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What is the stupidest school rule you've ever had to deal with? (kbin.social)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Parent, student, or staff, what's the dumbest damn regulation you've personally come across at an educational institution?

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I was in high school. Trenchcoats were pretty popular to wear at the time with the nerds and geeks. We even had the kids in choir who looked up to an a capella group called "The Trenchcoats", who would regularly wear them.

Trenchcoats got banned because of Columbine and the choir kids werent allowed to wear them anymore. Even the a capella group changed their name to "The Coats" around that time. Weird times, man.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago

For anyone wondering:

The Matrix came out in late March 1999
Colombine happened in late April 1999