The Importance Of Dress Up In High School

High school, however, changed everything for me. I started having experiences and opportunities that helped me realize that I had more possibilities and potential than my younger self could have ever realized. I threw myself into everything that came my way so that I could learn what I

Why can't people be happy in their own skin and feel confident in what they’re wearing? Why don't schools let both boys and girls wear what they want? Of course, school dress code is more lenient on boys than on girls. Why can't girls wear crop tops to school without being sent to the office and being asked to change their shirt? And also not having to be getting judged by everything that they’re wearing. Dress code may have made a lot of people not be happy with their own body, and have low self esteem, because school dress code has made them not feel comfortable in their favorite shirt or shorts etc. Everyone should have the right to wear what they want, even though there is limits students. Now granted, students should also understand that there are things that are inappropriate, but they should atleast be able to go to school and feel happy that, throughout the day they can have a good normal day at school without the students having to go to the office.

Most commonly found in private schools, school uniforms are slowly being adopted by public schools in the US. In the 2003-2004 school year every one in eight schools required uniforms; in the 2011-2012 school year that number had increased to every one in five schools (ProCon.org). As violence increased, schools started enforcing uniforms thinking that it would solve the violence. School uniforms were created in England in the 16th century for students referred to as the “charity children” (ProCon.org). In later centuries, high-class schools were the most commonly known for requiring their students to wear uniforms. The first recorded time a public school in the US required uniforms was in 1987, a school in Maryland put out an optional uniform policy (ProCon.org). Uniforms have been being enforced by private schools for years, but now public schools are trying to enforce them. Students should not be required to wear uniforms because it refuses students the ability to express themselves, dress codes are more effective, and uniforms can cause a detrimental effect on self-image.

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.

"Thump Thump Thump". I could hear my heart beating in my chest as I walked through the doors. I was scared and I had reason to be; it was my first day of high school. This marked my transition to adulthood. In my family, the moment you reach high school there's no more playing around because your actions here could benefit the rest of your live. In the eyes of my family, I was a young adult, but I felt no different from when I was in the eighth grade. I had thought that when I entered high school, I would officially become an adult. But I didn't feel it, I still felt like a little kid.

I think that dress code shouldn’t be as big a deal as its given credit for. The girls are usually the only ones who are called out on it. I think if we come to school with clothes on, everyone should be happy. If I could make one change to dress code, it would be allowing girls to wear off-the-shoulder tops because girls are not objects, it gets really hot in classrooms, and they’re very fashionable!

Imagine getting ready for school and not being able to wear half of your clothes in your closet because it validates the dress code. Studies show 85% of kids feel better going to school because they get to express how they feel with what clothes they are wearing. When going shopping for clothes, kids find it hard to pick out clothing that they can wear that meets all the dress code requirements. It is even more difficult for kids to find clothes that they enjoy and that fit the code rules too.

As children, we are told to be ourselves, but when the time for high school comes requirements are set for one’s appearance.

How many public schools today have school uniform policy? According to Hamilton, there are 23% of public elementary schools that have the school uniform policy (11). There are many public schools today making uniforms a rule to help the learning environment. During the past 20 years, the ranks of uniformed public school students in the US have swelled to 12.5 million more than 20% of the total (“Too School” 2). Many students will stop worry about everything else that is going on within the school if they make uniforms a policy. Mabry states students that attend public schools, that require uniforms, might spend less time deciding what to wear each day (1). If each student has a uniform to wear then they will not

I feel that the school dress code needs to be revised to a newer, less strict version. Some of the rules are unnecessary and foolish such as the rule about and covering vulgar or offensive tattoos. This is because you have to be 18 or older to get a tattoo in Kansas and most students’ graduate when they are 17 or 18. The last time the school dress code was revised was about four years ago and fashion was a lot different then. There are a few other rules that are unnecessary and one that I think should be put in place.

Every girl in high school has felt at one point in their four years insecurity about what they wear. Do these shoes go, does this outfit look okay, do I look too flashy? The school, however, has put new fears in women about how they dress. Every woman in high schools in the nation has to worry about, on top of everything else, if they will be sent home for wearing something that in the eyes of the school system is inappropriate. I do believe there are limits that need to be enforced, but some limits are too much. School dress code rules are unfair for some women, discriminatory, and in a way, lessening education for some.

“Your shoulders are showing” “You need to change”, dress codes can cause bullying and students feeling like they cannot express themselves enough. Everyone should be able to wear what they want when they want and how they want without getting in trouble, bullied and their class time taken away. In order for students to have an open minded, creative learning environment they should be free to express themselves in their style.

While I was being written up by a teacher for showing a portion of my shoulder and bra strap, the teacher greeted a male student whose pants were close to his knees, his bright green boxers showing.

High school is overrated, growing up is undervalued, and time is too short to take it for granted. While I could write all about how high school reformed me and how moments spent with friends will be my most cherished memories, I will not because I would be lying. If every teenage student was candid with themselves, I imagine they would see that high school was not what they had anticipated. Personally, I drifted into high school deeming it would be no different than any of my pervious school years; however, I was erroneous about that. High school showed me that I can learn more about life and love in any classic novel than I can by talking to anyone I know today, you will only find about two real friends, and never rely on someone else to

The few years before high school was pretty bad for me and my family. We had some financial and personal problems that were going on at the time. I had a lot of problems in school, a lot of the teachers hated me. On top of that I had to deal with personal family problems, I had two uncles that were diagnosed with cancer. My mom would constantly be in and out of the hospital check in on them. Sometimes she wouldn’t even show up to dinner. This forced me to transition from a kid to an adult.