A shame suit is the punishment for breaking the dress code in Miranda Larkins school. Students are often forced to wear shameful clothing because of old and unessential dress codes. The practice of dress coding is old and unnecessary, students should be able to wear what they feel comfortable in during the school day. The number of high-level court cases that have arisen due to dress coding has skyrocketed in recent years. Showing we need change in order to better our students' learning. Although dress codes can create discipline, they are sexist in nature and, revoke students' freedom of expression and comfort.
Dress codes present a sense of sameness and allow the school to maintain discipline in many aspects, not Soley students clothing.
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Regardless of gender, race, or age students deserve to feel comfortable while learning. The leaf chronicle said, “the slightest distraction can derail a productive day of learning, particularly for those in elementary school, and nothing causes distraction more than uncomfortable attire.” Feeling comfortable allows students to better their learning, especially for younger students being forced to wear certain clothing that they find uncomfortable can be detrimental to learning. Schools dress codes range in severity from not being able to show shoulders to complete uniforms. When discussing his opinion on school dress codes student Fletcher Buck said, “It should be universally the same throughout each teacher” (Buck). Farther in Bucks essay “Dress code mess code” he discusses the idea that dress codes are too strict and allow for too much decision from school to school and even from class to class. The idea that students deserve to be comfortable in their clothing is allow discussed in this essay. In addition to making learning uncomfortable, dress codes revoke students' right to freedom of expression. This right is protected by the first amendment schools asking students to release their freedom of speech and expression in order to learn is unfair. A student's ability to feel comfortable and express themselves through clothing is a protected right that should not be