There are many codes in the world but one code hits close to home. The well-known dreaded code that most of the world has experienced in schools. Styles come and go, and with each mind comes a passionate fashion sense, mostly of the female student body, so it has become highly noticeably that high school policies have become stricter towards the feminine majority compared to the masculine counterpart. Some schools go as far as assigning uniforms, which completely disrespect the personality or gender
Words: 652 - Pages: 3
around the country are allowed to bare. Dress codes, while usually regulating boys' slovenliness, tend to police girls for how much of their bodies are visible. Anyone who's ever painted or stood in a room surrounded by Kara Walker silhouettes can tell you that white space is defining and when we talk about dress codes, girls' skin is the white space we've all been trained to ignore in these discussions. And, while everyone is in theory affected by dress codes, girls and LGTBQ youth are disproportionately
Words: 1599 - Pages: 7
According to Niche (2014), “School dress code violations have become a frequent viral occurence in the news, and they could become more commonplace, with more schools employing the use of clothing restrictions.” Niche’s (2014) website article states, “A recent survey from Lands’ End found that the number of public schools with a dress code increases by 21 percent from 2000 to 2013.” The complication that comes with school dress codes is that it does not allow kids to express their creativity and
Words: 1096 - Pages: 5
Murietta High School in Southern California were forced to miss their exams. They were sent home for “violating” the school’s dress code with their clothes that were appropriate for the 90 degree weather. However when looking back on their outfit choices, they weren’t actually breaking any of the rules. After taking a look at the official school dress code, they saw that it listed the rules along with the words “ADMINISTRATION RESERVES THE RIGHT TO DETERMINE ‘APPROPRIATE DRESS CODE.’” This pretty
Words: 497 - Pages: 2
Intro: Schools send young girls home and tell them they are creating a commotion to other students by just wearing clothes that are comfortable. Is having a distraction free school more important than these girls’ education? I think not. Schools should have dress codes that keep student from showing up in bikinis and towels, not from being comfortable in their own bodies. Dress codes in schools are outrageous these days and should be dialed down a bit. One way kids express their self is how they
Words: 336 - Pages: 2
Dress code is a very sensitive subject at Avon High School especially when the idea comes up of uniforms. I interviewed a series of 5 people, 2 students in class, 2 students out of class, and 1 teacher. However, one story stood out to me the most to me; Landis’s acquaintance was walking down the school hallway with cleavage showing out. Right before the bell rang an administrator stopped her and told her to follow her down to the office for showing too much, “It was a thrilling experience,” Landis
Words: 523 - Pages: 3
Dress code, the thing schools hate to talk about the most. How should boys get to walk around with their underwear showing and girls can’t even show their shoulders? I mean I don’t think girls should be able to wear shirts with their stomachs showing but why is showing our shoulders such a big deal? School uniforms are a problem solver except for one thing, usually the uniforms are not that cute or fashionable, not to mention their uncomfortable. But at least with uniforms there would be a fair dress
Words: 406 - Pages: 2
Should a relaxed dress code be allowed at school? Yes, students should be allowed to express their personality through their clothing. Students appearance also very much affects how they behave in class. The first reason students should be allowed to a dress freely is, personality. Personality is expressed through their clothing and students should be able to portray how people see them. In a online debate 48% say there should be a dress code for the reason of saving money, but 52% say there shouldn’t
Words: 296 - Pages: 2
half of public schools enforce some sort of dress code” We have dress code because of our freedom of speech. Schools started to put a dress code for the students to follow in 1969. The U.S. Supreme Court dealt a case with students that expressed themselves to disrupt the learning of others.Although students have a right to express themselves, schools should have a dress code because it helps students safety, personal image, and future outlook. Everyone knows that the way people dress describes something
Words: 547 - Pages: 3
“Students dress code promote a safe disciplined school environment, prevent interference with school work and discipline, and to encourage uniformity of student dress.” A School is an institution designed to provide education for the teaching of students under the direction of teachers. It is a place from where we learn how to discriminate between right and wrong, or how to dress up in an institution. Nowadays, specially in high school students dress code issue became more prevalent because in high
Words: 437 - Pages: 2
