The Kids Are All Right

Geekspotting trilogy will continue soon. In the mean time...

Did you see this little news item from a couple of weeks ago? Seems a guy was not allowed into a dance at his high school because he was wearing a kilt. Good thing these principles are paying attention to the important stuff. Who knows what kind of a anarchist these kids will become if the boys start wearing kilts. Oh the horror.

After a big stink was made by a lot of people (I guess 1600 people signed an internet petition) the school relented and offered an apology. Of course a lot had been made that it is "historical dress" so it is appropriate because it is the kid's heritage and men wear it in Scotland and blah blah blah.

But what if the kid (or another kid) had come in wearing an evening gown? I'm willing to bet that the school district would have stuck to its guns. See, one is something that was OK for Mel Gibson to wear, but the other one is "faggy."

This is the kind of shit that pissed me off in high school and still pisses me off to no end. Who the hell are teachers and other adults to judge what these kids wear to a dance or to class? Isn't telling boys that they can't wear skirts or dresses the same damn thing as telling the girls they can't wear pants? As long as their tits, asses, dicks, and vaginas are covered does the world really need a dress code beyond that? If some high school boy wants to wear a tutu and tights to school what is one good reason why he shouldn't?

Principals and teachers need to grow up.

This is just like when I was in school. There are kids bringing guns to school and teenagers who can't read, but the teachers are worried about them wearing caps in class or t-shirts with curse words on them.

How about we worry about whether or not they know who the members of the Supreme Court are and let them worry about what they wear? Kids like to do goofy stuff. At least it may be goofy in adults eyes. How about we let them?

We should be a lot more worried about the fact that this kid had to learn about his Scottish heritage from the movie Braveheart. He learned more about Scotland from Mel Gibson than he did from his parents or teachers. Now that's something to be concerned about.