Pietersen cut goes over school boundary

Freedom of expression came at a high price for a teenager sent home from school for styling his hair like his cricketing hero Kevin Pietersen.

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But, but, but ... it's not even the first time this has happened. Just what is it with KP inspiring a generation of rebel-headed students? Back in September, another boy got sent home for school for copying KP. And that one was without doubt a worse crime - he was apeing the skunk. Dark days indeed.

Now The Surfer wouldn't pretend to have much sense of style but, really, whether these dudes are choosing to copy the GI Jane look or the dead animal isn't important, we just want to know why.