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LibDemAlways Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-27-06 09:49 AM
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24. These days it's hard for the schools to decide where to
draw the line. I volunteer at my daughter's school and have seen kids sent home for wearing pajama bottoms to school - though there is no written rule prohibiting them. Apparently, for some kids, they're trendy. Some of the worst fashion choices turn up on Halloween. I've seen boys come as pimps and girls as French maids.....this in middle school. Also, when is a "graphic tee" literally too graphic?

When I was in school the big concern was that a girl's skirt couldn't be more than an inch or two above the knees. (Pants were prohibited for girls.) Now the skirts and shorts are so short they leave nothing to the imagination - and the manufacturer thinks nothing of advertising the brand - juicy - across the back.

The school fashion police do, indeed, have a tough job these days.
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  -128 students suspended at Ind. school rodeodance  Aug-27-06 09:05 AM   #0 
  - How would you spend a day on suspension?  bluestateguy   Aug-27-06 09:08 AM   #1 
  - I would have spent it on my knees scrubbing kitchen and  Warpy   Aug-27-06 09:17 AM   #4 
  - If you don't have enough common sense to keep your cell phones off  rocknation   Aug-27-06 09:13 AM   #2 
  - Our local high school will confiscate all ringing cell phones....  Buzz Clik   Aug-27-06 09:14 AM   #3 
  - How is it the business of a public school if a student wants to  Eric J in MN   Aug-27-06 09:17 AM   #5 
  - It isn't just the tank top...  femmocrat   Aug-27-06 09:25 AM   #11 
  - I agree. I support uniforms for children as well as teachers. We  thepurpose   Aug-27-06 09:40 AM   #18 
  - If someone's education is 'disrupted' by a bra strap....  bicentennial_baby   Aug-27-06 08:36 PM   #41 
  - or flash genitals, sort of a tank-bottom, I mean the nerve of schools  msongs   Aug-27-06 09:40 AM   #19 
  - Funny. At the school I taught at 2yrs ago, the girls' soccer team got...  Bucky   Aug-27-06 09:10 PM   #51 
  - The supreme court has also said that fashion is not protected  Peregrine   Aug-27-06 09:41 AM   #20 
     - I never heard of that case. NT  Eric J in MN   Aug-27-06 09:48 AM   #23 
  - What I would give to have dress code violations as the worst offense  rucky   Aug-27-06 09:18 AM   #6 
  - I can remember when not having a belt was a dress-code violation  HereSince1628   Aug-27-06 09:18 AM   #7 
  - Shopping for my 6 year old's school clothes the other day  TAPat   Aug-27-06 09:20 AM   #8 
  - Tell me about it...  Earth_First   Aug-27-06 09:26 AM   #12 
  - My 3-year old granddaughter is very tall  Horse with no Name   Aug-27-06 09:34 AM   #16 
  - Pedophiles you mean because there a lot of people attempting to put  thepurpose   Aug-27-06 09:45 AM   #22 
  - Saw a little girl at the store this week with a shirt that said  patsified   Aug-27-06 10:36 AM   #30 
     - THe sexualization of children  Mz Pip   Aug-27-06 11:30 AM   #37 
        - Baggy pants are part of the "sloth" look, supposedly gangsta.  Bucky   Aug-27-06 08:48 PM   #47 
        - I saw a kid's pants actually fall down around his knees in the supermarket  beam me up scottie   Aug-27-06 08:53 PM   #49 
  - I've seen it also. I shop for a 7 and 9 year old. There is tons of  Ilsa   Aug-27-06 10:01 AM   #25 
  - Good for that principal!  femmocrat   Aug-27-06 09:22 AM   #9 
  - That's why I am totally for school uniforms  LostinVA   Aug-27-06 11:00 AM   #33 
     - School Uniforms = Fascistic conformism IMO.  Odin2005   Aug-27-06 11:26 AM   #35 
        - Harry Potter: known fascist  Bucky   Aug-27-06 08:44 PM   #46 
  - Really gonna show my age here...  tekriter   Aug-27-06 09:23 AM   #10 
  - Good God! You're really old!  Bucky   Aug-27-06 08:54 PM   #50 
  - I would say...  Bill McBlueState   Aug-27-06 09:27 AM   #13 
  - Because  Peregrine   Aug-27-06 09:34 AM   #17 
  - And then watch as raging hormones pay more attention  MadHound   Aug-27-06 09:42 AM   #21 
  - It works the other way around  LostinVA   Aug-27-06 11:03 AM   #34 
  - good for the school. as a parent, i know what is appropriate  seabeyond   Aug-27-06 09:30 AM   #14 
  - I'm thinking you mean nieces.  tinfoilinfor2005   Aug-27-06 10:36 AM   #29 
  - yes. i meant nieces. funny you  seabeyond   Aug-27-06 08:42 PM   #44 
  - It's tough to find jeans for teen girls that are NOT low-cut.  Bucky   Aug-27-06 08:39 PM   #43 
     - 550 levis. the only choice i have. not just for girls, but for all of us  seabeyond   Aug-27-06 08:44 PM   #45 
  - Good job!  NaturalHigh   Aug-27-06 09:30 AM   #15 
  - These days it's hard for the schools to decide where to  LibDemAlways   Aug-27-06 09:49 AM   #24 
  - my daughter wore pj bottoms to school for two years  madrchsod   Aug-27-06 10:09 AM   #26 
     - I guess pajama bottoms are considered too casual at  LibDemAlways   Aug-27-06 10:39 AM   #31 
  - FWISD solved the problem.  Imalittleteapot   Aug-27-06 10:18 AM   #27 
  - I wish our kids' school would require uniforms.  NaturalHigh   Aug-27-06 07:12 PM   #39 
  - Damn kids today.  Kickoutthejams23   Aug-27-06 10:23 AM   #28 
  - I never thought I would see the day the DU supported dress codes and  Solo_in_MD   Aug-27-06 11:00 AM   #32 
  - I was just thinking that...  bicentennial_baby   Aug-27-06 08:37 PM   #42 
  - Private or Public? Just wondering...  tinfoil tiaras   Aug-27-06 11:28 AM   #36 
  - And just what right does the government have to say what my child can wear  lgn19087   Aug-27-06 06:06 PM   #38 
  - if a parent would meet their obligation and responsiblity  seabeyond   Aug-27-06 08:53 PM   #48 
     - I just don't know how you can justify one without justifying the other  lgn19087   Aug-27-06 09:32 PM   #52 
  - i've always seen suspension as a reward for bad behavior...  NuttyFluffers   Aug-27-06 08:34 PM   #40 
  - I dread the day my daughter starts public school  LibertyLover   Aug-27-06 09:51 PM   #53 
  - No high school student needs to be using a cell phone in school  ComerPerro   Aug-27-06 09:59 PM   #54 
 

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