I don't think we'll ever agree 100% on this issue since we come from opposite sides. I just think it's much easier to "express yourself" when you don't have to be creative with a mandated wardrobe.

 

No...we probably won't agree, but trust me when I say, no one would ever say that I was a kid who didn't have individuality. :lol:

OK- I have to ask this question - Why do girls wear pants under their uniform?

No...we probably won't agree, but trust me when I say, no one would ever say that I was a kid who didn't have individuality. :lol:

 

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OK- I have to ask this question - Why do girls wear pants under their uniform?

 

Because the wind blows the skirts up. Much more modest with pants. :lol:

Anything that is distracting in the classroom is excessive .

 

 

:lol: :lol: Well I guess we better close all schools then.....:lol:

Because the wind blows the skirts up. Much more modest with pants. :lol:

 

Thanks Rockmom :thumb:. I had to ask because I've seen little girls wearing a skirt, polo and pants.

Having school dress codes takes away students ability to be an individual. How people dress tells a lot about their character. Let kids wear what they want, as long as it is appropriate, and let them learn whatever lessons may come their way because of the choices they make. And any public school that has a dress code is a joke, IMO.

 

Define appropriate.

Some schools go overboard. I get the idea of not wanting students to be "distracted" by clothes, even though I think it is rediculous. If the hair is too long, go home and fix it. If the 5 o'clock shadow is to shadowey, go home and fix it. If the shirt is not tucked in, detention. If you are wearing shorts on a day when the code says you can't, go home and fix it and detention. Not a school sweatshirt, take it off even if it is freezing. Some things are rediculous, but I understand the reasoning.

 

:thumb:It's crazy that schools care that much about what thier students are wearing

Define appropriate.

 

No excessive make up or accessories, no underwear showing, very limited cleavage for young ladies... Just general common sense clothing.

No excessive make up or accessories, no underwear showing, very limited cleavage for young ladies... Just general common sense clothing.

 

You know as well as I do that appropriate cannot be a general term. It has to be explicit in it's description. You can't just say dress approriately. You're being way to broad in your strokes. Adults push the envelope. Kids push it even further.

 

What is an appropriate dress code for a school? Generalities don't work.

You know as well as I do that appropriate cannot be a general term. It has to be explicit in it's description. You can't just say dress approriately. You're being way to broad in your strokes. Adults push the envelope. Kids push it even further.

 

What is an appropriate dress code for a school? Generalities don't work.

 

I'm not going to sit here and type out a full dress code... I think you as well as every other person in this thread knows what I meant in my description. It is the individual school boards job to decide what they feel is appropriate. I don't think uniforms are necessary to retain order and discipline in a school. I went to public school for 13 years and got an excellent education, having never worn a uniform...

I'm not going to sit here and type out a full dress code... I think you as well as every other person in this thread knows what I meant in my description. It is the individual school boards job to decide what they feel is appropriate. I don't think uniforms are necessary to retain order and discipline in a school. I went to public school for 13 years and got an excellent education, having never worn a uniform...

 

I agree uniforms are not necessary, but I wouldn't have a problem with it if the school system decided on it.

 

I also went to public school, and am happy with my education. Granted that was a little over 30 years ago. Dress codes were a little stricter, but we did not wear uniforms.

 

We're on the same page, I misinterpretted when you said "let the kids wear what they want" as meaning anything - anytime, I see now you meant anything within set guidelines.

:thumb:It's crazy that schools care that much about what thier students are wearing

 

I know what you mean, but if they didn't, some students might not wear anything at all.

Here is my take on the matter.

 

School is supposed to help prepare these kids for life, and nearly every workplace has a dress code of some sort. We are trying to teach them life skills in the schools and this is a VERY important one. Do some schools take it too far? Probably. However, many employers have MUCH stricter dress codes than the schools and the kids MUST be prepared for this. If they don't get it in the home, then the schools, unfortunately, have to fill that role. If we don't, we are setting them up for failure.

 

And let's be honest, as a teenager, these kids rarely have a clue what it is really like in the 'real world' and don't understand what all they will be facing. If they actually 'knew it all', ... why they wouldn't need to be in school anyway would they?!?

I'm not going to sit here and type out a full dress code... I think you as well as every other person in this thread knows what I meant in my description. It is the individual school boards job to decide what they feel is appropriate. I don't think uniforms are necessary to retain order and discipline in a school. I went to public school for 13 years and got an excellent education, having never worn a uniform...

 

Yet, you said that "any school that has a dress code is a joke." Then you say that there should be no excessive makeup...that's a dress code. However, as pointed out, "excessive" must be defined. What is excessive to one is not for another.