Common Core? Lets Start With Common Sense!

This is nine-year-old Kamryn Renfro:


When her best friend, elven-year-old Delaney Clements had a relapse of Neuroblastoma, a rare form of childhood cancer requiring chemotherapy, Kamryn shaved her head as a sign of solidarity with Delaney.





Here is the snuffle-inducing quote from Delaney:

“I was really excited I would have somebody to support me and I wouldn’t be alone with people always laughing at me. I would at least have 
somebody to go through it all."

So, naturally when this young hero goes back to school, she is held up as an example of compassion and understanding?  Nope, as you have probably already heard, she was suspended for violating the dress code.

Now much can, and has already been said about this issue, but I am going to focus on just ONE aspect that I want to discuss.  I submit that anyone that was involved in the original decision to ban this girl from school be forced to seek employment elsewhere.  I don't say this to be retaliatory or mean spirited, but to underline the obvious fact that these people are too stupid to be entrusted with the care and education of young children.

How the conversation should have went:

"This little girl (I would guarantee that the original bureaucrat didn't know Kamryn's name) shaved her head.  That is against the rules.  She says it is to comfort her friend who has cancer, and that's commendable, but we have rules.  We need to hold her out of class."

"How about "NO", you unfeeling troglodyte.  Seriously. . ."

"But what about the rules!  If we don't enforce the rules here, we will have anarchy!"

"Delaney also has no hair.  Do you want to hold her out of class?  Whatever exception we are using to allow her to have a shaved head also applies to Kamryn."

"Yeah, I guess that makes sense!"

Fortunately, because of well placed internet outrage, the decision has been reversed by the Board of Directors (the vote was not unanimous <eyeroll>, sigh.)  I would still make sure anyone involved in the original suspension (and that board member) are not forgotten and allowed to be this stupid in the future.  This type of story is becoming waaayyyy to common.  Our children deserve better.
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Woods of Bell Trees 52p · 585 weeks ago

My heart about busted out of my chest when I heard about this sweet little girl. She deserves only the best!!!
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comedyplus 47p · 585 weeks ago

The world has gone mad. People are doing some very stupid things and this one pissed me off to no end. What wrong with some of our schools? I don't know either.

Have a fabulous day. :)
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sara 35p · 585 weeks ago

What the actual F?? This makes me FURIOUS. I would be so, so proud of my daughter if she one day showed this much compassion and loyalty to a friend. And if her school tried to pull this? Oh you'd better believe I'd raise some serious hell. Ugh.
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queenmomjen 75p · 585 weeks ago

Me too. The old statement of not messing with a mama bear's cub I think would sum up nicely how I would react if this were my situation!
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Dizmommy 66p · 585 weeks ago

When I heard about this story I was outraged like everyone else. I often think that the people in charge at schools are so stuck in their own heads with their own little rules that they lack common sense. It sickens me that it takes so much public scrutiny to initiate change instead of making the right decisions before it blows up in their face. It's so disingenuous when it plays out like this.
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queenmomjen 75p · 585 weeks ago

I really wish people in general would think first before acting on something. At lot of this could have been totally avoided and not harmed 2 little girls and their families in the process. The only reason the school board allowed her back was because they got caught and in in a big way. Not because it was actually the right thing to do.
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Valerie 26p · 585 weeks ago

Wow, that is really something. I don't like the way our society has made so many rules that it becomes impossible to make exceptions. *sigh* What a sweet, brave, and beautiful little girl!! :D
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pamelajbates 1p · 584 weeks ago

That is absolutely pathetic. Here we have a girl, who doesn't just understand compassion, but lives it and they punish her for it. "but to underline the obvious fact that these people are too stupid to be entrusted with the care and education of young children." I couldn't agree more. I may not have kids myself, but I just had this conversation with my husband. Who are these 'brain trusts' who have taken over the education of our country's children. there are just too many stories each day, that proves they have thrown common sense out the window. it's time they all got a wake up call._
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queenmomjen 75p · 584 weeks ago

Exactly It's time for a wake-up call for sure!

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