One of my good friends taught Spanish for almost 40 years and had a pony tail the entire time. My wife puts her hair back in a pony tail about half the time (teaches English and Drama). My ponytail did not survive college. Soon as I was student teaching, I determined that the amount of time it took to deal with long hair was not conducive to the high school band director lifestyle. A few years after that, it became impossible to even attempt to replicate any hair 'style.'
Here's a shot from the last time any of my hair was less than half an inch. 2013 at the Tower of Terror 10 miler weekend.
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And, I grew it out for something very special...
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