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