In no way can wearing diverse clothes influence the learning style of any student. The teachers used to tell us that it was because of a couple students that ruined it for everybody, but all of those kids were in high school already. The administration told us that we have dress code to prevent gang violence in the schools. What gang violence is there in elementary schools? Nobody under the age of ten even knows what a gang is. All the students care about now days, is if they have the right shirt on, or if it’s the right color. The adults of today are always preaching to be your own person. They say to be an individual. They say all these things, and then decide to pass a bill as irrational as dress code; nobody seems to see the logic. When the district first decided to pass this bill, they were thinking it was going to benefit the needs of the students, but once again, the school system fails us. If they were thinking of the needs of the students, they would spend more money for more efficient schooling, or more equipment for sports teams. By creating a dress code, the school district has taken money out of our pockets in order to pay for the clothes. The simple way to raise test scores in New Mexico is fairly simple; abolish dress code. Do away with dress code, and almost every student would do better, because of the increase of attentiveness from each
In no way can wearing diverse clothes influence the learning style of any student. The teachers used to tell us that it was because of a couple students that ruined it for everybody, but all of those kids were in high school already. The administration told us that we have dress code to prevent gang violence in the schools. What gang violence is there in elementary schools? Nobody under the age of ten even knows what a gang is. All the students care about now days, is if they have the right shirt on, or if it’s the right color. The adults of today are always preaching to be your own person. They say to be an individual. They say all these things, and then decide to pass a bill as irrational as dress code; nobody seems to see the logic. When the district first decided to pass this bill, they were thinking it was going to benefit the needs of the students, but once again, the school system fails us. If they were thinking of the needs of the students, they would spend more money for more efficient schooling, or more equipment for sports teams. By creating a dress code, the school district has taken money out of our pockets in order to pay for the clothes. The simple way to raise test scores in New Mexico is fairly simple; abolish dress code. Do away with dress code, and almost every student would do better, because of the increase of attentiveness from each