School Dress Codes

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Inspiring Creativeness in a Uniform World School dress codes are a confrontational topic between board officials, parents, and students. How does clothing have such a massive effect on an educational institute? Shouldn’t the focus be on education, and not on the students clothing choices. Let the students be who they are in a learning environment, and let them portray their personality. We are a spoon fed generation, and many adults try to shelter their children from things that they need to learn before they enter the real world. School dress codes have become more and more strict as the years pass by, this may be a result of students dressing more inappropriately due to today’s advertising and the pressures of modern day society. Dress codes are said to be set in place for the reason that some students clothing is a distraction to others. Although the school dress code …show more content…

High Schools should instead keep the focus on education, then teach students about making ethical choices, while being confident with themselves. Let students be who they want to be, and let the students be creative. Fresno Pacific University has an article concerning dress codes, this article states “The lack of uniform approach to acceptable workplace dress does not mean each workplace does not have expectations. Rather, it means students need to adapt, not conform. Students need to learn to dress appropriately based on context. Dress codes do not facilitate this learning. Instead, dress codes teach students that conformity and obedience to authority are most important. Individuality is suppressed. Student voice is suppressed. These outcomes do not match the qualities employers look for. Employers want adaptable worker’s adept at creative and critical thinking, good decision-making and effective

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