Gus Hooker, 13, Not Allowed To Grow Mustache For Movember Cancer Charity The Huffington Post | By Ron Dicker Posted: 11/15/2012 2:54 pm EST Updated: 11/15/2012 5:56 pm EST
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A 13-year-old student who wanted to grow a mustache for charity was told by his school to buzz his fuzz, the Mirror reported.
Gus Hooker, a student at Priory Academy in Bedforshire, England, intended to honor his grandfather, who's recovering from cancer, as part of Movember, a month-long initiative to raise funds for men's cancers. As the official U.S. website for Movember states: "Men grow and women support a Mo (moustache) for 30 days to become walking, talking billboards, for our mens health causes."
But the school ordered Gus to remain clean-shaven because very few students had the ability to grow facial hair at all, and most would be excluded from taking part, his father, Paul Hooker, explained to the Mirror.
Gus started shaving at age 9 and now has to shave every day, according to the BBC. His dad felt as though the school was splitting hairs over a nonexistent rule and started a blog to vent:
There is nothing in the uniform policy [about mustaches] and some staff are doing it this year, as they did last year," Paul wrote. "Staff can do what they want with no chance of criticism or question by parents."Gus's school said that even if Prostate Cancer UK, the charity he wanted to donate to, was a worthy cause, it could only back fundraising events that include all students, QMI reported. The academy conceded it had no specific rule against facial hair, but does have the authority to ban any hair fashion it deems inappropriate.
They did allow a compromise -- letting Gus organize one charity day on Nov. 30 in which the students will each contribute a pound ($1.59) to wear a fake mustache.
Still, Gus would have preferred his own whiskers.
"It's a shame because my mustache would've raised a lot of money," he said. "Everyone wanted me to go for it."
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A 13 year old boy has been told by his school in England that he is not allowed to grow a mustache for November and was told by the school to shave his mustache. The school said that because most other students aren't able to grow a mustache and would be excluded. He wanted to grow the mustache to honor his grandfather recovering from cancer
The school isn't partaking in this event or sponsoring it, its just this guy and I dont think the school should have a right to tell him what kind of facial hair he is allowed to have. The reason they gave for not allowing this is weak, why does it matter if other students cant grow a mustache
For some reason I am not surprised that this is happening in England, in many areas they are going too far
The kid should be allowed to grow the mustache and the school needs to back off
Do you agree the student should be allowed to grow a mustache and does the school have the right to tell him to remove it
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