller than your feeble little mind

I thought you might retaliate with a personal attack. You need to re-read my post--nowhere in it is the idea that your friend is not "qualified to learn." He would be most welcome in my class--sans his freaking huge gauges. He might appreciate my teaching methods--most of my students do. Actually, I've never noticed students with gauges in any of my classes. The grills are very distracting--to me, to the student trying to keep it in his mouth and flash it at other students, and to other students.

Dress codes exist in order to maintain an environment conducive to learning for ALL students. That dress code includes several guidelines, in most cases.

I will go put my "feeble little mind" to better use now! :)

[mmcd3182]

i don't think i said anything about it being a restaurant.i used an example that i dealt with personaly. any professional job that deals with the public would not tolerated it. except maybe a professional tatoo artist. there are some but not many.


It all depends on where you are, who you want to work for, what you want to do... Now around here -- Demopolis, probably most of Alabama and the south eastern states would not tolerate "it." but you have to exclude big cities such as Atlanta, New Orleans, Birmingham, Nashville, -- I've been there and seen bankers walk out on smoke breaks with visible tattoos and with long hair...

it just depends on what you want to do, who you want to work for, etc.

People want to say that "tattoos, piercings, and long hair on guys, unshaven guys" is not allowed in the professional world, but you mostly hear that from older people who are telling you how it was when they were applying for jobs.

Things are changing... everything is different now.

[Polly]

It all depends on where you are, who you want to work for, what you want to do... Now around here -- Demopolis, probably most of Alabama and the south eastern states would not tolerate "it." but you have to exclude big cities such as Atlanta, New Orleans, Birmingham, Nashville, -- I've been there and seen bankers walk out on smoke breaks with visible tattoos and with long hair...

it just depends on what you want to do, who you want to work for, etc.

People want to say that "tattoos, piercings, and long hair on guys, unshaven guys" is not allowed in the professional world, but you mostly hear that from older people who are telling you how it was when they were applying for jobs.

Things are changing... everything is different now.The only problem here is that us older people are still the ones doing the hiring!

[BB2132]

It all depends on where you are, who you want to work for, what you want to do... Now around here -- Demopolis, probably most of Alabama and the south eastern states would not tolerate "it." but you have to exclude big cities such as Atlanta, New Orleans, Birmingham, Nashville, -- I've been there and seen bankers walk out on smoke breaks with visible tattoos and with long hair...

it just depends on what you want to do, who you want to work for, etc.

People want to say that "tattoos, piercings, and long hair on guys, unshaven guys" is not allowed in the professional world, but you mostly hear that from older people who are telling you how it was when they were applying for jobs.

Things are changing... everything is different now.

i thought this post was about grillz and gauged ears. how many banker so you see with that?

[BronzeDragoness]

i thought this post was about grillz and gauged ears. how many banker so you see with that?


I knew a woman who worked at a bank (in Maryland) that had an eyebrow ring -shrug- Mmcd is right.. it just depends where you are.

[BB2132]

I knew a woman who worked at a bank (in Maryland) that had an eyebrow ring -shrug- Mmcd is right.. it just depends where you are.

i agree it depends where you are. i have lived elsewhere besides demopolis. i don't care what you say though where ever you are it is still going to be harder. which is probably the reason you don't see much of it anywhere in the united states.

[BronzeDragoness]

i agree it depends where you are. i have lived elsewhere besides demopolis. i don't care what you say though where ever you are it is still going to be harder. which is probably the reason you don't see much of it anywhere in the united states.


o-o;; Umm okay. You agree with me and yet in the same paragraph you tell me that you don't care what I say.

Okay............. I want to say something, but I'm going to stop. -.-;

[Polly]

o-o;; Umm okay. You agree with me and yet in the same paragraph you tell me that you don't care what I say.

Okay............. I want to say something, but I'm going to stop. -.-; I think the 'you' he was referring to was a general you not a specific YOU. At least, that's the way I read it.

[BB2132]

I think the 'you' he was referring to was a general you not a specific YOU. At least, that's the way I read it.

you are right, that is how i meant it. sorry for that. i am just trying to say that you may see it in other parts of the country besides demopolis, but it doesn't matter where you go you will not see it very much. the idea behind a business owner is that you will not piss somebody off without the grillz or gauges but you will piss people off with them. it doesn't mean that the owner disagrees with it, it is just part of business.

[Daddy'sBabyGirl]

How would you like it if you presented to a medical facility, and the doctor or nurse caring for you was wearing a grill or gauge? Just a question! I would like to know what everyone else says, and then, I will share my thoughts!! Maybe, you will change my mind!

[mmcd3182]

How would you like it if you presented to a medical facility, and the doctor or nurse caring for you was wearing a grill or gauge? Just a question! I would like to know what everyone else says, and then, I will share my thoughts!! Maybe, you will change my mind!

It wouldn't bother me... if they've "done their HW" got their degree... been through their residency and are now licensed and working doctor then what would it matter?