Problems With The Dress Code In School

Many students have trouble with the dress code in school. Not being able to dress how someone wants to and always having to be told what they can and not wear is so unfair. Even with the clothes someone is comfortable wearing, they could be told not to wear it or to change depending on the circumstances. But there are some people that choose to disregard this issue of not having the right to wear what someone wants to wear. Dress code has become one of the major issues around schools for either wearing something revealing or just the cause of being judged.

To begin with, Girls get dressed coded for things being “too short” or too thin and that it might distract boys. According to the article “Girls in school are frequently “dress-coded” for

The latest research corroborates the view that “ A high school girl was given an in-school suspension for wearing torn clothing, and that when confronted the staff told her mother that “ she needed to consider the guys in her class and their hormones when choosing her wardrobe” ( Natalie Regoli par. 32). This tells that many of the staff around campus can be very strict about dress coding even if it's the bare minimum of showing skin. It is inappropriate to have to tell a young girl to cover up due to boys hormones. It is not fair some administrators go as far as punishing a student for it or even being picky as to who to punish and who not to. For example when there is an ambiguous dress code in schools that are found of one’s own personal bias, implementation, it can cause an occurrence where people regulations are beneficial then those who are impose it on the children like in the article it states that a “ High school principal in South Carolina who told students not to wear leggings unless the girls were a size 0 or a size 2” (Natalie Regoli par. 33). It is important because students who feel like they are being discriminated against because of how they look and can't wear the thing they want to wear just because they are a size too big due to the dress code principles make the student follow. Nevertheless, it is thought that many can argue that dress code can be a very judgmental rule while others can proclaim that dress code should be