well, that's one way of handling that...

school children in ghana are required to have shaved heads.
at first, i thought that was odd, a little too regimented, but now it makes sense because it certainly must reduce insect (lice) problems, and it's a lot easier for the children to take care of. if the girls had hair, then they would also need mirrors, etc.
ok, so i don't know what the length requirement is, but hair must be kept quite short.
the other day at assembly, one of the teachers apparently decided many of the kids' hair was getting too long.
his solution? he walked around with a pair of scissors and cut a bald patch in each child's hair.
it looked awful and was quite embarrassing to the children he selected.
but i guess it worked, because by the next day, i think all but one of the kids had shaved their heads to get rid of the horrible bald spot.