A school in the southeast of Brisbane came under fire. The school gave a 12-year-old boy a razor and asked him to shave his beard and take pictures of his class.
According to the father of the Mansfield state high school student, who declined to be named, the school gave his son a razor and told him to "shave his beard", even though he had never used a razor. There were three scratches on the boy`s face, and the school uniform was stained with blood.
On the afternoon of February, he called his father and said he had been "traumatized" in the incident.
"he said he was asked to shave off and his face was bleeding." Said the boy`s father. "I said it was impossible. I was shocked. To be honest, I never thought that school or anyone would do such a thing. We taught him that when the teacher asked him to do something, just do what the teacher told him to do, and he did. It`s all our fault. "
His father said he missed the swimming carnival a few days later because antibiotics were needed for the wound infection.
"he also lost interest in school, because his face was full of wounds. He showed the wound to his friends in frustration. " He said。
Although the wound healed, his father said his family had missed an important part of his son`s childhood.
"We are a Hindu family, and the tradition is that when children reach the age when they need to shave. Then his father prayed for him, blessed him, and gave him a gift and love. Then shave your beard-it`s tradition, "he said." it`s a small part of the ritual, but it`s important to every family. It`s not that I`m a very devout person-but I`m really looking forward to it, and now I`m deprived of it. "
According to school policy, boys must keep clean and tidy at all times.
His father said he had never been contacted before the school took a picture of his son`s facial hair.
The school declined to comment.
"the school asked my son to shave his beard. The stupid policy was completely indifferent to the safety of the child, no first aid measures, no supervision of the children who did this for the first time, and let them go to the toilet with their own razors to shave their own hair. And do not provide any shaving lotion or shaving cream-in my opinion, they do not meet the criteria of being a teacher. " Said the boy`s father.
