My cousin was forced to remove her Easter Lily in school as it was "inappropriate"

Crock Rock · 22-02-2019 09:49PM #1

As above. An absolute disgrace.
I'm 28 now, it's been 11 years since I left secondary school.

She's a 17 year old girl who is big into her Irish history and politics and, like me, dreams of a United Ireland. She's fuming at the situation.

Her uniform policy states

"Students must attend school dressed in full school uniform, consisting of the prescribed jumper, shirt, tie, skirt for girls and trousers for boys and black or brown shoes (with the prescribed knee-length socks for girls). Exceptions to this are PE and school outings."

Make up for girls must be conservative and facial hair for boys must be nearly trimmed.

Boys and girls are expected to maintain a reasonable standard of personal grooming. Hair dye / streaks are acceptable as long as it is not extreme.

Pendants, necklaces, broaches and badges may be worn as long as they are smaller than 5cm in total.

In my opinion, it's a very fair uniform policy which is quite clearly spelled out. Her Easter Lily is about 3 cm in length that she has been wearing for a couple of years and recently decided to get one to attach to her school jumper.

Here's the funny thing. Her English teacher demanded she remove it in her class as it's "offensive". What annoys me though, is that the same teacher wore and Armistice Poppy and so did one or two other students before and nothing was said to them by the same teacher. The poppies were even being old from the principal's office.

The teacher said that Easter Lily proceeds go to fund terrorists, my cousin said they don't, they fund the upkeep of patriots' graves... the teacher replied .. exactly, terrorists.

Jesus, so Kevin Barry, Michael Collins, and the people who fought for Irish freedom are terrorists?

The principal is backing the teacher up and saying that the Lily is indeed a symbol of terrorism and has no place in the school.

Partitionist west brits?

Odhinn · 22-02-2019 09:55PM

Only the Poppy should be accpeted in school.

Crock Rock wrote: »

As above. An absolute disgrace.
I'm 28 now, it's been 11 years since I left secondary school.

She's a 17 year old girl who is big into her Irish history and politics and, like me, dreams of a United Ireland. She's fuming at the situation.

Her uniform policy states

In my opinion, it's a very fair uniform policy which is quite clearly spelled out. Her Easter Lily is about 3 cm in length that she has been wearing for a couple of years and recently decided to get one to attach to her school jumper.

Here's the funny thing. Her English teacher demanded she remove it in her class as it's "offensive". What annoys me though, is that the same teacher wore and Armistice Poppy and so did one or two other students before and nothing was said to them by the same teacher. The poppies were even being old from the principal's office.

The teacher said that Easter Lily proceeds go to fund terrorists, my cousin said they don't, they fund the upkeep of patriots' graves... the teacher replied .. exactly, terrorists.

Jesus, so Kevin Barry, Michael Collins, and the people who fought for Irish freedom are terrorists?

The principal is backing the teacher up and saying that the Lily is indeed a symbol of terrorism and has no place in the school.

Partitionist west brits?

Given the policy on the poppy its a fucking disgrace, tbh. Fair play to her.

buried · 22-02-2019 09:56PM

Could be cat lovers. Lillies can kill cats bigshtyle

BBFAN · 22-02-2019 09:57PM

What? It's Easter already?? Did I sleep for a couple of months?

beertons · 22-02-2019 09:57PM

Wear it under the jumper.

TheValeyard · 22-02-2019 09:58PM

Only the Poppy should be accpeted in school.

If this happened.......it's a load of hypocrisy.

If you can wear a poppy you can wear an Easter Lilly. It's probably not school policy just that teacher is on a mini Hitler rampage.

Samuel T. Cogley · 22-02-2019 09:58PM

She should strike!

Church on Tuesday · 22-02-2019 10:00PM

Only the Lily should be accepted in school.

Sadly nationalistic symbols such as the Easter Lily and our own national flag - the Tri Color had been hijacked by the provos during the troubles, hence the sigma associated with both in the eyes of the general public but it's not that simple.

That's not a pop at you for having the belief of a United Ireland BTW.

Your cousin is quite right in saying funds from the sale of the Easter Lily goes towards the upkeep of memorials of a war my own Grandfather fought in; the War of Independence. As such I wear an Easter Lily to commemorate his bravery and suffering so that Ireland may be free to determine her own path. It's good to see younger people have an interest in Irish history too.

Your family should kick up a fuss about this. There's nothing wrong with wearing a Poppy, therefore there should be nothing wrong with wearing a Lily because that's, quite frankly, hypocrisy personified.

Crock Rock · 22-02-2019 10:00PM

Only the Poppy should be accpeted in school.

beertons wrote: »

Wear it under the jumper.

No, on the jumper. As per the uniform policy, it should be permitted.

pleas advice · 22-02-2019 10:00PM

Damn right it's inappropriate, it's not even Ash Wednesday yet...

c.p.w.g.w · 22-02-2019 10:01PM

Fair play to her, its a disgrace that the poppy is acceptable yet the Lilly isn't

corner of hells · 22-02-2019 10:01PM

Historically it's a religious symbol representing the tears of Christ and repentence.
I think it's celebrated still in some of the old Dublin city centre church's that ol' ones like going too.

buried · 22-02-2019 10:02PM

The whole poppy thing is going to be funny next November when its finally fair play and clear that Britain actually doesn't (and more than likely never did) give a f**king $hite about Europe anyways

kieran26 · 22-02-2019 10:02PM

Aren't schools off this week?

Your Face · 22-02-2019 10:02PM

Do you know what really pisses me off?

Chris Hemsworth is set to portray Hulk Hogan in a new biopic of the Hulkster.

It's an out and out outrage.

odyssey06 · 22-02-2019 10:02PM

Probably should wait until it's (a) serious point - ok for civil servants, teachers etc to wear and (b) half in jest - at least Lent!
I'm sure not the only one pushing for this.

Crock Rock · 22-02-2019 10:04PM

Only the Poppy should be accpeted in school.

kieran26 wrote: »

Aren't schools off this week?

I never said it happened this week.

bassy · 22-02-2019 10:05PM

Only the Lily should be accepted in school.

get her to get a tattoo of it on her forehead

An Claidheamh · 22-02-2019 10:05PM

Only the Lily should be accepted in school.

Just out of interest, whereabouts was this school?

Anyway, you should go to the media about it as it's rank hypocrisy. Laughable, really.

I'm not supporters of any of these but maybe the Liberal.ie or Evening Herald or Sun/Mirror.ie might be interested in it if.

Let us know what happens.

banie01 · 22-02-2019 10:05PM

The OP has really been on a run of troll shít posts over the last few days!
Maybe the teacher in question is in a relationship with the Customs officer who wouldn't deign to reply as gaeilge?
And now they are retaliating against his entire family!!

Your Face · 22-02-2019 10:05PM

Crock Rock wrote: »

I never said it happened this week.

It happened last week in Imagination Land.

VeVeX · 22-02-2019 10:06PM

buried wrote: »

The whole poppy thing is going to be funny next November when its finally fair play and clear that Britain actually doesn't (and more than likely never did) give a f**king $hite about Europe anyways

The EU is not Europe

Crock Rock · 22-02-2019 10:07PM

Only the Poppy should be accpeted in school.

An Claidheamh wrote: »

Just out of interest, whereabouts was this school?

Anyway, you should go to the media about it as it's rank hypocrisy. Laughable, really.

I'm not supporters of any of these but maybe the Liberal.ie or Evening Herald or Sun/Mirror.ie might be interested in it if.

Let us know what happens.

School in North County Dublin (Fingal), that's all I'll say.

I might post the name of the school and the teacher later if I'm allowed. If a moderator instructs me not to, then I won't.

shutup · 22-02-2019 10:10PM

Crock Rock wrote: »

School in North County Dublin (Fingal), that's all I'll say.

I might post the name of the school and the teacher later if I'm allowed. If a moderator instructs me not to, then I won't.

Jut post first and see what they say afterwards.
Would be interested to know the school

Crock Rock · 22-02-2019 10:10PM

Only the Poppy should be accpeted in school.

VeVeX wrote: »

The EU is not Europe

This.I'm sick of the amount of people who don't know this.

I used to work with a stupid woman who is Euroskeptical and insisted that she wasn't European. No matter how much other people tried pointing out that the continent of Europe existed for thousands of years before the EU, she wasn't having any of it.

She just couldn't grasp in her little brain that she IS European, as a matter of geographical fact. :pac::pac::pac::pac::pac:

Crock Rock · 22-02-2019 10:10PM

Only the Poppy should be accpeted in school.

shutup wrote: »

Jut post first and see what they say afterwards.
Would be interested to know the school

I better not.. I don't want to get the website in trouble. I'm sorry, pal.

22-02-2019 10:10PM

They should just amend the uniform policy to deal with your cousin.

It’s a sad thing to hear people who were still wearing nappies at the time the Good Friday agreement was signed sheite on about their dreams for a united Ireland. Get real fella. Never going to happen. Never. Leave them be up there, the rest of us can’t afford to be dealing with their nonsense.

And school isn’t the place for junior-shinners to be wearing political symbols, be it a lily or a poppy.

SCOOP 64 · 22-02-2019 10:11PM

Only the Lily should be accepted in school.

Crock Rock wrote: »

School in North County Dublin (Fingal), that's all I'll say.

I might post the name of the school and the teacher later if I'm allowed. If a moderator instructs me not to, then I won't.

Though you were going to say in the North.

lbc2019 · 22-02-2019 10:12PM

Im opposed, damned damned opposed!

What are we protesting?

corner of hells · 22-02-2019 10:13PM

Crock Rock wrote: »

School in North County Dublin (Fingal), that's all I'll say.

I might post the name of the school and the teacher later if I'm allowed. If a moderator instructs me not to, then I won't.

Hogwarts ?

buried · 22-02-2019 10:14PM

VeVeX wrote: »

The EU is not Europe

Go on, what is it so? Don't say new world order Illuminati $hite now

My cousin was forced to remove her Easter Lily in school as it was "inappropriate"

A lot of west brits here ... did the school do the right thing? 220 votes

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