The British school sent the boy home after he showed up to class with the famous haircut that Ronaldo, The Phenomenon, wore to the 2002 World Cup.
12-year-old Alfie Ransome wanted to honor the idol’s memory and replicate the famous hairstyle, but the school said it violated current uniform rules.
The boy lives in the English city of Hull and opened up to a British newspaper. Mirror who had been thinking about getting her hair done for a long time and who, after the England football team won the first leg of the 2022 World Cup, decided to do it with the permission of her mother.
However, the style did not impress the school’s teachers, who ended up calling the mother, Emma Shaw, to warn her son would be sent home for violating school rules.
“Schools today must accept children for who they are and encourage them to be unique and themselves. How is it different? Mirror mother, 32 years old.
“Alfie’s friends liked the haircut and it made him really happy and confident. He loves school and wants to keep going as usual, but he’s not allowed to come back until he shaves off all his hair, which is funny because it doesn’t affect them a bit, Emma added.