How can rules make perfect sense to one person and no sense to another?

   Some people thing of rules as guidelines. Others think of rules as restrictions. Either way, rules can make no sense.

   An example from my life, is the dress code at UCAS vs UVU. UCAS has a rule about no unnatural hair colors. UVU has no such rule, but if you dye your hair an unnatural color at UCAS, you will be dress coded for it.

   This makes no sense to me. UCAS would not exist without UVU, and yet they have different rules. Why cant UCAS have the same rules as UVU? What if i only dip dyed my hair? would that still be a violation? Would they really force me to dye my hair a different color, just because it isn't a color they approve of?

   Hair is an extension of personality. I have noticed that the way someone does (or doesn't in some cases) their hair can say a lot about who they are as a person. I know you should never judge a book by its cover, but there will always be that first impression.

   I want to dip dye the ends of my hair pink, but my creative ability with my hair is stifled by fear of the UCAS rules. I love doing my hair, and making it a part of who i am, but i can't do that if there are rules against what i do to myself.

   Why is it okay to tell America's children that this is a free country, and then give them rules that only make sense to the person who created them? I want my right to do what i want with my hair back. I should be allowed to express myself in a wholesome way such as dying my hair a new color. If i'm not expressing myself through conventional or "okay" methods, then how do you think i am going to express myself? If i do not agree with something someone says or does, i question it. Something like a rule? If i don't agree, i might rebel.

   Lets not lead a rebellious war of words. Instead, we could simply change a rule that restricts the creativity of UCAS students.