Hello. This story is based a little bit on a true event though it is heavily dramatised (at the end I will tell you the real event if you are interested.) Sorry for my poor English I am from Korea, though I have used English names the actual version of this took Place in a Korean school.
“Go on! Just dye it” Jess encouraged to her cousin Cathrine.
However Cathrine was still unsure. She only had two weeks until school started and her hair was already too long, reaching almost to her waist.
Cathrine attended a strict girls boarding school, and every girl was expected to have their hair cut in a straight line around their chin. It was also expected to be kept at their natural colour (Black) and there were inspections to check at the beginning of the term and at random intervals during school. Cathrine knew that dying her hair was a risky idea, because she had already had a lot of warnings about uniform, especially when it came to hair, makeup and nails. However Cathrine was never naturally one to observe rules, so giving into her cousin she died her hair a pale brown.
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“I love your hair” Exclaimed Mary to Cathrine. They were on the bus heading towards school for the beginning of the new term and Cathrine was seeing her friends for the first time in ages.
“It is nice” agreed Lydia “Though your going to be in so much trouble! Especially since you died it at the beginning of last term too.” She added.
Cathrine thought about this, and realised that Lydia was probably right. She knew that in the boys school over the road, boys who constantly disobeyed hair rules ended up getting their heads shaved, though she seriously doubted this could ever happen in the girls school, and besides, she though, I have my wig. As the bus pulled into the driveway, all the girls began to get excited and Cathrine forgot she had even died her hair at all.
After everyone was unpacked and settled, the dorm mistress came and told everyone to head to the main hall, for the welcome back speech and the uniform check. Cathrine ran up to her room and rooted through her bag until she had found her black wig. Tying up her hair she pulled on the wig and headed down into the hall with everyone else.
In the hall after the typical welcome speech, the uniform check began. They skimmed past Cathrine, who as soon as they were gone, burst into a fit of giggles. She thought nothing of it, after all she had got away with having longer hair last term by using a wig, and this time round her hair was near her waist and she really didn’t want to go through the hassle of having to cut and dye it. As the uniform check grew to a close everyone who uniform had been found to be ok was dismissed. However those who had issues with their uniform were asked to stay behind in the hall.
“Right girls, I want you to tidy up in here” stated the dorm mistress. All the girls sighed and slowly began to get to work. As Cathrine got up, the dorm mistress gave her an odd look, and beckoned her aside.
“I think we need to visit the senior mistress about this, follow me” the dorm mistress instructed. Reluctantly Cathrine did so, confused as to why, after all there was nothing wrong with her hair, uniform or appearance, and girls where only taken to the senior mistress in serious cases of rule breaking. Cathrine began to wonder if the Dorm mistress knew about her wig. However when they reached the office, Cathrine was instructed to wait outside while the dorm mistress went in and spoke to the senior mistress. After what seemed like forever, Cathrine was called in. As soon as she was stood in front of the senior mistresses desk, she was instructed to remove her wig.
“What… What wig?” asked Cathrine trying to play innocent, after all, how could they possibly know!
“Don’t make this worse for yourself young lady do as I ask. NOW” said the senior mistress in a cold voice. Hearing this Cathrine reluctantly removed the wig, allowing her almost waist length, pale brown hair fall lose.
“I see. I’ll handle this from here Frances” Said the senior mistress to Cathrine’s dorm mistress, who left without another word.
“Right young lady, I am very disappointed, you were here only last term several times for uniform infringements, mostly involving your hair or make-up. There was a uniform check just an hour ago, if you had been honest then about your hair no further action would have been taken, but you’ve not only broken a school rule, but you’ve also lied about it.” Stated the Senior Mistress.
“Sorry Ma’am” muttered Cathrine.
“I’m afraid sorry wont cut it here Cathrine” Said the senior mistress. I am going to speak with your Dorm mistress and the Head and see what they can recommend and if they agree with my suggestion. Meanwhile please return to your dorm, and come back to my office tomorrow at 4 o’clock sharp” Instructed the Senior Mistress.
Cathrine left, wondering what they were going to do. Hopefully they wouldn’t call her parents. Meanwhile the Senior Mistress was irate. This girl was always disobeying uniform rules. They had unsuccessfully tried many different things and nothing had worked. She had an idea of something that she was sure would work, but she needed to consult with her colleagues and the girls parents first.
At 3:30 Cathrine decide to make her way over to the senior mistress office. She seriously hoped she wouldn’t be getting another taste of the slipper, though that was very likely. As she knocked on her door she really wondered why she had to be so stupid. Why hadn’t she just cut her hair for crying out loud!
“Right Cathrine, please sit on that chair in the middle of my office” Instructed the Senior Mistress. Her dorm mistress and the senior mistress where both In the office together and Cathrine noticed that her Dorm mistress had taken a stand in front of the door. In the centre on the room there was a chair and below it was some newspaper and a towel. Cathrine was starting to get suspicious, but she sat down nonetheless.
“Right, we have tried many approaches to getting you to follow the uniform rules, but none of them have worked. You had insisted on making yourself stand out among other girls, a wish which this is sure to grant you. We have consulted with your parents and various other staff members who all agree that this is necessary. You do know how errant boys who refuse to obey uniform rules are dealt with don’t you?” Asked the senior mistress.
Cathrine didn’t answer… they couldn’t possibly be planning to shave her head could they? The senior mistress gave Cathrine a glare, letting her know to speak
“Yes, sorry ma’am”
“Good. Then this is what we are going to do with you today. Frances you may proceed when you are ready”
“NOOO! Please don’t do this!!!!” Begged Cathrine, but the woman had both already decided that this was necessary.
Taking a large pair of kitchen scissors from a draw, the dorm mistress gathered Cathrine’s hair into a pony tail and began cutting through it. Once she was done, she unceremoniously threw the served mass of hair into the bin and plugged in the clippers after removing the guard.
“Please, I promise I’ll never break the…”
“No Cathrine, our minds are made up, you’ve been asking for this”
The dorm mistress then began to run the clippers over a weeping Cathrine’s head, as the locks of beautiful hair fell to the ground. Without another word, the Senior Mistress handed the Dorm mistress some wax strips.
“We are going to use the wax Cathrine, because we want the effects of this to last a little longer then just shaving your head, and with the wax your hair will not grow back for a month or two” stated the Senior Mistress.
This statement only caused Cathrine to sob more.
Once the waxing had been completed, Cathrine’s head was totally hairless, they had even removed her eyebrows for added effect.
“Ok we’re done now, if you would go and stand in that corner until assembly, while we clear this up” Instructed the Senior Mistress.
Cathrine obeyed, and stood in the corner sobbing… how could this have happened? All she could here was the sounds of the office being tidied then the Dorm mistress leaving. After that Cathrine had nothing to do but stand there until assembly.
During Assembly Cathrine had had to stand on the stage while the Senior Mistress told everyone about following the rules and what would happen to people who didn’t, using Cathrine as an example. Unsurprisingly there was a big improvement uniform wise over the next few months.
As for Cathrine, because they had used wax strips her hair had taken just over a month to begin to grow back. Many girls had ridiculed her, and se realised that she hated standing out. After her hair had grown back she had been very careful to mind her behaviour
As I mentioned before this is a heavily dramatised version of real events. In the real thing, “Cathrine” As I had called her, dyed her hair and grown it about an inch too long and came into school with a wig to hide it. All that really happened was they cut a section of her hair to policy length and sprayed her hair black, telling her to come in with hair that fitted in with school policy tomorrow.
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