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    As kids, students, we go to school to learn. We go to school to make friends and learn how to interact with others, and basically learn who we are. We go to school to learn math and English and science and history and every other subject you could possibly choose. We are told in the handbook a dress code but also somewhere in there is a spot that pretty much states to come looking acceptable. What is acceptable? What does it mean to dress acceptably when you're a kid no older than dick Gregory.…

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    Dress Code It's no lie that a lot of girls complain about the dress code at school. I myself think that some of it is silly. I think it is silly until I look at some of the girls who don't come even close to following the dress code. I then realize it's not as silly as what I think it is. I think we need to enforce rules on the shorts. Woo some of those girls shorts. Man, do they need to cover up! I think that we should all dress modestly. Statistics show that the girls who don't dress…

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    School Dress Codes

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    A common plague affecting schools across America is the dress code, and dress codes should be removed from American Schools because they restrict personal freedom, including symbolic speech; they disrupt class; they are more effort than they’re worth to enforce; and they send mixed messages about the body. First, dress codes restrict personal freedom. A dress code by definition limits clothes that an individual can wear to school. Sometimes, it is reasonable; you shouldn’t wear a bikini to…

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    Have you ever heard of a shirt hurting a student? Yeah me neither so why make a big deal about it? Almost 60 percent of schools enforce a strict dress code (1). Schools should pay more attention to our learning instead of our clothes. Believe it or not but even teachers are told what to wear and what not to wear. No one gets to enjoy their freedom anymore because we are being told what to wear. There should be no dress code because dress codes have ruined events, taken away our freedom of…

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    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…

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    Dress Code Research Paper

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    Why do you think we shouldn’t have a dress code? The students of Conroe High agree that we shouldn’t have a dress code because some students would want to wear something to express them self but they can't because of the dress code. Therefore a rule that should have a thought about being changed is the dress code for the reason that a student should be aloud to wear what they want unless it is too revealing. Picture this, a student named Emily English comes into school and says ”Hey” to…

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    School dress code is a topic that has been discussed for years.Some believe dress code is unjust cause they cant wear what they want to wear deliberately.Others think dress code is fair and that schools should have kids wear uniforms to school. I believe that schools should have kids wear uniforms because it is an essential tool for kids to use for these reasons it discontinues the amount of bullying that occurs in the schools today,it separates social groups,and A typical example people…

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    According to a survey conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics, over half of the United States’ schools have 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.…

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    We Need Dress Codes An Argumentative Essay By: Jenna M. Jennings Why do we go to school? To LEARN! Why do we wear clothes? To be a reasonable person that's not nude! Come on guys, WE NEED DRESS CODES! We need dress codes because without them, school can have a negative effect on students all because of clothes. This doesn't have to be hard, but somehow in the end, it is. We all want a great student environment, but we can't do that without safety. Dress codes were not created to bring down a…

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    Are dress codes unfair, or should their arms be bare? Dress codes have been placed in schools for years, and many of them are to enforce respect in schools. Others, take a more judge mental stance, where they shame girls for wearing revealing clothes distract male students. Dress codes are sexist because they are mainly directed towards female students, they make girls uncomfortable and they teach students that a girl's body is sexualised. First, dress codes are directed at female students.…

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