Why aren't hats allowed in schools?

[Vankraken]

Im going to go with the notion that your typical school age kid lacks the level of class and style to wear a proper hat and instead wears crap like baseball caps, bandannas (in a non solid snake manner), trolling hat (anything completely stupid and distracting), or some tacky fashion trend seen in those teenie magazines.

(half joking aside)
They can cause visual blocking and a distraction but in all honesty if they think hats are a problem then they need to rethink there stance on the shit people wear to "smell nice". Seriously I recall times in high school when my nose was beginning to burn because some tosser thought it was ok to bath in the cheapest cologne you can get at Wal Mart.

 

[hotsauceman]

I Live in the suburbs, I got away with wearing Flipping bandannas just to see if i could.
OT: Its because it shows disrepect to teachers which is just what i hear. Yeah. As if me falling asleep wasn't

 

[UrieHusky]

Now that IS interesting, in New Zealand, or at least the school I went to, hats were compulsory whenever you went outside, didn't know schools banned them .
As for not wearing hats, unless its a uniformed school I can't think of a single reason, although WHY kids need uniforms these days baffles me.
Ah well, not my problem any more cus I'M AN ADULT *shot*

 

[z121231211]

I support banning hats because I find it amusing to watch children complain about it.

yea, but then you have people like me who didn't give two shits about the school rules and wore our hats anyway.

Yea, I got in trouble for it, but I also agreed with the principle that a students looks should always go before their education, and suggested we go farther and ban any type of item that can be work on the head, like hair-clips, ribbons, glasses, ect. since these too can cause distractions in the classroom, I then suggested along with implementing a very strict school uniform [as in if you pants were above or below 1/4" of an inch you would be expelled], that all students must have cleanly shaven heads to prevent Lice from being a problem and that hairstyles in general can cause a distraction with students, even more so than wearing a solid black ballcap.


Then we had a nice long chat about how we should start teaching proper English and should someone use grammar improperly, he/she will be whipped no less than 80 times with a bullwhip.



in the end, others and myself were able to wear hats as long as they didn't cause a distraction in the class, and had nothing obscene on them, both reasonable requests.

How this conversation should've went down: Principal: "Hey HEY, slow down there! You already got hats banned, things take time to snowball from there." And then he ushers you out of his office.

 

[Yopaz]

1. Why do you need a hat indoors?
2. It is a sign of respect

This man's avatar has the right idea. Listen to this individual.

Hat's off to you too, sir.

EDIT: OP,

I never went to church either, but I recognise that when someone tells you to do something, there's a fucking reason for it. Take off your stupidly pointless hat as you have zero reason other than a crippled fashion sense to wear it.

Seriously, it's a fucking hat. Your going to get screwed hard if you pursue a job in IT. I fucking hate ties, but I wear them anyway as I want to look like I stand out in a building full of slack-asses who can't even put on a dress shirt. (Also an article of clothing I abhor.)

edit: Forgot to respond to this. I need to go to bed soon...

Anyway, I don't blindly follow an order. I'm not in the military, so it's not like I have to. If I don't want to do it, no one short of the school rules, the law, or my parents is going to make me.

If I worked in IT, I'd wear a bow tie and my hat. That would stand out in the most contradictory way possible, thus it would work.

The arguments aren't the best, but your counteer arguments are terrible and nothing but whining.
1: You said banning it is sexist. How is it sexist to keep both boys and girls from using a piece of clothing?
2: They can block the view from those who sit behind. Not wearing them is the easiest way to fix the problem rather than giving everyone who's not wearing them growth hormones.
3 Steak knives being banned when normal knives are not. Have you ever tried to cut yourself with a butter knife? You could as well cut yourself with a spoon for all the effect it does.
4: Your only solid reason.
5: Lice exist, sharing hats spread lice. Schools can be held responsible.'
6: Try putting your wallet in your pocket. Is there anything on the outside that indicates you've got something in them? A bulge on the outside? Anything? Now try doing the same with something shaped like a gun. Are there any visible signs that you have a gun in your pockets? If you're wearing a thick jacket you might be able to conceal it in an inner pocket. The backpack is probably the best place to hide it, but it's out of immediate reach.

Now for all of you who are against the hat ban. What's your reason why you have to wear hats? Is there anything in the constitution? Is it a civil right? Is it a human right? Name 2 reasons why this is so utterly important.

1. I believe the argument meant only men were banned from wearing hats. Still, it's only sexist when women can do it and men can't. Not sexist in my school.
2. I can take it off if they ask me. Why should I not have to wear it at all, exactly?
3. Talking about a country-wide thing. Not the best analogy, I must admit, but I've never been very good at analogies.
5. That's a societal issue I think. Still, as I've been told in this thread about eight times, lice are more rampant that I actually knew. If you don't want lice, don't let others wear your hat.
6. Jacket and a holster would work pretty damn well. I was thinking about knives at the time, though.

It's equally important that I wear them that I don't wear them, other than I want to wear a hat. I could probably write it off as Freedom of Expression, but then I'd be hand waving the issue myself, which is what I feel schools are doing, and I hate hypocrisy. That's why I'm complaining so much. Yay complaining.

Reason 2: You should not have to ask someone to take their hat off. A person wearing a hat will be blocking the view from those who sit behind in EVERY class.

Taking reason 5. Telling kids not to do something is pointless! Tell them not to do something is like asking them to do so. Whatever the reason the kids get lice if it happens in school the school can be held responsible. With the American court system that can inspire lawsuits. Live prevention is thus a valid reason. Another valid reason is that hats actually create a warm cozy atmosphere which makes the lice thrive.

Your only reason for allowing hats is that you want to wear them. There is as you see it no reason why they should not be allowed. If you want to change a rule that has been around there has to be a reason for it. As it is now having the rule hurts no-one. Changing the rule wont gain anything. Rule stays. That's how the world works.

If you wont to ***** and whine about something pointless why don't just complain about the direction the Earth orbits around the sun? I'm sure we would be a lot better off going the other direction.

 

[Michael Tibballs]

Because of the prevalence of skin cancer here in Australia, the school system (well in my state anyway) introduced a policy that all kids MUST wear hats outside or be made to sit in a shaded area & can only leave said shaded area to use the bathroom or get their lunch, after which they must return to the shaded area.
But you're still not aloud to wear them inside for some reason. :/

 

[Gamegeneral]

I'm pretty sure a hat also helps you get away with sleeping during class. If the teacher's partially blind.

 

[StBishop]

1. It's important to be polite. If you don't understand why, then you're probably part of the reason that your school has rules forcing you to be polite. Taking a hat off indoors is the same as closing an umbrella when going indoors. Not many (if any) people are likely to be offended but I know plenty of people who will either think differently of you or at least appreciate the gesture of taking off your hat when in their house.
Also, this isn't about sex. A woman wearing a baseball cap or Akubra would be expected to do the same.

2. Seems silly, I'll grant that.

3. This is a legitimate concern. A single fight caused by gang colours is enough of a reason to ban anything non-uniform. If your school has no uniform, well then banning hats seems a little silly but the 1st reason is still valid.

4. This is also a legitimate concern, in fact we had a mate who wore a ratty old hat which we all hated. (none of us wore a hat really) and so we stole his hat and played keep away every single lunch until we were about 16. I also put a kids hat in a tree because I thought it was funny.
On the note of "applies to all posessions", most schools ban everything from mobiles (cells) to novels for the exact same reason. It's usually not enforced (with the exception of phones and media devices because teachers hate them, and kids are stupid enough to use them in class) but is more there so that when shit gets broken and stolen, the school can say "you shouldn't have had it here to begin with."

5. Lice are very common. Especially in schools. I use to get lice pretty much weekly when my sister was in primary school. The thing with lice is that they don't really care what socio-economic background you're from. So long as you have blood, hair that's not mega greasy and are near by, they'll love you.

6. If they could feasibly ban pockets they would. Trust me.

For a little back ground.
I went to a school which had uniform hats, we weren't allowed to wear any other kind; I went to a school which made us wear a hat but didn't provide a uniform one meaning we could wear what we liked; and I went to a school that didn't let us wear them unless on an excursion/sports day etc.

1. I don't? I'm confused, why is it offensive? Tradition, I get, but how did it start, and why doesn't it stop?
3. Double standard for the win.
4. Yeah, that's just dumb fun though. It doesn't matter if it doesn't interfere with anything. Although the tree thing? That was jerkish.
Novels aren't banned here either. If I lose my hat, I take the blame. Or whoever steals it. I'm not going to blame the school (but then again, my brain functions, so that might be the issue here).
5. Oh, good, my hair's mega greasy if I take a shower at any time other than the morning. Probably why I don't get lice - even when other people put on my hat.
6. They're dicks is the only response I can think of.

I went to a school with a uniform and two without. None mandated or let us wear hats.

I didn't mean "If you don't know why it's rude." I meant "If you don't know why it's important to be polite.".

You're right, taking off your hat indoors is tradition. It's a way of showing respect, kind of like bowing, or shaking hands, or smiling. It's one of those things that you just do because it's polite, or perposely don't do if you don't give a shit.

For example, a snooty person my not take off their hat indoors if they have no respect for the person whom they are visiting. A landlord/landlady may not take off their hat if they are doing a property inspection, because you're below them.
A man with no respect for his in-laws will wear his hat in their house.

It can also be a "I have no desire, or intention, of staying here long." vibe. It's like not taking your shoes off in a house in which this is customary.

Also there's the obscuring of the face, it is considered pretty rude to not make eye contact and this is sometimes difficult in one party is wearing a hat.

Also it's become associated with delinquent teens with no respect. Similar to how hoodies are often seen (protip: taking your hood off in doors is pretty much the same deal) as the uniform of gang members or delinquents.
Gum/chewie too. If you're chewing gum while talking or listening to someone, it's considered pretty rude.

That being said, I'm sure you could discuss with your teachers and principal the option of wearing your hat outside. I don't know what your a school's campus is like, but in Australia there's usually not a hell of a lot of inside areas and often there's rules which mean you must be either outside or in the library or detention room during break periods. We're not really allowed in the class rooms and there's no other indoor areas I can think of beyond the office at the schools I attended and have worked at.

4. Also, yeah when I put his hat in a tree I was being a dick. I was also 14, so it's sort of expected that I was a dick at the time.

EDIT: Oh yeah, 3. Just because I think banning hats for the "gang implications" is silly if there's no other dress code requirements relating to gangs for other items of clothing. (eg. if you;re banning hats, then ban do-rags, bandannas, handkerchiefs, etc.) however I think that if you have rules like this then it's fine to ban hats and I still think it's fine to have a rule about hats in class. If you have a hat then it stays in your bag in class.

 

[Double A]

1. Why do you need a hat indoors?
2. It is a sign of respect

This man's avatar has the right idea. Listen to this individual.

Hat's off to you too, sir.

EDIT: OP,

I never went to church either, but I recognise that when someone tells you to do something, there's a fucking reason for it. Take off your stupidly pointless hat as you have zero reason other than a crippled fashion sense to wear it.

Seriously, it's a fucking hat. Your going to get screwed hard if you pursue a job in IT. I fucking hate ties, but I wear them anyway as I want to look like I stand out in a building full of slack-asses who can't even put on a dress shirt. (Also an article of clothing I abhor.)

edit: Forgot to respond to this. I need to go to bed soon...

Anyway, I don't blindly follow an order. I'm not in the military, so it's not like I have to. If I don't want to do it, no one short of the school rules, the law, or my parents is going to make me.

If I worked in IT, I'd wear a bow tie and my hat. That would stand out in the most contradictory way possible, thus it would work.

The arguments aren't the best, but your counteer arguments are terrible and nothing but whining.
1: You said banning it is sexist. How is it sexist to keep both boys and girls from using a piece of clothing?
2: They can block the view from those who sit behind. Not wearing them is the easiest way to fix the problem rather than giving everyone who's not wearing them growth hormones.
3 Steak knives being banned when normal knives are not. Have you ever tried to cut yourself with a butter knife? You could as well cut yourself with a spoon for all the effect it does.
4: Your only solid reason.
5: Lice exist, sharing hats spread lice. Schools can be held responsible.'
6: Try putting your wallet in your pocket. Is there anything on the outside that indicates you've got something in them? A bulge on the outside? Anything? Now try doing the same with something shaped like a gun. Are there any visible signs that you have a gun in your pockets? If you're wearing a thick jacket you might be able to conceal it in an inner pocket. The backpack is probably the best place to hide it, but it's out of immediate reach.

Now for all of you who are against the hat ban. What's your reason why you have to wear hats? Is there anything in the constitution? Is it a civil right? Is it a human right? Name 2 reasons why this is so utterly important.

1. I believe the argument meant only men were banned from wearing hats. Still, it's only sexist when women can do it and men can't. Not sexist in my school.
2. I can take it off if they ask me. Why should I not have to wear it at all, exactly?
3. Talking about a country-wide thing. Not the best analogy, I must admit, but I've never been very good at analogies.
5. That's a societal issue I think. Still, as I've been told in this thread about eight times, lice are more rampant that I actually knew. If you don't want lice, don't let others wear your hat.
6. Jacket and a holster would work pretty damn well. I was thinking about knives at the time, though.

It's equally important that I wear them that I don't wear them, other than I want to wear a hat. I could probably write it off as Freedom of Expression, but then I'd be hand waving the issue myself, which is what I feel schools are doing, and I hate hypocrisy. That's why I'm complaining so much. Yay complaining.

Reason 2: You should not have to ask someone to take their hat off. A person wearing a hat will be blocking the view from those who sit behind in EVERY class.

Taking reason 5. Telling kids not to do something is pointless! Tell them not to do something is like asking them to do so. Whatever the reason the kids get lice if it happens in school the school can be held responsible. With the American court system that can inspire lawsuits. Live prevention is thus a valid reason. Another valid reason is that hats actually create a warm cozy atmosphere which makes the lice thrive.

Your only reason for allowing hats is that you want to wear them. There is as you see it no reason why they should not be allowed. If you want to change a rule that has been around there has to be a reason for it. As it is now having the rule hurts no-one. Changing the rule wont gain anything. Rule stays. That's how the world works.

If you wont to ***** and whine about something pointless why don't just complain about the direction the Earth orbits around the sun? I'm sure we would be a lot better off going the other direction.

2) Not every class is in rows or lecture halls
5) So, tell a kid not to break the rules and he does it? No shit. However, if you say not to (and if the society we had were actually sane), the kid, not the school, would get the blame. Sorry for using logic. I'll just go hit my head with a hammer about 80 times so I can understand where you're coming from.

Because I didn't know lice were such a big damn deal apparently. I'm not responding to anyone else who comments on lice. If I had a dime for every time someone repeated someone else in this thread, I could probably preorder something at Gamestop.

It's the Internet. I can complain about pointless shit as much as I want, and there's nothing you can do to stop me.

 

[Double A]

So. Much. Ninjaing.

I didn't mean "If you don't know why it's rude." I meant "If you don't know why it's important to be polite.".

You're right, taking off your hat indoors is tradition. It's a way of showing respect, kind of like bowing, or shaking hands, or smiling. It's one of those things that you just do because it's polite, or perposely don't do if you don't give a shit.

For example, a snooty person my not take off their hat indoors if they have no respect for the person whom they are visiting. A landlord/landlady may not take off their hat if they are doing a property inspection, because you're below them.
A man with no respect for his in-laws will wear his hat in their house.

It can also be a "I have no desire, or intention, of staying here long." vibe. It's like not taking your shoes off in a house in which this is customary.

Also there's the obscuring of the face, it is considered pretty rude to not make eye contact and this is sometimes difficult in one party is wearing a hat.

Also it's become associated with delinquent teens with no respect. Similar to how hoodies are often seen (protip: taking your hood off in doors is pretty much the same deal) as the uniform of gang members or delinquents.
Gum/chewie too. If you're chewing gum while talking or listening to someone, it's considered pretty rude.

That being said, I'm sure you could discuss with your teachers and principal the option of wearing your hat outside. I don't know what your a school's campus is like, but in Australia there's usually not a hell of a lot of inside areas and often there's rules which mean you must be either outside or in the library or detention room during break periods. We're not really allowed in the class rooms and there's no other indoor areas I can think of beyond the office at the schools I attended and have worked at.

4. Also, yeah when I put his hat in a tree I was being a dick. I was also 14, so it's sort of expected that I was a dick at the time.

EDIT: Oh yeah, 3. Just because I think banning hats for the "gang implications" is silly if there's no other dress code requirements relating to gangs for other items of clothing. (eg. if you;re banning hats, then ban do-rags, bandannas, handkerchiefs, etc.) however I think that if you have rules like this then it's fine to ban hats and I still think it's fine to have a rule about hats in class. If you have a hat then it stays in your bag in class.

I honestly didn't know it was a sign of respect. I've been to plenty of houses without taking my hat off and no one commented, or even looked at me funny (and it's not just other kids I'm talking about). The only thing I can think of is because I live in the South, and people around here like hats. Probably not it though. Anyway, all of those other things seem natural to me - society never trained me to take my hat off, therefore I won't (or don't want to) do it. Same deal with gum (I was under the impression that teachers/schools don't like gum because most people just stick it under the desk, which I consider far more rude than anything you have described).

For at least 12 years I didn't make eye contact, I sort of just looked at people's mouths. Nothing to do with hats. Guess I'm just an exception to the rule? Still, it's not hard to push the brim of your hat up when talking to someone.

Outside I can wear my hat. Technically, I'm not supposed to do it on school property, but no one actually gives a damn about it outside. I've even talked to the principal while wearing my hat once. I think. Still, at most three teachers/admins would actually say "Take off your hat" if I was outside.

 

[Hitokiri_Gensai]

OBVIOUSLY, people are concealing WMD under their hats and we should STOP THE HATE.

hell if i know, school systems are bullshit and chips with an extra side of ludicrous?

 

[Abengoshis]

In some private schools in England they wear hats. That's at a very young age though - I've never seen anyone wear at hat in school who is over primary education age.

 

[Aprilgold]

If VALVe started a school, hats would be mandatory for everyone.

I would go to this school.

I would too, we would be taught in the 'FUN' way, away form pandering crowds of idiots and actual fun, of course the 15 second respawn would suck.

The reason my schools gave was if some random ass killer came in, he could wear a hat and avoid detection, still calling BS but whatever.

What? Like every school in Aus requires you to wear a hat to prevent sunburn. What the fuck are your schools on?

Similar reason as above, also, don't tell any teacher this over here, they started this rule try and stop school shootings or scary figures of students, mainly just to show schools are only happy places, but in reality its hell.

I was the smart ass that wore a hat to school daring a teacher to call me for a dress code violation. Since the rules said NOTHING about hats i enjoyed the look on their faces; and the enemies i made wearing my base ball cap, cowboy hat, Tyrolean(got some funny looks), and Union Kepi.

FUCK THE SYSTEM MAN!

Anyways.
1. Agreed; bunch of arbitrary rules made up by some dick cheese so he could fuck with people 500 years in the future.
2. I was the tallest person in class so i always sat in back; so a hat is meaningless.
3.Oh noes! the terrorist teenagers are revealing their affiliations in code! BAN THEM!
4. and i punched the dick weasel that tried to play keep away with my hats.
5. OH NOES! IGNORANCE LEADS TO PARASITE TRANSMISSION! BAN HATS! Or tell them sharing head-wear spreads lice. I find it funny that our school system bans something so they don't need to teach how to handle it properly.
6. So can my pockets, underwear, shoes, socks, shirt, belt, and back pack. Yet they remain ok.

Check for a solid rule that says you may not wear your hat. If it dosen't become a rule nazi and fuck them for lying to yo face.

With you too.

 

[kebab4you]

The schools I went to allowed hats as long as it wasn't inside the classroom, and I don't really see a reason why you would need to wear a hat when you have class...

 

[Dimitriov]

Hats are ugly and no one should be allowed to wear them anyway.

When I come to power we'll just cut the the hats off of people with a sword!

 

[Twilight_guy]

Because you can use it hide the fact you are not paying attention by obscuring your face, because its disrespectful to wear hats indoors and because the school says so. Also, by your own logic argument one means nothing since if their opinion means nothing then your opinion of their opinion means nothing. Welcome to a world where you give up most of your rights while you are on school grounds.

 

[Tyrant T100]

Same reason most school don't let you wear coats indoors. Keeping them on shows you're not prepared to engage in learning.
Also I think this is pretty sensible, most people who wore hats to my school were the hipster kids who wore cheap fedoras thinking it made them look fashionable, it made them look more like a homeless man had found a fedora in a bin and put it on.

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

What? Like every school in Aus requires you to wear a hat to prevent sunburn. What the fuck are your schools on?

Their on "Not living in Australia"

It's a respect thing and it really isn't that important. You can wear a hat around your own house if you want so why does it matter so much that you're asked not too at school? Oh right, teen rebel spirit and all that.

Whatever, not an issue for me anymore XD

 

[MetalMagpie]

I support banning hats because I find it amusing to watch children complain about it.

People complain about not being allowed to wear hats indoors? New one to me.

Every school I've attended has had a school uniform. Every item of clothing I wore at my secondary school had to be bought from the official uniform supplier. The only items of clothing not included in this were hats and coats, but they had to be completely free of branding and in one of the school colours.

And of course, you weren't allowed to wear them (or even HAVE them) in the classroom. Because outdoor clothing is intended for outdoors (to quote my headmaster).

Maybe I can actually convince someone to let me wear my damn hat.

I know a few private schools where hats are compulsory because berets are part of the uniform.

 

[John Langlie]

I'm absolutely dumbfounded by the inanity of the majority of the posters in this thread. You look at the topic. You choose to read the post. You formulate a response. You take the time to right down that response, essentially complaining about the original poster not making effective use of his time or whining about trivial bullshit. And you don't see the problem with that? The hypocrisy is so thick I could gag on it!