McDonough student wears bolo tie to graduation, school withholds diploma
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It was a tie! Forget heritage and all the other crap, it was a TIE~!! Not an offensive tie either. SMIBS!!!
AndyMarquisLIVE
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Kizzy
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I think it looks sharp. :shrug:
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czygvtwkr
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I like them too, but how is that an American Indian piece of culture? Its like saying the 3 piece suit is a caucasion piece of culture.
I do, too - they're snappy and cool.Railroad said:
But I'm from Nebraska and we like western wear there.I'd go into my rant about the east coast and it's silliness, but I'm afraid Ken King will flame me if I do. :skeered:
As much as I despise frivolous lawsuits, the school system should be sued to teach them a lesson!! So should the individual who made the decision to withhold his diploma. 
Flame you? For what, being from Nebraska? That always gets a laugh but no reason to flame. The bolo tie for me is "Cowboy/girl Yuppie", but I could see you in that light, line dancing and all with those roach killer boots and big ol' cowgirl hat.vraiblonde said:I do, too - they're snappy and cool.
I'd go into my rant about the east coast and it's silliness, but I'm afraid Ken King will flame me if I do. :skeered:
I suspect that the heritage this lad was talking about would have to deal with the jewelry slide more then the bolo tie as they have only been around since the 1940s. Not much heritage to that.
Lenny
Lovin' being Texican
Kizzy said:I just realized I left out a quote above. On the quote I did quote above, my comment was that it was as I suspected, not clearly defined, which goes back to what I said way earlier in the thread. The school is only saying he was told ahead of time to CYA.
If you watched the video to which you provided the link, you will see very clearly that the boy was told by the principal, in advance, that a bolo tie was not acceptable. There's no excuse that "they didnt' make it clear" 'cause the boy (and his father) knew very clearly that he was breaking the rules.
There a several explanations for what when on here:
1. The Kid knowingly disobeyed the rules which makes him a fool.
2. The Kid has grown up admiring his father who wears bolo ties with NA themes. The Kid so much admires his father he wants to be just like him even when it's not smart to do so which makes him a foool
3. The father has convinced the Kid that the bolo tie is a symbol of solidarity with his heritage and the kid accepts it without question which makes him a fool.
4. The Kid was tricked by the school administration into believing they didn't mean it when they said he shouldn't wear the bolo to graduation which makes him a fool.
5. The Kid believed he could kill Goliath by getting all this nationwide publicity and by flauting the rules which makes him a fool.
6. The Kid's father convinced him to go forward with his impetuous act to show solidarity with his heritage which makes him a fool.
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Chasey_Lane
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That's my school! 
A *public* apology - even an insincere one - has the ability to clear yourself in the public view. They publicly embarassed him - no matter who is wrong in this matter, that can't be undone.Kizzy said:
When the one apologizing attaches 'buts' to their apology - THEY are ones looking like a 'butt'. Remember "B!tch set me up!"?
itsbob
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Nope, what I read, and I don't know if this is the article that is linked.. I can't get to links for some reason...unixpirate said:No diploma because he wore a bolo? TotalDoesn't say it was out of line because of presentation, but it was "school dress code?"
Guys wear jeans/shorts down to the crack of there arse and the girls wear hip huggers almost showing p?bes and there going to pick on this poor kid?
I wore converse under my gown. Noone gave a rats arse! Now granted dirt was invented then
Its graduation for gosh sakes. Let the kids have there day?
He showed up at practice with the Bolo tie on and he was told that it wouldn't be allowed at graduation and told him what type of tie he was supposed to wear, he tried to force his will on the school, and the school reacted appropriatly. All the nonsense about ethnic heritage is bull, the kid just wanted to make a scene.. granted the press isn't helping, no way this should have been in a newspaper article..
mAlice
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The bolo, or bola, tie is so common in the west today that many people are surprised to find that it is relatively new.
In the late 1940s, a silversmith named Victor Cedarstaff went riding with friends in the Bradshaw Mountains outside Wickenburg, Arizona. When the wind blew his hat off, Cedarstaff removed the hatband, which had a silver buckle he did not want to lose, and put it around his neck.
When his friends complemented him on the new apparel, Cedarstaff returned home, and wove a leather string. He added silver balls to the ends and ran it through a turquoise buckle.
Cedarstaff later patented the new neckwear, which was called the bolo because it resembled the lengths of rope used by Argentine gauchos to catch game or cattle.
Arizona makes it official
Now mass-produced, and bolos are usually made of leather cord, with a silver or turquoise buckle. They are common throughout the west and are often worn for business. In 1971 Arizona legislature named the bolo the official state neckwear.
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/tie19.html
In the late 1940s, a silversmith named Victor Cedarstaff went riding with friends in the Bradshaw Mountains outside Wickenburg, Arizona. When the wind blew his hat off, Cedarstaff removed the hatband, which had a silver buckle he did not want to lose, and put it around his neck.
When his friends complemented him on the new apparel, Cedarstaff returned home, and wove a leather string. He added silver balls to the ends and ran it through a turquoise buckle.
Cedarstaff later patented the new neckwear, which was called the bolo because it resembled the lengths of rope used by Argentine gauchos to catch game or cattle.
Arizona makes it official
Now mass-produced, and bolos are usually made of leather cord, with a silver or turquoise buckle. They are common throughout the west and are often worn for business. In 1971 Arizona legislature named the bolo the official state neckwear.
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/tie19.html