Steve,

Why can't you sue the school system? The principal needs to be put in
her place. If you are a teacher, please let it be a history teacher.
Remind her that Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B.
Hayes, James Garfield, Chester Arthur, Grover Cleveland, Benjamin
Harrison, Theodore
Roosevelt, William H. Taft (some of which held multiple terms) should
never have been President of the USA because they all had some form of
facial hair. Slavery should still be legal because some guy with a
beard decided to put a stop to it.

The nest time you talk to her in her office, be sure to turn off the
lights and her computer. After all, electricity was discovered by a
man with long hair. And we all know that men with long hair can't be
trusted to be honest. ;-) Make sure that she doesn't use the library
nor the post office because the same guy with long hair standardized
these. And finally, if she is a Christian, she shouldn't be because
Jesus had a beard. She also can't be Jewish because Judaism (to the
best of my knowledge) also forbids men to shave. And you do bring up a
good point. Moses, Noah, Jesus and many other biblical men had beards.
Of course, since they did, we should believe in their teachings.

Modifying what my mom would say, "Put this in her pipe and make her
smoke it."

Joe

> --- In growinglongbeards@yahoogroups.com, "Steven Horwitz"
<hartsteve@e...> wrote:
> Dear Gurkirpal:
>
> Good for you! I am going through the same experience now. Except I
can't sue a school system. The principal where I work likes clean
shaven men as teachers. I'm thinking of shaving my head! That will
give her a shock. At least I'd be clean shaven. I have a passion for
growing long beards. It is too bad I had to trim it last week after a
five inch growth. However, I decided to leave it alone as long as I
can.
>
> I'm very clean and dress well. I think my five inch growth looked
great. What is wrong with people. Quote form principal. It gives
the kids a poor outlook on grooming and many of the parents may not
trust you as their child's teacher because of the length of the
beard."
>
> I may consider changing schools with a much more liberal principal.
If I had magic powers, I would zap my present female boss and give
her the beard of Moses!
>
> If anyone else with a long beard has had this problem, write me
back. Maybe between all of the men in this club, one person could
come up with a logical solution. I do not like short cropped beards.
They remind me of a person playing a part in a movie when the beard
has that drama and theatrical look. Help!!!
>
> Steve