why do people say we got freedom but at school we can't dress how we want to dress i thought it was freedom

Question

ok people say that usa is freedom but we can't dress how we would like to dress we are still kids i am 16 years old and we should able to go to school and not have to worrie about are shirt being to long or are pants to low i don't think that its right that we call this place freedom but it feels like jail. like when they tell you to pull your pants up and you say the are not down they start fussing at you but in the end your pants are not down i think that they sometimes abose there right of power

Answer 1

I agree with you! Arguments for school uniforms and even strict dress codes are just silly.

Everyone equal? Oh, get real, kids aren't that stupid. They still know very well who's rich and who isn't, who wears a brand-new uniform and who wears the same one their older sister/brother wore last year, who goes home to a big town home and who lives in a small apartment. Teach kids to treat people fairly and equally and not to put too much emphasis on their status but don't pretend the differences will be gone when we all dress alike.

Related argument, it stops/prevents bullying. Well, I didn't look different in highschool. I wore clothes that weren't much different from anyone else, yet I was often teased with other things, the way I walked, the things I did. There were kids who were dressed differently, but were more assertive, and they didn't get bullied. When I learned to be more assertive, I also started to dress more differently. Yet the bullying stopped. It's not the clothes!

Kids need to learn to dress up because later on jobs require it too? Several things wrong with this one. First school *isn't* a job yet, let kids be kids, they're gonna be adults long enough already. Second, how much practice do you need wearing nice clothes? You put them on in the morning and walk out with them, most people can manage to do so at their job even if they don't have years of practice. Third, not all jobs have a strict dress code. Even not all better jobs; especially in the IT there are high-paying jobs that allow jeans, sweaters, tshirts, etc. If you really care for your freedom to dress, you can find places where you can dress as you like! I'm barefoot at my place of work, been here for eight years, a good year at my previous job, and before that I dressed conservately and was out of work for about several years, at least in part because I wasn't happy with trying to fit in while I really couldn't be myself.

Distracting? Sure, for just a brief moment, it's distracting if someone comes in with green hair or a short shirt. But a very short time later someone will drop something, a car on the street will backfire or whatever else will happen and people will forget all about it, especially if the teachers don't make a big deal out of it. On the other hand, when they do send the student home or something, that'll be talked about all day, sometimes petitions for and against are set up by the classmates, and nowadays even some of these incidents make the news, get posted on the Internet and linked on large forums. THAT is distracting! We had no dress code in high school (apart from keeping private parts covered of course :)), we had a guy walking around in old Dutch wooden shoes, we had several people with brightly colored mohawks. NONE of this EVER disrupted more than a few moments of the first class of the day, and we learned an important lesson that we should not judge a book by it's cover, not discriminate on looks. If I ever have kids, that's a lesson I want them to learn rather than 'it's okay to judge people by what they wear'.

Answer 2

In principle you have a good point. The problem is that you and everybody else are in school to learn. Over time educators have learned that certain things can be disruptive or even dangerous because a few took advantage of the situation. Don't blame the administration, they are responding to what the students do and have done...at least a few bad ones have done.

Your best bet is to realize that clothes are really not all that important and that before too much longer you will be an adult with the rights and responsibilities of an adult. You may even find your viewpoint has changed on the matter eventually.

Answer 3

In any civilized society, "freedom" comes with limits and guidelines. We're free in many ways, and not at all in others.

Complete freedom would be life without consequence, and that simply isn't possible. Imagine rape or murder without consequence.

At 16, you're still considered a kid. Freedom for kids is a bit more restricted than it is for adults, but not so much as it may seem on the surface. Kids' behavior is regulated until they're deemed old enough to make "appropriate decisions" without supervision. However, adults have to make those same decisions every day - like what to wear - and they are, in most cases, just as restricted. The professional adult may not be allowed to wear jeans to the office at all, much less have them sitting halfway down their a*s. The adult is free to wear jeans to the office and expose half his backside to his co-workers, but then his employer is free to discipline and/or fire him. Is either one any more free than the other?

Answer 4

We have so much more freedom here than they do in so many countries. Just because you can't wear a belly shirt or a really short skirt, be happy that you can wear a skirt that is down to your knees, and a shirt that can show your arms. Some countries, women cannot show any skin, or they maybe stoned to death. No matter where you go you will have to follow rules.

Answer 5

"Freedom" refers to the fact that you can go to school in the first place. And that you'll eat lunch, even if your parents have no money. And that you can vote as an adult, and choose what field you go into, that you don't have to take a test and be sent off to a special school where someone else decides what you'll do for the rest of your life. And that bombs won't blow up your school, church or home in the middle of the day.

Seriously, pull up your pants and tuck in your shirt. There are much more important things in life, and much better ways to express yourself!

Answer 6

Well...Being at a public school, we basically have no rights. (I'm 16 also.) We have to be focused on our "learning" We have to keep everyone within limits and restrictions in order to keep everyone safe, etc.

I'm assuming you got griped out for having your pants too low. I think you should worry a little less about that and more about standardized testing, (which is stupid) and how they try to measure our academic abilities. Dress codes are nothing compared to the real problems with the public school system.

Answer 7

Freedom in our country does not mean that you can do whatever you want. If people were completely allowed to do whatever they wanted there would be only anarchy. You have to give up some freedom to have a society. But we do have some freedoms that are guaranteed by the Constitution, such as freedom of assembly, freedom of the press, and so forth.

Answer 8

Oh, quit whining and wear what you're told to wear! School isn't a fashion show, it's a place where you're supposed to focus on learning. When you get a job, do you think you'll be allowed to wear whatever the hell you want to, just because you can't stand a few restrictions? Well, get used to being told what to wear, then, because what you're experiencing in school is exactly how it is in the adult world! In many countries, school uniforms are the norm, and many U.S. schools (public, not just private) are going that route, too. Be grateful that yours hasn't done that yet.

Answer 9

When people talk about "freedoms" like "freedom of speech" and "freedom of the press", what they often don't understand is that those First Amendment freedoms (press, speech, religion, peaceable assembly, and petition the gov't) only prohibit GOVERNMENTAL INTERFERENCE. Private entities are not bound by the same rules and regulations.

Answer 10

I had to wait until I had stopped laughing to respond to THIS little gem.

You have more freedoms than you know; for one thing, you are free to receive an education.

As to dressing however you please, not even adults do that. We dress for power, we dress for success, we dress to seduce, and we dress to show our social support (you will understand this as you get older). Do you think that your teachers are dressing to please themselves..? Believe me, if they were, half of them would show up in pajamas & bathrobes.

Sometimes it is more important to dress to show group unity (such as by observing a school dress code) than to express your individuality. Pull your pants up and act like the adult you will soon be!