When I was in elementary school I remember my parents and my teachers always talking about the dress code at school. Ever since then during the first couple of days at the beginning of each school year every teacher would have to go over the school dress code. The dress codes that schools tend to force upon students is sometimes a good thing but mostly its not. Dress codes can be beneficial to or take away from the students. Schools these days sometimes tend to take the dress code a little too far which gets students feed up with the school system and they want to actually quit school or move to a different school.
Considering that the dress code is only put into affect when the parents and the board vote on it. If both the parents and the board would take time to listen to what students have to say about the dress code and how it only affects them. Students think that it is un-fair because it only affects them although they are not the only ones at the school. The dress code that the school system has chosen for its schools should affect both the students and the faculty. If the faculty and the students both have the same or similar dress code then the students would not be as angry at the system for just putting all the pressure on them to dress to their standards.
Dress codes that are sometimes too strict tend to take away from the students. Each student has a different personality and if you take away the clothes they like to wear then it takes away their ability to be different. Students don’t want to be like everyone else, they just want to be themselves. If a dress code says that students can’t have piercings or dyed hair then that takes away from the student’s personality. Although, there can be some things that benefit the students as well. Dress code can keep students from wearing clothes that would distract the other students such as clothing that discriminates against people or clothing that “shows too much skin” or vulgar clothing. Keeping these things out of school could potentially help students pay more attention to school rather than just the people that go to school with them.
Many students have actually decided to quit school because of the dress code. In Clarke County the graduation rate is low and adding a strict dress code could potentially make students quit school which would make the graduation rate even lower. Students take pride in what the wear and if the school system takes that away from them they will quit school without thinking twice about it. I, myself, attend a Clarke County school and the dress code that the board and parents are voting on actually made me consider moving schools if it comes into affect. Although, I love everything about my school I still want to wear what I want to wear not what the board wants me to wear. Dress codes can be a good thing but if the dress code is too strict then the students will “drop like flies” no matter if they love their school or not.
Considering that the dress code is only put into affect when the parents and the board vote on it. If both the parents and the board would take time to listen to what students have to say about the dress code and how it only affects them. Students think that it is un-fair because it only affects them although they are not the only ones at the school. The dress code that the school system has chosen for its schools should affect both the students and the faculty. If the faculty and the students both have the same or similar dress code then the students would not be as angry at the system for just putting all the pressure on them to dress to their standards.
Dress codes that are sometimes too strict tend to take away from the students. Each student has a different personality and if you take away the clothes they like to wear then it takes away their ability to be different. Students don’t want to be like everyone else, they just want to be themselves. If a dress code says that students can’t have piercings or dyed hair then that takes away from the student’s personality. Although, there can be some things that benefit the students as well. Dress code can keep students from wearing clothes that would distract the other students such as clothing that discriminates against people or clothing that “shows too much skin” or vulgar clothing. Keeping these things out of school could potentially help students pay more attention to school rather than just the people that go to school with them.
Many students have actually decided to quit school because of the dress code. In Clarke County the graduation rate is low and adding a strict dress code could potentially make students quit school which would make the graduation rate even lower. Students take pride in what the wear and if the school system takes that away from them they will quit school without thinking twice about it. I, myself, attend a Clarke County school and the dress code that the board and parents are voting on actually made me consider moving schools if it comes into affect. Although, I love everything about my school I still want to wear what I want to wear not what the board wants me to wear. Dress codes can be a good thing but if the dress code is too strict then the students will “drop like flies” no matter if they love their school or not.
Having a dress code can be either a good thing or a bad thing depending on how strict it is. The best solution to many problems with the dress code is to actually let the students and the faculty vote on rather than the parents that don’t attend the school. Although I do not know why someone would want to take away from someone’s personality, I do know that being able to be yourself is a thing which everyone takes in to value.
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