Dress Code Violations In Schools

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I’m a Canton junior and I have some concerns about how the dress code is being handled when it comes to violation. I am fully aware of why the dress code is in place, and I agree that there should be a dress code. However, I think some of the rules are too strict and unfair. One thing that is very unfair to many is how one's bottoms must be fingertip length. This is very subjective due to the different lengths of students’ arms and bodies. Also when students are being taken from classes for dress code violations they are being taken away from valuable class time. When students are in very inappropriate clothing I do think it is fair for them to be taken from class until they change however, when someone's bottoms are a few centimeters too short it is unreasonable to have …show more content…

Also I don’t feel comfortable wearing long shorts to school because of how many people many people get made fun of for that. I would like to be in an environment where I can be comfortable and self confident in school, so if the lengths of bottoms must be was cut back by a few inches I feel like this would solve the problem. The shoulder rule is one of the rules I think is unfair to the students. I went to Central Middle School, and when I went there the rule was that the strap of the shirt had to be three fingertip lengths. Something similar to this should be put into place but not using fingers, using a standard length, for example two inches. This next thing is something that I have noticed as well as some of my peers, many of the people getting dress coded are the more popular students rather than those who are less known. Also students with bigger bodies do not get dress coded by many staff members who dress code those with smaller bodies. I see in the hallways security watch as people with bigger bodies walk right past them, very much out of dress code, but never get anything said to

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