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Some TX School Districts to Ban Grillz

#1 Postby TexasStooge » Thu Jul 13, 2006 10:27 am

Arlington school district bans grillz

ARLINGTON, Texas (WFAA ABC 8/AP) - The school district here has expanded its dress codes to include mouths — and earlobes.

Students may no longer wear mouth jewelry known as "grillz" — shiny teeth caps — or the earlobe-stretching practice known as "gauging."

"The district is having to respond to fads because they've become distracters or a safety hazard for those around them," said Malcolm Turner, the district's executive director of student services.

The nearby Irving, Grand Prairie and DeSoto districts also ban grillz, and some also address gauging — the process of placing increasingly large items in the ears to stretch the lobes.

But students said the body modification is simply self-expression.

"Really, a grill is just like an earring. It's fashion," said junior Devonte Wright, 16.

But school officials said they hoped to teach students that life would require them to follow specific regulations in specific settings.

"We want to instill in them a sense of modesty and a sense of community," said school board trustee Gloria Pena. "We're preparing them for the work force, and in the work force there are rules."

http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/w ... 09196.html

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Rapper Paul Wall displays his 'grillz,' shiny teeth caps, with a smile June 27 while at the 6th annual BET Awards.
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#2 Postby stormtruth » Thu Jul 13, 2006 11:04 am

oh yeah. get your iced out gangsta teeth caps here -> http://www.gangstagold.com lol :lol: :lol:
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#3 Postby Regit » Thu Jul 13, 2006 11:05 am

stormtruth wrote:oh yeah. get your iced out gangsta teeth caps here -> http://www.gangstagold.com lol :lol: :lol:


Well I've got my Christmas shopping done! :lol:
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#4 Postby GrimReaper » Thu Jul 13, 2006 11:37 am

Regit wrote:
stormtruth wrote:oh yeah. get your iced out gangsta teeth caps here -> http://www.gangstagold.com lol :lol: :lol:


Well I've got my Christmas shopping done! :lol:



:eek: :lol: OMG Too funny!!!! Does anyone else think that these teeth cover things are gross???!!! How about the hygiene aspect of it. I have a teeth freak thing anyway... I brush my teeth about 8-10 times per day because they have to be clean!!!
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#5 Postby Skywatch_NC » Thu Jul 13, 2006 1:17 pm

I heard a dentist on the noon news today give out some health hazard(s) advice regarding grillz.
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#6 Postby Janice » Thu Jul 13, 2006 1:27 pm

And we wonder why our school systems are not the greatest. Between the kids demanding to do what they want and parents suing if they don't get it. :roll:
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#7 Postby Pearl River » Thu Jul 13, 2006 3:19 pm

Get yo' teefes's freak on.
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#8 Postby GalvestonDuck » Fri Jul 14, 2006 8:54 am

As a former brace-face, I just gotta wonder -- why would any WANT to look like a metal mouth? I'd never seen or heard of it before.

Then again, I'm getting so old. I didn't realize the word following "honky tonk" in the recent Trace Adkins song was an actual word (slang, nevertheless). I just thought he was doing some sort of rhyming nonsense. I got what the song was about -- just didn't realize that the word was summed-up slang for the whole thing.
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#9 Postby Aquawind » Fri Jul 14, 2006 11:36 am

Regit wrote:
stormtruth wrote:oh yeah. get your iced out gangsta teeth caps here -> http://www.gangstagold.com lol :lol: :lol:


Well I've got my Christmas shopping done! :lol:


:roflmao: Thanks for that!
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#10 Postby TexasStooge » Fri Jul 14, 2006 4:30 pm

I have a grill, I can cook hot dogs, burgers, steaks and even pork chops on it. All you have to do is light the charcoals.
:lol: :roflmao: :P
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#11 Postby conestogo_flood » Fri Jul 14, 2006 9:28 pm

I've never heard of teenagers wearing grillz. They are thousands of dollars.
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#12 Postby Terrell » Fri Jul 14, 2006 9:49 pm

So I wonder what happens in cases where people have those things permanently bonded to their teeth. How do they comply with the dress code?
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#13 Postby HurriCat » Sun Jul 16, 2006 3:01 am

I saw where this one rapper dude had over fifty thousand dollars of gold, platinum and diamonds bonded onto his teeth. This was over three or four years ago, so I bet that now 50-g's is just a "good start" :roll: . Looks like these "grillz" are a removeable version of dental "bling" 8-) . Won't be long before we read of kids gunning each other down and stealing them, just as with jackets and sneakers. As far as the school environment, I'm a big supporter of uniforms. They remove the classism and also stop gang attire. Cry about individuality all you like, but school is a place where the kids DO need to be uniform as they ARE there for a common goal: to learn.
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#14 Postby Regit » Sun Jul 16, 2006 12:20 pm

conestogo_flood wrote:I've never heard of teenagers wearing grillz. They are thousands of dollars.


I think these are similar to the plastic spinning rims you can buy at Wal-Mart for 20 dollars when the real ones cost 10,000.
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#15 Postby TexasStooge » Wed Jul 19, 2006 7:10 am

A friend of mine wanted me to ask my mom who works with a jewelery company if they sell any grillz, she said they don't.
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#16 Postby MomH » Wed Jul 19, 2006 4:08 pm

I always tried to use the "five year rule" with my teenagers. In other words will it matter 5 years down the line? Odd hair styles or colors --no matter (hair grows out). Skirts above the knee - no matter (they'll lower soon enough.) Skirts that ride above the crotch - matter (reputation if nothing else). Piercings - no matter (they will close eventually.) Piercings that are enlarged and cannot return to original size -- matter. Rub on tattoos - no matter. Burnt on tattoos - matter (before you are an adult.) Grillz as a teenage - matter. Grillz as an adult - no matter (if you have the money and don't mind ruining your teeth.)

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#17 Postby JonathanBelles » Wed Jul 19, 2006 5:10 pm

are you kidding me :lol: :lol: :lol: for one teens cant afford grillz, and most of the ones worn in school are gum wrappers
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#18 Postby kevin » Wed Jul 19, 2006 5:47 pm

Ya'll tuned to the *expletive* greatest..

"Shoplift from a grocery store, get me some spearmint gum wrappers!"

:ggreen:
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#19 Postby TexasStooge » Wed Jul 19, 2006 8:22 pm

kevin wrote:"Shoplift from a grocery store, get me some spearmint gum wrappers!"

:ggreen:


:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

"Got Spearmint down on da bottom, Juicy Fruit at da top..." :roflmao:
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#20 Postby TexasStooge » Thu Oct 19, 2006 10:46 am

Just this week, my mom who works for a jewelery company said (with a groan) that they have "grillz" in store.
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