Fairfield Jr/Sr High School should change the dress code to be more open for students because our right to express ourselves is important, but at Fairfield Jr/Sr High School people do not have as much freedom as we want at all times during school. Everyone learns discipline, how to respect the feelings of others, and also how to live in the real world in order to be successful. Making students dress codes less strict will not only create a better learning environment, but would also help prepare…
The general argument by William Bugg in his work “Should Schools Have Dress Codes? ”, is that schools should have dress codes. More specifically, Bugg argues that certain articles of clothing could disrupt the learning environment. He writes, “ More relaxed dress codes may ban clothing with inappropriate slogans or offensive symbols-both of which create distractions for other students,”(22). In this passage, Bugg is suggesting that students could be too focused on an article of clothing and…
This article was published on May 30th, 2017. The article can be found on CNN's Heath section. It covers the school systems dress codes. The purpose of this article, is to show how bad dress codes are. Dress codes are degrading, stands for the wrong purpose, and it makes the parents angry. The article has my interest, because a dress code effected my four years of high school. It made me mad, that we were told, that our clothes were "distracting" the boys. It also interested me, because I can…
A Little Black Dress In Her Wardrobe You may have heard the offhand comment that everyone needs an LBD in the wardrobe. Yes, it is true, the little black dress is a versatile item of clothing that can be worn for just about any occasion. What better way to dress yourself up than by slipping on your favourite, sleek dress. Better yet, it doesn’t need to be a formal affair for you to run the lint roller over it in preparation for its next wear. You can wear your little black dress to work or save…
should not have a strict dress code because it does not affect their learning potential, it prevents students from expressing themselves and dress codes are gender bias and the schools should be teaching respect. According to webster, “A dress code is a set of rules, usually written and posted, specifying the required manner of dress at a school, office, club, restaurant, etc.” ("Dress Code." Merriam-Webster. Merriam-Webster. Web. 03 Mar. 2017) The first school dress code law was established…
old girl whose clothes weren’t appropriate for school? Girls all over the world are being dress coded for their clothing that they buy themselves. These teens have to deal with these problems every day at school. School dress codes body shame young teens because they are more restrictive for girls which leads to over sexualizing young teens. Dress styles have changed and so should the policies. Dress codes can lead to body shamming and self-esteem issues in young teen girls. One…
will not be able to dress up for Halloween this year, or even have a party during a class period. they should be able to express themselves, take a break, and they have done it multiple times in the past and have followed the rules. All students at Mcadoo Kelayres Elementary Middle School, or MKEMS, should be allowed to dress up for Halloween. The first reason on why they should be able to dress up for Halloween is that they should be able to express themselves. Due to the dress code in…
School dress codes drastically over-sexualize young women while making it seemingly impossible for young men to dress indecently. In the beginning of the school year, announcements were made reminding the students – more specifically the female students – that although the weather is still warm we need to cover up. One announcement went something along the lines of, “Girls, we know it’s still hot out but remember to dress appropriately. No tank tops. No crop-tops. No short-shorts. And to be fair…
For my Argument Text Analysis, I choose the essay “Girls getting fed up with school dress codes that treat them as distractions” by Maureen Downey. This essay is about how girls are required to wear certain things to school for the reason that certain things are “distracting”. How girls are kept from their education since they are sent home for the things they wear. The writer is trying to persuade the reader that girls shouldn’t be required to wear certain things because the boys can’t control…
School students wake up in the morning and decide to plan out what they want to wear. Girls tend to worry about this routine quite a bit more than boys do. As if finding out what to wear to school is not already tricky enough, girls have to worry about dress codes. Finding shorts that are below fingertip length are harder to find and not as trendy for the average teenager. Spaghetti straps are also not welcome in the schools. Society bases these rules off of what is considered appropriate to a…