Sexism

Ridiculous! A high school told a girl that her poncho made out of word puzzles and Sudokus was “too distracting” for male students

[caption id="attachment_2662" align="alignnone" width="940"] Illustration by Rachelle Tjahyana[/caption] A local teenager is fighting back after her school suspended her for wearing clothes made entirely out of crosswords, Sudokus, and other puzzles meant to stimulate a person’s cognitive thinking. Beth Francis, a grade 11 student at Mount Pleasant Secondary School, was sent home early last Monday after her homeroom teacher deemed that Francis’ poncho was distracting the male students in her class. Francis says that the school’s administration staff, including the principal, became involved with the situation and gave Francis a week-long suspension when she tried to defend the article of…

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