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distracting who? other students or teachers?

I don’t think students would wear ‘offensive’ clothing but it’s the fact that it’s banned. Although i’m speaking from my high school experience and we were all pretty modestly dressed.

whoooa talk about jail bait.

They are pretty ridiculous in high schools.

So, what if you can see someone’s back or shoulder? It’s only inappropriate because you deem it that way. I see it as a shoulder or back. Who cares??

If shoulders or backs are distracting, you’re in for one distracting life… there’s a lot worse out there.

It’s 2012 and we live in America. Let’s relax a little.

I got introuble with dress code all the time… Funny thing is I never broke dress code. My mini skirts never past my finger tips. I remember grabbing another girl dressed a little preppy but still in a mini and had cleavage showing.  The dean then explained that it’s not what I’m wearing it’s how I look in it. O.o I also had a diffent dean call me a little sex kitten. (imo is really fucked up!)

Clothing isn’t important, learning is – If that student really felt that way, wouldn’t she be busy studying instead of worrying about how she can’t show off her lower back or wear daisy dukes to class? I mean, I never liked the dress code either in high school, but it wasn’t a big deal. 

The logical and mature thing to do would have been organizing a meeting with the staff where everyone could explain WHY they have a problem with the dress code, and reasons that it should be okay to wear what they like. By creating this “Slutty Wednesday” movement; and REALLY? calling it SLUTTY is hardly the way to gain approval of the clothing choices; they have proved that they don’t have the good judgement the school was probably hoping they would have in choosing their attire. 

Haha, I understand this rebellion completely. High schoolers want freedom, even in the smallest ways. When I was in high school, they enacted an incredibly stupid rule that if you were late to class, you went to the “responsible thinking classroom” instead of class. So, instead of learning, you’d go to a classroom to fill out a “plan for the future”. What really pissed me off though? Overweight, and mentally disabled teenagers who were literally incapable of making it to class on time got taken out of class and put in this room as well.

ANYWAY! The point is, me, and an army of friends ( I believe around 60) ended up protesting, and all purposely showed up to class late, and were sent to RTC(iover filling the classroom), pissing off the school.

Our protest was effective, though I doubt “Slutty Wednesday” will be…

We had this issue too – we raised the issue with the head and got the dress code relaxed slightly. What these kids did is stupid and immature, and likely to have the opposite effect.

That’s already way more tolerant than my high school’s dress code was.  But seriously, it is not that difficult to cover up at school.  Wear what you want in your own time.  Most jobs have dress codes, too.  Good luck wearing your belly shirts and trying to get a good job.  

IDK if it’ll work or not, but more power to ‘em. I’ve never agreed with dress codes.

Sophomore year, I was putting stuff in the bottom of my locker before school actually started, and my shirt slid up so you could see my back. I got sent to the office for it. When I walked into my first class with a “Dress for success” t-shirt on, my teacher asked if I had shown up naked or something. lol

Senior year, I got sent to the office and the lady in the office couldn’t figure out why, so she just threw me a t-shirt thinking maybe being able to see my tank top strap was the issue (it had slipped towards my neck, out from under the cover I had over it).
Also that year, a friend got “in trouble” for having holes in his jeans, so they gave him purple sweat pants to wear instead. Oh gawd, that was waaayyyy more distracting than torn jeans. “How’s it hangin’? Nevermind… to the left.”

The kids have it dead on. Dress codes are not for the benefit of the students. They are for the administration, and they do it because it makes them look good. Them, the administration… not the students. The kids who show up for the grades are going to do it regardless of how much skin they show doing it, and on a hot day the skimpy outfits might actually be less distracting.

distraction? why are they sexualizing teenagers ew. i don’t get why they would want to wear those type of clothes though but whatever. i really don’t care about high school kids. i just wanted to read this article.

I personally believe dress codes are appropriate. Really, why do you need to wear low cut tops, belly shirts or short shorts/skirts to school? Most of them are underage, I don’t see why they feel the need to show all that.

I don’t think it will be much help just because they didn’t go about it in a good way, but good for them for the organization and going for it anyway.

My high school revised the dress code this year: no jeans with holes, which everyone hated, but we were also allowed to wear shorts all year, so it kind of evened out. Pretty good compromise, especially since it was such a short winter. I think that, as long as they’re reasonable, dress codes are fine.

Why are dress codes so often only aimed at girls?  A teenage boy can wear a low cut V-neck and nobody cares.  

a lower back and shoulder aren’t considered sexual body parts by sight to me, so it seems a bit much.  However, I imagine it was designed to prevent revealing underwear/cleavage, which I understand.  That being said, a teenage boy has a very good imagination, so they will be distracted either way.

THis is stupid

These students are idiots. While you are in high school, that is your “job”. When you become an adult, you will have to dress appropriately for work. Just follow the dress code. It doesn’t even sound like their dress code is even strict, just the usual.

Now, I can understand protesting how it is being enforced. I feel like many schools/teachers aren’t consistent in enforcement. And the punishment should fit the violation…as in, there shouldn’t really be a punishment, just a request for them to change. Happened to me my first week of high school with a pair of shorts. My mom brought me pants, and I never had an issue again because I knew “hey, if I wear shorts where my ass is almost coming out, it’s not going to fly”. 

LOL.

I’ve always wanted to protest the dress code in the back of my mind. I understand short-shorts because sometimes pocks hang out and sometimes we can see your underwear, but I never understood not being able to wear tank-tops. A girl can wear a sheer shirt with her bra exposed, as long as the sleeve is a hand palm’s width. Bull. 
I’m proud of these guys.

I agree with the students. In the future (especially for students who went to Sty) will be forced to accept a dress code, and they deserve the chance to express themselves on a daily basis while they are still young. Even as an adult, I am anti dress code, I think it’s ridiculous and unnecessary since ones work ethic cannot be determined by dress. 

I went to school in the ghetto so our dress codes were related to gang wear. No baggy white tees, no doo rags, no gang colors etc. Uniform wasn’t a requirement and we were pretty free to dress as we liked save for those few articles of clothing. Well, you weren’t supposed to dress like a slut either or else you’d get sent home. It was all pretty common sense.

I’ve had to wear uniforms before but it was never a big deal. As an accountant, I do have to dress professionally though, and that gets tiring really fast. I like being able to wear shorts and jeans; it’s just so much more comfortable

What the hell. Dude, Stuy. Stuy is a top merit-based school. Who the hell is being THAT distracted by shoulders at STUYVESANT?

And addressing all you people who are going, “Omgah, lyke, dis is so immature.” Try getting into one of the best high schools in the state which is admission-free and without a set uniform and THEN being told that you have to go out and buy “non-distracting” clothing; tons of Bermuda shorts (which I personally find uncomfortable. I still don’t really understand why they exist.), things to replace a Gothic-profile look, cardigans to cover all of the halter and tank tops. You wouldn’t be able to wear any dresses that don’t look good under a cardigan or with a cami. And all of this with New York’s sales tax. Plus; if you’re at a school like Stuyvesant, why the hell would you want to spend that much time footing the bill and shopping for clothes you don’t like and make you uncomfortable in class?

Plus, that Gawker article was a handful of two-sentence paragraphs long, and none of the other articles I’m reading really tell us anything except from the students’ point of view. It doesn’t even seem like anyone has ASKED the question of whether or not a group of students attempted to take it to the administration.

@xsPoNgEs_go_SQUISHx13@xanga - To your comment on Bermuda shorts… the reason they exist is because some people can’t wear shorts that are shorter than their thighs because they ride up and look awful. Like me. My thunder thighs prevent me from wearing anything but bermuda shorts, capris or pants. I for one am glad they exist, because otherwise I’d be stuck in pants and capris all the time. Or just looking ridiculous as I keep pulling my shorts down every 5 minutes while I walk.

xX Ame ~*~ Hana Xx

 ”Clothing is not important.”

Precisely, which is why they should stop protesting over stupid shit like this.
bunch of fucking retards with too much free time on their hands. go fucking study.

@xsPoNgEs_go_SQUISHx13@xanga - bler bler bler shut the fuck up

you guys need school uniforms. 

@Broken_Black_Moon@xanga - Oh okay. Sorry then

@LeeKymKween@xanga - Lol, I bet you’re a sore Brooklyn Techie :3

@xsPoNgEs_go_SQUISHx13@xanga - wtf are you even on about.

@LeeKymKween@xanga - Lol

@xsPoNgEs_go_SQUISHx13@xanga - clap dem cheeks some more <3 =]

I had a dress code like that in high school (plus we couldn’t wear excessive red or blue) and really…it wasn’t a big deal.  These students are flat out retarded.  

IMO high school kids have no reason to dress like that other than trying to sexualize themselves. It’s. High school they can wear what they want on their own time. Anothing thing, why did their parents let them leave the hoyse like that? School is a place for learning. If they wanna show off then they need to go to a beach or something.

This whole fucking thing is stupid and they went about it in the wrong way. The only thing that this is going to get them is suspended. 

We had a dress code back at my high school… Totally lame. It wasn’t like we couldn’t still tell the Bloods from the Crips, etc., which was a big part of their reasoning. I remembered it got so bad to the point that they counted how many buttons were on our polos… I mean, really? Let these kids wear what they want as long as it doesn’t distract them from learning (although most public school institutions are more about babysitting anyway). Grade school is a good time for self-expression. Heaven knows they aren’t going to get many other opportunities.

@Saridactyl@xanga - Sorry for the typos on this… wrote it while doped up on pankillers for my wisdom tooth extraction. Whooops!