What is worng with growing hair at school?
Apr 14, 2009
THE first thing a teacher on duty scrutinises before requesting for your bank slip at the beginning of the term, is the length of your hair. If it is beyond one inch, the teacher will not allow you to enjoy freedom, even if you have by accident paid doubl
THE first thing a teacher on duty scrutinises before requesting for your bank slip at the beginning of the term, is the length of your hair. If it is beyond one inch, the teacher will not allow you to enjoy freedom, even if you have by accident paid double school fees.
I have always admired my mother’s hair and wished mine could also grow longer.
For heaven’s sake, how does long hair affect grades? Even then, in this era, it is not about who scores highly, otherwise, wouldn’t the President be a university professor? I hear Museveni has just a bachelor’s degree from Dar-es-Salaam University.
My goodness, not even a master’s degree! So why don’t these teachers allow us to grow our beautiful hair, yet they are preparing us to be great women in the future? Even the Bible makes it clear that “a woman’s hair is her glory.†So surely, aren’t these teachers just doing it out of malice?
Some schools like Gayaza High School allow girls to grow their hair. Whenever I compare notes with students from such schools in the holidays, I realise they are even more assertive and confident, perhaps virtues from their teachers.
Whenever the Uganda National Examinations Board releases results, I am always anxious to find out how Gayaza has performed and they always beat us by a huge margin.
This is a clear indication that having long hair does not affect students’ performance. I have come to the conclusion that teachers with kaweke (poor quality hair) feel jealous seeing students with long and better quality hair.
Student (Names withheld)
I have always admired my mother’s hair and wished mine could also grow longer.
For heaven’s sake, how does long hair affect grades? Even then, in this era, it is not about who scores highly, otherwise, wouldn’t the President be a university professor? I hear Museveni has just a bachelor’s degree from Dar-es-Salaam University.
My goodness, not even a master’s degree! So why don’t these teachers allow us to grow our beautiful hair, yet they are preparing us to be great women in the future? Even the Bible makes it clear that “a woman’s hair is her glory.†So surely, aren’t these teachers just doing it out of malice?
Some schools like Gayaza High School allow girls to grow their hair. Whenever I compare notes with students from such schools in the holidays, I realise they are even more assertive and confident, perhaps virtues from their teachers.
Whenever the Uganda National Examinations Board releases results, I am always anxious to find out how Gayaza has performed and they always beat us by a huge margin.
This is a clear indication that having long hair does not affect students’ performance. I have come to the conclusion that teachers with kaweke (poor quality hair) feel jealous seeing students with long and better quality hair.
Student (Names withheld)