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Zero tolerance...dress code

Just one question: Which century do these school board people think they´re living in?
 
This quote at the end of the article is what kills me:

Dress code violations are treated like other offenses, ranging from talking out in class to taking a weapon to school. Those who break the dress code one time receive a one-day suspension
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This implies that you get the same punishment for bringing a gun to school as you do for a shirt becoming accidentally untucked.
 
When I was in middle school, minor dress code violations usually resulted in detentions, not suspensions. If a shirt wasn't tucked in, we were told to tuck it in, and were allowed to do so. No suspension, the issue was taken care of in a minute, on with the day. Suspension was for fighting and other serious antisocial behavior. Flagrant dress code violations meant you got sent home to change your clothes, if necessary. A lot depended on your intent. If you were copping an attitude, you were more likely to get a detention...or paddling.
 
What a wonderful way for the staff to look like they are doing something about the "discipline problem" facing educators today. I like how the article describes a guy coming into the classroom for the express purpose of checking to see that the code was being followed to the letter. Untucked shirts are clearly the root of evil and will lead to the down fall of our youth.

Man, they would have hated me. I tended toward the underwear as outer wear trend when I was in high scool.

Can someone explain the connection between clothing and education? I have never bought into that, mostly because I have never seen it demonstrated that forcing kids to dress a certain way improves their behaviour or performance.

Glory
 
Pyrrho said:
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/GMA/US/GMA031004Zero_tolerance_dresscode.html

Ah, for the good old days, when we used to get hit with a board for such offenses. Yeah...that's the "simpler time" people wax nostalgic about.
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For those too lazy to click the link, here is a picture of the malefactor:
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There's nothing in the story detailing the dress code, but I notice that she is not wearing an elven mithril coat as she should. :p
 
That's ridiculous. I was thinking a bare midriff or bad language splashed across it. Bother, what a bunch of freaks. No tolerance would be more than freakin untucked. What about shirts that look stupid tucked in? I never tuck my shirts in. What if it's tucked in but ungodly tight and low?
 
The private school I attended my freshman year had a strict dress code. No t-shirts, no shirts with writing or emblems on them, and boys could only wear collared shirts - tucked in. It was annoying as hell, and I hated not being able to wear certain clothes.
The private school I attended my last two years of high school was much more leinient in it's dress code.

But, even at the other school, if you were in violation, you weren't suspended. That's just ridiculous.
 
Hmm...

Although a suspension for a non-tucked-in shirt is ridiculous, I have to say that my sympathy is limited, coming from a country where we have to wear school uniform (including ties and ridiculously uncomfortable shirts).

"Dress code"? Pah!

Having said all that, the school board in this case is, quite clearly, stupid.
 
Mendor said:
Hmm...

Although a suspension for a non-tucked-in shirt is ridiculous, I have to say that my sympathy is limited, coming from a country where we have to wear school uniform (including ties and ridiculously uncomfortable shirts).

"Dress code"? Pah!

Having said all that, the school board in this case is, quite clearly, stupid.
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I would MUCH rather have school uniforms than an absurdly strict and complex dress code.
 
Back in '73, I was dressing for school one day (11th grade). I couldn't find my usual sneakers so I grabbed an old pair, put them on and went. During first period class, I looked down and noticed that my little sister had written a variety of four-letter words (relax Hal, I won't repeat them here) in magic marker all over the sides of the shoes. I was sure I'd get in trouble. Nope. Nobody noticed, all day long, until I walked in my house after school and my mother saw them and had a fit.
 
Zero tolerance means exactly that - line 'em up against a wall and shoot them, I say! They'll never do it again...

:D
 
The government has no right dictating what American citizens can and cant wear. Where's the ACLU in this injustice?
 
Tony

Children and their parents need to know that they have rights and should contact lawyers. It is very weird that parents and children allow the schools to violate their rights and just shrug their shoulders.

The apathy just galls me, its as if parents and children brought up in the public school system are brainwashed.

A young friend of mine was recently in a fight at school. The boys are 11 years old. The fight was over and both boys had gone their seperate ways. Someone reported the fight and the boys were called into the office. They were both handcuffed and given the "scare tactic" cops love to give potential juvenile delinquents. Threats of the diversion center were made.

The boys were both suspended for a week. The difference between me and my young friend's family? I would have had my lawyer crawling up their asses. His father gave him a good whipping for causing such trouble for him.

:mad:
 
David Holbrook says he doesn't understand what kind of lesson his daughter, Amber, is supposed to learn from the school's policy.
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Let's see... ridiculously heavy handed enforcment of draconian laws or policies. She's learning the 'American way'.
 
me said:
Hmm...

Although a suspension for a non-tucked-in shirt is ridiculous, I have to say that my sympathy is limited, coming from a country where we have to wear school uniform
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Seems I was wrong - not everyone has to here - yet...

Pupils walk out at uniform plan
Hundreds of pupils disrupted lessons at a Roman Catholic secondary school when they walked out in protest at plans to introduce a school uniform.
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Gee, diddums for them. The vast majority of Australian schools, public and private, have mandatory uniform requirements. Not that they are draconian, nor do the kids abide by them strictly (it's cool to flout the rules), but it sure stops any fights and stuff about "different" clothes.

Here's a typical bunch of young Aussies in a school uniform.
 
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