In reference to the story under "Immodesty In Dress", I'm sure the girls at this school do feel that they are pressured to dress that way. That being said, it is up to the school and the board of education to realize the way the girls are dressed and enact limitations or a dress code of some kind.
Greg
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I remember in my high school there was a dress code....but girls would still come to school with clothing that would not meet the dress code. They would be sent to detention and they would still show up to school with the same clothes.
- Jonthan S-
I agree with Greg in that there is a lot of pressure on girls in middleschool and highschool. I remember making fun of girls in my middleschool because they wore turtle necks. the "cool" people were the ones making the shyer quiter people feel dumb and ugly just because they were a little different. all of that bullying was just us girls being insecure. It wasn't the guys making fun of the modest girls, it was the other girls. Insecurity is a big role in why people pick on other people for just standing out. In highschool I matured a little bit and stopped really caring about what other people thought about how I acted or looked. I decided that if I was happy with myself who cares what other people think. I think that that kind of confidence comes with age. I mean you don't really hear alot of stories about people in college making fun of people for dressing modestly. I see more girls in tshirts and gym shorts than anything else.
kristin s
Greg has made a great point here. In many cases, girls feel that in order to make and keep friends or be "popular" they have to dress like everyone else. The school should have more control over what students wear in order to increase female modesty. Not only that, but a dress code would make everyone feel the same and nobody would be looked at as more financially stable or more poor. That would eliminate the feeling in students that they have to keep up with the way their friends dress. This would also take away one more distraction and students would be able to focus more rather then worrying about what other people were wearing.
-Bryan Leonardy
There was a survey taken my sophomore year to discover what students feel about uniforms at our public school. Surprisingly, many students felt the ostracizing of certain groups and peer profiling would not only lessen, but cease. I don't think peer profiling will ever really cease, but uniforms could lessen the gap.
My school enacted a rule for violators of the dress code. Those students wearing clothing deemed inappropriate had to wear a full length lab coat for the duration of the school day. The school made an example out of those not abiding by the dress code guidelines.
After a short while, it seemed as if students were "cool" if they had to wear a lab coat all day. After all, they were daring enough to come to school inappropriately dressed. Gee, I sure thought they were cool...
I've seen many proposals to dictate the dress code and keep kids focused on school rather than the girl/guy sitting next to them. Regardless, the kids will still be interested in the girl/guy. Lab coat or no.
-Sara
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