Too much skin showing at school?

Chicago Daily Herald ^ | April 28, 2004

[gathersnomoss]

That's alot of butt floss.

[Skooz]

We had these weird things called "Dress Codes" when I was in school.

I guess formulating and enforcing one of those is beyond comprehension.

[CatoRenasci]

Well, it's a lot of butt to floss....

[stylin_geek]

Try working in a convenience store when one of those 250#+ teenage females comes in, thong showing, while getting their breakfast of nachos and Pepsi or Coke. Then, there is the added bonus of being unlucky enough to have one of them bend over in front of you.

As Al Bundy used to holler: "My Eyes, My eyes!!"

[lormand]

I don't understand how showing off your love handles with these hip hugging pants is sexy? The hip huggers are so tight, that even women who don't have love handles, appear to have them.

[gathersnomoss]

Alright, everyone out of the pool. Everyone except you Woody.

[thoughtomator]

Yes, it's amazing to see 14-year-old girls wearing clothing that a few years ago were the exclusive domain of prostitutes. The fashion moguls who push these styles are truly demented.

[Bismarck]

The answer is... school uniform! Of course, it should be up to each school's board to decide upon the characertistic's of its uniform. Antother feasible solution is to implement a dress code.

[gathersnomoss]

I guess I'll be movin' to Montana soon.

[Skooz]

My daughter just turned 13. Of course, that means she now knows everything.

I always tell her: "Nothing in the universe is less important than the opinions of a teenager."

[No Blue States]

"THe problem with mini-skirts is that they kept causing me to drop my pencil..."

LOL!

The mirror on the shoe was too obvious?

I was shopping for clothes with my daughter at walmart and they had short shorts for what looked to fit 8 year olds. Pissed me off big time.

My town is conservative , they were on clearance and still not being bought.(thank goodness)

[Annie03]

Last weekend I took my 6yo girl to see the Clifford movie (which happened to be playing at the mall). I witnessed a mom/kid battle in the restroom. The girl looked to be 11-12 range, and was washing her hands. Mom suddenly pulled up the girls pants, pulled down her shirt, and said the clothes would be gone if she didn't wear them the right way. (yeah Mom!!). Saw assorted young women looking like baby hookers. (My kids will never go to the mall to hang out). The worst was an adult women, who had her belly hanging out (don't know if she was pregnant or just had a gut). Her face looked too old for the clothes and she looked really ridiculous. IMO, if only the parents would grow up, the kids wouldn't be looking so trashy on such a large scale.

[johnb838]

I'm with you. I see girls, pretty girls, not overweight at all, squished into these tiny-hipped pants that make their cute round tushies look all squished and flat. It's like taping their boobs for pete's sake. It's a crime.

[KC_for_Freedom]

I guess formulating and enforcing one of those is beyond comprehension.

I guess the enforcement part is the difficult part. In the 70's I once had to tell a young female sudent that she needed to come to school in a dress that was at least long enough to sit on. I threatened to send her home if she did not comply. (I told her she was distracting me - No doubt today I would have been brought up on charges) But back then I got away with it, she did not mean to get in trouble, she only wanted to draw some attention to herself. I did not do this in front of the whole class, I waited till class was over and told her privately as she left the room. (It worked.)

[jettester]

"My high school had a uniform. My grammar school had a uniform. And I don't think I learned any better because of that," Hannigan said. "I think we have a reasonable dress code. Before the school board jumps in and makes changes, let's see how an enforced dress code works."

This dufus doesn't get it - what you wear is not intended to make you learn "better" but to allow you learn in an environment that is healthier and not distracting. Adherance to a dress code is a way to instill discipline not only in the kids but also the parents.

[ArrogantBustard]

This almost sounds biblical ...
Three things that are useless, four that are without value ...

[CatoRenasci]

When I was in high school, in the pre-Hippie early '60s, we had dress codes: girls dresses/skirts could not be more than 3 inches above the middle of the knee, no jeans for girls (but slacks OK), only Bermuda shorts (in August-September and May-June), no tight sweaters, no see-through blouses, strapless dresses, no spaghetti straps, etc. etc.

It all changed between 1966 and 1970 -- where we were in Northern Calfiornia -- as girls became "weekend hippie flower children", going braless (and pantiless) to San Francisco in very short shift dresses, low rider jeans and showing lots of belly. In all honesty, I'm not so sure what we see now is a whole lot different, except for the tatoos and piercings, from what you saw in Haight Ashbury in San Francisco in the Summer of 1967.

[Agnes Heep]

I always tell her: "Nothing in the universe is less important than the opinions of a teenager."

And if she has any doubt, just let her ask any former teenager!

[johnb838]

lol "Mr. Freedom! Well, I NEVER!"

[bankwalker]

I guess I'll be movin' to Montana soon.

Just watch out where those huskies go and

don't eat no yellow snow.