Dress Codes Essay

Many schools have dress codes for students. Each year schools provide students with a handbook. In the handbook there is a section named “dress code”. Many students fail to bide by the dress code. Dress codes are not enforced just to make the students mad but it is enforced to protect each and every student in the school building. Dress codes should and should not be required in schools because some clothes are too revealing, students have an advantage of hiding weapons in hats or coats, but…

Dress codes According to Kaitlin Menza ” Last March middle schoolers in Evanston, Illinois protested a ban on leggings and yoga pants , which female students say they were told are too distracting to boys”. Some schools in america today are calling females clothing sexist and distracting. Schools are also saying that women’s clothing perpetuate rape culture. Dress codes should be abolished in american high schools because they unfairly limits and target girls’ clothing To be fair in…

a form of dress code, yet they have not been enforced justly. Young girls have expressed their complaints about the “unfair and demeaning” use of dress code. Though having a uniform is supported by several schools in the United States, it is becoming an issue in the sense that the schools are now getting complaints about the sexism occurring due to the dress code. Uniforms were created to make students feel equal, but the problem arises when students’ misconduct with school dress code begins…

Uniforms and dress codes have been around for a long time and many debates have popped since the many occasions that happened because of disagreement on dress codes and uniforms. However, dress codes should be implanted within a school while uniforms should be a decision based on the school for reasons that uniforms may be restricting to some people while dress codes leave some of the more appropriate options for dressing while in school. Also uniforms may be uncomfortable to some people…

“Dress codes given the power they entrust school authorities to regulate student identity-can, according to students,ultimately establish discriminatory standards as the norm”. (Gordon)People have started sexualising and discriminating a woman's attire, and having to cover up just so male students can go to school free of distractions. There have been several arguments against school dress codes, such as dress codes being mainly sexist against young women in schools. This does not mean there has…

Students have set rules and expectations to follow. One rule would be dress code. At Beaufort High School a 17 year old Student Body President was stopped by a teacher in the hallway and was told, “Your skirt is too short. You need to go to in-school suspension and then go home”. After she was told to go to in-school suspension, she was told that she could go home and change. She was embarrassed and humiliated. The dress code states pants have to be 3 inches above the knee. The teacher could of…

At least 58% of schools in the United States enforce a strict dress code. School dress codes and uniforms in private and public schools can be both helpful and harmful to students in relation to their learning and social skills. Implementing school dress codes has shown to increase concentration in the classroom due to the lack of extreme clothing or hair styles, less peer pressure since everyone has to wear the same clothes, and an increase in school safety. According to Don Woodard, a high…

There are many negative and positive effects a school dress code can have. Dress codes are in place for a reason. A few dress codes are a little too strict. Others may be a little too loose. A friend of mine when we were in high school decided to get a nose ring nothing like the bull nose ring that goes in a big loop just something small that went on the side of the nose that looked like a tiny blue dot. She was then later speaking with our school principal about how she can’t be wearing that.…

Schools should change or get rid of the dress code because it's unfair, a waste of money, and it’s a waste of time. 70% to 85% of kids don’t want a dress code. The dress code prevents kids from expressing themselves I think that we should get rid of it or change it to only a couple things are dress code . The dress code is unfair to kids it takes a lot of time to get ready because of the dress code they have to find the right close so they don’t get in trouble. They can't wear what…

CHANGES TO THE SCHOOL In any school there are many problems that the students see and believe need to be fixed. One of those major problems that every school deals with is dress code. What should be allowed? What should be banned? It’s really quite complicated when you think about it. There are several possible ways to solve this problem, but three main ideas that were considered in my group were as follows: Freedom Friday, Full Uniforms, and Multiple Uniforms. Each option was equally alluring…