128 Students Suspended at Ind. School

[spacejamz]

Originally posted by: goku

Originally posted by: spacejamz

Originally posted by: goku
Because not all jobs have 'uniforms', dresscodes or anything opressive like in schools.

if you think high school is oppresive, wait until you get a real job.

When your work makes you wear slacks, dress shoes and a collared shirt, you will find out what real 'oppression' is.

That is unless you make enough money being an aritist, writer or musican or something...

That sucks for you, if you didn't 'choose' that dress code or aren't ok with it, then who is *really* in control?

It is called reality...you should check into some time...

Most working adults work in a corporate job and have to adhere to a dress code.

If you want to turn down a great paying job just because you would rather wear shorts and sandals, be my guest...

 

[Feldenak]

Originally posted by: tk109
Choosing your own clothes is all a part of growing up that I think all kids should have the right to do. It's part of their personality and how they express themselves. It's important to them to have their own individuality.

There are a lot of clothes I dont like or would wear but hey that's their thing. If it gets to outrageous I can understand. And parents should also be the ones keeping tabs on what they are wearing too.

It always seems to be the women principals that make these rules or enforce them. Dont know why this is. I remember we got a new woman principal and she went crazy with dress code junk. All it did was make kids feel repressed and hassled. And that's never good. She wouldn't even let anyone wear a hat in class. You had to take it off. That's total crap. And sometimes a hat is for fasion and a look, not for funtionality or sometimes it has a different funtion. Who does it hurt to have a hat on in class? No one (unless it's a really tall one and no one can see). For me a lot of times I didn't want to mess with my hair. I think thats good for a kid to just not have to worry about their hair and just go through to day without that stress. Then you have some lame teacher make you take it off. So now your hair is a total mess and you have to deal with feeling inadequate. And for a teenager that's the worst thing ever. Good luck getting them to consentrate.

I think it's more important for a teenager to feel good about themselves and who they are and not feel inadequate than have some lame dress code (with in reason of course).

So, when do you graduate HS?

Regarding the hat thing...something my father enforced I still abide by, "When under cover, the cover comes off." In other words, take your hat off inside. It's the respectful thing to do.


Kudos to the principal in the OP, more school administrators need to grow a backbone and actually enforce the rules. :thumbsup:

 

[shadow9d9]

Originally posted by: AlienCraft

Originally posted by: ImYourFriend
dress codes are b-s

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Eddie Byrd,

Considering how many times we have banned you under other names, YOU are more BS than any dress code.

Eddie Byrd
4903 Endolwood Dr Apt C
Charlotte, North Carolina 28215
(704) 569-7975

AnandTech Moderator

Sweet, I don't need to counter with any common sense.

But it is about the institutions need for discipline. PERIOD.

And this comes from the guy who lead the dress code revolt in my school in 1969.

Yeah...... Girls coouldn't wear pants, and guys couldn't wear shorts.
But then we weren't packin' heat or slangin' weed in the halls either....

Sorry, but maybe you should keep your opinions back in the 60s.. You are no longer able to relate/understand today's youth... you come accross as a grumpy old man who hates rock music.

 

[Feldenak]

Originally posted by: shadow9d9

Originally posted by: AlienCraft

Originally posted by: ImYourFriend
dress codes are b-s

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Eddie Byrd,

Considering how many times we have banned you under other names, YOU are more BS than any dress code.

Eddie Byrd
4903 Endolwood Dr Apt C
Charlotte, North Carolina 28215
(704) 569-7975

AnandTech Moderator

Sweet, I don't need to counter with any common sense.

But it is about the institutions need for discipline. PERIOD.

And this comes from the guy who lead the dress code revolt in my school in 1969.

Yeah...... Girls coouldn't wear pants, and guys couldn't wear shorts.
But then we weren't packin' heat or slangin' weed in the halls either....

Sorry, but maybe you should keep your opinions back in the 60s.. You are no longer able to relate/understand today's youth... you come accross as a grumpy old man who hates rock music.

Proper discipline doesn't (or shouldn't) go out of style.

 

[elkinm]

I don't like uniforms. I had a uniform when I was young. I did not care that much as I had pants, a shirt and a sport-jacket like jacket. Any coat over this on the way to school. Girls on the other hand had to wear dresses, which were much thinner and much more exposed, especially to the cold which is what I would care about most. Walking with a skirt or shorts in the cold is not fun and I would not curse it on anyone.

I also do feel that dresses and skirts are extremely sexist. Can you imagine how many puled up dresses there are. There were a lot at my grade school, can't imagine what it would be in a high school. Also, easy sexual or rapist access, which is also not good.

I enjoyed those nice cheerleader outfits, but as much as I would enjoy it I would not want to force this on all the girls in the school even with longer skirts.

Myself, I always wore a hoodie to school, and I wear one to work now, as I get cold easily, even from a little extra AC and the connected hood is much better then any hat.

So I think that any functional clothing may be worn, like in this case warm clothing without restrictions. Baseball hats, I think do little, but I have been in classes where a sweater or hoodie and a hat or earmuffs are an absolute must.

I have taken an exam in a very cold room, I wore a winter jacket and felt great, I just could not take it off, not an issue for me.
I have also taken exams when I forgot my jacket, on a hot day. I flew through the exam with my hands and body shaking profusely and ran out of there, needless to say I did not do to well, but I passed.

So the wrong dress code will kill my ability to perform in school, and probably at least hurt everyone else.

Oh, I think the suspension is ridiculous. I would like everyone in the school to breach the dress code and everyone to be suspended, so they can go to a different school or have the administration of their school changed.

 

[blakeatwork]

Originally posted by: tk109
Choosing your own clothes is all a part of growing up that I think all kids should have the right to do. It's part of their personality and how they express themselves. It's important to them to have their own individuality.

There are a lot of clothes I dont like or would wear but hey that's their thing. If it gets to outrageous I can understand. And parents should also be the ones keeping tabs on what they are wearing too.

It always seems to be the women principals that make these rules or enforce them. Dont know why this is. I remember we got a new woman principal and she went crazy with dress code junk. All it did was make kids feel repressed and hassled. And that's never good. She wouldn't even let anyone wear a hat in class. You had to take it off. That's total crap. And sometimes a hat is for fasion and a look, not for funtionality or sometimes it has a different funtion. Who does it hurt to have a hat on in class? No one (unless it's a really tall one and no one can see). For me a lot of times I didn't want to mess with my hair. I think thats good for a kid to just not have to worry about their hair and just go through to day without that stress. Then you have some lame teacher make you take it off. So now your hair is a total mess and you have to deal with feeling inadequate. And for a teenager that's the worst thing ever. Good luck getting them to consentrate.

I think it's more important for a teenager to feel good about themselves and who they are and not feel inadequate than have some lame dress code (with in reason of course).

???

use a comb for chrissakes! Do you not bloody bathe as well, because you "didn't want to mess with soap"?

 

[JulesMaximus]

Excellent. :thumbsup:

 

[jadinolf]

Originally posted by: daveymark

Originally posted by: ImYourFriend
dress codes are b-s

You think that now, just wait until you start 7th grade

Or sixth.

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: Razgriz
Dress codes suck, especially uniforms. At my school, they cry about the littlest thing and how it's a 'distraction' to the learning process. Such as earrings for the girls(they can only wear stud earrings), and hoodies...they banned those, makes no sense at all.

lol hoodies? i guess if i were in HS now id freeze to death WTF is wrong with a sweatshirt

 

[RU482]

Ind...??? Welcome to the 1970s

Its IN

 

[Dumac]

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: Razgriz
Dress codes suck, especially uniforms. At my school, they cry about the littlest thing and how it's a 'distraction' to the learning process. Such as earrings for the girls(they can only wear stud earrings), and hoodies...they banned those, makes no sense at all.

lol hoodies? i guess if i were in HS now id freeze to death WTF is wrong with a sweatshirt

We are allowed to where hoodies where i go, but only if your hoodie is either blank or sports my school's logo. I got a detention for'sporting' an adida logo on my hoodie.

 

[Motek]

UK have uniforms in nearly all the schools.

You should just consider it lucky that atleast you can wear your own clothes. The dress code has to be addressed.

 

[Razgriz]

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: Razgriz
Dress codes suck, especially uniforms. At my school, they cry about the littlest thing and how it's a 'distraction' to the learning process. Such as earrings for the girls(they can only wear stud earrings), and hoodies...they banned those, makes no sense at all.

lol hoodies? i guess if i were in HS now id freeze to death WTF is wrong with a sweatshirt

They apparently want us to buy a sweatshirt/jacket from school...because we can't wear any other 'outside' sweatshirts/jackets during class even if it's cold in the rooms. We have to put it in our lockers before class starts.