Conformation of School Children

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Conformation of School Children

. A. The article 'School bars over nose stud' presents two very

different attitudes towards teenage rights. It describes a

fourteen-year-old girl, Tara Le Santo, who pierced her nose with her

father's support, and is now being suspended from school until she

removes her stud.

While Tara's father is quoted as 'making a stand against all this old

fashioned crap', the article also features a letter, which expresses a

much contrasting opinion that 'the time that a British headmaster

concedes any 'rights' to fourteen-year-olds would be the time to

emigrate.' This shows that the letter's author would be arguing his

point over any article to do with teenage rights in general, and that

it is not specifically aimed at Tara Le Santo and her father. Yet, the

author does comment that he believes Tara's methods of dealing with

the situation were wrong, claiming that she has 'whinged' rather than

doing the 'sensible thing' of claiming that the Le Santos 'were a

famous old family from Bengal'. This gives us the impression that the

author has no specific objection towards nose piercing, and that it is

only the concept that teenagers might have rights that disturbs him.

However, Glen Le Santo's attitude towards the headmaster's methods of

dealing with the nose piercing is to insult him, as he states the

school is playing a 'power game'. He also mentions that he has let his

daughter make the decision to stay at home, stating that he will 'back

her all the way'. This suggests that Glen Le Santo believes that his

daughter is fully capable of making her own judgement upon the

situation, and that he has the obligatio...

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...chool, and their policies. The

large percentage of the statements made by Glen Le Santo are

supportive of his daughter, often using subjective criticism of the

school, as he is unable to express what is taking place without

including his emotions on the matter. Although the article does

include some statements from the headmaster explaining the school's

policies and the actions that they felt were necessary, the statements

themselves are factual unemotional pieces, which are not strong enough

to present an equal argument to Glen Le Santo.

The language used by Glen Le Santo is predominantly opinion, and as it

is his statement that fills much of the article, the result is that

the degree of bias within the article is high, unlike the factual,

informative piece written by Ungoed-Thomas on fashion-conscious

teachers.

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