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Why many students in Thailand can’t let their hair down
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Phatit Kalaphakdee, who goes by Rin, styles her hair before school in Bangkok on July 7.
PHOTO: LAUREN DECICCA/NYTIMES
Kittiphum Sringammuang, Verena Holzl and Lauren DeCicca
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BANGKOK – The teenager was at a new school for the new school year. But as it turned out, he was not ready: His bangs were too long.
Having failed a much-feared rite of the Thai public school system – the hair inspection – he was subjected to another: His teacher grabbed a pair of scissors and clumsily chopped his hair.
