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When some female students at a Salt Lake City, Utah high school opened their yearbooks, they were dismayed to find that their images had been photoshopped.
Some who had been wearing tank tops when photographed now found themselves “wearing” short-sleeved garments.
Worse yet, the images of others wearing tank tops had not been meddled with at all.
ABC News reports that District Superintendent Terry Shoemaker thus far stands by this decision to allegedly “help kids better prepare for their future by knowing how to dress appropriately for things.”
Shoemaker's only stated regret is “that the school district did not edit students’ photos on a more consistent basis.”
Comments on this article indicated that many felt quite differently.
For example, “Mary” writes: In this day and age of privacy laws, diversity, cultural
competence, respect for the individual etc., the
students and their parents
should have been
notified of the changes school officials
wanted to make, then give them the opportunity
to choose another, more suitable picture. What
if this had been an issue where school officials
had changed a student's garb and it was an
outfit based on cultural or religious
beliefs/practices? We live in a country founded on a constitution
and bill of rights that gives its citizens the
freedom to choose. Maybe the school officials
should take a civil rights course and review
those documents.
It’s the age-old ethical dilemma: where to draw the line between individual rights and societal standards…
Resources
http://gma.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/utah-high-school-alters-yearbook-photos-show-less-162608563--abc-news-parenting.html?vp=1
Copyright May 30, 2014 by Linda Van Slyke All Rights Reserved
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