What is a dress code? A dress code is a set of rules, specifying the way a student is allowed to dress, and it is written and posted in the school, on rubrics, and on a school website. Dress code is the most enforced school policy. The discipline actions for breaking dress code are so drastic because the type of clothes we wear, maybe the solution is we just shouldn’t wear any. Who doesn’t love being judged based on the types of clothes they wear? If your shorts are too short, you look like a hoe…
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everyone's asking why do we have dress codes or why are the dress codes so strict? Having a dress code can mean many things. Some dress codes can include clothing, hairstyles, physical appearances. All these dress codes for eight hours of school for five days of the week. You will get dress coded for having the following: crop tops are for girls, and for boys no sagging. Most kids can’t afford the new clothes they are supposed to have to meet the dress code standards. Dress codes should be based on…
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73% of America prefers not wearing school uniforms? While some people say that school uniforms help with dress code control, I believe that we shouldn't have school uniforms because lack of self expression, high costs, and delays into adulthood. One of the reasons all schools shouldn't have uniforms is because it eliminates self expression & freedom. First of all, 66% of students said “I don't feel like I can express myself and be me while wearing a school uniform”, according to www.greatkids…
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Let’s talk about our Greenbrier Junior High dress code. There are many reasons I am against our dress code and I believe it shouldn’t be so strict. Dress code is a set of rules telling us what we can and cannot wear to school, which I think is absolutely ignorant. Firstly, we come as students to learn at school and get an education, we don’t come to have our class time taken by teachers who want to stop us in the halls and say “I can see above your knees!’, like OH NO the world is going to end! You…
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School Dress Code Every school enforces rules in order to have an organized foundation. Rules are the aspects of keeping the construction under control, but there are limitations to how much you can actually control without having rebellions. Are schools taking advantage of the rules? Should their be a clothing system? These are the notifications that need to be answered. Vallivue high school should not be able to prohibit clothing and revoke the dress code. The main factor that schools do not…
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whether schools should mandate school uniforms have been going on in schools all around the world, for many years. Countless schools have already ordered uniforms to be worn because of the decrease in violence, the increase in impressive grades, and better attendance to school. “The percentage of public schools requiring uniforms increased from 12 percent in 1999-2000 to 19 percent in 2009-10, according to the U.S. Department of Education. The percentage of principals who reported a strict dress code…
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and fending for themselves, they are no longer forced to go to class, have dinner already prepared for them on a silver platter, or have to worry about rules such as curfew. With so much freedom, kids tend to lose sight of their priorities and as to why they are in college in the first place, to get an education. The temptation to go out and party leaves some students struggling to pass their classes. I have seen this type of downward spiral firsthand, my roommate, Dre came to college with a 4.0 grade…
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Every 68 seconds an American is sexually assaulted, and 91% of those victims are female. Sexual assault is when a sexual action takes place without consent or permission. It affects millions of people as an average of 463,634 people are assaulted each year in America alone. Women around the world experience the same fear. No matter where they are or what time of day it is, the idea of being assaulted is always in the back of their minds. Sexual assault often goes unreported as women are not believed…
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Just as the nameless protagonist in Viet Thanh Nguyen's "The Sympathizer" confesses his life to the Commandant, so too will I. Unlike the nameless narrator, I am not being forced to write a confession for being a communist spy. I am, however, inspired to reflect on my life, my identity, and my Vietnamese culture through this confession just as the protagonist does throughout the novel. Through my experiences from childhood to where I am today, I have discovered the significance of what it means to…
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There are many reasons why the colonist came to the new world in the 16th 17th century. One of the reasons was freedom to practice religion without having to fear the government. Back in England, poverty grew and the economy was unstable. From what we learned back in high school was that Columbus was first to set foot on the new world back in 1492, but what we learned in class was that there was evidence found that Vikings were the first on the new world, with the leader being Leif Ericson. Another…
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