Dress

Throughout the years, dress codes have become standard practice in many high schools across the country. While there may be some variation among the rules, most dress codes have a similar foundation. Many include restrictions about the length of skirts, dresses, and shorts. It is also common for there to be regulations on shirt sleeves (spaghetti straps, sleeveless shirts, etc.) as well as garments that are transparent or expose the midriff area. Most schools do not allow clothing with…

Let the students dress to show their own style and personality! What if they have a select religious belief and they want to pursue the religious belief? would any parent say about the cost of uniforms? Why should everybody dress the same way every day for the whole school year? Where will the parent be able to purchase the uniforms? Would the faculty/staff want to look the same as the students that attend the school? How would the students express and show their feelings? How would they react…

How does my ripped jeans depict who I am? Things that I like are things that administrators reject. With the student dress code many students have been subjected to consequences, like ISS and being sent home, which obstructed learning and being able to show their personality. Dress code does not give me the rights that are written in the amendment. As it says in the constitution, we have the right to express ourselves. Students should be able to wear clothing of their choice because wearing…

How do you feel about school dress code? I think it’s just really unnecessary, and I think you will feel the same way after this. It doesn’t let kids express their individuality, and they don’t help your education. Also, they make public schools not really free like they should be. Hopefully schools change this policy. Kids are not allowed to express their individuality anymore(Michelle Kouzmine). The First Amendment of the US Constitution guarantees that all individuals have the right to…

Dress Free Some school districts decided to enforce dress codes that limits students on what they want to wear. Why schools put in a school dress code? The dress code violates freedom of expression, promotes sexism and poses little to no effect on safety. Is this the school’s way of controlling the students? The students reacted to the dress code. School dress code violates the students freedom of expression. School officials quickly enacted a no armband policy when the students protested…

Dress codes should be banned from schools because they teach students that the way they dress is more important than their education, students can miss important lessons in class because they have to change or go home, and it's not a student's fault if another student cannot concentrate because of what they're wearing. In most schools, they have unnecessary dress codes and punishments for breaking them. In the article Girls getting fed up with school dress codes that treat them as distractions…

In The Sexism of School Dress Codes, Li Zhou organizes her article by informing the audience about the negative effects school dress codes may have in females, transgenders, and nonconforming students. Li Zhou strongly believes school 's dress code policies need to be updated since the policies that currently exist are bias and enforced in a way that humiliates the student. The current policies create an expectation that women are responsible for unwanted things that occur to them, when it may…

Continue to Enforce a Dress Code? Many people believe that the clothes people wear are a way for them to express themselves, and that schools should not restrict the creativity these clothes display. Although this may be true, school dress codes only restrict inappropriate clothes and articles of clothing that are distracting. Dress codes allows students to “express themselves” while also being appropriately covered and distraction free. It is true that some school dress codes can be strict,…

comfortable. Not only is dress coding a hassle, it also interferes with teens self confidence, learning, and education. Dress coding is a hassle to both students and teachers. If dress coded, it goes on the teens personal record. Yes, there should be dress code rules in place, but it shouldn't be to the extreme extent that it is now. Girls are dress coded six times more than boys. 25 girls to one boy get sent to the office, and 15 girls to one boy get sent home for dress code violations…

Dress code is a subject that students feel should be less strict. Certain ideas and concepts pertaining to school dress code can be more lenient while still being effective. There are many unnecessary rules that could easily be fixed instead of being so forbidding. For example, the sexism and gender bias in the code is derogatory towards female students. However, it is agreed that we should have a dress code of some sort rather than eliminating it all together. Many of the girls who have gotten…