Students like to dress with creativity and follow a trend, like skinny jeans but with dress code this will never happen. School dress code limits students from expressing themselves.One teen student was asked to cover up at the school dance. She said, “It made me feel like I wasn’t good …show more content…
Struggling families do not have enough money to buy the high dollar uniforms, so their kids have to suffer with the off brands Americans spend around $1 billion on school uniforms every year (pros/cons). In 2013 alone, uniform company land’s end spent $3 million on marketing efforts directed at public schools and districts (Pros/Cons). School uniform prices increase every year. My son’s private school requires students to purchase polo shirts with the school logo on them cost $18.56 a piece plus shipping $9.50 (Lisa Runge). The average cost of school uniforms for parents is $249.00 (Pros/Cons). “I am a successful nurse and still struggles when it comes to buying uniforms. I basically buy two wardrobes for all three of my daughters ,that hate hand-me downs,I know the poor people deals with even worst “ (Dorothy Baker) . Cost is one reason why school dress code should be changed, but behavior is another big reason …show more content…
Some students don't have enough uniforms for the whole week ,so they wear what they do have. “ I didn’t have any uniform pants clean so I wore black leggings and had to stay in school suspension for the day” (Jordan). Fifteen year old , Marenda Larkin was forced to wear a “dress code violation” suit after violating the dress code (Oliver Parcy). Some dress codes are too strict to follow completely without messing up. Joshua Academy dress code, blue polo shirts, khaki skirts girls tie, khaki pants boys tie. ( Joshua Academy). At the Staten Island, New York school students get detention for tank tops, shorts, skirts, leggings, skinny jeans, and even headbands ( megan