Ripped jeans aren’t distracting
Rips and Tears These are a pair of jeans that are an example of something that would be dress coded. You can not see skin or anything
November 9, 2018
Are ripped jeans really that distracting?
The Student Code of Conduct states students are not allowed to wear distracting clothing. This rule is mainly referring to girls in the school. While boys wear shorts to knee length girls can’t even wear ripped jeans with the rips at the knees.
There are a lot more girls getting sent home or sent down to the nurse because of the dress code then there are boys.
All of the students are fed up with the dress code and its consequences. There are restrictions and limits that should not be broken, but the school board also shouldn’t be so strict with the dress code rules.
Students should be allowed to wear what they want to wear, at a certain point. It is a part of freedom of speech.
For girls especially it is hard to find clothes now a days that don’t have large rips or tears in them.
Some teachers are more lenient about ripped jeans than others, but the fact of the matter is that if the rips are around thigh area and are very large holes they will get dress coded.
All in all, the school dress code should be changed where it is reasonable for everyone. Students should not be getting in trouble for wearing ripped jeans to school. Girls should not be objectified by the clothes they wear.
Liliana • Oct 10, 2022 at 10:28 am
This is very true I feel like close should not effect how teachers teach and are close should not distract anyone.
Isaiah • Oct 5, 2022 at 10:07 pm
That is so true
kalia • Sep 11, 2022 at 8:44 pm
I honestly can relate to this soo much. Like first off I am not gonna look at someones legs and be like ooooo thats soo distracting. Then I also have something to say about belly shirts. They want us to not show our stomach but allows us to wear super low Vs. Like sorry but chest is more distracting than stomach.
Jahrell • Nov 18, 2021 at 2:09 pm
the school board tweakin!!!
Aloni • Nov 11, 2021 at 1:27 am
for real like omg
paige • Nov 9, 2021 at 1:33 pm
The clothes that we wear have no effect on our education, nor the staffs teaching abilities.
Aliza Fornari • Nov 3, 2021 at 2:27 pm
fax!!
aaliyah funtal noel • Oct 8, 2021 at 7:05 pm
What the heck? Now that’s is annoying. It’s just OMG
Rust • Sep 30, 2021 at 7:59 am
I completely agree. I think people should be allowed to wear what they want, when they want, because nobody should be looked at in a weird sense anyways. Especially if you’re a minor.
Aiden • Sep 24, 2021 at 10:16 pm
So i’m a student at the junior high school. i highly agree with most people about the dress code and knowing i’m a boy i think it’s very unfair to the girls that they have to be sent home by the nurse because their clothing is ”distracting” to people , and if it was distracting than it would be causing a problem to most people but the teacher are the ones that think it’s distracting so some student may look at a dress wired but holes in jeans on the knees wow that’s just insane.
Sophia • Sep 22, 2021 at 2:27 pm
Its true this is lame i got sent to ISS until my step dad picked up bc my holes were to big but whatever
Sst • Sep 15, 2021 at 9:35 am
Nice agree
Yu'Nazia • Sep 15, 2021 at 6:52 am
This article is completely true based on the dress code its only girls that have major restrictions against them. My friend we go the the junior high and she got dress coded for ripped jeans and here mother couldn’t bring her anything so they made her DUCK TAPE HER HOLES.
Emoni • Sep 14, 2021 at 10:00 am
I completely agree with all of you on this one its been a while but the dress code is still like this today i got dress coded for having on american eagle ripped jeans the rips were barley past my knee i had to sit in the ISS room for 3 hours until my mom could bring me some leggings to put under them. What i was really disturbed by was that there was all girls in the room that got dressed coded for jean , shorts , shirts but no boys we are only 13 , 12 , 11 so if seeing our skin is ” distracting ” that is quit disturbing to me as a student and a female in our school and i wanna make a change and i think we will be able to do it if we do it respectfully and all work together .
Minya • Dec 17, 2018 at 2:11 pm
You did a very good job on this column. I agree that students should not be objectified by what they wear. You gave good reasoning and gave good rebuttals.