Hey dude, I'm another student who's coming to the end of his 12 years in oppression by the local system, I support your cause, however, I think you need to make your arguments more convincing, not just that, you need to substantiate your cause, if you think two lines of hurling insults is going to make the old fogeys in charge take notice, you're going to be sorely disappointed, I recommend you edit the petition (if you can). Take the following pointers below, I'll rewrite the whole thing for you after my last 'A' level paper. Good luck.
The following ideas would be useful in writing as essay as a petition, please note that the use of clear and concise english is important to convey a sense of conviction and seriousness so as to catch the attention of the fascists currently in charge of the system.
- Reasons why male students should be allowed to keep their hair long.
- It is a mark of a civilized society to grant various freedoms to it's citizens, by controlling and regulating the physical appearance of the members of the society, the schools are institutionalizing the bullying of the weak who do not have a voice nor an alternative. The schools exist to provide a SERVICE, that is education, however, due to the prohibitive costs of a private education, students do not have the alternative of voting through where they put their money, indeed, if there were alternatives which were reasonably priced and worked like private institutions, public schools would very soon find themselves out of business.
- The barring of boys from keeping long hair is an act of blatant sexism. Female students are permitted to keep their hair any length they wish as long as they keep it NEAT. The reason why NEAT is capitalized, is because that is the supposed justification local schools give to force male students to keep their hair short. If the female students can keep long hair neat, why is it not possible for the male students? The justification for the rule is hence flawed, therefore, voided.
- Indeed, this controlling of how long we keep our hair is a violation of our fundamental human rights. The following articles are obtained from the universal declaration of human rights, since Singaporean government institutions are violating one of the key pillars on which the United Nations is founded on, Singapore deserves nothing short of expulsion from the United Nations.
Article 22.
Everyone, as a member of society, has the right to social security and is entitled to realization, through national effort and international co-operation and in accordance with the organization and resources of each State, of the economic, social and cultural rights indispensable for his dignity and the free development of his personality.
-The length of our hair is an expression of our personality, the controlling and regulating of which hence violates article 22 of the universal declaration of human rights.
Article 30.
Nothing in this Declaration may be interpreted as implying for any State, group or person any right to engage in any activity or to perform any act aimed at the destruction of any of the rights and freedoms set forth herein.
-This further solidifies our stance as any state, group or person may use any of their so-called rights to intrude on our rights, as such, we, male students of the Singaporean schools, deserve the right to keep our hair in any way we like.
-Yours sincerely,
Morgan Johann Lee
