# My school is wacko **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 14, 2002, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-school-is-wacko/132253 "2002-10-14T16:49:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![wedgerat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@wedgerat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wedgerat)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2002, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-school-is-wacko/132253/1 "2002-10-14T16:49:38Z")
I am writing this from school during my lunch period. This is technically a no-no. But I don’t give a rat’s pitoosh. I decided to dress nicely today. I even planned my outfit the day before. I would wear the heavy white shirt with the cute green jumper. White knee socks, and clogs. And, to complete the ensemble, a snood. I was cute as a button. I was also in violation of school dress code. You see, apparently snood=bandanna=gang symbol. From the student handbook: > [@](#): > > “Wallet chains, bandannas, handkerchiefs, or any gang-related symbols may not be worn or displayed” Or maybe: > [@](#): > > “Hats and caps are not to be worn in the building” Or even: > [@](#): > > “Eccentric apparel or grooming which substantially deviate from the norm and which therefore represent a disruptive force within the school setting are not permissible” I wasn’t assigned punishment, but, yeesh, of all the things. It was a bloody snood! I’m just angry. I go to this school for 4 years, and I get fussed at by some newbie who doesn’t even know my name. I’ll go away now. ---
**Author:** ![wedgerat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@wedgerat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wedgerat)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2002, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-school-is-wacko/132253/2 "2002-10-14T16:58:09Z")
We are also not allowed to have book bags (you can hide guns in them) but are allowed gym bags and large purses. This is also the same school system that, in about 1995 glued science book pages together because they mention the big bang theory. I’m so glad I’m getting out, soon. Soon. ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2002, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-school-is-wacko/132253/3 "2002-10-14T16:58:58Z")
Oh Woe! So, tell me, in your area, are gansters known for wearing white knee socks and cute little clogs? Sounds mad to me. ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2002, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-school-is-wacko/132253/4 "2002-10-14T17:00:57Z")
aha - simulpost! Um - how are you supposed to carry books and papers? \ ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2002, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-school-is-wacko/132253/5 "2002-10-14T17:24:36Z")
A) All dress codes are weird and arbitrary. This is equally true in the business world. B) I’ve gone my entire life with never before having heard the word “snood”. I have no idea what a “snood” is, but damn, it’s fun to type. SnoodSnoodSnoodSnood or plural SnoodsSnoodsSnoodsSnoods. I wonder if I own a Snood. Wasn’t there a radio show about Mortimer Snood? 😉 Snood is doonS spelled backwards. If I force someone to wear a Snood, I’ve ensnoodified them. Snood. Heh. Fenris, on cold medicine and easily amused, apparently ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2002, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-school-is-wacko/132253/6 "2002-10-14T17:28:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Fenris \* > \*\* > > I have no idea what a “snood” is, but damn, it’s fun to type. \*\* There’s a game called “snood”. You can dowload it at [snood.com](http://www.snood.com). But isn’t a snood one of those net things for your hair like they used to wear on Little House on the Praried? Sort of like one of those string grocery bags, except on your head? If that’s not it, I have no idea what one is. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2002, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-school-is-wacko/132253/7 "2002-10-14T17:30:03Z")
**Fenris** - a snood is a hair net with a barette attached - basically, you put your hair in a pony tail, and then gather the tail up into the net. Very retro. Very 1940’s. So, you probably don’t have one. Tough break **DarkMika** - I think snoods are fabulous. I can’t imagine what gang they thought you belonged to - the Veronica Lake Hair Appreciation Gang, or what. :rolleyes: sheesh ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2002, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-school-is-wacko/132253/8 "2002-10-14T17:35:44Z")
I want a snood in the worst way. They’re so fabulously cute. That sucks. I can’t believe a SNOOD is a gang thing. What next-are they going to outlaw that evil big band music? (I love big band swing. As many Dopers will tell you, I have a huge crush on Glenn Miller). Retro=kickass. ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2002, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-school-is-wacko/132253/9 "2002-10-14T17:36:01Z")
Are we allowed to \*\*like]/b] things in the Pit? Cos I like Snood too - I think it should be some kind of verb - I snood, thou snoodest, he she or it snoods. Or a German verb, eve. Hell, I don’t even have **Fenris** ’s excuse re. codl medicine! BTW - I had to wear _purple_\* skirt at school. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Ferrous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Ferrous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferrous)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2002, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-school-is-wacko/132253/10 "2002-10-14T17:50:44Z")
Snood off, you lousy snoods! ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2002, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-school-is-wacko/132253/11 "2002-10-14T18:35:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Celyn \* > \*\*aha - simulpost! Um - how are you supposed to carry books and papers? > \*\* Back when I was in high school (the Dark Ages, apparently) we wouldn’t have been caught dead using a back pack or tote bag. There was that one kid who used a briefcase, but he also had his own computer, so he was a total nerd and had no friends. I mean come on, who actually owned their own computer? What a dork! 😉 We carried our books in our arms like Real Men and Women! Anyway, back to the OP. My daughter started high school this year (see, I AM old!) and they were told point blank at freshman orientation that NO head coverings were allowed. This meant hats, bandanas, even sunglasses. Snoods weren’t mentioned. At the time I wondered about yarmulkes, since it’s a religious thing, and obviously not gang-related. I have noticed a couple of Muslim (?) girls who wear western-style clothes, but also the head covering. It’s just the simple cotton drape that covers just their hair, and fastens under their chin. One day as I was dropping her off, I noticed a girl with a bandana tied around her hair that matched her shirt, definitely a fashion thing. I asked my daughter if she would be allowed to keep it on and she said that they would make her take it off. I assume they had to make allowances for religious reasons, but not for fashion reasons. A snood seems pretty harmless, though. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2002, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-school-is-wacko/132253/12 "2002-10-14T18:56:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by alice\_in\_wonderland \* > \*\ ***Fenris** - a snood is a hair net with a barette attached - basically, you put your hair in a pony tail, and then gather the tail up into the net. Very retro. Very 1940’s. > \*\* Ahh, I get it. A snood is what Glenda the Good wore in the original Oz book illustrations. I’ve always wondered if that was a real item… ---
**Author:** ![Skippman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Skippman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skippman)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2002, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-school-is-wacko/132253/13 "2002-10-14T19:02:42Z")
Skip almost said somthing that could be taken as offensive, but his filter has kicked in. Carry on. ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2002, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-school-is-wacko/132253/14 "2002-10-14T19:14:39Z")
I want a snood, Dude It don’t mean I’m rude, dude 'cos I think they’re good you have bad attitude \ ---
**Author:** ![Sauron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Sauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sauron)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2002, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-school-is-wacko/132253/15 "2002-10-14T19:21:20Z")
**DarkMika** , the evil part of me is hoping that you’re male. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2002, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-school-is-wacko/132253/16 "2002-10-14T19:21:20Z")
I could see their point about the snood. A head covering is a head covering, just because one is cute and stylish and another isn’t doesn’t make a difference. Some kid with a ratty old baseball cap will point at you and say “but SHE get’s to wear THAT!” ---
**Author:** ![robertliguori](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/46a35a/32.png) [@robertliguori](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robertliguori)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2002, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-school-is-wacko/132253/17 "2002-10-14T19:41:38Z")
Hell, here in Virginia we have the Pledge, followed by a minute of silence. Well, I say ‘we’. I mean ‘them’, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2002, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-school-is-wacko/132253/18 "2002-10-14T19:55:35Z")
You have to follow rules? In _school_? Holy shit! What’s next, tests on what you’ve learned? ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2002, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-school-is-wacko/132253/19 "2002-10-14T19:56:32Z")
But most snoods are nets-so it’s more like a headband or a scrunchy. ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2002, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-school-is-wacko/132253/20 "2002-10-14T19:56:58Z")
Pledge? Here, that is a brand of furniture polish. 🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-school-is-wacko/132253.md?page=2)