Just bracelets?
The principal of Angevine Middle School in Lafayette, Colo., is asking parents to discourage their children from wearing colored jelly bracelets to school because of rumors that they carry sexual meanings. The Boulder Daily Camera says that principal Mike Medina told parents in a letter that “reports indicate that the colors of the bracelets signify different inappropriate actions that students will do or have done. Due to the nature of the inappropriateness associated with these bracelets, we are asking students not to wear them.”
According to snopes.com, which explores the truth of urban legends, stories have spread about a jelly bracelet-related game called “snap,” in which boys try to break bracelets off the wrists of girls. Different colors represent different sexual acts, and if the bracelet breaks rumor has it that girls are supposed to do what the bracelet says.
The Daily Camera article says that Angevine students are frustrated by the bracelet ban and insist they wear them to be stylish, not to play sexual games.
Do you think the school administration made a sound decision in urging parents to stop their children from wearing these bracelets?
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