Sun Li was n ot hap py at school last month. It was not because 1 didn’t like school. It was because of her 2 .
Sun studies i n Anhu i. Her school has a 3 rule about hair: no changing your hair colour, no curly hair; boys should h ave a crew cut ( 平头 ), 4 girls’ hair can’t hang past t heir ears.
Su n and the other girls in her class don’t like the hairstyle. They 5 it “mushroom head ( 蘑菇头 )”.
Sun’s story i s not the 6 one. In many other schools, there is also a hairstyle rule. Last week in a school in Beijing, some students were 7 to cut their long hair.
Mr Xu is the he admast er ( 男校长 ) of the school. In his school, girls can’t have hair past their shoulders. He says the hair rule is there for a good 8 . “Everybody needs to have a look that matches his or her job,” says Mr Xu. “Those hairstyles are for adults ( 成年人 ). Students are 9 from adults.”
The stri ct hai r rule is not only made for students. Teachers also have to 10 it. “While students can’t change their hair colour, neither can their teachers,” says Mr Xu.