Slow day in The Dominion

So The Dominion Post has decided it is newsworthy to tell the country that a troublemaking Year 10 student in Wellington was told to pull her skirt down because she looked "like a slut" by her dean.

First things first, I submit to you the below - a photograph of how short her skirt was. Please note that this photograph has been SET UP by the girl and her mother.

The girl claimed her skirt was "10cm above the knee" - so clearly, aside from all else, the school is failing to teach her about measurements. That skirt is damned short and she DOES look like a slut.

So the girl's mum couldn't believe her darling little angel, who last week got in a fight with a dude and has had "ongoing problems" with her uniform, attendance and attitude towards teachers, was spoken to like that by a school official. "You rely on teachers, you have no reason to believe when you drop your daughter or son off at school that they will be abused, particularly from a dean," she said.

Abused, huh? For fucks sake guys! This isn't news! The dean apologised to the girl, but that wasn't enough. The mother thinks the whole country needs to know because the principle wouldn't issue a written apology or discipline the teacher.

Amethyst's father, Michael Staladi, said he wanted the teacher disciplined. "If the kids step out of line they have to go to detention ... so they should have the same standards for the adults." Amethyst's father, who has been clearly unable or unwilling to do anything about her behavioural problems, seems to think that the teacher should have to stay after school or give up her lunch break writing lines as penance for giving this little squirt a reality check. THIS ISN'T NEWS!!!

My boyfriend used to teach 17-year-olds who didn't wear uniforms, and had issues with getting the girls to dress appropriately. Aside from wearing too much makeup and shoes with high heels, the girls would often wear very low cut tops and short skirts. They were well aware of their budding powers and would often find excuses to show him their breasts. Often girls in short skirts would sit with their legs apart until he was forced to embarass them by asking them to preserve their modesty. Point is, we are letting our young women turn into hoochie little skanks and it's disgusting.

That girl looks like a slut in the photo because it is highly inappropriate for a (presumably) 14-year-old girl to wear a skirt that short outside the beach, especially to school. For the mother to insist that to tell a girl she looks "like a slut" is "abuse" but letting her walk around looking like a whore is somehow protecting her daughter from the evils of this world is simply delusional, no?

EDIT: This story is at #1 on the Stuff.co.nz "Most Viewed" AND "Most Shared" lists. I think I'm gonna have a little cry.