Well I'm part of the tutoring program at my Catholic school. Being a Catholic school, every thing we do at school, we have to come in our uniforms. Like for example, we do tutoring sessions after school and on Saturday from 10-2, and they make us wear our uniforms for this. I guess because we're at school. But now, the tutoring program is starting a new program, where we go to people's houses from 3-5 and 6-8. I though this would be kind of neat, so I said I'd give it a shot. Now the school tells us that we would have to come to the houses in our school uniforms. I thought to myself, why? We're not at school, and we asked if the students we tutor have to be in their uniforms, and they do not. That means on Saturday afternoon and Evening, we have to walk around town going to people's houses in our school uniforms for something we do in our own time to help others. Can they do this? Is this fair?
2007-06-12 04:54:01 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
If you are going as a representative of the school, then yes, they can insist that you wear the uniform. If someone wants to hire you not through the school, then you can wear what you want. Also, if you are going to people's houses (especially if you do not know the people) the uniform will help them to identify you as the tutor rather than just some random person trying to get into their house.
2007-06-12 05:32:50 · answer #1 · answered by wendy08010 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I guess if you do not agree to the terms then do not join the program. In a way, this is like a job where the employer requires the employees to wear a uniform while working. Even if the employee is not in the office but is at the customer's house doing work, the employee can still be required to wear the uniform. If you are in this program and doing tutoring then you are not on your own time. You are on the school's time.
You can not join or quit if you have joined and make sure to let the people in charge know that the problem was making you wear the uniform during time that you are volunteering. You are making a sacrifice in time to do the tutoring. Maybe they will figure out that if the uniform policy was dropped in this case, they might be able to get more people to join the tutoring program.
2007-06-12 12:01:00 · answer #2 · answered by A.Mercer 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
In doing work (tutoring) for the school you are, in effect, representing the school. That is why they are asking you to wear your school uniforms.
Can they do it? Since the program is theirs and you signed up, you have agreed to follow any guidelines they set.
Is it fair? Many things in life are hardly ever fair.
2007-06-12 11:58:54 · answer #3 · answered by nycguy10002 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋