From the Update:
Bridgeport School Board passed revisions to the dress code Monday requiring boys to tuck in their shirts and prohibiting them from wearing makeup and girl’s jeans. Girls, though still allowed to wear makeup and girl’s jeans, are prohibited from wearing underwear-revealing clothing.
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3.21.2006
I'm So Confused
From the Update:
Bridgeport School Board passed revisions to the dress code Monday requiring boys to tuck in their shirts and prohibiting them from wearing makeup and girl’s jeans. Girls, though still allowed to wear makeup and girl’s jeans, are prohibited from wearing underwear-revealing clothing.
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Why does anyone care and why did this this become an issue in the first place? Does this really interfere with a student's ability to learn or a teacher's ability to teach? Aren't there more important issues in education than whether or not a guy is wearing makeup or wearing girls jeans? What are they going to do - make them show a receipt to what department they purchased them? How can you tell boys from girls jeans anyway? Again, who the hell cares? If a guy wants to wear makeup or girls jeans, so be it. A bit strange I must say, but I don't see how this could be relevant in school - except for the "WE MUST CONFORM" cookie cutter mentality of Wise County.
That is just disgusting!
who cares about getting better teachers and football coaches, but dammnit, we are going to make sure our boys dont wear makeup or wear girls pants. oh hell no.
It matters anon 8:56 because believe it or not kids actually pay attention to this stuff thus causing interference in learning. When you have a boy wearing girl clothing or make-up, other boys will stare, call names, and ridicule them for doing so. Like it or not it does happen and more times than none. And it just doesn't stop in the hallways or in the classroom (which causes a disruption in the classroom) but it occurs outside in the parking lot, during lunch or where ever, thus leading to fighting. As a result from that, classes are being skipped, grades are dropping, etc. Same goes for the girls with all the trashy revealing clothing. Boys look, (believe it or not), and it causes yet another distraction. Girls talk to other girls, and there again, fights ensue amongst the girls. And believe you me girls are the worst. If you have been awake in the last 5-10 years you will have noticed that kids' clothing are becoming a joke. And the parents are to be blamed for the majority of this b/c they are the ones buying them for their kids in the first place. Now I will get off my soap box, and I told my son that if I ever caught him wearing his jeans (that fit on the waist, by the way) around his knees I would kick his butt up between his shoulders. And he knows I mean it. Give a little, they take an inch. OK I'm done now...
Anonymos @ 9:23 A.M. .....
You said ....
"When you have a boy wearing girl clothing or make-up, other boys will stare, call names, and ridicule them for doing so. Like it or not it does happen and more times than none" ....
WOW ..... I would have NEVER GUESSED that one .... and WHAT ??? ... God LOrd ... Boys staring at GIRLS ????
I am with you ... lets put these evil children of Decatur in Fashion Prisions .... lets take them to Walmart and dress them ... Shesh ... ROFL
Didn't say anything about Decatur kids, I think it was B'port, but then again Decatur is just as bad. So is Chico, Alvord, Paradise, I think you get my jist. Just sayin....
No wonder more folks are homeschooling.
Heck at home you can run around naked.
:-)
Ask yourself, why do kids wear what they wear? If what they are wearing is over the top, isn't it because they want to create a distraction? Our schools have a responsibility to teach life's lessons as well as history, math, etc. If discipline is not being taught at home, the schools must. Call it cookie cutter mentality if you want, but it makes sense to me
The problem is simple; you have parents who care and those that don't. Unfortunately there is becoming more and more that don't. Call it shock value or independence or anything else you want, but kids will push things as far as you let them. At some point you have to say enough is enough. I agree with the school 110%.
Barry your not confused, your just a liberal.
It obviously must have been presented as a problem or I don't think they would have made such a change. Come on,just go to school uniforms.
Let me propose a proven way to improve the educational experience of our students: have separate campuses for boys and girls. This old concept has shown that better learning takes place. Another attempt to focus on educating has been the requirement for standard school "uniforms."
Kids could be as individual as they want (and their parents will allow) out of school and could meet the opposite sex off campus. Schools could then focus on education. What a concept!
Anyone heard of something called "discipline"? I know relativism is the choice of today but in society there have to be rules. Not everyone will like how the rules are set but they are needed.
Anyone heard of something called "respect"? How many of you teach in the schools? How many of you attend or serve on school boards? If you do, you probably hear the teachers discussing the problems with students and parents they live with each day. Maybe a little respect for school officials and what they are trying to accomplish given the burdens of governmental requirements would help.
Yeah and we all know Barry took that picture at Billy Bobs the other night... or was it Frilly's? lol
9:23 is one of these dangerous cookie cutter mentality folks. "...I told my son that if I ever caught him wearing his jeans (that fit on the waist, by the way) around his knees I would kick his butt up between his shoulders". I'll bet she said this too..."I'll get my cousin, I mean your Daddy to strip you naked and get a strap to ya til you bleed you homo little brat - How DARE you wear your pants at your waist!"
Dress Codes are good in theory, but never have they been enforced whether it be hair, shorts, girls wearing boys clothes, boys wearing girls clothes, piercing, etc. Schools jump when someone hollars and that's the truth. Been there - seen that!
I believe in respect, dignity, and all that too, but who is to say a guy wearing makeup or girls' jeans shouldn't be respected. Is he being disrespectful by doing this? I don't think so.
When it comes to obscene clothing and skin showing, there does need to be a line drawn, whether it's guys showing too much skin or girls showing too much skin.
I agree that uniforms are the answer - but then again someone has to enforce it. Teachers are paid to teach and don't have time to be a drill sergent lining up checking dress codes. Kids are not as distracted by this as you think. What is normal to them maybe not normal to others.
I have no problem with dress code but I agree who is going to decide if they are girls jeans or not.
The other argument is that dress codes are always political and are the coaches kids or teachers kids going to be disciplined as well as the gothic dresser or the sh---t kicker that wants to wear their boots tucked in their boots. PROBABLY NOT!!!!!At least at Paradise your tummy can show or you can show cleavage as long as you have ties within the school and let me say this-- A grandpa working there doesn't count!!!
Unfortunately, it has come to the point that dress codes are a good idea. How many of you commenting have spent a day lately within the walls of an average high school? Any teachers out there? It is a lot different than it used to be. The number of kids today that are looking for attention is way up; either they come from dysfunctional home situations, or two parents working, or spoiled, or whatever. But school has become the place to get that attention, whether goth, boys that are girls, whatever. It is distracting, it does impact learning. When a teacher is spending half their time doing administrative crap and half their time managing somebody's smart aleck, attention-seeking kids; it makes it tougher for the other kids to learn. Girls get attention by showing their underwear, their breasts, you name it. Boys by acting out aggressively. In just one hour at Bridgeport High, Decatur High, doesn't matter, you'll hear more "ho" and "mother f" and "suck my" and the whole nine yards.
Very good points 1:40 - how many of these kids don't have anybody at home who gives a flip how they are dressed for school?
Some are not even there when the kids leave for school (if they do).
Ever visited an alternative campus? Go visit one sometime.
If our school boards don't continue trying to keep some discipline on matters of dress and other things, our whole educational system may become one big alternative campus.
God forbid.
1:14- you are retarted!! I bet you allow your kid to wear whatever he/she wants and let them walk all over you!!! Kids need rules and structure. AND if my kid ever came to me and said he was a homo then yes I would kick his butt on that issue too! Don't have to worry about that tho', God has us in his clutches.... God be with you and your dumb "cookie cutter" mentality ways.
the parenting should be done at home. if the kids dont have the cut-up, low-cut revealing pants and thongs, then they wont have them to wear. i dont think the schools should be dressing our kids. if the kids dress like trash, then their parents are trash,
I'm a teacher in Wise County with 3 children and have two words to say about all of this:
school uniforms!
I'm a 19 year old teenager and personally I take offense to older generations trying to impose their thoughts on what students should or should not wear. If a guy wants to wear eyeliner or whatever or wear girls jeans, what does it matter? Welcome to the real world people, in college you don't have dress codes there is no more distraction in the classroom with people wearing whatever. Come on, honestly. This is just a trend that people are going through so let them be. This is just the kind of thing that white trash towns like in Wise County want, for everyone to be the same. And who's to say that it's bad parenting to not let your kid wear what they want to wear. Just think about it folks...it's the 21st century.
4:48 - thank you for being one of our Wise County teachers. You have my highest respect for what you are doing.
I don't know if uniforms are the answer, but those who think it is should do the hard work to push for those uniforms.
How is this done? WRITE letters INDIVIDUALLY to your school board members.
WRITE letters to the editor in support of school uniforms. Call your friends and family members who agree with the uniform idea and get them involved!
Go through the process of getting on the school board agenda to speak. Get some folks to go with you who believe in the idea too!
Wise County Messenger has an e board. Get on it and speak your mind. NTWS has a message board. Get on it and speak out. Speak out on Barry's blog.
We get what we have if we don't fight to make change.
The key word is "FIGHT"
Lane Bryant should NOT sell thongs (aka butt floss) Ha.
im a student there its not just that theyre making sure no one wers shorts
You just made Bridgeport look really stupid. "Wers?"
Let me throw some more gas on the fire... How about CHEERLEADER UNIFORMS?! I'vev seen schools with so-called dress codes such as "skirts have to reach the tip of your fingers down by your side. But cheerleaders' skirts are so short now their panties show. However, they're now officially called "bloomers" and are considered part of the uniform. Some even come with words written on the butt!! Any comments?
6:11 - You didn't have to tell anyone that you are 19...we can all tell.
That being said...yeah...go ahead dress so you can be "different".....You'll be different JUST LIKE ALL the other Emo and Goth kids out there. No matter what you do, you will always be the same as someone else. Get over it...it is life. You are 19....grow up...you DON'T know everything....you may think you do, but you don't. If you are soooooo worried about being different, you should let your actions show how different you are, not your clothes. Go volunteer for a worthy cause....pick up some trash on the side of the road...help the homeless.....get a job. That will show people how different you are. Otherwise, STOP YOUR DAMN WHINING!!!!
It isn't that hard to figure out. Stop and think about it. Teachers have a hard enough time keeping dicipline in the classroom without boys showing up to class wearing a dress and blush. Imagine the hallway between classes. It isn't natural for men to wear womens clothing. If it was, we wouldn't call it WOMEN'S CLOTHING. Cheers to the Bridgeport school board for this decision. As a parent that has raised 4 kids, I can't picture a male child wearing female clothing in public. We are talking about children. Children that we as parents are responsible for teaching and molding. Anyone that feels that this is acceptable needs counseling.
bigcatdaddy, nice post. I couldn't have said better.
Ok, bigcatdaddy. You are just what is wrong with this county. I wasn't whining about the dress code. I don't dress out of the ordinary. The dress code, should I be in high school, would not affect me at all. However, I feel that it is not up to the school to teach gender roles. If the parents have a problem with what their child is wearing, then let them say something to them. Not everyone is such an ultra-conservative that they can't look past a little makeup or girl's jeans. And you saying that someone should be different by being constructive (volunteering, helping homeless, getting a job) is just what your take on being different. I know plenty of people who "emo" or "being different" who do just that sort of thing. How can you judge a whole group of people so openly and ignorantly? I never said that I know everything and I never will, but I am a liberal minded person who believes that people, especially teenageres who are at a point in their life that they are trying to figure out who they are, shouldn't be forced to be someone they simply are not. The dress code is just a way for the school board to force their ultra-conservative "Wise County" mindset on a specific group of teens and singling them out and saying that they are wrong in being who they are. I'm disgusted by that.
Dude, you completely missed my point...but it makes sense...because you are 19....you will learn. Like I said....You don't know everything...but apparently you think you do.
Go back and read some of my comments on other posts....you will find that I am very far from ultra-conservative....I'm actually very liberal.
THAT SLUT IN THE PICTURE STOLE MY UNDERWEAR!!!! WAIT THOSE WERE IN MY BOYFRIENS DRESSER, I'M GONNA KILL THEM BOTH.
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