New School Dress Code

[HemlockGrey]

My school has this stupid rule where you're not allowed to wear a white shirt, because it's a sleeping shirt. My friend is wearing this thick white shirt, short-sleeved, but still, obviously not a sleeping shirt, but the principal comes up and tells him he can't wear it unless it has a logo or design on it. Since he can't take the fucking thing off in the middle of the lunch room, he grabs a marker and writes his name on it.

[Darth Wong]

"Expensive versions of homeless people's clothes"?

Isn't that a direct contradiction?

Yes, but it's true nonetheless. There are expensive designer pants designed to look as if they're 3 sizes too big and were picked out of a bargain bin. Perverse, isn't it?

[HemlockGrey]

Personally, I never pay more than $25 for any single article of clothing, and I get them all Kohl's. If it's not serving any special purpose, why pay extra? This is why I have never understood the idea of shoes costing in excess of 95 dollars...

[Darth Wong]

Not to beat a dead horse, but school uniforms would solve this problem. I've seen schools where they judge your socioeconomic class and treat you accordingly, based on your clothes. There's no reason to allow that kind of bullshit in an institution purportedly built for the purpose of education.

[Hamel]

Not to beat a dead horse, but school uniforms would solve this problem. I've seen schools where they judge your socioeconomic class and treat you accordingly, based on your clothes. There's no reason to allow that kind of bullshit in an institution purportedly built for the purpose of education.

Some asshole I knew beat up his girlfriend near the lockers because she ripped a hole in his Starter jacket. Guess he felt his status among the homey g funk would drop a few notches if his poser jacket was tarnished.

[InnerBrat]

I fully support school uniforms, if only because teens plavce so much emphasis on clothing.

One guy at my shcool used to actually skip 'tog days' to avoid being bulllied for his clothes. His life would have been a living Hell (more thasn it was already) if we hadn't had a school uniform

[Xenophobe3691]

Personally, I never pay more than $25 for any single article of clothing, and I get them all Kohl's. If it's not serving any special purpose, why pay extra? This is why I have never understood the idea of shoes costing in excess of 95 dollars...

It's because they're cool. Then again, I paid 100 USD for my sneakers right now, and they've been well worth it. I've abused the crap out of them and they're barely falling apart. Another pair of shoes would've been destroyed by now.

[Peregrin Toker]

One guy at my shcool used to actually skip 'tog days' to avoid being bulllied for his clothes. His life would have been a living Hell (more thasn it was already) if we hadn't had a school uniform

I've never experienced that at any of the schools I've ever went to.

[Captain Cyran]

One guy at my shcool used to actually skip 'tog days' to avoid being bulllied for his clothes. His life would have been a living Hell (more thasn it was already) if we hadn't had a school uniform

I've never experienced that at any of the schools I've ever went to.

In Middle School yes I did, but not in High School.

[Guest]

I feel that school uniforms are an excellent idea for schools where most kids are judged by what clothes they wear and such. However in higher institutions of learning such as high school and such that may no longer apply as we can only hope that kids have learned some intelligent understanding by then. In my old middle school just because I did not wear the latest fashions people would berate me. I felt that a school uniform would be great for those kids who did the beratings, however I personally would not like to wear one. However if it allows for the educational facility to become more productive then I'm all for it.

[Xenophobe3691]

I feel that school uniforms are an excellent idea for schools where most kids are judged by what clothes they wear and such. However in higher institutions of learning such as high school and such that may no longer apply as we can only hope that kids have learned some intelligent understanding by then. In my old middle school just because I did not wear the latest fashions people would berate me. I felt that a school uniform would be great for those kids who did the beratings, however I personally would not like to wear one. However if it allows for the educational facility to become more productive then I'm all for it.

Just coming out of high school, I can say that these fashions still apply through most of those years.

[Guest]

That is perfectly understandable however it depends upon the school which you attend. [/quote]

[Xon]

I went to a private school with uniforms. We never got too hot, nor did our sister schools- and this is Australian summer I'm talking about- while you may not like it, citing the heat as a reason for walking around school looking like you're going for a walk on the beach in high summer sounds like a pretty bogus reason to me.

I had the same thing (Private school + uniforms + country).

There was a reason all the classroomes had fans (They didnt help much)

[Durandal]

I'm sort of on the fence about this issue. While I detest the idea of restricting students' self-expression, I have to acknowledge that school is an educational environment. Though part of school is learning about social interaction and the opposite sex. This doesn't mean that the opposite sex's most appealing features should be flaunted, but they shouldn't be locked away either.

But let's be honest, are barring v-neck shirts and forcing females to wear pants really going to stop horny adolescent males from mentally undressing them? Men are always going to see tits, period. Unless schools start forcing girls to wear boxes around their torsos, this simply will not change. The year after I graduated from my school, all incoming freshmen girls had to wear pants; Catholic school girl skirts were phased out. Fine by me, I thought that the girls looked perfectly sexy with black pants and a white, button-up shirt. Very working-girl.

Uh oh! That turns me on. Time to ban black dress pants and white, button-up shirts! Seriously, come on. They're girls. Of course they're going to make guys horny.

As for male dress codes, I hated it when I first had to start wearing a uniform, but I got over it. It made things easier in the morning, and I still got to express myself with one of my unique ties. Personally, I really had no objections to looking presentable at school. I was one of the only guys who didn't constantly untuck my shirt. Unlike everyone else, I thought it looked stupid. It was also convenient because I'd work right after school in my senior year, so all I had to do was change my shirt.

[Kynes]

Just saw this one on the local TV news. A local highschool has put in a dress code for female students that goes something like this:

- No cleavage
- No short shorts or skirts
- No exposed underwear
- No exposed midriffs (shirts & tops must come down to the pants)

Yes, it would be a real shame if girls ever became aware of the power of their own sexuality. Men had better impose some rules on them quick to control it, or else something really terrible might happen.

(Honored Matres!)

[Darth Wong]

Yes, it would be a real shame if girls ever became aware of the power of their own sexuality. Men had better impose some rules on them quick to control it, or else something really terrible might happen.

It's not the girls they're trying to control

Anyway, there are good arguments for uniforms that have nothing to do with sex.

[Durandal]

Yes, it would be a real shame if girls ever became aware of the power of their own sexuality. Men had better impose some rules on them quick to control it, or else something really terrible might happen.

It's not the girls they're trying to control

Anyway, there are good arguments for uniforms that have nothing to do with sex.

Yes, but this thread was started with news of a dress code that applied only to females with the clear aim of forcing them to hide their sexuality. The logical extension is to ban cold rooms. There's nothing to disrupt a 16 year-old male's concentration like a hot little piece of ass getting nip-rock.

[RogueIce]

I'm all for school uniforms. It would make things cheaper. Not so much money to be spent on clothes.

Though I always loved it, with the kids on free lunch and stuff, who were "oh so poor" and shit they couldn't afford three bucks for a slice of pizza, drink, snack, or whatever, yet they were all wearing Sean John, Timberlakes, FUBU, etc...

Maybe if they didn't spend a few hundred bucks on each set of clothes (shirt, shoes, pants, and of course their fake-ass jewels) they could afford to pay for their own lunch.

[Shrykull]

Personally, I never pay more than $25 for any single article of clothing, and I get them all Kohl's. If it's not serving any special purpose, why pay extra? This is why I have never understood the idea of shoes costing in excess of 95 dollars...

I get my pants and stuff at old navy usually, I always hated clothes shopping when I was a kid (not crazy about it now either, just something I have to do) liked playing video games mostly.

[Shrykull]

Personally, I never pay more than $25 for any single article of clothing, and I get them all Kohl's. If it's not serving any special purpose, why pay extra? This is why I have never understood the idea of shoes costing in excess of 95 dollars...

It's because they're cool. Then again, I paid 100 USD for my sneakers right now, and they've been well worth it. I've abused the crap out of them and they're barely falling apart. Another pair of shoes would've been destroyed by now.

Hmm, what brand and type are they? I could use some of those, I've had a pair of Nike sneakers for over a year now, how long have you had yours?

[Xenophobe3691]

Hmm, what brand and type are they? I could use some of those, I've had a pair of Nike sneakers for over a year now, how long have you had yours?

New Balance. I bought them mid-April, and went on the March of the Living, walked throughout all of Italy, and did hiking in Israel with them, and they're still just as tough as before.

[Captain Cyran]

Hmm, what brand and type are they? I could use some of those, I've had a pair of Nike sneakers for over a year now, how long have you had yours?

New Balance. I bought them mid-April, and went on the March of the Living, walked throughout all of Italy, and did hiking in Israel with them, and they're still just as tough as before.

I LOVE New Balance, I tend to beat the hell out of my shoes, and usually it takes at least a year and a half, more like two, to finally wear them down to the point where they look raty, then they're good for another maybe 6 months. Not other shoe I have ever had can attest to that kind of beating.

[J]

Not to beat a dead horse, but school uniforms would solve this problem. I've seen schools where they judge your socioeconomic class and treat you accordingly, based on your clothes.

I don't know about that since I've been in a school with a full uniform code and students still fractured into cliques along ethnic, economic, and other such lines. Yes a uniform code will keep students from looking like gangsters or prostitutes, but it sure as heck isn't going to stop them from behaving like lowlifes.

There's no reason to allow that kind of bullshit in an institution purportedly built for the purpose of education.

Tell me about it, school's for learning and socializing with others while on break. I really do wish all schools would be like Kindergarten where everyone gets along and anyone can go around and talk to anyone else without being shunned.

[neoolong]

My old pair of Nikes lasted me 3 years. And that was for college where I had to walk around everywhere.

[neoolong]

Not to beat a dead horse, but school uniforms would solve this problem. I've seen schools where they judge your socioeconomic class and treat you accordingly, based on your clothes.

I don't know about that since I've been in a school with a full uniform code and students still fractured into cliques along ethnic, economic, and other such lines. Yes a uniform code will keep students from looking like gangsters or prostitutes, but it sure as heck isn't going to stop them from behaving like lowlifes.

For my school at least, the people know each other and live around each other, so the cliques that formed aren't dependant upon clothes. Since everybody already knows the economic and other characteristics that cliques tend to form upon.