Tori M wrote:
I found it to be distracting to be in classes with kids wearing CoEd
Naked shirts (until the school figured them out lol) This was also
the "start" of the baggy jeans to your ankles pants.. kids yanking
them up all the time. I dont want to see anyones undies. I dont see
what the big deal is of wearing Jeans that fit and then going home
and changing and expressing themselves on their own time. Some
people might be suprised at how nice it is to walk without your pants
falling off all the time.
I think it is absolutely ridiculous to suspend kids who violate the dress
code. Hello? The kids need to go to class to learn. We should not punish
kids by taking away their opportunity and responsibility to learn. That is
utterly counter-productive. Give the kids detention if you must, just
don't take them out of class for violating a dress code. They need to know
that going to class and getting an education takes priority over nearly
everything.
Tori
"nimue" wrote in message
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060827/..._st/dress_code
128 students suspended at Ind. school
Classrooms were a little less crowded at Morton High School on the
first day
of classes: 128 students were sent home for wearing the wrong
clothes.
Fed up with inappropriate outfits, the principal suspended the
students for
one day Wednesday, minutes after doors opened at the school. Those
suspended
represent more than 10 percent of the 1,200 total students.
The offending attire - including baggy pants, low-cut shirts, tank
tops and
graphic T-shirts - are banned from classrooms. Students were also
cited for
cell phone use.
"This was the worst year I've seen in a long time," said Principal
Theresa Mayerik. "It's gotten out of control, and we needed to send
a message that we're not messing around."
The Hammond school usually has 20 dress code violations a day.
Mayerik said the infraction would be removed from students' records
in 12 weeks if they had no other in-school violations.
School board members said they support Mayerik and the mass
suspensions. "I'd be supportive if half the school was sent home,
because 99 percent will
get the message our schools are for education," board president
Rebecca Ward
said.
Clearly they are NOT -- they are for teaching kids the appropriate
way to dress -- as teenagers!! In high school!! How does wearing
baggy pants affect a child's education? Why must we always be
controlling, controlling,
controlling these kids? This sends the message that we care more
about what
you look like than if you learn, that appearance is more important
than education. I don't give a **** what my students are wearing as
long as they
are in class!!!! Let them have their little teenage nonsense. Let
them know they can BE THEMSELVES and still learn, still enjoy
learning! You know
what? You want to teach kids what is appropriate in a professional
environment? Pick ONE DAY of the week to be Professional Dress Day.
Then let them just be their 14-18 year old selves the rest of the
week. Sheesh.
I had a lot of problems with this in the school where I am now. I
stood at
the door in the morning and the male dean wasn't letting any girl in
whose skirt he deemed too short. I would argue, pointing out that
these skirts weren't too short (and they weren't -- we had
administrators and teachers in
shorter skirts) and what really mattered was getting these kids IN
CLASS AND
LEARNING *NOT* sending them home to change (and I don't even want to
get into the legal liabilities of that) causing them to miss an
important class.
God, the stupidity DRIVES ME CRAZY! Where are our priorities?
--
nimue
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books than
I have read."
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--
nimue
"As an unwavering Republican, I have quite naturally burned more books
than I have read." Betty Bowers
English is our friend. We don't have to fight it.
Oprah