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Censorship

Teen Mom

Charles Oliver | 1.21.2016 6:00 AM

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The principal at Virginia's Mount Vernon High School has barred yearbook editors from including selfies taken by a pregnant student showing her baby bump. Principal Esther Mann said she fears the student may regret the photos later in life.

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  1. Fist of Etiquette   9 years ago

    Principal Esther Mann said she fears the student may regret the photos later in life.

    Banning regrettable pictures from a yearbook would turn it into a pamphlet.

  2. Radioactive   9 years ago

    at one time High School was considered a significant life event, of epic proportions, suitable for memorializing in a book. Now, no so much...

  3. crufus   9 years ago

    Because selfies of a baby bump will be much more regrettable than actually having a child to take care of.

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