"In today's America, schools exist to teach children that life is a series of arbitrary rules handed down by a panel of incompetent adults who literally have no clue what living on planet Earth is like.
It has been so since time immemorial, but somehow gets worse and worse every year.
Sometimes, the problem is dress codes, like this girl who got sent home because her collarbone was "too distracting."Actually, the problem is often the dress code.
Or it's sex ed.
Or it's school lunches (also a recurring problem), or attendance for kids with cancer.
It's been a while, in fact, since we've had a good old-fashioned outrage moment about a zero-tolerance policy towards violence that goes way below zero into the realm of imaginary violence.
That's what happened in the case of this letter that was sent home from school with the daughter of Daniel and Sarah:
"Dear Daniel and Sarah, we noticed that Laura has a Wonder Woman lunchbox that features a super hero image.
In keeping with the dress code of the school, we must ask that she not bring this to school.
The dress code we have established requests that the children not bring violent images into the building in any fashion — on their clothing (including shoes and socks), backpacks and lunchboxes.
We have defined "violent characters" as those who solve problems using violence. Super heroes certainly fall into that category.
Please refer to the dress code section of the School Handbook. Your cooperation with our dress code will be appreciated."
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