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School Dress Codes
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Skimpy Clothes Banned; What Will Students Wear?
Several [Modesto, CA] students that KCRA-TV in Sacramento talked with said they don’t know what they will wear when the new dress code rules go into effect because almost everything in their closet does not comply with the dress code. Violating the dress code can draw a suspension.
“I think it is ridiculous. Everywhere you shop, there is nothing to get,” said student Ashley Taylor.
Student Alexis Thompson said the new school rules will wipe out her current wardrobe.
As I look at this story I have to wonder why this is. The fact is, the stores will stock what the schools demand. If Modesto, CA, schools went to demanding uniforms, then there would be an abundance of uniform-compliant clothing choices in Modesto stores come next fall.
And what is wrong with placing the emphasis at school on education instead of fashion? Even as far back as my high school graduation in 1992, there was a great deal of pressure to dress “fashionably.” There was as much time spent talking about who was wearing what as there was spent actually studying.
Of course, that gossip won’t stop now, but it’s good to see a school district reminding these young people that they are going to school for an education, not to see what the latest fashion trends in night- or beach-wear are.
MickC @ May 11, 2005
Okay. I’m doing a report on School Dress Codes. I’m not sure who wrote this article below what the kids have to say, but i totally disagree with it. Yeah maybe we do spend time thinking about fashion but that does’nt matter because if we wear uniforms then we are just goig to complain about it even more. The adults of this situatation limit us so much already that I dont think we shouldn’t be able to wear what we want. Yes, we need so restritions but not as harsh as you just explained. THATS RIDICULOUS! I AGREE WITH ASHLEY!
–So please tell me what you have to say about that in the email that you should send back. That is if you have any good debates.–
With Concern,
Shelby
That would be me. The owner of the blog.
First of all, you should probably spend more time writing your paper than debating me. Time spent proof-reading would also do you some good. I make tons of typos, but not in anything that I submit professionally.
Also, you need to learn how to read critically. This post was NOT about school uniforms. It was about the selections of clothes that stores will stock. Here’s the sentence that you missed by not also reading the news article linked to:
“Midriff-baring shirts, low-rise pants, pajamas and slippers will all be off limits this fall for thousands of student in Modesto. So, what will students wear?”
Ms. Taylor’s conundrum is that she doesn’t shop at stores that provide clothing that would conform to the demands of the dress code. Ultimately, this is about supply and demand. If there is a demand, then there will be stores to supply that demand.
If that demand is for clothing that doesn’t show your abdomen, then there will be stores that will supply that demand.
What you evidently don’t like is my question about changing the emphasis at school back to education instead of clothing by considering the use of uniforms. That is an opinion, and you are welcome to your own opinion on the topic.
In this instance, a school system was trying to reign in excesses and kids were pouting about that. That only goes to show that the emphasis was on fashion, not education.
And we wonder why kids spell “situation” as “situatation”. Thanks for making my point for me.