Dress Code: We Should Be Allowed In Elementary School

Many students think they should be able to wear the clothes they want to as long as they are not inappropriate.

Dress codes are not helping schools like they are meant to do; they are actually harming students in the school. Dress codes shame students and make them insecure about their bodies. They also disrupt precious class time that is vital to students. Buying clothes to fit the school dress code is costlier than some families can afford. Not only are dress codes stifling, but they are also unfair toward specific body types and different genders. Dress codes also decrease a student’s ability to be different from all of their peers in the way they dress. Schools should not have dress codes because they are sexist, unfair and disrupt class time.

Students who should be concerned on their education are concerned with how they look to their teachers and peers. This causes stress and makes the possibility of bullying much greater. According to the Grand Rapids Press Editorial Board, “By trying to remove sexuality from school outfits, schools have only succeeded in making it all about sex.” Students are now more so than ever concerned with their appearance because of the increasing strictness of dress code.

We all know that there is different rules in almost all school dress codes that apply to guys and girls. For example, at some schools guys can't wear beanies during class but girls can. A girl can't have shorts that reach before their fingertips when they have their arms down. I personally feel like there shouldn't be “dress code” because for many people they like to express themselves by what they wear, why should schools make people feel uncomfortable? Not having uniforms can make the students feel competitive on what they wear and where they have got their clothes from. For some students those things do matter, but for some of them it doesn’t matter they’re going to school to learn, not to impress people at school. Some schools hate what their students wear to school, but don’t they have like favorite pieces of clothing that they also love as much as the students do? If schools don't like what they are seeing in the student’s “outfits” each day then they should start making students to wear their school uniforms. 15 year old, Miranda Larkin, was sent to the nurse's office for wearing a short skirt that violated the school dress code, and they made

Secondly, most dress codes that are enforced are so extreme and unnecessary. Children are suspended for unnecessary reasons such as shaving his head in awareness for cancer patients. According to a child from third-grade’s mom, “A Colorado third-grader was suspended after shaving her head to show support for a friend battling cancer, because she 'd violated her school 's dress code banning shaved heads,” (Hoevel). Dress codes are so extreme that even a shaved head is not appropriate for some schools. When students just want to show awareness of cancer and other diseases, school 's discipline them for something so

You're in English class. The teacher asks a question to the whole class, and you raise your hand. Then your shirt goes up. Instead of getting a smile from your teacher for getting the answer correct, you get a one-way trip to the main office. Well, this is what happens to so many girls at school every day. The dress code Brings girls self-esteem down, and you can miss So Many hours of class time.

By having the dress code, bullying can be prevented. Some students are insecure about themselves and get bullied because they are trying to impress someone. with their clothing. These young adults need some kind of dress code to be enforced so they won’t get sexually harassed either. Unfortunately, sexual harassment and bullying are a big issue in today's society. Others might say the students should be able to dress as they wish because it is their right. It is their right to wear what they please, but these rules need to be enforced to ensure these students are

Schools make up reasons for why they enforce dress codes on the students. To list some, to keep students dressing modestly, stop teasing between students, boys become distracted, and

I agree that all schools should have dress codes because of the fact that with strict dress codes can deter school shootings or bring the % down, take the columbine shooting for example, the kids that were responsible for the shooting were wearing long jackets with deep enough pockets to hide weapons.

"Listen, or thy tongue will make thee deaf." is an old Native American proverb; a piece of advice that I take quite kindly to. It basically advises that if you listen, you will have good ears; yet if you talk, you will become deaf to the words of others around you. I suppose that I am a good example of this. In the past, I have spoken and not listened, and after the fact I hadn't heard a word of anybody else. Let's bring up an argument of the past. A while ago, maybe two years ago or so, my mom and I had an argument about the color of pants I was wearing. This does sound silly, yes. Yet this was a problem because I was violating the elementary school dress code. Sadly, I was too lazy to turn the light on, and look at what color the pants were.

One of the challenges I face in this school is the dress code. I think the dress code is ridiculous, unnecessary, and not fair. One of the ways dress code is not fair is the only dress code girls that are mainly in the 7th grade, and the boys could come to school with tank tops and shorts, and no one would care. As soon as a girl wears a shirt that has a 2 inch wide strap, all of the principles overreact, because it is “distracting.” Instead of dress coding the girls, they should educate these young boys on how to behave, and how to properly treat girls.

We should have dress codes because some people feel insecure about their appearances. If we start wearing inappropriate school clothes, such as shorts and tank tops then some people may feel insecure. They may not feel good about how they look and this could cause serious behavior problems and interfere with school work and socializing.

I feel that dress code is not only unfair, but non reasonable. Kids should have freedom to dress how they’re generation dresses, and feel okay or not get punished for it.

that they have nothing to wear when they have a closet full of clothes. And even teenagers

type of clothes no one will be made fun of and this would help in building a good environment