So the guardians of a kid out here in Sunny SoCal are suing the school this 8th grader went to because he got shot. Now, I believe that schools ought to be held accountable if they fail to provide a safe environment in which children can learn. And this kid got shot. But the grounds for the lawsuit seem insane to me.
The kid is gay, and chose to wear makeup and feminine clothing to school. The school has a dress code which apparently requires boys to not wear feminine clothing and/or makeup. The article was quite vague.
So the basis of the suit is that, since the school failed to enforce the dress code and allowed this kid to wear makeup and wear feminine clothes, and that was the reason for the other kid's hate crime and shooting, the school should be responsible. Huh?
I think that students have it hard enough, and if this kid was brave enough to wear makeup, feminine clothes, and express who he believes he is, he ought to be allowed to. But what about the guardians? Who let him break the dress code when he walked out the door? It's convoluted, since the kid was apparently living in a home for neglected and abused kids. So is it the school's fault when girls get pregnant? Oh wait. That principal just resigned over the "pregnancy pact" drama.
What the hell ever happened to personal accountability and responsibility? When a kid brings a gun to school and shoots another kid because he's gay, all of the fault cannot rest with the school. Where are the parents? Who let the shooter have the gun? Why aren't gay children free to express themselves equally with straight kids? And why the hell aren't they suing the shooter and/or his parents? Oh wait. They probably don't have deep pockets.
It's a weird, messed up world recently. And, TCBY and Mrs. Fields are in bankruptcy! And Jamba Juice looks like it's headed down that road. What the hell is going on?
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