Controversy

So today was very upsetting for me. I've really never been known to be a 'bad' kid or someone who gets into trouble at school, but today I feel like I was called out for something so ridiculous. Maybe that is why I took offense to such a small thing, but...

...on-the-other-hand I have every right to be upset.

I was walking back to class after I had delivered the extension cord back to the janitors and this guidance secretary, I guess that is what she is, stops me in the hall. She asks me to take off my "hat". Of course, I'm not one to talk back to an adult unless it is in a joking manner, (or they might just happen to be my parents), but today I did talk back (to an extent). I looked at her like she was crazy. I've never wanted to complain so much about what I was wearing! It's not like I was wearing something inapropro! It was not a gang sign! It was a simple beret. My brother was in the army and he wore a beret. Why can I not wear one? I just for once wanted to seem like I fit in with all of my peers, but due to the incident today I will now be fitting in with my peers in an unfashionable, non-beret wearing way. I mean I barely ever do anything with my hair, but today I did and I pretty much got criticized for it. That makes me feel bad about myself. Thanks for throwing my self esteem out the window!

Have you ever read your school's rules and regulations? 

I have plenty of times. Today I reread the dress code section and noticed that you are not allowed to wear "hats" or something that hangs around your neck (so does that mean I can't wear a scarf, either?). The dress code policy stated things that were not to be worn in school, or were inappropriate for public. Funny thing is it never said anything about wearing nothing. Hmmm? So does that mean we can just show up naked? Well, other than the fact that you'd be picked up in a cop car for public indecency, yeah, you could. It is the things that are left open to interpretation that cause conflict such as my incident with the beret. This is part of the reason that the government sometimes has problems with the constitution.

I know life isn't always going to be how we want it to be, like my mom said.

 I will get defensive about this subject because now I feel like I was put into a situation where I could not have the right of self-expression and the freedom and liberty that is granted to me as a citizen of the United States of America. Now, I'm not going to take this to court, but it is wrong for me to have gone out and spent money on something that I can no longer wear. I would understand if this was just a one day deal, but I spend 5 of my 7 days in a week going to school. This means only 2 days of my 7 am I allowed to wear this beret that I bought. Of those two days, I never usually go anywhere or dress up nice to wear a beret. So now I have a wasted piece of a hair accessory (notice that I did not say "hat")! Way to waste money! (something my mom complains about is me not wearing clothes I have or wasting money on things I don't use)

Please do not tell me that my beret is a "hat" because it is not.

 It is an fashion accessory for my hair, not my head. If I did not have hair, they would have to let me wear a hat to keep my head warm, but since I have hair it is to accessorize. Yes, it may sit/rest/lay on my head but it does not cover my face, eyes, or my entire head. It is a see through accessory for my hair. Technically it cannot be called a head covering due to the fact that really my head isn't covered. OH, and by the way, lunch ladies wear "hats" in school too!!!!