Lefty
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Lefty
@edolefty
Edo woman. Candid reflections on Relationships, Health, Women & Children's Rights, Cultural identities. Contact: [email protected]









"Because we don't allow beads in school because other children may swallow or put it in their ear or nose". Other children in her class or... this girl looks 8-9 years old. I would assume, her classmates will be too old to fall in the category of bead eating or swallowing. Schools should stop being so rigid. The teacher could have called the mother directly on the phone or into the school to tell her the school's decision/policy on hair accessories. Instead, they sent the girl back home alone, during school hours, because of something as stupid as beads in her hair. Even if her house was 1 minute away, what if something has happened to this child outside of the premises? Are the teachers mad? Also, Nigerian girls are made to look at their hair as some form of distraction with cutting off their hair to look like boys for "low maintenance, non distractive purposes". The mother is also a horrible parent. From the way she is even dressed, she should not have been allowed into the school premises. Looking like a tout. Also, the school shouldn't have locked her in. They should have simply suspended the child from school indefinitely, pending investigation and it's outcome. Stupid mother Stupid school with stupid policies.















