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In reply to the discussion: Girl Accuses School Of ‘Shaming Girls For Their Bodies' After Being Sent Home For Wearing Shorts [View all]laundry_queen
(8,646 posts)so I totally get what you are saying, but I doubt our teachers would've said anything about the shirt for fear of starting a discussion about it, LOLOL.
I guess I have a really hard time with any dress code - where I live (I'm in Canada, but it's not like this everywhere in Canada) I don't know of any schools that have uniforms or strict dress codes. Growing up there weren't even any rules - just if a teacher or principal didn't like your outfit they would pull you aside and have a talk with you. Once, one guy ripped the ass out of his jeans, and got sent home to change. He refused, because he was wearing shorts underneath and declared his shorts were the same shorts all the guys wore in gym class. So, they let him stay for the day (he lived out of town anyway and had no way to get home). Everything was on a case-by-case basis. I dislike some of these hard and fast rules because they lead to brainless zero-tolerance policies. Plus, with 99.9% of kids if you ask them to dress respectfully and include them in the process by having a discussion, they are likely to comply. I'm not a fan of adversarial relationships with those in charge...school should not be a dictatorship, it should be where young people learn intrinsic discipline and the tools to make wise decisions. But that's going a bit off topic