School dress code
Evelin Hernandez
Dress codes have always existed in our lives, do you remember ever not having to worry on the right to wear to school? No, you do because at the early age of 5 when you start elementary; you get handed a book with the dress code telling you what to wear and what not to wear. Dress codes have always been controversial, that it makes you wonder how and why did this all start.
I believe that for all these rules to be executed someone or a group of students must have done something that made the school boards around the world make rules on what students should wear to school. One of the most popular incidents, in my opinion, would have to be the Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District case. It was when a group of students and teachers decided to wear a black armbands to school to publicize their objections to the hostilities in Vietnam. When they took it to court the Supreme Court ruled in their favor saying “in order for the state in the person of school officials to justify prohibition of a particular expression of opinion, a student must engage in a forbidden conduct that would ‘materially and substantially interfere with the requirements of appropriate discipline in the operations of the school”. I think what they meant by that is that schools should only punish students that are wearing thing that might disturbed the learning environment and the safety of the schools. Maybe this was the beginning of the trend of setting dress codes in schools but what we know for sure is that everyone has a different opinion about this matter.
It’s mostly students that don’t believe that dress codes should be followed in schools because they feel like they can’t fully express their personalities, steal away from their right of the first amendment, makes them feel like they giving the independence they need. I feel like they are right because we are growing up and need to experience with everything, including our style. Albeit at the same time I agree that some students do take it over board with their outfits.
The people that believe that having a dress code is a good thing think it’s the best because it makes kid’s concentrate more in class and also prevents bullying. In my opinion I don’t think wearing a “spaghetti strap” shirt will cause a boy to stop paying attention in class to pay attention me. If I wanted a boy to pay attention to me instead of the teacher I would just have to turn around and smile not by clothing choices. It might decrease bullying but not everyone should pay the price for it.
"The Reality of School Dress Policies." Education.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Feb. 2014. <http://www.education.com/reference/article/reality-school-dress-policies/>.
"Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School Dist.." LII / Legal Information Institute. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Feb. 2014. <http://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/393/503>.
Swan, Noelle. "High school dress code: The battle for keeping up appearances." The Christian Science Monitor. The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Sept. 2013. Web. 19 Feb. 2014. <http://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Family/2013/0911/High-school-dress-code-The-battle-for-keeping-up-appearances>.
Evelin Hernandez
Dress codes have always existed in our lives, do you remember ever not having to worry on the right to wear to school? No, you do because at the early age of 5 when you start elementary; you get handed a book with the dress code telling you what to wear and what not to wear. Dress codes have always been controversial, that it makes you wonder how and why did this all start.
I believe that for all these rules to be executed someone or a group of students must have done something that made the school boards around the world make rules on what students should wear to school. One of the most popular incidents, in my opinion, would have to be the Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District case. It was when a group of students and teachers decided to wear a black armbands to school to publicize their objections to the hostilities in Vietnam. When they took it to court the Supreme Court ruled in their favor saying “in order for the state in the person of school officials to justify prohibition of a particular expression of opinion, a student must engage in a forbidden conduct that would ‘materially and substantially interfere with the requirements of appropriate discipline in the operations of the school”. I think what they meant by that is that schools should only punish students that are wearing thing that might disturbed the learning environment and the safety of the schools. Maybe this was the beginning of the trend of setting dress codes in schools but what we know for sure is that everyone has a different opinion about this matter.
It’s mostly students that don’t believe that dress codes should be followed in schools because they feel like they can’t fully express their personalities, steal away from their right of the first amendment, makes them feel like they giving the independence they need. I feel like they are right because we are growing up and need to experience with everything, including our style. Albeit at the same time I agree that some students do take it over board with their outfits.
The people that believe that having a dress code is a good thing think it’s the best because it makes kid’s concentrate more in class and also prevents bullying. In my opinion I don’t think wearing a “spaghetti strap” shirt will cause a boy to stop paying attention in class to pay attention me. If I wanted a boy to pay attention to me instead of the teacher I would just have to turn around and smile not by clothing choices. It might decrease bullying but not everyone should pay the price for it.
"The Reality of School Dress Policies." Education.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Feb. 2014. <http://www.education.com/reference/article/reality-school-dress-policies/>.
"Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School Dist.." LII / Legal Information Institute. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Feb. 2014. <http://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/393/503>.
Swan, Noelle. "High school dress code: The battle for keeping up appearances." The Christian Science Monitor. The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Sept. 2013. Web. 19 Feb. 2014. <http://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Family/2013/0911/High-school-dress-code-The-battle-for-keeping-up-appearances>.