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    The school's rules do not allow "punk, unfeminine or sloppy hairstyles". Said principal Marion Tan: "It's very clear in our mission: it's about their turnout as a young lady."

This is the weirdest thing to hear, and it makes me wonder if my school had weird and arbitrary rules. I do remember some conflict between my principle and some art students over a picture of a male friend was dressed rather femme. Sometimes you wonder if school is partially just a long exercise in authoritative conditioning.