A teacher took photos of one of her seven-year-old pupils so she could post them on her Facebook page for her friends to mock the girl's hairstyle. Ukailya Lofton, a student at Overton Elementary School in Chicago, turned up for her school photo on picture day with Jolly Rancher candies tied to her braids after she had seen the style in a magazine. Her computer teacher asked her to pose for a photo with her braids hanging round her face and told her: 'My husband is not going to believe this.'
That night she posted the cell-phone pictures on her Facebook page with the message: 'Right! This is for picture day.' Another parent whose child is the teacher's friend on Facebook let Ukailya's mother Lucinda Williams know that the girl's photos were on the teacher's page and people were mocking the hairstyle. She also saved both the photos and the comments onto a CD. Ms Williams, who is a hairdresser, said her daughter begged her to give her the braids hairstyle as she loves to dress up. She attached the candies with elastic bands and said her daughter was really excited to go into school and show them off.
The comments that appeared on the teacher's Facebook page said things like: 'I laughed so hard my contact popped out', 'yeah this is foolishness' and 'If you are going to make your child look ridiculous the least you could do is make them matching.'
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