The Importance Of School Dress Codes

The prominent reason behind the various overdone school rules regarding dress is the loose power that administrators have been given. They have been “reserve[d] the right to determine if a clothing item or accessory is appropriate for school” (Carroll High School Student Handbook 2010-2011 18). The officials at school are using their own personal opinions to judge the students’ dress. Since styles change as time goes on, the generation in control and the

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.

School dress codes have been around for an long time, but in some places schools have the dress code set in an different way in a lot of places. I'm sure one of the reasons schools have some clothes restricted is because of the clothes some people wear sometimes. Like clothes with rips in the jeans and skirts and shorts that raise above the people's knees. I would then understand why some schools would have put in that rule. Although schools give a dress code with limits and regulations, they just need to be less serious and you should be allowed to wear any non-noticeable.

Today’s fashion trends, such as leggings, yoga pants, shorter skirts, booty shorts, form-fitting shirts, and spaghetti straps, have sparked controversy in schools. They have been banned from a great many. In my school, leggings, shorts, skirts, yoga pants, tank tops and off-the-shoulder tops were banned for girls. This

To some, arguing over student dress code seems trivial and useless. To others, it goes deeper than that. Dress code might seem like the typical “first world problem”, but to the average high school student, gaining the freedom ‘no dress code’ grants is incredible. The fact of the matter is, the rigid enforcement of student dress code has gone too far in today 's society and dehumanizes us as citizens. Although school dress code attempts to promote modesty and protection, it also reinforces gender inequality, smothers individualism, is unconstitutional, and should not be enforced in public schools.

As the temperature rises, so do hemlines and the suspension rate. Students get suspended for violating school dress codes by wearing outfits that ‘show too much skin.’ One can argue that revealing clothing is distracting, but some families and students agree that school dress code implementations end up just shaming girls. Dress codes, the epitome of high school, teach girls to act ashamed, not modest. According to most school boards that come up with the dress code, the outfits young women wear come across as too distracting for their peers, especially men, and make it unable for women to be viewed by the public with dignity and respect. Everyday, school dress codes target females—especially females that are more developed.

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

“Are you in dress code?” As Belleville East students we have all heard this question numerous times throughout the day. Whether this question was directed towards you, or your peers, this simple, but oh so annoying question, is asked countless times throughout the day. Dress code, however, was initially meant to keep students out of trouble and to help keep us focused throughout the school day. Yet making a student vacate a class for the entire hour because their shirt was not the right shade is going to “improve their learning experience” by making them miss the only hour they have in that class. Although this was not the intent, the dress code has become a point of conflict for many. Dress code should not be enforced because realistically it increases behavioral problems and teaches girls that it is our duty to make sure we cover up to ensure a “distraction free” learning environment for the boys.

Dress codes are becoming more and more popular throughout the United States; however, this does not mean all administrators agree with them. In fact, there are educators

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.

Most schools have dress codes in place within reason: no crop tops, no short shorts, and no provocative clothing. Sometimes, the school's expectations of clothing cross the line. Some schools say that girls who wear leggings without a long shirt or a shirt that "doesn't fit them right" should have to change. Not every person

In the United States, almost every school has a dress code. That dress code should apply to both males and females, but that’s not always the case. Schools all over the map have been targeting women on the way they dress, and the usual accusation is that it’s “too distracting” for male classmates. Stephanie Dunn from Kentucky is a victim of this accusation. She wore a pair of jeans, a tank-top, and a white cardigan to her high school and got sent home for showing her collarbones. Her mother brought her a scarf to put over her outfit and the principal still deemed it as too inappropriate and too distracting for the male classmates in her classes.

Some of our most powerful and lasting ideas about the world around us are learned at school. Hard work pays off, success comes from working together, and girls’ bodies are dangerous and harassment is inevitable. April of 2013, a six year old girl who attended Tussahaw Elementary School in McDonough, Georgia where administrators told her mother that her outfit "was inappropriate and a distraction to other students." Who exactly would be distracted by a kindergarteners’ skirt? According to hundreds of schools in the United States, it’s boys and male faculty. While being stopped by a teacher because my sleeveless shirt was only three fingers in width instead of four, I saw a boy walking towards us in a tank top and didn’t even gain a second glance from the same teacher. That was one of the many examples that support the fact that how dress code is sexist, shames and humiliates young girls, and promotes rape culture.

Since then, the Superior High School has polished it’s dress code. Adding new rules forbidding girls to show their stomachs, legs and the worst of all, their necks. Even with this additions, the school is still facing controversies from parents who don’t believe the dress code is strict enough. “The girls should have to wear long sleeved turtle necked blankets to school.” said one male parent. “Our boys need to get their education without having to worry about the female body.”

Kiranjot Randhawa, Brampton, ON- Students of all high school’s have protested on the Ontario school’s dress code, starting the first week of November 2017. This protest has been taking place all over Ontario schools, because girls and guys feel that clothing makes them who they are and if they get punished for wearing something, than they are not being themselves. Students have decided to wear whatever they want at school’s however, some students have held campaigns and programs to give reasons on why the dress code should be changed.