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Kids' Clothing Teacher Migraines - Sciences, Education, Art, Writing, UFO - Posted: 15th Feb, 2008 - 2:02pm
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Parents in Koskullskulle, Sweden, should pack up their young children's colorful, patterned clothing, because polka-dots and stripes are no longer allowed to be worn at the town's preschool
Kids' Clothing Gives Teacher Migraines
I am trying my best not to be insensitive but I find ridiculous that they ask the parents to dress their kids in a certain way because a teacher has a health issue concerning the colors of fabrics the kids wear. Come on, if this teacher has an issue then another person should replace her. It is unfair that a whole bunch of kids should wear certain clothes because she is affected by it. What is your opinion?
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| The ban was put into effect because an employee at the school suffers from migraine headaches that are triggered by looking at multi-colored garments. "It's a pity for the employee and as a result I"ve tried to create an appropriate work environment," the pre-school's principal, Maj Norberg, told the Norrländska Socialdemokraten newspaper. "The person in question has a right to be able to work." Some parents and politicians aren't as accepting. "I have a hard time believing that they have a right to make this sort of demand," Ulf Eriksson, head of the National Association of Homes and Schools, told TheLocal.com. Children who come to school in northern Sweden with "inappropriate" clothes must change into monochrome outfits, parents told TheLocal.com... |
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WOW that is a dilly. In Canada the employer has the responsibility to ensure the workers environment is safe. This includes any possible health hazard. So it does present a difficult resolution because the children have the right to dress how they wish. I get the idea that the principle in this case is faced with a similar set of laws.
Perhaps putting them in charge of say a gym class for a duration to see if it helped would be a better solution. The specialists remark of;
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Migraine specialist Professor Carl Dahlöf said it is possible for certain patterns to cause the blinding headaches. |
Does make me ponder if the teacher is going to be told in the end that they can not dictate to the children in their dress. If so this person may be out of a job.
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