Dress Code Is Bad For School

Many high schools across America are requiring students to follow a dress code. There are many reason as to why this is beneficial in schools and why this is a bad thing for schools. However, I believe there are many more reasons as to why this is not a good thing for schools to implement than reasons why it is a good thing. Overall dress codes hurt the school more than they help. Requiring a school dress code is bad for schools because if someone is offended it isn’t anyone else’s problem but theirs, students lose creativity, and it doesn’t make individuals unique.

Requiring a school dress code is bad for schools because if someone is offended it isn’t anyone else’s problem but theirs. In today’s society, we too often baby people’s feelings. This doesn’t at all prepare them for the real world. No one is going to be there to baby them when they graduate and have to work a real job. We need to teach kids not to get offended over something as small as a t-shirt or an outfit because in the real world there are far worse things going on and the only one those students are going to be able to go to are themselves.
Not allowing students to express themselves in a manner that differentiates them from other peers only hurts them in the long run. Some students like the fact and consider it almost like a puzzle every morning matching this with that and creating an outfit for the day. School dress codes take that freedom away, and that is communistic ideology at its best. Schools shouldn’t want to relinquish something that sparks creativity every