plagued by a dress code. It felt as if I could not wear anything that I wanted. It seemed like I always was told “Your shorts are too short” or “You aren’t supposed to wear legging without a long shirt” or my personal favorite from teachers was “Your spaghetti straps are inappropriate”. The dress code really used to piss me off for many reasons. For one‚ I always felt like dress codes were used as a way to punish girls that were curvier than others. Then I felt like the dress code was stupid because
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School dress codes are used for the purpose of equality and the opportunity for higher learning. There is a belief that what students wear can affect and distract others from acquiring the education they come to school for. While some clothing articles may seem disruptive in a classroom environment it is taking away the personal identity of students. Not being able to wear things that have been seen as inappropriate for school has left students striped of their individuality‚ feeling discriminated
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Dress Code Policy Survey 1. Age (Check ONE of the following) _ 11 to 15 _ 26 to 35 _ 15 to 18 _ 36 and up _ 19 to 25 2. Gender (Check ONE of the following) _ Male _ Female 3. Do you feel that the current dress code policy is fair? (Check ONE of the following) _ Yes _ No 4. Consequences for violating the dress code are fair (Circle one of the following) Agree Disagree 5. Should holes in jeans be above or below the knee for it to be considered a violation of the dress
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Imagine you were going over an important assignment in class one day to then be taken out of class for seemingly no reason. Now imagine if that reason was simply for exposed knees and exposed collarbones on the dress you were wearing. This happens to girls everywhere‚ their education put second to their bodies. And their comfort and self expression taken from them in an environment they have to attend. This blatant sexism happens to young girls everywhere‚ they are treated like sexual objects not
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(anonymous). School dress codes should not be as strict as what they are now. The student handbook says that the dress code applied to both boys and girls‚ but then says things such as "...shirts and blouses should cover the shoulders and yoga pants are not permitted..." (student hand book page 26). Things like that are aimed towards girls. Why should girls be punished for being comfortable? Girls should be taught to embrace their bodies without consequences. I believe that dress code sexualizes
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In order to reinforce the school dress code‚ Stacy Carol is scheduled to have a disciplinary hearing to remove her lip piercing on April 10‚ but Carol refuses to take off her piercing because she believes it is a way to express her faith to her religion. “We have dress code to have order and discipline in our schools‚” superintendent Parker Gordon said. “We also want our students to understand expectations in dress. Employers have dress codes. We are modeling the business world with our expectations
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Dress codes and Christian schools typically go hand-and-hand. One always associates the two as a lot of Jesus‚ but a lot of dress code rules. If I were to survey Christian schools in the area‚ I would find that the majority of them have dress codes. But dress codes are not always the answer to the problems. Why not have dress guidelines instead of an actual dress code in Christian schools? As Christians‚ we are to be set apart from others. One aspect we need to be set apart would be how we
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on school dress codes In August 2015‚ the beginning of the school year‚ already one-third of the U.S. has started the annual battle over school dress codes. According to Zhou from The Atlantic‚ “Dress codes have long been a subject of contention for ages. (Zhou). For a long time‚ no one would speak out‚ but the growth of social media has caused students to take action and express what they think needs to be said. Therefore‚ there has been an ongoing dispute on if school dress codes are perpetuating
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Do you really hate dress code?well them do something about it.I want the school board to know how dumb the school dress code is.I need help to stop making school dress code worse.Im going to explain why the school dress code is retarded‚useless‚and unfair. Retarded.School dress code is retarded‚I mean it’s not used for anything.We don’t have to go dress up all nice and fancy just so we can go to school and plus we don’t have a choice to go to school or not. If we had a choice then i would skip school
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Across the world‚ school dress codes policies are enforced and relayed to students on a weekly basis. It is without doubt one of the most prevalent school rules in the mind of a student. People may argue that school dress codes are an important element of a successful school and it allows students to be perceived as smart and professional. Although the principle of asking students to come to school dressed smartly sounds reasonable‚ the problem comes when blatant sexism and sexist attitudes towards
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