25 MOST RIDICULOUS Things You Won’t Believe Are Banned In Schools

when you have kids from different cultures home situations parenting styles and religions all crammed together for six to eight hours a day somebody is going to be offended and probably also hurt and bullied and maybe pregnant it seems that schools try to combat this by banning things in an effort to keep some semblance of order what does and does not get banned can be a little weird and is sometimes not well thought out I'm Mike with was 25 and from red ink to books here are 25 most ridiculous things you won't believe are banned in schools 25 in elementary school in Menifee California temporarily banned dictionaries to be fair Webster's Collegiate Dictionary because a parent took issue with explicit language the dictionary was removed from a class with students at advanced reading levels until no parents attended a board meeting to share concerns of you know a dictionary that parent had a really hard time when they realize their child could already read independently 24 shirts that say or depict evolution yeah Smith cotton High School in Missouri's marching band designed a t-shirt that said evolution of brass and a graphic illustrating it some parents parents threw a hissy fit claiming that it supported Darwinism and had to be banned the school completely rolled over and capitulated to the adult tantrum buying all $700 worth of shirts from a band to keep them out of the school gotta wonder what the science textbooks look like they're 23 the words mom and dad were officially taken off of California school documentation and take-home communication in 2007 so that same-sex couples and transgender persons wouldn't be offended apparently the phrase show your mom and dad is offensive enough there needs to be a law it's not so much that the words parent or guardian was used in place but that people were offended enough by the gloriously benign phrase mom and dad that there was a law made to forbid them 22 some UK schools have banned teachers from using red ink to mark students incorrect answers because it's considered too upsetting for the students red is considered to be a very negative colour the teachers now use emotionally neutral black or blue ink and are encouraged to write several positive comments about every piece of work turned in it's going to be fun when these kids leave school and have a boss 21 in 2009 the word meet yep Mike Peter from the Muppets was banned in a Massachusetts high school apparently entire classrooms were breaking out in cacophonous meeting so the principal threatens has spent any child caught saying meet 20 games elementary schools in several states are banning competitive games like tag flag football and soccer because they're too dangerous dodgeball has already suffered the same fate 19 back in 2005 students at Pope John the 23rd Regional High School were officially banned from having my face or Zenga pages not from looking at them at school but from having them at all in order to protect students from online predators I guess how to protect yourself from predators online as a pamphlet or class just wasn't frustrating enough 18 Chicago area school districts allow each individual principal do handle the issue of homemade lunches so the principal of Chicago's little village Academy just banned them in 2011 students all has to eat the school cafeteria lunch unless they have a medical exemption for kids 17 school districts in three different states in the US have banned flamin hot cheetos basically because kids are gorging themselves on the junk food the district's claim flamin hot cheetos should be smacked on at home because they have poor nutritional value and sometimes are eaten in place of a proper lunch these are explained with hot cheetos I know they're banned now this must be what it feels like to be in the school 16 Halloween was banned by a Pennsylvania school in 2013 because some parents considered it to have religious overtones even so far as refusing to send their children to school on October 31st because they didn't want them to participate probably the same parents that complain when starbucks doesn't have a Christmas tree on their holiday cop15 skinny jeans were banned in 2009 by a school in Texas for being disruptive of learning to drive this point home the school also bans striped and checked shirts some parents responded to a dress code in the most reasonable way possible they pulled their children out of school and homeschool them instead 14 best friends Thomas's private day school in London spoke strongly against having best friends for children's 4 to 10 because these friendships are seen as too excessive unhealthy best friends were also banned because quote these obsessive friendships can be very hurtful for those who are left out of them and ostracizing is as painful as physical bullying having a best friend is like bullying all the kids who want to be your BFF but on just like telling kids they can't do something because they're too obsessed by it always means they stop doing it it's really the phrase best friend that makes the relationship anyway if you bear that phrase the relationships will completely change 13 this is one that most people are aware of but books books with Dangerous Ideas are banned with disturbing regularity in public schools what kind of books well truly dangerous ones like The Adventures of Tom Sawyer due to racial stereotypes it was written in the 1870s slavery wasn't saying animal Pharm Fahrenheit 451 oh the irony Harry Potter any of them and finally The Adventures of Captain Underpants because it encourages that spelling the backlash is that now banned book reach exists and celebrates those books which have been banned or fought in the past twelve Father's Day cards were banned in a Scottish primary school for the children and single mothers and lesbians would it feel left out or set no word on how the children being raised by single fathers or two fathers feel about this or if anyone stopped being offended long enough to consider their feelings or the feelings of said fathers 11 pokemon cards have been banned at some schools in particular because two students got in a fight and card trading was taking over recess again the best way to make a child do something is to prevent it take it you I don't cheer you because you now stupid my apologize and I'm sorry just like that banning what was stupid Ted remember those games that I mentioned that were banned because they were too dangerous well playing alone and doing fun things that could possibly get your body moving are also dangerous at teams which is why one Australian school had banned cartwheels and handstands Tristan cave come do one why do you not know how no are you Australian and span what what no come to a courtroom I'll do a handstand I'll hold your feet no why what what fine yes go to pick up my feet are you kidding you can do it no Jesus or I go no go I'm afraid not afraid okay go what are you doing yeah nowhere else surely I have to stop 9 school bake sales were banned by New York City in 2009 for much the same reason as big gulps were banned for the general populace in NYC too many fat people the NYC Education Department wanted to strictly control how much sugar and fat students consumed while under their care so they sales we're out eight braids and bows no really a British school has the dress code that requires all bows to be dark blue or black to match uniforms and braids or beads now to be worn so they banned a sweet little for you rolled from her school picture because her dad made her a lady gaga style hair bow the entire point of school pictures is to look back to your hair and laugh I never really had a bad haircut really stupid if I don't have that picture yeah well seven a school in Kansas banned kids from wearing hoodies because they were using the front pockets that hide their cell phones and text without looking at the keyboard they didn't ban all clothing with pockets just hoodies no word online cell phones one band six valedictorians yeah one school in North Carolina voted to ban the practice of having valedictorians because it encouraged unhealthy competition and students were taking classes to increase their GPA instead of what interested them well noble in thought honestly this is a parenting issue being valedictorian is cool but you know what else is cool being your own person doing what you want not people in high school and learn the invaluable lesson that you can do everything right and still lose so you should probably just enjoy yourself five if you're over the age of thirty or so or you know Bob's in Florida you may have fond memories of snowball fights in the schoolyard or on the playground well no more schools are starting to ban snowball fights because there might be an injury or hurt feelings or you know fun for toys that has plastic guns not plastic guns themselves but even toys with them it's not just that we don't want kids pretending to shoot one another we want to make a school a place where we can pretend that guns don't exist this is why a nine-year-old boy who wore a hat decorated with American flag an army man and an eight-year-old boy who had a lego police officer both got in trouble army men and lego police officers glad you're keeping the kids safe from those particular dangers rather than you know teaching them perspective and context three bathroom stall doors in 2012 a high school just remove the doors on their bathroom stalls claiming it was for student safety however students say it was to really prevent students from participating in certain activities in the bathroom because if you're willing to do certain activities in a public school bathroom lack of the door is what's going to stop you - in 2012 a boy of palo alto jordan middle school who carried the Cystic Fibrosis gene but did not have the disease was forced to change schools the school claimed it was in order to protect students who didn't have the disease at the school people with cystic fibrosis can carry a bacteria as it is dangerous to others with the disease however the boy in question did not have cystic fibrosis just the gene mutation for it the school still kicked him out without ever seeing a medical record for some fun perspective about one out of every 25 people carry the gene one cells defects in most public schools in the u.s. a zero tolerance policy for bullying and violence means that the bully and the bullied both get punished equally if the victim eventually depends themselves according to this rule the student is apparently just supposed to take the beating until a faculty member can be found and negotiate with the bully to stop of course that's not the intent of the policy but that's the result good job guys you want to join me in a slow clap sarcastic low club okay silly probably all want to speed up this is also already stuff that's fine it makes your sarcastic well I just corrected it enjoying our list be 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Published: Fri Mar 17 2017

Reddit Comments

[u/Aceress_origin]

Those are just absurd bans! Is that really what's happening at schools there? Damn!

[u/chrisrysdyk]

Red ink is very negative, I just can't look at it without crying and feeling attacked.