mazzjammin22 said:
This doesn't seem so bad. My school has a dress code as well. Plus, we can't wear jeans. I don't know, I have never had that much of a problem with dress codes.
I don't get it. What's wrong with wearing jeans? Is it still the backwards mentality that jeans are dirty because they're made for farmers only?
Jeans are not crass. They're fashion and by the way, 70 to 90 percent of students wear jeans. If that ain't a uniform in itself, I don't know what is. Why outlaw jeans in the school when practically everyone would wear them and it would pretty much kill the need for a dress code?
Dress codes and uniforms are, in my opinion, retarded. And let me tell you that I've seen it once enforced because the board in charge of the school was filled with perverted old dicks who liked seeing girls in short dresses. What a fucking joke. It's absolutely unprofessional, those guys should've been fired...But no.
Anyways, I'm proud that I went to a high school that actually disliked the usage of uniforms. If you were seen in what could look like an official uniform, you actually got a lot of flak for it, even from teachers and the school board.
And oftenly uniforms and dress codes are enforced to keep failing students out of their schools, because they want the school to look good. Because apparently everyone that wears large jeans that fall low and leave your boxers visible is bad at school. Same with "emo", "punk" or "goth" students. (I actually knew a guy that was seen as a "punk" yet always had good grades) That is entirely false, even if the "style" itself is pretty unattractive. In society, you have to learn to cope with others, not force them to behave like you want them to. What kind of enlightened intelligent society would that make? Heh.
Our school didn't need this kind of utter crap to look good. It was actually rated better than some private schools that had uniforms...That pissed them off, I can bet. I can recall two such schools, and in those schools, the grades were pretty low, and lower than ours. Shows that uniforms mean nothing and that the notions we have about them are mostly false and prejudicial.
The ignorance of the school boards that enforce this kind of utter bullshit amazes me. Perhaps they should do some actual research. Connecting the student to the teachers and making the school as close to how a modern society would behave in the weekend when they socialize and "have fun" is what should be enforced. No uniforms, no "yes, sir", no disrespecting of either the students or adults, no dress codes, no one in charge of the other. School is a place that takes alot of time out of a student's life, so it should in part offer socializing, philosophical discussion (rather than just enforcing your point of view), etc. And students should not feel teachers are their masters and that they are much higher than them. They should be able to talk and connect with them socially. EVEN IN CLASS. All in all, lots of school systems are awful. I don't get why most schools are going this way lately. It's only going to result in less students passing, less students being interested in learning and less people with the capacity to socialize.
Personal tastes SHOULD be shown in public. Am I a robot if I work at a store and am in charge of the electronics department? No, I am someone who works at a store, who's professional enough, but who can SOCIALIZE with whomever's asking me for help. What I shouldn't do is BEAR JUDGEMENT nor waste time. Imagine if the guy works at a video store and you want to ask him about what movie you should get and he can't tell you about his personal taste because he isn't allowed.
These kinds of things should not be shunned. We're in an age where we're openly discussing sexuality and affirming that we should do so. So why limit our socializing in other aspects? Hell, I've seen a bunch of my friends talk about masturbation at a table during dinner, in college. A teacher was even offered to join the discussion...And he didn't feel that awkward about it.
Any sane psychologist should tell you that socializing and fun SHOULD be mixed with work. IE Work 3 hours then go talk about what movies you saw with your buddies at work when you have your break. It shouldn't be mixed EXCESSIVELY. Schools limit excessively the freedom of students, but that makes them lose their motivation. As a result, more people fail their classes. And with that, I will redirect you up there ^, where I provided an example of that.
There, I made my point. I would dare any school board to go up against that argument.
Additionally, I can't stress how important it is for teachers to socialize with you and offer you help. If they're yelling at you, they should be fired. If the man has had a rough week, being sick, his father died of cancer and his wife is really sick, ok, I get it, he can just ask for a day off or at least apologize. But if he just acts like a pretentious dick, he should be fired. People underestimate students, I tell you, but those example you've all posted of teachers yelling or being unscrupulous are just wrong and these said teachers should be fired or provide an explanation, apologies to the students and make an effort to change.
