Education is about learning and becoming more knowledgeable with society’s necessities. Everyone needs to know Algebra, and basic reading and writing skills. So why do schools have such a strict dress code? The original dress code for women was their shorts had to be in line with the end of their middle finger. For some women, their fingers laid two inches below their belt line which happened to be the new style for women’s clothing: short shorts or a hem line on shorts. And for some women, their fingers were almost in line with their knees. This was not in style and clothing like this is very hard to find in stores. How are women suppose to buy clothes that go down to their knees if the stores do not offer it?
Many students disregard the dress code and come to school with short shorts anyways. The punishment for not having clothes be in line with the end of your middle finger is forcing student’s parents to bring in new clothes or they are sent home! Since most parents work all day, students are not able to get new clothes and are forced home. How is this helping students progress in their education? The point of school is not to dress properly, but to learn about all necessary subjects including math and english. Forcing women to wear uncomfortable clothes and do well in school is like asking an athlete to win a race in baggy clothes. It is harder to win a race because you are not aerodynamic with baggy clothes making it harder to run. Women will have a harder time learning if all they can think about is how uncomfortable their clothes are.
Schools should just get rid of the dress code completely because more students are just going to disobey the rule, until the entire school disobeys the rule. They can not just send everyone home, this would defeat the purpose of learning. So the dress code should be disregarded completely in order to protect student’s learning rights.
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