Jessica went into school on Tuesday--on the anniversary of the most horrific event to ever occur on U.S. soil--wearing her most favorite t-shirt. Proudly displaying the American flag on the front, she walked into school making it clear that on this day, she was proud to be an American. Unfortunately, Jessica was asked to remove her t-shirt because at her North Carolina high school, there is a new school rule that says that students are "not allowed to wear items with flags, from any country, including the United States". According to the superintendent, he just "didn't want to be forced to pick and choose which flags should be permissible".
Lucky for him, the superintendent realized his misstep and rescinded the ban today. Too bad he was one day too late to avoid the national attention that this story so justly deserved.
To see the original article from Tuesday, September 11th read http://www.nbc17.com/midatlantic/ncn/news.apx.-content-articles-NCN-2007-09-11-0027.html To read the follow-up article from Wednesday, September 12th read http://www.nbc17.com/midatlantic/ncn/news.apx.-content-articles-NCN-2007-09-12-0013.html
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