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    society. Although dress codes are increasing in popularity throughout the United States‚ educators do not uniformly agree upon the benefits produced by these regulations (king‚ 1998). There is no certainty that dress codes reduce school violence or improve academic achievement. Furthermore‚ strict dress codes‚ which school officials justify because they are aimed at preventing gang violence‚ have been adopted in several areas that do not have gang problems‚ undermining some school official’s justifications

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    attended a public high school understands the struggle of dress code. On those scorching hot days as the school year approaches summer‚ many girls can be found scavenging through their closet for a “school appropriate” outfit or one they won’t melt into a sweaty puddle in. Her dresses will show too much leg‚ her tops will inapporpriately expose her shoulder or collar bone‚ and her shorts will be too short - at least that’s what the school says. Dress code in modern day high schools discriminates against

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    One of the least enforced school policies of today is the school dress code‚ that is unless one of the assistant principals standing in the hallway is having a bad day‚ then it is the most enforced policy at my high school. Everyone of our faculty members seem to have an opinion on what’s too short‚ whats too tight‚ and what just plain out does not look right. School dress code is one of the most outrageous set of rules that us as students have to follow. Starting off with “shorts must extend to

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    you feel if your kids were going to school everyday and you found out that the teachers were more focused on how they were dressed than their grades? Kids go to schools every day that enforce dress code laws and there are so many problems going on with dress code that keep kids from making good grades and may make kids feel left out. I believe that schools should not enforce dress code because schools are more focused on it than any other problems‚ dress code eliminates freedom of self expression

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    Hello‚ my is Madison Baker and I am going to talk about dress code.The dress code at our school is not strict but there are some things I don’t agree with.You see reports on the news about teen girls who have gotten kicked out of school for not following a dress code rule.If you want to hear more about at this topic then keep on reading. I personally think that there are some dress code rules at our school that could be more lenient.One of those rules are the rule on shorts.I think that if

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    Dress Code A group of high school students‚ were protesting their school’s ban against tank tops and leggings‚ female students said that they were informed that this type of clothing was "too much of an interruption” to the men in their school. Can clothes really affect your capability of receiving an education? Does enforcing dress code favor men‚ but not women? It is absurd to me that the idea of a teen wearing leggings is provoking a male student and keeping him from getting an education.

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    different things. School dress code is restricting our freedom of expressing ourselves. Many believe there should not be a school dress code ‚but there should be an extent on clothing beamed as inappropriate. In some cases‚ there is still worry of indecency in which there should be an extent on clothing rules. There are rules to enforce it as this website states‚ “Most states have laws that allow school boards to make dress code rules for students to promote a safe disciplined school environment‚ prevent

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    accused of violating the dress code? Ever wondered why your outfit wasn’t “school appropriate?” This issue of dress code has been discussed a great deal in the recent years over social media. Numerous people have been hurt or offended by what is seen as “inappropriate” or “misleading‚” and the policing of what students are wearing is unfair and extremely sexist. Dress codes objectify students in general‚ but focus mostly on females and LGBT students. Dress codes in high schools‚ including Wren‚ are

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    The Dress Code Debate Dress codes have been the center of debates in schools for many years‚ and it probably will continue to be that way. Many will claim that dress codes are usually discriminating against one gender or one ethnicity. For example‚ the main people who are called out for inappropriate dress code are girls. Also‚ rules like “no gangster attire” are implied to be for African Americans. The main argument‚ however‚ for people who support dress codes is that it allows students to be prepared

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    Connors English 10 14 October 2016 Dress Code!!!! "In August‚ a Mississippi student’s senior portrait was banned from her yearbook because she had posed in a tuxedo" (Hoffman). As more schools are getting dress code more students aren’t in favor of it.Dress code doesn’t allow students to express themselves‚ students rebel against dress code and it’s more expensive for families. School uniforms don’t allow students to express themselves. School dress codes are neglecting to teach boys respect for

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