I am 28. I have a 6 year old daughter. I manage a restaurant. I hear the "manyworkforces have uniform requirements, so students can get prepared by having a dress code". The difference is that I am not legally compelled to have my current job, nor is any adult. Yes, some jobs have dress codes. Most do, in fact. But if we dont like our jobs dress code, we have the freedom to find a new job with a different dress code. However, if our kids are in public school and we (parents and kids together) disagree with the dresscode, our option is to conform, provide alternative schooling at our monetary expense, or lose our kids because we arent sending them to school. School isnt the real world. In the real world, bosses get hot too, and they dont freak out when its 100 degrees and somebody wears short shorts. If they do, employees have the option to quit without going to jail. Schools need to stop preparing for the real world of 30 years ago and start respecting students with the rights theyd have after they turned 18. The simple fact that students MUST attend on threat of financial or legal burden should mean that school policies are held to a higher standard than businesses.
That one kid who said “they shouldn’t take school as ‘let me show off my body’ “ I don’t want to wear a tank top to get affection from boys. I want to wear one because it’s comfortable and i feel confident and the best version of myself. I have shoulders. If i take my jacket off during a test, no boy is going to want to burn his test and come lick my shoulder.
exactly. its not a "let me show off my body" its a "im dressing how i feel comfortable dressing so i can feel good abt myself" they keep saying in the video its so we can do our best at learning and stuff but i would probably do a lot better if i was able to wear stuff that makes me feel good abt myself/feel comfortable with myself
Ikr Especially as an aromantic asexual, I don't wanna wear skimpy clothes for the show. Frick, I'm insecure about even showing too much skin! I ONLY wanna wear these things because it's comfortable.
@@scrunchytoes literally! I want to wear leggings but they’re not allowed 😬 I’m also alternative so most of my close consists of skirts, baggy or super tight shirts and they’re all dress coded- I have no clothes in my closet and I’m repeating my same damn clothes 😔
I remember in high school, the vice principal made all the girl students stay after one lunch period. She literally said all girls have to stay, all male students were let go. She then gave a speech about the dress code and how upset she was that so many girls were breaking it. Groups left by table, and mine was the last to leave. She stopped us and told us we were actually ok, she never saw us breaking the dress code and she was grateful for that. The vice principal forced my group, who she actively admitted broke no rules, to be late for class because of our gender.
How is a shoulder going to distract me? How am I going to be staring at a knee? When would I ever stop writing and just look at a girls stomach? I literally don’t care. Only creeps do tbh.
"A heavy ring that could injure someone." Did i just hear this come out of a professional's mouth? You do realize you people give us pencils and scissors, right?
A ring, no that’s too dangerous, it could hurt someone. Pencils and scissors which can and have been used as actual weapons, oh yeah, no problem there. Cleary these people haven’t seen John Wick.
My dress code is very chill It's like, nothing inappropriate. Lots of people wear ripped jeans, show their shoulders/stomachs, and my school is a very good one
My school is also in this exact mindset. My school is in Montana, and I think the reason why schools here are less “strict” is because most schools in the Northwestern US do not experience the same problems that schools in other regions face (like drug abuse, violence, etc.).
Last Friday my school banned legging and shorts completely, and then i realized I had nothing to wear, the only things I could wear were jeans, but those are expensive in my area, the only thing I could afford is leggings and nothing more.
@@Recroomsniperpro well, now it does since I don't go to school anymore until who knows when. So I get to wear whatever I want because it's my house and teachers can't tell me what to wear
My teacher had us running when it was raining and it was light rain but it was more than 4 raindrops then it got way worse and NOW he decided to take us in 🙄 A week later 7 people missed school because of a bad cold and fever!
We have to eat outside at assigned seats due to covid and the principal will walk out and yell at the kids wearing hoods because its against dress code, we're outside and its 40 degrees with a wind chill. Half of us have books on our paper trays they give to keep them from blowing away. It really sucks and we aren't allowed to leave from outside because we will get a pink slip for not being in the correct place
Ok so for me, at my old school we would be able to stay inside and stuff if it was raining but i had moved to this new school where they didn’t do that, my teacher had us run in POURING down rain it was like water buckets it was so much rain, i had a really bad cold and fever and missed 2 weeks of school, so did my friend
That’s a great point and came up a bunch when we were interviewing students. They said it can be really tough to find clothes in stores that meet dress code requirements.
That’s a great point and came up a bunch when we were interviewing students. They said it can be really tough to find clothes in stores that meet dress code requirements.
How schools think kids will react “ omg bro I can’t focus, Kayla is wearing shorts! I can see her thighs...I can’t help myself! THE THIGHS! I HAVE NO SELF CONTROL AND I CANT STOP SEXUALIZING FEMALES! THE THIGHS- THEY ARE TOO POWERFUL!” What it’s actually like *dosn’t even notice anything because in the real world ppl dress however they want* “Ugh this question is hard. I wanna dieeeeeeeee “
Why does it matter if they do though? She said that and the first thing that came out of my mouth was "what the f**k?" If someone wears pajama pants its not a big deal like what? I wear those and sweats to school all the time cause its way more comfortable then denim jeans? Like I don't get whats the big deal if someone wears PJs?
in university, a lot of us wear sweatpants, but nobody cares. It's comfortable and that way you can concentrate on learning right? But it's different because everyone's grown up and nobody cares how other people look
The girl that talked about the pj pants is a damn Karen in the making, it had nothing to do with here but of course she doesn’t like it so everyone has to stop doing it. 🙃🙃🙃
May I ask, how do the TINY runs in my jeans distract my classmates? Or how about the fact that I have my 1st AND 2nd second lobes pierced? How is that a problem! And yet, my bright blue hair is not distracting? LOGIC!
Wtf you're so lucky, I have pink bangs right now and I got dress coded but also ran out of black hair dye so I can't dye my hair back and I am hella angry. Like, how the fuck is pink hair distracting. I don't know what to do :(
At my school, if a girl has ripped jeans with rips on their thighs, they have to put duck tape on it to “hide it”. The duck tape is literally more distracting then seeing 3 inches of skin.
Here in Germany your ordinary school doesn't have any rules on clothes and people don't run around in pajamas or bikinis so in my opinion there is very little need in those rules beyond that, it's not like (for example) jeans ripped on the knees are the cause for much distractions i personally can't see these pros in dress codes
Same here in Italy, but probably it's just that in the old Europe we have a different way to dress that has less extremes, so a written dress code is not really needed. In my opinion also it's better as it works here: if you wear something inappropriate simply one teacher will probably tell you and it stops there, the next day you'll think better what to wear at least to avoid the shame of being criticized in public. On the contrary when you have rules so strict that you can't even wear ripped jeans a girl that goes to school in bikini will simply think to be on the right side and that the rules are too strict as also the one with the highest grades was left out because of a pair of jeans. Funny thing is that here boys are generally more discriminated than girls, as there is a non written code that you should at least wear something with short sleeves, and on the last days of school in June being so hot a lot of students tries to wear the least they can!
@@karellen00 Interesting that boys have more issues than girls in your schools there. We saw some issues for boys (sagging jeans, do-rags, ripped jeans, hats, gang-affiliated colors, etc.) but the biggest focus definitely seems to be on young women and how much of their bodies are visible or presented in a way that schools deem inappropriate. There is a big backlash from young women who feel that this focus is unfair and ironically ends up over-sexualizing young female bodies.
@@AboveTheNoise Probably the reason of that is that girls here generally never dress with too little clothing, and what they consider proper to wear at school is also what is generally considered ok by everyone, teachers included. Either that or we are used to girls with such clothing, it's possible that a girl dressed normally for summer here would be left out of school in the States! Generally are guys who gets informal warnings when it's really hot in summer because they wear those kind of shirts without sleeves (like those used for basket). There is also a combination of boys being generally more likely to break the rules, and also they lack the fear of exposing too much (who wants to see a guy's tits?). As you can see it's just a matter of minimum elegance more than some kind of sexual discrimination, and personally the most rigid punishment I have ever seen was probably a teacher saying "if the principal sees you dressed like that!", but that ends there! Not something that happens every day anyway!
At my school teachers care but girls carry their phones in their back pockets because if they get caught they can say the teacher looking at their butt
the vice principal of my old middle school once yelled at me bc i was texting my mom in the hallway. i told him who it was and said he didnt care and to put it away ._.
I have to wear a uniform but I have been wearing the same damn thing for 8 years!!! It’s extremely annoying, why do i have clothes if i can’t wear them!?
The other day this boy was wearing a tank top and i was waiting for the teacher to tell him to get a jacket on or go home and change because thats what i was used to but he didnt get told anything about covering up, so i decided to wear a tank top the next day to just experiment my school dress code and i immedidently was told to get a jacket on or else leave the school to change like really... girls dont get the chance like boys do
Jazzy Maria that’s what we heard from most of the girls we interviewed for this video - they felt that dress codes come down a lot harder on girls and that this is an unfair double standard.
That's why I hate dress codes they are never fair and overreacts WAY too much (depends what school you going in). Like why do they care so much about what we are wearing is it really that hard to control themself or respect other people’s style. I'm happy We don't have that here in Sweden.
alarcon99 In the case of the students in Alameda they said their parents got involved too. They wrote letters and brought the issue up in school meetings. Some parents took their daughters to common stores and did an inventory of how many articles of clothing there were that actually fit the dress code- and they found there weren’t that many items available
'Hey, that's the school where they're allowed to show their SHOULDERS' 'Yeah, they are also the school with the better grades and teachers in the entire galaxy' BUT SHOULDERS
I was sent home for wearing a “grey jeans”, apparently my school only allows “blue jeans”. Seriously, who even notices this?! How does the color of my jeans affect my education? I hate strict dress codes, I understand that it’s good to regulate things like offensive or inappropriate clothing, but it frequently goes to far.
Boy’s dress code: Just don’t wear caps/hoods Don’t wear pajamas Girls dress code: No shoulders exposed No exposed stomachs No face piercings No skin showing above the knee No rips in jeans No short shorts Tank tops need to have a 3 finger strap No spaghetti straps No hair color other than natural colors. Girls have it harder. End of story.
As a trans woman I have experienced a lot of hate for wearing short skirts at work, with me being pulled out of work quite often to get a talking to about how some customer thought my skirt was too short. They then measure the distance to knee, remind me of the rules, and send me on my way as my skirt isn't too short. This takes from 10-20 mins and happens every other week or so. No one seems to ever have issues with the other girls that wear short skirts nor do they complain about the half dozen other dress code violations going on elsewhere. So, I'm very much against dress codes because they are almost always discriminatory in their usage. No one is actually unable to shop at my store because my knees are showing. Just like in schools. However, if my experience at work is the norm then maybe wasting these kid's time taking them out of class to complain about dress code violations is preparing them for the real (discriminatory) world.
Bro, if you normalize self-expression through clothing, it won’t really distract anyone because it’s become so normal that it’s just another thing you see everyday.
Why do schools don’t let us show ripped jeans that show our knees, but they let us wear shorts that show our whole leg? (This is stolen from Tiktok btw)
just wanna vent real quick! my school recently started undergoing lots of changes. like, literally everything changed. even the dress codes. it's been two days since school started and i've already gotten dress-coded twice. by the same teacher. honestly... if anything, i was showing a little midrift(from rushing to get to class). just frustrates me because i had my sweater on both times. second day, i was trying to be more careful. still got flagged down and yelled at. i'm in middle school! no other teachers cared, even when i took my sweater off! welp-
Yeah, we were surprised to learn how controversial school uniforms are in high school. Here is an article that gets into one side of that debate: www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-unquestioned-goodness-of-school-uniforms
I'd to wear a Uniform for my entire schooling. It didn't seem weird or anything! People say here that it is done so that everyone is shown as being equal, which is right if you think about it. You wouldn't want a rich kid flashing off in front of someone who doesn't have that opportunity. But this won't be such a problem in developed countries, since children in a particular school are most probably of a similar class of society. The bigger problem I see here is that the rules seem to be perfect but it's just that different staff understand them in a different way and hence enforce them in a way they personally feel is right! Before I watched this video, I only had a vague idea of the topic and I didn't understand why girls are fighting for covering themselves in torn and short dresses. Seems like it is because of them being discriminated against boys and also because of a few incidents where a kid is caught even for dressing properly. PS: I may have got something wrong here. 😄
@@Sivah_Akash my school has a formal and a "sports" (polyester/cotton light and breathable stuff) uniform (both are t-shirts) and they dont care which one you wear, the only rules are navy blue pants/shorts/jeans/skirt. You cant have ripped jeans or short shorts/skirts but thats just being decent. The issue I see is when schools (especialy Australian public schools) drive up the cost of uniforms so childeren of lower income parents/guardians cant afford new uniforms whilst their child is going through growth spurts. My school also wont let you wear branded clothing and that can be hard when everything seem to be branded or have a design on them these days.
@@Sivah_Akash ours was chosen by the parents and carers committee, our old logo was designed by the school, the new one... we dont talk about it (it looks like a pool logo). We have "Free dress days" where you donate a gold coin (1 or 2 dollars) in return for being able to wear no uniform, as long as "you cant see up it, down it or through it." That is mainly to stop girls from wearing revealing clothes.
@@pogget5523 im an unfortunate example, im scared of even wearing my hoodie with a smile on it because i dont know if i’ll be judged or told to take it off even though i spent around 40-50 dollars on it!
Schools when you have ripped jeans: That's innapropriate! Go change now! Schools when they see someone with a skirt: Oh, that's fine! As long as it's not too short!
@@HG-bp8lh I'm saaying that people who have ripped jeans don't really show their lehs, but they get dress coded, but people who wear skirts, that show your legs more than ripped jeans, don''t get dress coded.
I live in Sweden too , I really just think dress codes are messed up. Like it's an insult to guys too because you're basically telling them that they can't control themselves.
Yeah I live in Berlin and a boy in my class took of his shirt and nobody said nothing because like it’s just a body and everybody has a body no one gets distracted from learning by some ShoUldErS or kNeEs or something like that . You can wear what you want! It is so cool
i feel like my school also like body-shames lowkey. these skinny girls could wear super short shorts but i wore shorts just above my knee and got told i could never wear them again.
I personally think shorts looks nice on girls who are a little plump but if somebody's getting distracted over it then its their own damn fault. You should report and call them out on social media whoever told you to not wear shorts.
My gym teachers are crazy. They don’t even allow girls to wear tank tops into the gym, and when I asked them why, they said it was easier if everyone wore t-shirts. How the hell does that even make sense? Boys can wear tank tops and they don’t care, but if I wear a dress with spaghetti straps but still has a “modest” collar I get kicked out? They also care if you’re wearing a bra. If they can tell you’re not wearing a bra, they kick you out with the girls who wear those oh-so-scandalous tank tops.
When I was between jobs last year, I volunteered 400 hours tutoring algebra (and other things) at a local "continuation" high school that was focused on students who were, in various ways, "failed" by regular schools. This meant small class sizes and lots of 1-on-1 attention. My first eye-opener was the wide variety of student (and staff) attire. When I attended high school in the early 1970's, we all mainly wore blue jeans and t-shirts, almost as if they were a uniform. The only "violations" were for rips/wear and "polarizing language or images". This was an era when we tried to get around the rules by combining things, such as a favorite T-shirt of mine that said: "Nuke the Bomb". My first impressions of these students was through the filter of "appropriateness", for which I soon found my own standards were very outdated. It was mainly overload, I suppose, as I didn't previously interact with many of high school age. We were from different sub-cultures, separated by more than just time. When I read the school's half-page dress code, it primarily listed minimum standards attire should meet, rather than being a list of banned items. I was surprised to see simple language discussing exposure of skin or things like nipples or crotch bulges (the only part even mentioning gender). The limitations on jewelry were equally simple, to not be harmful to one's self or others (the school nurse added that one, after seeing way too many body parts being damaged by hardware getting yanked out). Within weeks I began to see the student's language of style. Some wanted to be invisible (for various reasons, many positive), others wanted to stand out (to not be invisible), though most simply wanted to express or define themselves through their appearance. I soon found many efforts were experimental in nature, students trying things to see how they felt and how others perceived them, very much like trying to create a new "language" for one's self that your friends and peers would still understand. I remember when a "jock" I was tutoring once came in with his nails done (French nails). I really didn't know what his message was, nor did I really care since it clearly wasn't aimed at me. But I did care that he was expressing himself. When I positively commented about the change ("that's a great nail job"), he simultaneously blushed and grinned with pride. Then all his peers gathered round, thoroughly disrupting class, asking all the questions I was also curious about. There was also one woman student who always dressed in the most stylish yet formally sexy way possible, such as by wearing sheath dresses. It took me over a month to understand the path she was forging for herself, to "look good" with grace and style, without being tacky or clichéd or over-sexualized. She was gorgeous, and wanted to be seen embracing that while also being far more than "just" her physical attributes. Being an older male, I couldn't directly comment on her style, especially given how comments on appearance can correctly be taken as sexual harassment no matter their intent. So instead I tried the opposite, to comment only on her "casual" days. Her response was interesting: "You know you don't need to wear a button-up collar shirt every day, right?" I dug deep into my curated collection of tie-died T-shirts and wore one the next day. The student reactions were beyond awesome. I mentioned the student who encouraged me to try something different, and she had 15 minutes of mocking yet kind fame as a "style consultant". Great fun all around, and it brought me closer to the students. Or, more accurately, they moved closer to me. Dress codes are important, but only below the point where they would impact personal style. Set the minimum, and see what grows and flourishes above.
Also, both those kids sound straight up awesome and the first reminds me of a story of a fellow Amtgarder. He talked about having painted the nails of several members of the football team while he was in school a couple decades ago. Jocks can be just as down for looking good as anyone else and nails don't need to be naked just cause you're a man.
This was a really great perspective. I appreciate your perceptiveness and your interpretation of what those things meant, not just to the person, but to their audience. Thanks for sharing it. I wish every teacher shared your viewpoint and was this insightful into the behavior and choices of their students.
Never had dress codes when I was in school. Not even once did I see someone naked, in PJ's or other crazy apparel. Sure, write a few lines in the school code about students not being able to be naked or wearing offensive or discriminatory things on their clothes! Anything more than that is, however, completely unnecessary and not beneficial to students' daily life.
@@scarletletter4900 dude, a dress code goes into specifics. How many layers, which areas can be exposed, underwear showing, skirt or shorts length, etc. What I just described is just an "appeal to common sense". My point is that anything short of such appeal is unimportant and, in my experience, has never been meaningfully challenged. Saying "wear clothes" and "no hateful symbols" does not a dress code make.
@@Jskid666 did you read this in you student rights and responsibilities handbook? If so, then that was indeed a dress code. It just so happens that the dress code you described is refreshingly very simple. Dress codes need not be complex to function as such.
@@scarletletter4900 sure... We can argue semantics all we want. I could tell you that where I'm from, schools that had a dress code had it as a separate document to the "main" school code. Needless to say, that last one was where those common sense rules I referenced in the previous comment were written. But the video makes the points for dress codes as specific and often overly strict (and discriminatory) rules about apparel. If you're stuck because "wear clothes" is technically a dress code, you're obviously missing the point that's being made here.
What my school says is a nOpE: No tank tops No inappropriate shirts/jeans Nothing that shows gang signs, bullying, inappropriate things, etc. Ripped jeans must be at your knee or lower (nothing at your thighs or above) Nothing show bra straps or undergarments No shorts that show you thighs or above Do not wear pajamas No crop tops Jewelry must be appropriate (That is all I remember)
What about dyed hair, I have pink bangs right now and I got dress coded but also ran out of black hair dye so I can't dye my hair back and I am hella angry. Like, how the fuck is pink hair distracting
My sister, best friend (they were in the same class), and I decided to wear cute necklaces and bracelets to school (because we were 10 and why not). Later that day teachers came up to my sister and best friend and told them they were violating school dress code and policy because they wore PLASTIC PEARLS on their neck and body. Thankfully I didn’t get dress coded but come on, it’s not worth getting mad at 2 ten year olds for wearing fake pearls on them.
Being a dude I feel bad because of how I’ve worn torn jeans and no one said nothin I will say however that my hair was “too long” and had to get it cut witch is strange because the girls get long hair but the boys don’t? Why can’t I have long hair? I think no one is being “targeted” but it certainly isn’t fair about what we can wear or how our hair looks TL;DR I got to keep my luscious locks because of pushback from my friend group. Keepin it real since 2006.
When my shirt lifted LESS THAN ONE INCH up (you could see some of my skin) I had to call my dad for him to bring me another shirt -(Also on picture day fml)-
Boys at my school dont get in trouble for wearing shorts, but oh god save us all if a girls Jean's are ripped from the knee up, it's so bad half the girls at my school keep duct tape on them all the time so others can put tape over there jeans
In middle school I got dress coded for wearing an oversized t-shirt and shorts (I’m a female) while my male class mate had a backpack with Mickey Mouse holding up the middle finger. I’m disappointed.
Unnecessary (in my opinion) things in my dress code: •uniforms •required to wear belt with shorts/pants •no hood over head inside •no ripped jeans •no sweatpants •must wear bottoms over leggings •boys cannot have hair that goes past their shoulders •idk, I think there’s a rule that says no dreads •hair must be natural color
@@KeepCalmContemplateYourChoices There’s this girl at my school that is always on the edge for dress code violation because of the length of her skirt. She says if she went a size up, it would fall off her. Not to mention her home room teacher is very strict.
My school in Illinois not only targets the girls (letting the guys wear ripped Jeans and tank tops but not the girls) but, also more curvy people like when my skinnier friend and I wore an outfit for twin day. Only I got dress coded and we were literally walking together and dressed the exact same but this male teacher pulled only me aside and told me it was inappropriate. I was so so angry
I got dress coded once for wearing a turtleneck sweater because it was "too tight around my chest". First of all, pretty much every shirt is tight around my chest, seeing as I have triple d's. Second of all, I got dress coded the next day for wearing a baggy t-shirt to hide my chest since I got in trouble the day before. We just can't win.
1)The High School years are a time where people begin to want to demonstrate their independence from Adults (often seen as rebellion and sometimes it is). It has always been this way and it will always be this way. Also, every generation' style of music and clothes changes. This is more often a style preference not a moral abdication. 2) In contrast to this, Adults still feel (and often legally are) responsible for the safety of these under-age people. At some point the independence can be seen as a challenge to the authority these Adults need (or feel they need) to do their job and/or fulfill their responsibilities. This is not like A Bug's Life ants v grasshoppers thing; but in in some ways. In schools, the students do outnumber the Adults and that can get out of balance so the Adults need some extra authority to balance that out. Also, the Grasshoppers (I mean Adults) are wanting to help the Ants (I mean students) and to keep helping them, they do have other Adults they have to answer to. 3) It is possible to find a balance between 1 & 2; but, it is highly unlikely that you will ever get 100% buy in; and, once things escalate, the emotions can make seeing and acknowledging the view of the other group VERY difficult. If both groups can find a way to value the other group and their differences offer sincere help (not my way or the highway) then I believe they can work together and find a path that they can be both proud of.
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@@AboveTheNoise Thanks Myles, I really do enjoy your videos. I our current tribal world, your videos feel like well build bridges. We may have been born into different tribes; but, I think we would find what we have more in common is stronger than where we are different. What I was trying to get at in #1 and #2 is that the better path to progress can be found in sincerely listening to, accepting (and hopefully valuing) the other side's view rather than taking the I'm right and you're wrong (or I'm in charge and you're not) (or it's my life not yours) approach. Let me know if you ever come up to Portland.
I wore a dress to school with high socks, up to my thighs. I looked like a school-girl. I was leaving my tech class and I was warned about it, not bc of a bag running it up, just because I was wearing it. That was the last time I wore a dress or a skirt in school.
Me: a trans male who seriously everyone thought was an actual male (which made me super happy) Principal: “You’re not allowed to wear that because people might mistake you for a boy, missy!” Everyone at school: knows I’m a biological girl now 😭
i've got dresscoded only once, when there was a 'concert' and i was singing in the choir, and i was wearing a skirt (because we were told to) which was like two inches above my knees, and i was told to put jeans or something more covering under them
Boys: *Wears only short shorts* Schools: “Nah, we’re not gonna dress code them” Girl: *Wears a tank top and shorts during the summer on a very hot day* Schools: “ HOW DARE YOU THAT IS DISTRACTING TO THE OTHER STUDENTS” The other students: ???
Where i live (Italy) there is no such a thing as a dress code, except in elementary school where, in some schools, students should have uniforms to 'be equal' and no one would be biased by their clothing (es: hey, that person has Gucci and that person has their grandma's shirt, so i will treat worse the poor student). Of course, they fucked it up gendering things. With white and black uniforms. Also, you can still teach how to prepare to dress for the future without making them dressing like small sized adults. Last thing. Distracting? You all better work on your attention span, instead of focusing on skin.
orsettomorbido My family is all from Italy and I go to Italy every two years. I told my friends from Italy about the dress code in America and they never been so confused before in their life!!!
2 times was I forced to wear my hoodie on hot days. Once when my shirt was to short (came to my waist) with my leggings of the same color the principal had to have been studying my outfit to realize and dress code me. And the second time when I wore a grey kinda muscle shirt that had rips all down the back, and a black "beaten up" cross with gold embezzlements on the front, with an under shirt and jeans... it " showed to much of my back." They act as if someone middle school boys are running around whispering to each other " MMMMM LOOK AT BECKYS BACK KNEES AND SHOULDERS TODAY MMMMM TASTY"
i have been scared to death by the dress code/getting in trouble so i’ve never been dress coded but there are many times that girls had to put duct tape over their ripped jeans in the middle of class because it wasn’t allowed, but SO many guys would wear their pants sagging to the point of their boxers showing and no teachers would bat an eye at it despite being banned in the dress code. many schools, including mine, go by the fingertip rule for shorts in which shorts should be at or below fingertip height. this fingertip rule makes some people targeted for having naturally longer limbs, and many people who have curvier body types will get dress coded for tiny offenses. some may argue that this prevents distractions in lessons, but i argue that it sexualizes minors just because their body is viewed as conventionally “attractive”. Keep in mind that all these KIDS are getting dress coded for REVEALING outfits when they are LITERALLY MINORS.
4:27 no, 99.9% of them are trying to make make their day happier by wearing clothes that they feel attractive and positive in (because plenty of them hate school to begin with), not for your attention, smh
Nah. It’s all about how much you can breathe, have you seen the collars on the shirts we have to wear? I just want to stay alive until the end of school.
I agree with the notion that school dress code should reflect professional expectations. If you don't dress like that in the workplace, don't dress like at school. Dress however you want when you're off the clock. There's a time and place for that, and you have to know how to separate personal and professional style.
One time in sixth grade i had wore a dinosaur dress that didnt have sleeves but my shoulders weren't all that exposed cause it had a hood which i didnt wear, (the dress wasnt exposing at all) my science teacher made me put on my sweator because the dress didnt have sleeves. I WASNT DISTRACTING ANYONE!!!
My friend had some ripped jeans (nothing above mid thigh, I think) and a tight shirt that showed a *sliver* of skin if she lifted her arms, and even had a jacket on, and told me she was dress coded. STAP-
Oh wow, you guys think we shouldn’t talk back to you because you’re humans and that’s rude? What does that make us? Robots? With all the rules about stopping us expressing ourselves, you’re really going the right way to turn us into them.
At this point school is not about learning anymore it’s supposed to be a learning environment not because how we are dressed what that got to do with anything
my school doesn’t allow leggings, shorts that are shorter that two inches above the knee, shoulders, any holes in clothes, only BOYS ARE ALLOWED TO WEAR SWEATPANTS?! No midriff, skin hugging clothes and more. The only things girls can wear to school are jeans or boys clothes. it makes no sense,
My school doesnt let us wear coats inside, basically in winter when its raining like we angered the gods we have to put our coats on in the doorway. Smh
Honestly I think America is one of the only places that have dress codes so insanely severe like these, schools in Canada literally don’t give a shit if you wear something that expresses yourself I think the only rules I’ve ever heard was if you’re gonna wear spaghetti strap make sure you have a sweater with it but if you live in Canada and your school has dress code TELL ME I want to know
In the Philippines Men: trying to grow a long hair Guard/principal: WTF CUT THAT HAIR Girls: cutting their hair short Guard/principal: it's self expression So you're saying that male students doesn't need to express themselves Male students :* dyes his hair to blue or red or something else Guard/principal: DYE YOUR HAIR BACK TO ITS NORMAL COLOR BECAUSE YOU LOOK LIKE A FOOL Female students:*dyes their hair into the colors of the rainbow Guard/principal :" you look fantastic, where did you dye your hair? I want to dye my hair too" P.s: Those things happened in front of my very eyes so this is not fake, i want to mention the name of my school but that would get me in trouble
I was at a middle school (Gr. 8) camp and there was a welcome dance/party. My friend and I decided to dress up a little bit (with what we had brought to camp). She wore a crop top that showed a slit of her stomach. I wore a tank top and cargo pants. We were both dress coded. Reasons? - My friend showed stomach because she stretched after dancing. - I was wearing my windbreaker around my waist and showed my shoulders and bra straps. It’s a dance. Everyone dressed up however they could. Crop tops and tanks and tube tops were everywhere, and only a small part of those were dress coded. Like, ffs, it’s a party, everyone’s distracted and everyone’s a little spiced up.
*By having a dress code in schools students are more disciplined and better prepared for life in the work force* BUT shouldn't they be educating us so we can make the world a better place that is accepting and inclusive of people's way to express themselves? It's like they just want us to learn how to follow orders without even thinking.
I can't wait for the day that adults in schools realized that this whole dress code thing is just their own thoughts and opinions written on a piece of paper.
I have learned FAR more in any given semester of college than I learned in high school and I show up everyday in what makes me comfortable. I don't have to waste time worrying about what I am wearing and I can focus on what matters...learning. All of my classmates do the same and whether someone is wearing a cute crop top, sweats and a t-shirt, or a suit, we don't care. Oh and tattoos, piercings, big hair, bright colored hair, etc. is all there and guess what...we STILL LEARN. We recognize that everybody is different and can express themselves how they want to. If anything teaching high school students that everyone deserves respect no matter what they are wearing would be a good life lesson.
I am 28. I have a 6 year old daughter. I manage a restaurant.
I hear the "manyworkforces have uniform requirements, so students can get prepared by having a dress code". The difference is that I am not legally compelled to have my current job, nor is any adult. Yes, some jobs have dress codes. Most do, in fact. But if we dont like our jobs dress code, we have the freedom to find a new job with a different dress code.
However, if our kids are in public school and we (parents and kids together) disagree with the dresscode, our option is to conform, provide alternative schooling at our monetary expense, or lose our kids because we arent sending them to school.
School isnt the real world. In the real world, bosses get hot too, and they dont freak out when its 100 degrees and somebody wears short shorts. If they do, employees have the option to quit without going to jail.
Schools need to stop preparing for the real world of 30 years ago and start respecting students with the rights theyd have after they turned 18.
The simple fact that students MUST attend on threat of financial or legal burden should mean that school policies are held to a higher standard than businesses.
👏👏👏👏👏
facts.
Probably even MORE than thirty years
@@first-namelast-named9639 yea
18, what you mean, all ages deserve respect
Teacher when student gets bullied: I'll just erase that from my memory
Teacher when jacket has hood: *NANI?!*
Kenyan
Student: IT'S COLD! (The air-conditioning really be like winter.)
Teacher: oh bullies who cares oh a person with a slightly over sized shirt maybe I should pick on them
and when midriff is showing, and when shoulders are showing, and when your shorts are a little short
EXACTLY...
Bruh I got dress coded for my shirt being “to long” LIKE WTF FIRST MY SHIRT IS TO SHORT AND NOW IT TO LONG YOU CAN SEE MY SHORTS WTF
I once saw a person from my school get dress coded for having there tshirt not tucked in
I got dress coded for wearing *grey jeans* instead of blue jeans
@Variane 2008 excuse me but, *what*
@@fuitgummyy why are schools so sexist omg-
I was once dress coded for my ankle boots saying that boots were inappropriate
That one kid who said “they shouldn’t take school as ‘let me show off my body’ “
I don’t want to wear a tank top to get affection from boys. I want to wear one because it’s comfortable and i feel confident and the best version of myself.
I have shoulders. If i take my jacket off during a test, no boy is going to want to burn his test and come lick my shoulder.
exactly. its not a "let me show off my body" its a "im dressing how i feel comfortable dressing so i can feel good abt myself" they keep saying in the video its so we can do our best at learning and stuff but i would probably do a lot better if i was able to wear stuff that makes me feel good abt myself/feel comfortable with myself
As a representative of the male gender i completely agree, none of us want to come lick your knees and shoulders
Ikr
Especially as an aromantic asexual, I don't wanna wear skimpy clothes for the show. Frick, I'm insecure about even showing too much skin! I ONLY wanna wear these things because it's comfortable.
I am more the "i wear this because it's fucking warm outside in the summer" type of person.
@@scrunchytoes literally! I want to wear leggings but they’re not allowed 😬 I’m also alternative so most of my close consists of skirts, baggy or super tight shirts and they’re all dress coded- I have no clothes in my closet and I’m repeating my same damn clothes 😔
I remember in high school, the vice principal made all the girl students stay after one lunch period. She literally said all girls have to stay, all male students were let go.
She then gave a speech about the dress code and how upset she was that so many girls were breaking it.
Groups left by table, and mine was the last to leave. She stopped us and told us we were actually ok, she never saw us breaking the dress code and she was grateful for that.
The vice principal forced my group, who she actively admitted broke no rules, to be late for class because of our gender.
“Haha yes I should disrupt their education for dReSs cOdE which I’ve never seen them break.”
Its s e x i s t
yikes
@@makiharukawa815 yep
What about nonbinary people -
How is a shoulder going to distract me? How am I going to be staring at a knee? When would I ever stop writing and just look at a girls stomach? I literally don’t care. Only creeps do tbh.
Mmm these succulent kneecaps
THANK YOU FINALLY SOMEONE SAID THIS- Boys don’t even care about those yet we still get dress coded for it-
I think the real reason that they don’t allow spaghetti straps is because no one wants to see your under arms. 🤔
True. they should actually be getting the creeps in trouble, not the girls.
@@madalynburke4749 I agree. It’s not the girls fault that boys are looking, which they aren’t.
"A heavy ring that could injure someone." Did i just hear this come out of a professional's mouth? You do realize you people give us pencils and scissors, right?
Richboi haha ikr
A ring, no that’s too dangerous, it could hurt someone.
Pencils and scissors which can and have been used as actual weapons, oh yeah, no problem there. Cleary these people haven’t seen John Wick.
In food tech you let us handle knifes and blenders which could take out fingers off clean.
Dont tell him about books; they make rings seem light
We better start using rings to write I mean there really is no other option.
My dress code is very chill
It's like, nothing inappropriate. Lots of people wear ripped jeans, show their shoulders/stomachs, and my school is a very good one
We are just curious: where is your school? Is it a high school or middle school?
My school is also in this exact mindset. My school is in Montana, and I think the reason why schools here are less “strict” is because most schools in the Northwestern US do not experience the same problems that schools in other regions face (like drug abuse, violence, etc.).
same with mine
LUCKY
Same
Last Friday my school banned legging and shorts completely, and then i realized I had nothing to wear, the only things I could wear were jeans, but those are expensive in my area, the only thing I could afford is leggings and nothing more.
They make legging jeans I think I’ve seen them
@@Recroomsniperpro those were also banned
@@Anonymous-rw8rx WOW that is said sweatpants????
@@Anonymous-rw8rx wow I thought that would work
@@Recroomsniperpro well, now it does since I don't go to school anymore until who knows when. So I get to wear whatever I want because it's my house and teachers can't tell me what to wear
Starts RAINING
Teacher: No Hoods!
My teacher had us running when it was raining and it was light rain but it was more than 4 raindrops then it got way worse and NOW he decided to take us in 🙄 A week later 7 people missed school because of a bad cold and fever!
@@liv4983 tell their parents its the teachers fault
@@liv4983 Ik my teacher made us also run while it was raining 😑😒
We have to eat outside at assigned seats due to covid and the principal will walk out and yell at the kids wearing hoods because its against dress code, we're outside and its 40 degrees with a wind chill. Half of us have books on our paper trays they give to keep them from blowing away. It really sucks and we aren't allowed to leave from outside because we will get a pink slip for not being in the correct place
Ok so for me, at my old school we would be able to stay inside and stuff if it was raining but i had moved to this new school where they didn’t do that, my teacher had us run in POURING down rain it was like water buckets it was so much rain, i had a really bad cold and fever and missed 2 weeks of school, so did my friend
How can i pay attention in a context where there are FACES SHOWING?
Don’t really have to worry about that now, lol
This aged poorly
oml that profile picture is so cringe-
About that.....
@@lamp3rt it’s supposed to be I think
Dresscode does take away some expression.
It often targets "trends" so makes shopping for clothes becomes harder for teens and parents.
That’s a great point and came up a bunch when we were interviewing students. They said it can be really tough to find clothes in stores that meet dress code requirements.
That’s a great point and came up a bunch when we were interviewing students. They said it can be really tough to find clothes in stores that meet dress code requirements.
Better, so they won’t binge-shopping and less clothes’ll end up in landfills
And it's boring
And most the shirts that arent supposed to be wore is very uncomfortable
Schools: *bans ripped jeans for "showing to much skin"*
Shorts: i show an entire leg!
t-shirts: I show entire arms!
@Shvenro i only wear basketball shorts and never play basketball
How schools think kids will react
“ omg bro I can’t focus, Kayla is wearing shorts! I can see her thighs...I can’t help myself! THE THIGHS! I HAVE NO SELF CONTROL AND I CANT STOP SEXUALIZING FEMALES! THE THIGHS- THEY ARE TOO POWERFUL!”
What it’s actually like
*dosn’t even notice anything because in the real world ppl dress however they want*
“Ugh this question is hard. I wanna dieeeeeeeee “
I know right- Only creeps would be like that lmao
schools for some reason assume M A X I M U M H O R N Y instead of just normal fucking thinking.
Even if a boy liked a girl's thighs, common sense would tell them not to think about it in the middle of the exam they didn't study enough for.
@@scrunchytoes exactly but schools think exactly what random outsider said for some reason.
The "I wanna die" is awfully close to what my entire class was like
“People run around in pajama pants”
But like they don’t though
People here do, but now one cares tbh
they do
Why does it matter if they do though? She said that and the first thing that came out of my mouth was "what the f**k?" If someone wears pajama pants its not a big deal like what? I wear those and sweats to school all the time cause its way more comfortable then denim jeans? Like I don't get whats the big deal if someone wears PJs?
in university, a lot of us wear sweatpants, but nobody cares. It's comfortable and that way you can concentrate on learning right? But it's different because everyone's grown up and nobody cares how other people look
The girl that talked about the pj pants is a damn Karen in the making, it had nothing to do with here but of course she doesn’t like it so everyone has to stop doing it. 🙃🙃🙃
May I ask, how do the TINY runs in my jeans distract my classmates? Or how about the fact that I have my 1st AND 2nd second lobes pierced? How is that a problem! And yet, my bright blue hair is not distracting? LOGIC!
You might like reading this www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-unquestioned-goodness-of-school-uniforms
At my middle school we’re allowed to have at least three piercings but none on the face
Wtf you're so lucky, I have pink bangs right now and I got dress coded but also ran out of black hair dye so I can't dye my hair back and I am hella angry. Like, how the fuck is pink hair distracting. I don't know what to do :(
teahcer: YoUR JeAnS ARe DiSTrActIng
me: well why are you looking at my legs well im sitting at a desk jsut trying to do my work
@@scarletletter4900 this doesn't even help
At my school, if a girl has ripped jeans with rips on their thighs, they have to put duck tape on it to “hide it”. The duck tape is literally more distracting then seeing 3 inches of skin.
i would look why She Has duck tape on the pants
True
Boy wears shorts. Teacher:nah 😑. Girl wears shorts. Teacher: 😠😡
wait isn't duck tape bad for your skin?
For real and they use neon pink tape
Here in Germany your ordinary school doesn't have any rules on clothes and people don't run around in pajamas or bikinis
so in my opinion there is very little need in those rules
beyond that, it's not like (for example) jeans ripped on the knees are the cause for much distractions
i personally can't see these pros in dress codes
Same here in Italy, but probably it's just that in the old Europe we have a different way to dress that has less extremes, so a written dress code is not really needed. In my opinion also it's better as it works here: if you wear something inappropriate simply one teacher will probably tell you and it stops there, the next day you'll think better what to wear at least to avoid the shame of being criticized in public. On the contrary when you have rules so strict that you can't even wear ripped jeans a girl that goes to school in bikini will simply think to be on the right side and that the rules are too strict as also the one with the highest grades was left out because of a pair of jeans.
Funny thing is that here boys are generally more discriminated than girls, as there is a non written code that you should at least wear something with short sleeves, and on the last days of school in June being so hot a lot of students tries to wear the least they can!
@@karellen00 Interesting that boys have more issues than girls in your schools there. We saw some issues for boys (sagging jeans, do-rags, ripped jeans, hats, gang-affiliated colors, etc.) but the biggest focus definitely seems to be on young women and how much of their bodies are visible or presented in a way that schools deem inappropriate. There is a big backlash from young women who feel that this focus is unfair and ironically ends up over-sexualizing young female bodies.
@@AboveTheNoise Probably the reason of that is that girls here generally never dress with too little clothing, and what they consider proper to wear at school is also what is generally considered ok by everyone, teachers included. Either that or we are used to girls with such clothing, it's possible that a girl dressed normally for summer here would be left out of school in the States!
Generally are guys who gets informal warnings when it's really hot in summer because they wear those kind of shirts without sleeves (like those used for basket). There is also a combination of boys being generally more likely to break the rules, and also they lack the fear of exposing too much (who wants to see a guy's tits?). As you can see it's just a matter of minimum elegance more than some kind of sexual discrimination, and personally the most rigid punishment I have ever seen was probably a teacher saying "if the principal sees you dressed like that!", but that ends there! Not something that happens every day anyway!
The dress codes i have is tank top straps have to 2 fingers wide and no hats no sagging (even tho lots of boys get away with it)
Ah... Germany is Great!
At my school teachers care but girls carry their phones in their back pockets because if they get caught they can say the teacher looking at their butt
big brain
the vice principal of my old middle school once yelled at me bc i was texting my mom in the hallway. i told him who it was and said he didnt care and to put it away ._.
Lmao 😂
our school has a policy where you cant have your phone showing so they put it in the front of their pants and cover it with their shirt
Guy: *wears a muscle shirt*
Principal: 👍🏻
Girl: *wears a completely appropriate tank top*
Principal: >:0
Girl at my school: where's a tank top
Teacher: find
Me: where's a Jurassic World blue the raptor shirt.
So stop playing vitem
Teacher:
I have to wear a uniform but I have been wearing the same damn thing for 8 years!!! It’s extremely annoying, why do i have clothes if i can’t wear them!?
Amen
It's society
But no hate to any gender because this happens to boys to!
The principal be like fudge of u poosy
The other day this boy was wearing a tank top and i was waiting for the teacher to tell him to get a jacket on or go home and change because thats what i was used to but he didnt get told anything about covering up, so i decided to wear a tank top the next day to just experiment my school dress code and i immedidently was told to get a jacket on or else leave the school to change like really... girls dont get the chance like boys do
Jazzy Maria that’s what we heard from most of the girls we interviewed for this video - they felt that dress codes come down a lot harder on girls and that this is an unfair double standard.
Above The Noise glad im not the only one saying this btw thx for replying
it’s totally unfair. don’t let it get to you ♥️
That's why I hate dress codes they are never fair and overreacts WAY too much (depends what school you going in). Like why do they care so much about what we are wearing is it really that hard to control themself or respect other people’s style. I'm happy We don't have that here in Sweden.
ikr
As a mother, I wish there was more I could do to fight these biased dress codes
alarcon99 In the case of the students in Alameda they said their parents got involved too. They wrote letters and brought the issue up in school meetings. Some parents took their daughters to common stores and did an inventory of how many articles of clothing there were that actually fit the dress code- and they found there weren’t that many items available
If you are an american, you can do something about it. You don't ha e to be patriotic, but you do have the power to change the districts as a citizen
Just wear whatever your kids were punished for wearing to any and all parent-teacher meetings 🤷♀️
@@ihopeicanchangethisnamelat7108 showing skin to grab male attention is what they are trying to avoid 💀
Just let your daughter wear whatever she wants, do whatever she wants, let her be free and deal with the consequences of her wrong choices
'Hey, that's the school where they're allowed to show their SHOULDERS'
'Yeah, they are also the school with the better grades and teachers in the entire galaxy'
BUT SHOULDERS
Yet again... Preparing them for the real world where shitty retail jobs are just as fearful of shoulders 9.9
Such nonsense.
I was sent home for wearing a “grey jeans”, apparently my school only allows “blue jeans”. Seriously, who even notices this?! How does the color of my jeans affect my education? I hate strict dress codes, I understand that it’s good to regulate things like offensive or inappropriate clothing, but it frequently goes to far.
What teachers thinks somene do: oOooO look ať that gReY ColOr 😏
Wtaf-
I don't have any blue jeans... they're all black/grey
Me a private school kid with formal uniform and crew cut being amused when people complain about dress codes.
my spanish teacher wont stop making a big deal about whether someones sweatshirt or jeans are black
ITS A COLOR
JUST LIKE GRAY
Boy’s dress code:
Just don’t wear caps/hoods
Don’t wear pajamas
Girls dress code:
No shoulders exposed
No exposed stomachs
No face piercings
No skin showing above the knee
No rips in jeans
No short shorts
Tank tops need to have a 3 finger strap
No spaghetti straps
No hair color other than natural colors.
Girls have it harder. End of story.
Exactly
Yeah
They have it harder but it’s not like boys don’t have anything bad.
We both have it hard
I hate when girls pretend boys have a peaceful life with 0 problems and they are so stressed we both have it hard
As a trans woman I have experienced a lot of hate for wearing short skirts at work, with me being pulled out of work quite often to get a talking to about how some customer thought my skirt was too short. They then measure the distance to knee, remind me of the rules, and send me on my way as my skirt isn't too short.
This takes from 10-20 mins and happens every other week or so. No one seems to ever have issues with the other girls that wear short skirts nor do they complain about the half dozen other dress code violations going on elsewhere.
So, I'm very much against dress codes because they are almost always discriminatory in their usage. No one is actually unable to shop at my store because my knees are showing. Just like in schools.
However, if my experience at work is the norm then maybe wasting these kid's time taking them out of class to complain about dress code violations is preparing them for the real (discriminatory) world.
Rusty Recommends thanks for watching and sharing your experience.
For some reason in my school, guys can’t wear earrings. Girls can, just not boys for some reason
isn't that a normal rule?
@@ad-skyobsidion4267 no???
Also oh my god a fellow WoF fan!
@@sleep.starvedd Wall of Flesh?!?!
@@trailhead8133 that's literally the same thought process I had-
i think i might play too much Terraria
Bro, if you normalize self-expression through clothing, it won’t really distract anyone because it’s become so normal that it’s just another thing you see everyday.
Teacher: change you’re pants you can’t wear ripped jeans.
Students: oh yeah who go’s like: OOooh LOOk AT THOSE HOT KNEECAPS. I don’t think so
Awooga * froths at mouth I-is that a shoulder strlarts heaving breathing
IM WHEEZING
they seriously think boys look at girls like
“DaYuMmM you see them hot knees???”
“Yeah man but have you seen her shOULDERS???!1!1!1!1”
Why do schools don’t let us show ripped jeans that show our knees, but they let us wear shorts that show our whole leg? (This is stolen from Tiktok btw)
just wanna vent real quick! my school recently started undergoing lots of changes. like, literally everything changed. even the dress codes. it's been two days since school started and i've already gotten dress-coded twice. by the same teacher. honestly... if anything, i was showing a little midrift(from rushing to get to class). just frustrates me because i had my sweater on both times. second day, i was trying to be more careful. still got flagged down and yelled at. i'm in middle school! no other teachers cared, even when i took my sweater off! welp-
you're teacher is probably a creep, i had a teacher like him, i would just try to report him honestly
your teacher seems very annoying, im sorry about that. i hope it got better!
In Australia we have something called a school uniform that everyone has to wear. Also second!
Yeah, we were surprised to learn how controversial school uniforms are in high school. Here is an article that gets into one side of that debate: www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-unquestioned-goodness-of-school-uniforms
I'd to wear a Uniform for my entire schooling. It didn't seem weird or anything!
People say here that it is done so that everyone is shown as being equal, which is right if you think about it. You wouldn't want a rich kid flashing off in front of someone who doesn't have that opportunity. But this won't be such a problem in developed countries, since children in a particular school are most probably of a similar class of society.
The bigger problem I see here is that the rules seem to be perfect but it's just that different staff understand them in a different way and hence enforce them in a way they personally feel is right!
Before I watched this video, I only had a vague idea of the topic and I didn't understand why girls are fighting for covering themselves in torn and short dresses. Seems like it is because of them being discriminated against boys and also because of a few incidents where a kid is caught even for dressing properly.
PS: I may have got something wrong here. 😄
@@Sivah_Akash my school has a formal and a "sports" (polyester/cotton light and breathable stuff) uniform (both are t-shirts) and they dont care which one you wear, the only rules are navy blue pants/shorts/jeans/skirt. You cant have ripped jeans or short shorts/skirts but thats just being decent.
The issue I see is when schools (especialy Australian public schools) drive up the cost of uniforms so childeren of lower income parents/guardians cant afford new uniforms whilst their child is going through growth spurts. My school also wont let you wear branded clothing and that can be hard when everything seem to be branded or have a design on them these days.
@@JamesConollyLives5353, my Uniform was designed by my school! So everyone same Uniform everyday(other than Friday).
@@Sivah_Akash ours was chosen by the parents and carers committee, our old logo was designed by the school, the new one... we dont talk about it (it looks like a pool logo). We have "Free dress days" where you donate a gold coin (1 or 2 dollars) in return for being able to wear no uniform, as long as "you cant see up it, down it or through it." That is mainly to stop girls from wearing revealing clothes.
They say that the clothes can disrupt our education but pulling us out of class and stopping us from work actually disrupt us even more...
School really got me self conscious about my shoulders 😭😭😭
lol
It's not funny, people are actually loosing self confidence from this :(
@@pogget5523 im an unfortunate example, im scared of even wearing my hoodie with a smile on it because i dont know if i’ll be judged or told to take it off even though i spent around 40-50 dollars on it!
Guy: *wears nothing*
Principle: that’s alright
Girl: *wears school appropriate clothing*
Principle: wtf!!
This isn’t original
What guy looks at a girl and thinks: dang her shoulders look fine
ikr
Guy looks at girl with ripped jeans : "Dang, her knees look fine"
Dang those skin cells look fine
My school allows jeans with rips as long as they are below the knee
I’m pretty sure that doesn’t exist
clearly they want you to borrow their jeans and a pair of scissors and do a little chopping up of the knees
I wore ripped jeans where the rips came up to my lower thigh with LEGGINGS underneath them and I still got dress coded
I wore short shorts with leggings underneath them and I got dresscoded. I feel you ;-;
Schools when you have ripped jeans: That's innapropriate! Go change now!
Schools when they see someone with a skirt: Oh, that's fine! As long as it's not too short!
whats wrong with a skirt
@@HG-bp8lh I'm saaying that people who have ripped jeans don't really show their lehs, but they get dress coded, but people who wear skirts, that show your legs more than ripped jeans, don''t get dress coded.
When you can't even wear:
Hoodies
Jeans
Denim
Trainers
Etc
Well there goes my entire closet
@@nithidesikan6458 oh my god same :0
In my school it's authorized to wearing jeans and hoodies
My school allows hoodies, jeans and denim.
@@sleep.starvedd that's the UK for you hence why I get annoyed when I see Americans complain about their dress code.
My uniform makes me feel less of a human. I also feel uncomfortable and stressed about it. It distracts me so much. I’ll always worried about it.
the only things I don't like about my uniform if that my house tie is the same colour as our school tie and the blazer is navy
Uniforms are cool.
Everyone here complaining how they can’t wear ripped jeans WHILE MY SCHOOL HAVES US WEAR SOLID COLOR POLOS AND ONLY LONG PANTS
Same here :(
‘When do school dress codes go too far?’
When I’m expected to wear a blazer and tie everyday, even in the middle of summer when its way too hot
Because I live in Sweden, we don’t have any dress codes we can we’re whatever we want and nobody is saying nothing😁😊
I live in Sweden too , I really just think dress codes are messed up. Like it's an insult to guys too because you're basically telling them that they can't control themselves.
North Europe haha, same in Latvia
Yeah I live in Berlin and a boy in my class took of his shirt and nobody said nothing because like it’s just a body and everybody has a body no one gets distracted from learning by some ShoUldErS or kNeEs or something like that .
You can wear what you want! It is so cool
@@luisemarth6851 same in my school no one really cares but if your showing too much skin you usually get talked to but it’s nothing too crazy
I WISH
i feel like my school also like body-shames lowkey. these skinny girls could wear super short shorts but i wore shorts just above my knee and got told i could never wear them again.
I personally think shorts looks nice on girls who are a little plump but if somebody's getting distracted over it then its their own damn fault.
You should report and call them out on social media whoever told you to not wear shorts.
My gym teachers are crazy. They don’t even allow girls to wear tank tops into the gym, and when I asked them why, they said it was easier if everyone wore t-shirts. How the hell does that even make sense? Boys can wear tank tops and they don’t care, but if I wear a dress with spaghetti straps but still has a “modest” collar I get kicked out? They also care if you’re wearing a bra. If they can tell you’re not wearing a bra, they kick you out with the girls who wear those oh-so-scandalous tank tops.
In my school we have uniforms but it's really uncomfortable because it's very hot out and our skirts are very long
Lol Malaysia?
@@mrmofo2215 nah the Caribbean
@@alyssab3411 that just seems cruel! Lol.
@@AboveTheNoise It's an all girls school and they get mad of they see our knees
@V_0_l_c_a_n_0 2000 I feel you, like why do I have to suffer? We can't even do our hair,have key chains, wear bracelets or colored bags
When I was between jobs last year, I volunteered 400 hours tutoring algebra (and other things) at a local "continuation" high school that was focused on students who were, in various ways, "failed" by regular schools. This meant small class sizes and lots of 1-on-1 attention.
My first eye-opener was the wide variety of student (and staff) attire. When I attended high school in the early 1970's, we all mainly wore blue jeans and t-shirts, almost as if they were a uniform. The only "violations" were for rips/wear and "polarizing language or images". This was an era when we tried to get around the rules by combining things, such as a favorite T-shirt of mine that said: "Nuke the Bomb".
My first impressions of these students was through the filter of "appropriateness", for which I soon found my own standards were very outdated. It was mainly overload, I suppose, as I didn't previously interact with many of high school age. We were from different sub-cultures, separated by more than just time.
When I read the school's half-page dress code, it primarily listed minimum standards attire should meet, rather than being a list of banned items. I was surprised to see simple language discussing exposure of skin or things like nipples or crotch bulges (the only part even mentioning gender). The limitations on jewelry were equally simple, to not be harmful to one's self or others (the school nurse added that one, after seeing way too many body parts being damaged by hardware getting yanked out).
Within weeks I began to see the student's language of style. Some wanted to be invisible (for various reasons, many positive), others wanted to stand out (to not be invisible), though most simply wanted to express or define themselves through their appearance. I soon found many efforts were experimental in nature, students trying things to see how they felt and how others perceived them, very much like trying to create a new "language" for one's self that your friends and peers would still understand.
I remember when a "jock" I was tutoring once came in with his nails done (French nails). I really didn't know what his message was, nor did I really care since it clearly wasn't aimed at me. But I did care that he was expressing himself. When I positively commented about the change ("that's a great nail job"), he simultaneously blushed and grinned with pride. Then all his peers gathered round, thoroughly disrupting class, asking all the questions I was also curious about.
There was also one woman student who always dressed in the most stylish yet formally sexy way possible, such as by wearing sheath dresses. It took me over a month to understand the path she was forging for herself, to "look good" with grace and style, without being tacky or clichéd or over-sexualized. She was gorgeous, and wanted to be seen embracing that while also being far more than "just" her physical attributes.
Being an older male, I couldn't directly comment on her style, especially given how comments on appearance can correctly be taken as sexual harassment no matter their intent. So instead I tried the opposite, to comment only on her "casual" days. Her response was interesting: "You know you don't need to wear a button-up collar shirt every day, right?"
I dug deep into my curated collection of tie-died T-shirts and wore one the next day. The student reactions were beyond awesome. I mentioned the student who encouraged me to try something different, and she had 15 minutes of mocking yet kind fame as a "style consultant". Great fun all around, and it brought me closer to the students. Or, more accurately, they moved closer to me.
Dress codes are important, but only below the point where they would impact personal style. Set the minimum, and see what grows and flourishes above.
Does nuke the bomb effectively mean fuck the war?
Also, both those kids sound straight up awesome and the first reminds me of a story of a fellow Amtgarder.
He talked about having painted the nails of several members of the football team while he was in school a couple decades ago. Jocks can be just as down for looking good as anyone else and nails don't need to be naked just cause you're a man.
This was a really great perspective. I appreciate your perceptiveness and your interpretation of what those things meant, not just to the person, but to their audience. Thanks for sharing it. I wish every teacher shared your viewpoint and was this insightful into the behavior and choices of their students.
Never had dress codes when I was in school. Not even once did I see someone naked, in PJ's or other crazy apparel.
Sure, write a few lines in the school code about students not being able to be naked or wearing offensive or discriminatory things on their clothes! Anything more than that is, however, completely unnecessary and not beneficial to students' daily life.
Thanks for sharing your perspective (and watching!)
Dude, what you just described is a dress code
@@scarletletter4900 dude, a dress code goes into specifics. How many layers, which areas can be exposed, underwear showing, skirt or shorts length, etc. What I just described is just an "appeal to common sense". My point is that anything short of such appeal is unimportant and, in my experience, has never been meaningfully challenged.
Saying "wear clothes" and "no hateful symbols" does not a dress code make.
@@Jskid666 did you read this in you student rights and responsibilities handbook? If so, then that was indeed a dress code. It just so happens that the dress code you described is refreshingly very simple. Dress codes need not be complex to function as such.
@@scarletletter4900 sure... We can argue semantics all we want. I could tell you that where I'm from, schools that had a dress code had it as a separate document to the "main" school code. Needless to say, that last one was where those common sense rules I referenced in the previous comment were written.
But the video makes the points for dress codes as specific and often overly strict (and discriminatory) rules about apparel. If you're stuck because "wear clothes" is technically a dress code, you're obviously missing the point that's being made here.
What my school says is a nOpE:
No tank tops
No inappropriate shirts/jeans
Nothing that shows gang signs, bullying, inappropriate things, etc.
Ripped jeans must be at your knee or lower (nothing at your thighs or above)
Nothing show bra straps or undergarments
No shorts that show you thighs or above
Do not wear pajamas
No crop tops
Jewelry must be appropriate
(That is all I remember)
Same
Wow your allowed to wear ripped jeans .. were not at all
What about dyed hair, I have pink bangs right now and I got dress coded but also ran out of black hair dye so I can't dye my hair back and I am hella angry. Like, how the fuck is pink hair distracting
That’s wack
That’s fair. I would describe my uniform but you’ve probably seen me in the rest of the comments complaining about it.
My sister, best friend (they were in the same class), and I decided to wear cute necklaces and bracelets to school (because we were 10 and why not). Later that day teachers came up to my sister and best friend and told them they were violating school dress code and policy because they wore PLASTIC PEARLS on their neck and body. Thankfully I didn’t get dress coded but come on, it’s not worth getting mad at 2 ten year olds for wearing fake pearls on them.
If children’s bare skin distracts you, you should not be working with children
THATS WHAT IM SAYIN
Righttt
Being a dude I feel bad because of how I’ve worn torn jeans and no one said nothin
I will say however that my hair was “too long” and had to get it cut witch is strange because the girls get long hair but the boys don’t?
Why can’t I have long hair? I think no one is being “targeted” but it certainly isn’t fair about what we can wear or how our hair looks
TL;DR I got to keep my luscious locks because of pushback from my friend group. Keepin it real since 2006.
Bruh, my male classmate once had long hair and the PE teacher got his parent’s permission and got a barber to give him a very short haircut
Bro I got a haircut IN school.
I got long hair and nobody said nothing
When my shirt lifted LESS THAN ONE INCH up (you could see some of my skin) I had to call my dad for him to bring me another shirt -(Also on picture day fml)-
Boys at my school dont get in trouble for wearing shorts, but oh god save us all if a girls Jean's are ripped from the knee up, it's so bad half the girls at my school keep duct tape on them all the time so others can put tape over there jeans
I live in Florida they don’t allow us to wear tank tops on hot days Yet the teacher shows up in a tank top and it’s all fine!
In middle school I got dress coded for wearing an oversized t-shirt and shorts (I’m a female) while my male class mate had a backpack with Mickey Mouse holding up the middle finger. I’m disappointed.
Unnecessary (in my opinion) things in my dress code:
•uniforms
•required to wear belt with shorts/pants
•no hood over head inside
•no ripped jeans
•no sweatpants
•must wear bottoms over leggings
•boys cannot have hair that goes past their shoulders
•idk, I think there’s a rule that says no dreads
•hair must be natural color
@Seedless Wa
I go to a school that just requires uniforms. It's all navy blue and white shirts. But then the skirts reach above the knees, and no one bats an eye.
@@KeepCalmContemplateYourChoices There’s this girl at my school that is always on the edge for dress code violation because of the length of her skirt. She says if she went a size up, it would fall off her. Not to mention her home room teacher is very strict.
omg y’all’s schools don’t let you wear sweatpants? jeez-
@@naz2091 It’s so weird, right? Guess they just want us to be barely formal enough for casual school attire.
My school in Illinois not only targets the girls (letting the guys wear ripped Jeans and tank tops but not the girls) but, also more curvy people like when my skinnier friend and I wore an outfit for twin day. Only I got dress coded and we were literally walking together and dressed the exact same but this male teacher pulled only me aside and told me it was inappropriate. I was so so angry
I hate it when schools don’t allow kids to have their hoods from their hoodie jackets on their heads
like whats the point..? i wanna hide in my hoodie and for some reason it applies in 6th grade. i dont think anyone is hiding anything in their hoodie.
@@ARCHIVED9610 right?? Same thing with hats
@@milahancock6405 oh my godddd i love hats. ones with fluffy fabric or feathers are so fun to wear. i havent worn one in a year unfortunately
@@ARCHIVED9610 sweet! I mostly like to wear beanies or baseball caps
@@milahancock6405 like what do they think we're gonna hide in our beanies?? drugs??
I got dress coded once for wearing a turtleneck sweater because it was "too tight around my chest". First of all, pretty much every shirt is tight around my chest, seeing as I have triple d's. Second of all, I got dress coded the next day for wearing a baggy t-shirt to hide my chest since I got in trouble the day before. We just can't win.
1)The High School years are a time where people begin to want to demonstrate their independence from Adults (often seen as rebellion and sometimes it is). It has always been this way and it will always be this way. Also, every generation' style of music and clothes changes. This is more often a style preference not a moral abdication.
2) In contrast to this, Adults still feel (and often legally are) responsible for the safety of these under-age people. At some point the independence can be seen as a challenge to the authority these Adults need (or feel they need) to do their job and/or fulfill their responsibilities. This is not like A Bug's Life ants v grasshoppers thing; but in in some ways. In schools, the students do outnumber the Adults and that can get out of balance so the Adults need some extra authority to balance that out. Also, the Grasshoppers (I mean Adults) are wanting to help the Ants (I mean students) and to keep helping them, they do have other Adults they have to answer to.
3) It is possible to find a balance between 1 & 2; but, it is highly unlikely that you will ever get 100% buy in; and, once things escalate, the emotions can make seeing and acknowledging the view of the other group VERY difficult. If both groups can find a way to value the other group and their differences offer sincere help (not my way or the highway) then I believe they can work together and find a path that they can be both proud of.
We definitely agree that #3 is the goal -- and not an easy one to accomplish. We hope our videos spark much needed conversations between adults and youth about the issues that directly impact young people's lives. And we hope that all of our viewers might gain some critical analysis skills about information that will help them make evidence-based decisions.
@@AboveTheNoise Thanks Myles, I really do enjoy your videos. I our current tribal world, your videos feel like well build bridges. We may have been born into different tribes; but, I think we would find what we have more in common is stronger than where we are different. What I was trying to get at in #1 and #2 is that the better path to progress can be found in sincerely listening to, accepting (and hopefully valuing) the other side's view rather than taking the I'm right and you're wrong (or I'm in charge and you're not) (or it's my life not yours) approach. Let me know if you ever come up to Portland.
bruh my ELEMENTARY SCHOOL banned spaghetti straps because they "showed to much skin"
you are ages 5-11.
excuse me??
Ah yes, a five year old might have disturbing thoughts if the girl across the room is wearing a spaghetti starp.
my school did the same, and girls skirts had to be covering her knees and they had to have no collar bone showing
@@salseradelachuleria exactly!
I wore a dress to school with high socks, up to my thighs. I looked like a school-girl. I was leaving my tech class and I was warned about it, not bc of a bag running it up, just because I was wearing it. That was the last time I wore a dress or a skirt in school.
Me: a trans male who seriously everyone thought was an actual male (which made me super happy)
Principal: “You’re not allowed to wear that because people might mistake you for a boy, missy!”
Everyone at school: knows I’m a biological girl now 😭
i hope that principal knows what a horrible human being he is
@@m_thr how u know its a he
I just realized how lucky I am that the only thing at our school that is banned is spaghetti strapped tops/dresses without something covering it
Girl:doesn't cover shoulders
Guys: I CANT FOCUS
i've got dresscoded only once, when there was a 'concert' and i was singing in the choir, and i was wearing a skirt (because we were told to) which was like two inches above my knees, and i was told to put jeans or something more covering under them
Teachers: *DoNt wEaR RiPpEd jEaNs tHaT ShOw YoUr KnEeCaPs*
Also teachers: oh yeah you can wear shorts that *show your entire legs*
Me who had dress code starting kindergarten: 👁👄👁
Also me watching my teachers wear tank tops: ?👄?
me, looking at various teachers from kindergarten-10th grade wearing sandals: 😐😑😐
Boys: *Wears only short shorts*
Schools: “Nah, we’re not gonna dress code them”
Girl: *Wears a tank top and shorts during the summer on a very hot day*
Schools: “ HOW DARE YOU THAT IS DISTRACTING TO THE OTHER STUDENTS”
The other students: ???
Where i live (Italy) there is no such a thing as a dress code, except in elementary school where, in some schools, students should have uniforms to 'be equal' and no one would be biased by their clothing (es: hey, that person has Gucci and that person has their grandma's shirt, so i will treat worse the poor student).
Of course, they fucked it up gendering things. With white and black uniforms.
Also, you can still teach how to prepare to dress for the future without making them dressing like small sized adults.
Last thing. Distracting? You all better work on your attention span, instead of focusing on skin.
Thanks for sharing this perspective. Super interesting to learn about how dress codes operate in Italy.
orsettomorbido My family is all from Italy and I go to Italy every two years. I told my friends from Italy about the dress code in America and they never been so confused before in their life!!!
@@CyberDancerDany I am Italian and I cannot understand how America can make everything so excessive
girl: wears a normal, appropriate outfit
principal: wait, that's illegal!
Sniff.. I has to wear Navy blue, green, light blue, and white shirts and Navy blue and another colour I donut no... AND THERE ITCHY
THE MAJESTIC BEAR don't worry I dealt with that it sucked but when you adult you can do whatever you like if you have your own business
Protesting at my school tomorrow!! Wish me luck
Good luck! Way to take action on this issue. Let us know how it goes.
This was 1 year ago what happened
How did it go
Rip😭
@@Hi-ig8ku I'm so curious
"When Do School Dresscodes Fo Too Far?"
Me: when they exist
2 times was I forced to wear my hoodie on hot days. Once when my shirt was to short (came to my waist) with my leggings of the same color the principal had to have been studying my outfit to realize and dress code me. And the second time when I wore a grey kinda muscle shirt that had rips all down the back, and a black "beaten up" cross with gold embezzlements on the front, with an under shirt and jeans... it " showed to much of my back." They act as if someone middle school boys are running around whispering to each other " MMMMM LOOK AT BECKYS BACK KNEES AND SHOULDERS TODAY MMMMM TASTY"
At least you get to wear a hoodie in school
My school’s dress code is so strict to the point where I’m not gonna be surprised if I get suspended for my skin colour.
That sounds like getting rejected from art school 2 times... And we know where that is going...
i have been scared to death by the dress code/getting in trouble so i’ve never been dress coded but there are many times that girls had to put duct tape over their ripped jeans in the middle of class because it wasn’t allowed, but SO many guys would wear their pants sagging to the point of their boxers showing and no teachers would bat an eye at it despite being banned in the dress code. many schools, including mine, go by the fingertip rule for shorts in which shorts should be at or below fingertip height. this fingertip rule makes some people targeted for having naturally longer limbs, and many people who have curvier body types will get dress coded for tiny offenses. some may argue that this prevents distractions in lessons, but i argue that it sexualizes minors just because their body is viewed as conventionally “attractive”. Keep in mind that all these KIDS are getting dress coded for REVEALING outfits when they are LITERALLY MINORS.
It is just disappointing to see how many want to throw away modesty, good manners, and eventually... education
As someone in the comments once said
“If teachers are getting distracted by a students clothing you need new teachers”
4:27 no, 99.9% of them are trying to make make their day happier by wearing clothes that they feel attractive and positive in (because plenty of them hate school to begin with), not for your attention, smh
Nah. It’s all about how much you can breathe, have you seen the collars on the shirts we have to wear? I just want to stay alive until the end of school.
I agree with the notion that school dress code should reflect professional expectations. If you don't dress like that in the workplace, don't dress like at school. Dress however you want when you're off the clock. There's a time and place for that, and you have to know how to separate personal and professional style.
Sure, dress codes are necessary but when it has something too far or too strict it really just crosses the line.
The difference between dress code at school and dress code at a job is that is a job you are GETTING PAID TO DRESS THAT WAY.
One time in sixth grade i had wore a dinosaur dress that didnt have sleeves but my shoulders weren't all that exposed cause it had a hood which i didnt wear, (the dress wasnt exposing at all) my science teacher made me put on my sweator because the dress didnt have sleeves. I WASNT DISTRACTING ANYONE!!!
My friend had some ripped jeans (nothing above mid thigh, I think) and a tight shirt that showed a *sliver* of skin if she lifted her arms, and even had a jacket on, and told me she was dress coded.
STAP-
I’ve had a teacher tell me that kids nowadays “disrespect their teachers,” because they talk back and they’re adults so we shouldn’t talk back. 💀 💀
Oh wow, you guys think we shouldn’t talk back to you because you’re humans and that’s rude? What does that make us? Robots? With all the rules about stopping us expressing ourselves, you’re really going the right way to turn us into them.
Who goes to class and is like "ah, damn, Timmy's shirt has too many colors."
At this point school is not about learning anymore it’s supposed to be a learning environment not because how we are dressed what that got to do with anything
I was wearing a 3 in-one-ring and got detention for 2 DAYS because the teacher thought it was ‘suggestive’ 🤦🏼♀️
my school doesn’t allow leggings, shorts that are shorter that two inches above the knee, shoulders, any holes in clothes, only BOYS ARE ALLOWED TO WEAR SWEATPANTS?! No midriff, skin hugging clothes and more. The only things girls can wear to school are jeans or boys clothes. it makes no sense,
🙄 and meanwhile I hate my school uniform because I’m not allowed to wear trousers as a girl. AT LEAST MAKE IT CONSISTENT.
My school doesnt let us wear coats inside, basically in winter when its raining like we angered the gods we have to put our coats on in the doorway.
Smh
Honestly I think America is one of the only places that have dress codes so insanely severe like these, schools in Canada literally don’t give a shit if you wear something that expresses yourself I think the only rules I’ve ever heard was if you’re gonna wear spaghetti strap make sure you have a sweater with it but if you live in Canada and your school has dress code TELL ME I want to know
In the Philippines
Men: trying to grow a long hair
Guard/principal: WTF CUT THAT HAIR
Girls: cutting their hair short
Guard/principal: it's self expression
So you're saying that male students doesn't need to express themselves
Male students :* dyes his hair to blue or red or something else
Guard/principal: DYE YOUR HAIR BACK TO ITS NORMAL COLOR BECAUSE YOU LOOK LIKE A FOOL
Female students:*dyes their hair into the colors of the rainbow
Guard/principal :" you look fantastic, where did you dye your hair? I want to dye my hair too"
P.s: Those things happened in front of my very eyes so this is not fake, i want to mention the name of my school but that would get me in trouble
Bruh the principal at 5:44 is literally dressed like Dwight schrute and still has the sheer audacity to go on about the dress code
I was at a middle school (Gr. 8) camp and there was a welcome dance/party. My friend and I decided to dress up a little bit (with what we had brought to camp). She wore a crop top that showed a slit of her stomach. I wore a tank top and cargo pants.
We were both dress coded.
Reasons?
- My friend showed stomach because she stretched after dancing.
- I was wearing my windbreaker around my waist and showed my shoulders and bra straps.
It’s a dance. Everyone dressed up however they could. Crop tops and tanks and tube tops were everywhere, and only a small part of those were dress coded. Like, ffs, it’s a party, everyone’s distracted and everyone’s a little spiced up.
Who else can wear ripped jeans that are very close to your hips but you can’t wear shorts 🙄🙄🙄 today 102 degrees and had to wear jeans
*By having a dress code in schools students are more disciplined and better prepared for life in the work force*
BUT shouldn't they be educating us so we can make the world a better place that is accepting and inclusive of people's way to express themselves?
It's like they just want us to learn how to follow orders without even thinking.
We *cannot* wear ripped jeans
But we *can* wear shorts that show *%80 more of our legs*
I can't wait for the day that adults in schools realized that this whole dress code thing is just their own thoughts and opinions written on a piece of paper.
I have learned FAR more in any given semester of college than I learned in high school and I show up everyday in what makes me comfortable. I don't have to waste time worrying about what I am wearing and I can focus on what matters...learning. All of my classmates do the same and whether someone is wearing a cute crop top, sweats and a t-shirt, or a suit, we don't care. Oh and tattoos, piercings, big hair, bright colored hair, etc. is all there and guess what...we STILL LEARN. We recognize that everybody is different and can express themselves how they want to. If anything teaching high school students that everyone deserves respect no matter what they are wearing would be a good life lesson.
Regina Bedgood exactly !!