Bum Rap

First - the person who wrote that idiocy about Friday dress codes needs to learn to communicate, drop the power need, or go work for the IRS.
What gets me are the parents who 'cause a kerfuffle' when someone tries to place controls or limits on how their children behave in public. I guess we're all supposed to put up with the monster that rules their house, huh?
I can't decide if they're worse than the parents who heave a sigh of relieve when someone DOES put controls on their kids - as in.. "I'm SO glad they made a rule that doesn't allow my Susie to wear clothes like THAT anymore"...
We complain about a crooked government but don't have the back-bone to do anything but complain. Same thing happens in our homes.

Try this... First, don't buy clothes for your kids to go to school that would be inappropriate for your work. School is a work place. Second, if they try the 'oh, that's not mine, it's my friends...blah blah blah..'... set a rule that clothing will be returned by you to the parent of that child.
oh wait. That would take time and effort as well as a backbone.

First - the person who wrote that idiocy about Friday dress codes needs to learn to communicate, drop the power need, or go work for the IRS.
What gets me are the parents who 'cause a kerfuffle' when someone tries to place controls or limits on how their children behave in public. I guess we're all supposed to put up with the monster that rules their house, huh?
I can't decide if they're worse than the parents who heave a sigh of relieve when someone DOES put controls on their kids - as in.. "I'm SO glad they made a rule that doesn't allow my Susie to wear clothes like THAT anymore"...
We complain about a crooked government but don't have the back-bone to do anything but complain. Same thing happens in our homes.

Try this... First, don't buy clothes for your kids to go to school that would be inappropriate for your work. School is a work place. Second, if they try the 'oh, that's not mine, it's my friends...blah blah blah..'... set a rule that clothing will be returned by you to the parent of that child.
oh wait. That would take time and effort as well as a backbone.

Thank god their parents pay for their vulgar clothing because I'm seriously questioning the ability of the next gen to cut the umbilical cord and aspire to something other than leach on their parents' wallets. It's shocking that parents would but upset that a school board wouldn't want students walking around with sexually explicit phrases and images while at school. I am only 24 but I remember when parents were upset that sex ed was an option to 5th and 6th graders... I think they are a little late because last night at work i had a 14 yr old 16 yr old and 18 yr old trying to sleep through their newborns crying.... but atleast 2 spoke english and hey I shouldnt be upset because when obama is elected EVERYONE gets healthcare even those who arent citizens.. oh wait they already do... from my middleclass taxes.... Hate to tell America but the rich are rich for a reason they know the loopholes because they pay people to find them to keep them rich... The only people that are going to pay for a socialist to be in office are the people losing their homes and filing bankruptcy everyday in the Greatest country in the world.... We're so great that a generation that knows nothing of the Cold War wants to put a man in office because he promises change (hasnt that been a campaign slogan since the dawn of democracy) Bottom line if parents want their children (under 18 you are still a child) to label their behinds and be walking STD's parents need to start footing the bill for children having children and homeschool their teens if they want their kids to have the grandbabies at home while their teens party

Thank god their parents pay for their vulgar clothing because I'm seriously questioning the ability of the next gen to cut the umbilical cord and aspire to something other than leach on their parents' wallets. It's shocking that parents would but upset that a school board wouldn't want students walking around with sexually explicit phrases and images while at school. I am only 24 but I remember when parents were upset that sex ed was an option to 5th and 6th graders... I think they are a little late because last night at work i had a 14 yr old 16 yr old and 18 yr old trying to sleep through their newborns crying.... but atleast 2 spoke english and hey I shouldnt be upset because when obama is elected EVERYONE gets healthcare even those who arent citizens.. oh wait they already do... from my middleclass taxes.... Hate to tell America but the rich are rich for a reason they know the loopholes because they pay people to find them to keep them rich... The only people that are going to pay for a socialist to be in office are the people losing their homes and filing bankruptcy everyday in the Greatest country in the world.... We're so great that a generation that knows nothing of the Cold War wants to put a man in office because he promises change (hasnt that been a campaign slogan since the dawn of democracy) Bottom line if parents want their children (under 18 you are still a child) to label their behinds and be walking STD's parents need to start footing the bill for children having children and homeschool their teens if they want their kids to have the grandbabies at home while their teens party

Interesting that the girls would choose a word - ass - which also refers to a dumb and stubborn animal. Seems appropriate whether "Tim's Ass" is referring to her backside or to her as a dumb animal who is exploited by a sexualized society and overly-hormoned boyfriend.

Gee, I remember how people dressed in middle school in the late 60s and high school in the early 70s. This just shows how clueless adults are.

Today's girls take pride in looking like hookers. There is no dignity in this for our youth. Especially the short shorts that say "trash" or "brat" or whatever. Those are disgusting and should be outlawed from all schools. Porn should also be outlawed from the internet. It is too easy for kids to access it.

I graduated high school in 1990 and had a pair of shorts back then that had writing on the "bum". However, the length of the shorts was longer then. Now I am a mother of boys and a Sunday school teacher for young girls. I don't like how SHORT the shorts have gotten. The words may be an issue depending on what it says. I don't see a problem with "CHEER" or a school logo or whatever but why would a girl want to have their rear thought of as "JUICY" anyway? Yeah, I know it's a brand name but really.... I think dress codes are a good thing but I think parents should be allowed to vote on what is acceptable and whether they even want uniforms for each individual school. As in any good democracy, majority should rule. As for the jumpsuit concept, it's not necessary to humiliate children. The punishment should fit the crime. Wouldn't a basic pair of basketball type shorts be sufficient?

As a high school teacher, I see the problems that come from provacative clothing or branded clothing. I work in an area that is very economcially diverse. Although, I don't think uniforms are necessary because they hamper students' ablilities to express themselves; I think we should discourage wearing brands for the sake of begin branded or wearing suggestive clothing or sayings. It sounds crazy but having Juciy on the bottom of one girl in class can make her a target for more than just attention from boys. It draws attention to that area and to critisism.

What is funny these kids think they have started a new trend. Its all be done before. Checkout Stingbean, Earth girls r easy (for holes in pants), Daisy Dukes, and I was even watching a Gunsmoke the other day when I heard one on the characters say "Matt, I hate puttin a cap in some people".

Scotty01, I agree w/ you in that parents should "parent" their kids. However it does take a village to raise your kids to be respectful, decent humans. Even a good parent can't have her eyes on her kids all the time. It takesalot more energy if you are the only one saying no to the hooker clothes. If you feel its your right to dress like a hoochie, talk to one that's 20 and is stuck with 3 kids, no man and NO future.

I have reviewed several of the upset teens' responses, as well as a few that actually agreed w/ some of the dress codes. I am 50/50, I recall some pretty ragged stuff in my own closet as a teen, however, my butt wasn't branded, and my breasts were kept in the shade.At that time the school administrators had petty stuff to deal with compared to now. You have rapes, drug deals, gunshots, non diagnosed mental health issues..

Only Scotty why do you care if a girl wears something suggestive? If she wasn't wearing something suggestive would it make her a better student, or change who she is? Whether she is slutty or just dresses that way occasionally will it make her less of one if she wears a uniform?

There is your intelligent argument turtleegg900 and I'm fairly sure it's correctly punctuated. Also turtle, way to stay on task with the convo.

Wow. Maybe if you spent more time actually parenting your kids they wouldn't grow up being sluts. OWNED.

Personally, I think that it is perfectly fair for people of all ages to wear what they would like. There are things that are /appropriate/ for different ages, honestly, I can't imagine a 70year old woman wearing a short skirt and a low-cut top. However, that is partly because of when I grew up.
The idea that people are hurting people's individuality is concerning to me, I can see no real reason as to why people should be told what to wear at a PUBLIC school. If it is a PRIVATE institution, then it is perfectly appropriate for them to dictate what the students wear.
While I agree with some of the more simple dress-codes, as they are in place to keep people from becoming /too/ insane, I don't think adding colour and accessories is right.
Incidentally, at my High School, there was a dress code... no one followed it, no one got in trouble. The interesting thing is this; people stopped trying to wear things that were too provocative. Only in the beginning, the naive Freshmen, did people think they needed to wear those types of clothes.
To tell the truth, it doesn't matter what children or adolescents wear; they will be looked at by the opposite gender. Are they going to start regulating the breast size of some girls (thank you plastic surgery, that would be the only reason I could see this coming in to play) because the shirts that they were /told/ to wear are too tight fitting? It doesn't /matter/ in the least what people wear. A girl could come to school in her worst, most baggy clothes, or a nice skirt and a brilliantly classy top; boys and men will still look at her.
We can't stop hormones from raging, but that doesn't mean that teenagers are the 'horny little snot-nosed pricks' that it seems so many people are pegging them as. If the parents of a child have done such a horrible job as to make them think that it is okay, or to make them rebel to the point, of dressing like hookers early one; so be it. It is NOT the right, nor is it the responsibility, of any other person or group to mandate how those children dress. If there is a problem, the school/person should take it to the parents of the child and then they can handle it how they would like.
Honestly, some of these things are going too far. Do we really not trust the people who are going to be taking care of our world this much?

Just my quick thoughts on this.

schools have nothing better to do then come up with new ways to ban childrens clothes and restrict what they wear. some schools dont allow the guys the wear hats , but then the girls can is this fair you decide. but now they want to ban girls wearing juicy on their booty. why is that soo bad. if they want guys looking at their booties its their butt. like in this society, we are trying to control so many things by making dumb laws. so why not lets the kids wear what they want but have some restictions but not because it says something on them which is stupid any ways.

I recall going to school and seeing girls with the word's "Daddy's Girl" written on their butt. Anyone could have taken that the wrong way.. which is in fact a terribly wrong way. Too bad nobody ever told her it's the wrong way. =)