We Have Been Cutting Hair for Decades: Any measurable impact?

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the Villager 2 months ago

In our days, in middle and secondary schools, teenage boys used all tricks just see the underwear of girls. Today, under female EMPOWERMENT, boys close their eyes from looking. What has changed? Empowerment and civilisation.

In our days, in middle and secondary schools, teenage boys used all tricks just see the underwear of girls. Today, under female EMPOWERMENT, boys close their eyes from looking. What has changed? Empowerment and civilisation.
Truth be told 2 months ago

This hair cutting thing is STUPIDITY!!! No serious country would do this to its females except us and the Muslim countries. IT is TOTAL AND ABSOLUTE STUPIDITY. Girls loose hair, and their hair never grows back the same after ...
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This hair cutting thing is STUPIDITY!!! No serious country would do this to its females except us and the Muslim countries. IT is TOTAL AND ABSOLUTE STUPIDITY. Girls loose hair, and their hair never grows back the same after such down cuts, we have our girls and women looking like men well into their formative years, because of stupid down cut!!!
BENJI JM 2 months ago

Did Ezanato Rawlings shave her hair back in Wesley Girls from 1993 to
1995 ? I doubt. This only happens in a country with quack leaders. This thing should not be debated. Allow those who want to keep their hair do, and leave ...
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Did Ezanato Rawlings shave her hair back in Wesley Girls from 1993 to
1995 ? I doubt. This only happens in a country with quack leaders. This thing should not be debated. Allow those who want to keep their hair do, and leave those want to cut down their hair too be. common sense.
Kwame 2 months ago

Can a student or pupil come to the class dirty, unkept and making noise whiles class is going on.

Can a student or pupil come to the class dirty, unkept and making noise whiles class is going on.
Buidam 2 months ago

Hair lice and the smell from poorly maintained hair can be disturbing. We haven't reached the stage where we keep boys and girls with long hair in mind when considering the conditions in many of our schools. We still have iss ...
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Hair lice and the smell from poorly maintained hair can be disturbing. We haven't reached the stage where we keep boys and girls with long hair in mind when considering the conditions in many of our schools. We still have issues with water and electricity. Let us not blindly copy the West when water, electricity, washing soap, and sanitary pads are provided to schools for free. Who will check on these teenagers whose parents struggle to care for them and keep their hair well-groomed? Is the time for learning even enough for them? What about the military, police, CEPS, immigration, and fire service training schools? Let us respect the rules and teach our kids to do the same. EVEN SOME ADULTS HAVE VERY SMELLY HAIR AND BRAIDS WITH HAIR LICE.
Jonathan Awewomom 2 months ago

Yeah, but I think that is an issue of personal hygiene

Yeah, but I think that is an issue of personal hygiene
Buidam 2 months ago

Yea, if you've ever taught in a secondary school you will not encourage keeping a lot of hair at all.

Yea, if you've ever taught in a secondary school you will not encourage keeping a lot of hair at all.
Kobina 2 months ago

I think you are seriously missing the point. You can restrict the styles that people do and still let them maintain their hair. Boys naturally look neat when they cut their hair, but God gave ladies long hair for a reason. Cu ...
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I think you are seriously missing the point. You can restrict the styles that people do and still let them maintain their hair. Boys naturally look neat when they cut their hair, but God gave ladies long hair for a reason. Cutting and shaving off their hair is not necessarily the BEST or ONLY way to discipline them! It's one of the laziest approaches I've ever imagined!! They can still plait their hair like corn roll or other decent ways, or keep the hair combed uniformly and well held with clips or other hair tools. The girls need to know how to keep their natural hair so they can grow up being responsible for their hair as well. That in itself is also a lesson on discipline! How to keep your God-given hair responsibly!!! THERE IS NO NEED TO CUT THEIR HAIR!!! THAT IS A COLONIAL MENTALITY AND IT DEMORALIZES THE GIRLS!!! Can't we think better in this country in 2025 for ONCE!!??
CJ 2 months ago

Mr Minister please it is not the length of the hair that determines academic abilities of the children . Lets stop this old ways of doing things and teach the children to observe better hygiene standards and nutrition. Or is ...
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Mr Minister please it is not the length of the hair that determines academic abilities of the children . Lets stop this old ways of doing things and teach the children to observe better hygiene standards and nutrition. Or is it because Mr Minister you have no hair that's why you want the children to join you . Please go to Turkey if you want some hair
Jonathan Awewomom 2 months ago

Rightly so, but the Turkey thing, lol?

Rightly so, but the Turkey thing, lol?

White Guy loving Ghana 2 months ago

I'm surprised that no one in this debate has (yet) addressed the "school uniforms and their costs" factor... – aren't these costs much higher than those for a school-style haircut? – Considering how many Ghanaian parents ...
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I'm surprised that no one in this debate has (yet) addressed the "school uniforms and their costs" factor... – aren't these costs much higher than those for a school-style haircut? – Considering how many Ghanaian parents suffer because of their children's school fees, shouldn't this be the much more controversial issue?
Jonathan Awewomom 2 months ago

You are right, I think it should be, considering the burden on parents

You are right, I think it should be, considering the burden on parents
Kwadwo Wadie 2 months ago

Excellent piece!

Excellent piece!
Jonathan Awewomom 2 months ago

Great, Great

Great, Great
PLANNED EPIDERMICS 2 months ago

mental slavery, after SHS they will buy those demonic wigs in other to get long hair.
Let them plait the hair with no chemicals or styling.

mental slavery, after SHS they will buy those demonic wigs in other to get long hair.
Let them plait the hair with no chemicals or styling.
Jonathan Awewomom 2 months ago

Right, right. Keeping hair should not necessarily be synthetic, but natural.

Right, right. Keeping hair should not necessarily be synthetic, but natural.
Kwame 2 months ago

As a child in the primary school in my village in the late 1950s and early 1960 I remember how our teachers though us to keep our hair cut, clean and without lices in them.
Those days there were not enough tooth paste. So th ...
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As a child in the primary school in my village in the late 1950s and early 1960 I remember how our teachers though us to keep our hair cut, clean and without lices in them.
Those days there were not enough tooth paste. So the teacher went further to teach us how to clean our teeth. The thing that they thought us to use was a twig from a nim tree.
We go behind our bedroom look for that particular twig of a nim tree, break it, remove the back and pesto we clean our teeth.
Those were the day of the Tokeos, that teachers don't want pupil to come to school with.
So we cut our hair, without any style.
It was a beautiful sight to see.
Jonathan Awewomom 2 months ago

Right, but now all white kids in our schools are allowed to keep their hair, we run to borrow from countries who allow their kids to keep their hair. I think allowing students to keep their natural hair in this era makes sens ...
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Right, but now all white kids in our schools are allowed to keep their hair, we run to borrow from countries who allow their kids to keep their hair. I think allowing students to keep their natural hair in this era makes sense.
Adjoa 2 months ago

Well said!

Well said!

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