Now don’t get me wrong. I can understand more than anyone one’s need to express his/her fashion choices. In fact, I can remember as a child in middle school spending several hours in the shoe department every August, selecting my “school shoes” as this was my only fashion decision I was able to make through eight years of Catholic school. I LIVED for “dress down” days and would plan my outfit weeks ahead of time. I may have “rolled” my skirt up a few times, but I didn’t dare challenge the boundaries of the school’s policy. Here is a picture of my fifth grade class (I’m not spilling which one is me!)
Recently, my school has decided to crack down on dress code for students. If the student is out of dress code, teachers are to call home. First of all, I don’t have an hour in my day to call home to 27 parents who obviously saw their child walk out the door this morning and didn’t care then, so why would they care now?
Here are a few examples of what I am dealing with.
Do these look like blue or black shoes to you? I mean, are they planning on building a house after school?
Okay, now this trend I can at least respect. I'm a scarf girl myself. I think they are the perfect winter accessory! However, I'm pretty sure this trend for males lasted about one week when Kanye sported it on the cover of US weekly. Its over. Deal with it.
It's not only the young men I am having trouble with but the ladies as well. Their trick to avoiding the stipulations of the harsh dress code? Wearing a brightly colored tank top underneath the uniform shirt and then folding the shirt up on top of their boobs so that you can see the tank underneath. This may work for some, but for the "less fortunate," they can't seem to get the uniform shirt to stay folded.
True Story: We had a dress code assembly last year to address the issues with the students. One child asked if her earrings had to match her uniform to which I replied, "Um, accessories should ALWAYS match your outfit."
Duh!
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