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School used plyers to remove earring

35 replies

user1473944236 · 15/09/2016 14:11

Hi I'm new on here but I'd like your opinions on this.
My 14 dd had a small cartilage piercing which her school asked her to remove. As it had been in for about a year it would not unscrew so I advised school I would take her back to the shop to have it removed.
The following day she came home saying the school had manually removed her earring using some plyers borrowed from the tech room. The procedure was painful and caused her ear to bleed.
Am I right in thinking this is wrong on so many levels? Does the school have a right to do this without my knowledge or consent?
Your thought's please..

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SuburbanRhonda · 19/09/2016 19:25

Really? Hmm

Fidelia · 19/09/2016 19:49

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BertrandRussell · 19/09/2016 19:53

Well, if she said no and they held her down and did it, then it's assault. But she's 14. Perfectly capable of giving or withholding consent.

I would want a lot more detail before I went off the deep end about this.......

mineofuselessinformation · 19/09/2016 22:45

Where is OP? Hmm

AdaLovelacesCat · 20/09/2016 04:20

under her bridge I suppose

KoalaDownUnder · 20/09/2016 04:56

I'd actually (and I'm not a phone 101 type at all) phone the police about this, otherwise it's likely to be minimised/rug swept by the school.

Omfg.

No wonder it took the police half a day to arrive after someone smashed through a bedroom window and terrified my sleeping flatmate.

Get a grip (and a bloody life).

BlossomHillOne · 20/09/2016 05:40

I'd be grateful to the school for removing it and saving me a trip to the shop. A 14 year old is perfectly capable of giving consent.

Why exactly did you both think the uniform rules didn't apply to her when it was done in the first place?

AdaLovelacesCat · 20/09/2016 06:41

anyway, the OP is talking nonsense.
if this piercing had 'been in for a year' then the school would have banned it previously?
Or if she had just come up from Year 6 well that doesn't make sense either because if you had a cartilige piercing at junior school, you would probably also have a visit from social services.
Verdict - must try harder.

AdaLovelacesCat · 20/09/2016 06:42

oh wait - you say she is 14. What a load of old pony.

CauliflowerSqueeze · 20/09/2016 06:49

Odd. Something doesn't add up here.

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