An assistant principal & athletic director at a Tennessee school was placed on administrative leave after he made some ridiculous remarks. Scope the video.
Where did this peabrain get that idea?
Jared Hensley is lucky his school, Soddy-Daisy High, is not in Knox County. A certain Mayor might take exception to the hare-brained remarks of this good ol' boy that won this week's Dunce Cap. Just what is it about parents and faculty at high schools in the South that they think they need dress codes in public schools? For what it's worth, Soddy-Daisy is located in Hamilton County in Tennessee, but it might as well be further down in the boondocks......
I really don't think this man deserves a dunce cap. He is just implementing a dress code for students who have been dressing far too provacatively.
ReplyDeleteI blame current media culture for that but the fact is, kids these days are wearing stuff I wouldn't have worn (or been allowed to wear) as a teen! Women dress a certain way, they attract a certain kind of attention (what in my parents' day was about advertising and that someone eventually will answer that ad) that could lead to something else down the road.
I also agree with public displays of affection rules. It's disrespectful to be eating each others faces off in hallways! Trust me, I've seen it! It's gross and distracting!
It's true that Hensley says that they have plenty of time off campus to dress as they wish. I went to a Catholic school and wore and uniform. We could express ourselves how we wanted before school, after school, weekends and holidays. Just not on school grounds during school hours.
I'm reminded of a cartoon I saw in my local newspaper regarding the fight for school uniforms in public schools. It showed two public HS students who were complaining they wouldn't get to be individuals if they had to wear them. Meanwhile, you would look at other students going into the classroom - all dressed the same way!!
I spent two years at a Christian school where students all wore the same uniform---red or white shirts for the guys, blouses for the ladies, blue slacks for the guys, blue skirts for the ladies---, and that wasn't a problem. Shifting back to a public school (because the parents couldn't afford to keep me at the academy due to rising tuitions), I didn't see a lot of PDA's in the halls, just a lot of comraderie between boys & girls. I fell hard for one of the cheerleaders---she's still a good friend of mine, even though she's been married for 29 years as of last Sunday---such that I would walk side-by-side with her after the last class to her bus (she lived in a different part of town).
ReplyDeleteThe bottom line is, back in my high school days, students were treated with respect by administration. Today, especially in the South & Midwest, you're getting these cases of kids being wardrobe shamed. Should the students amend their wardrobe? Yes, but I don't think they should be shamed into it. A private meeting with a guidance counselor or principal would settle the issue.
Sometimes shaming is necessarily. God gave it to Adam & Eve after all!
ReplyDeleteBesides, half of the wardrobe battles would have been solved with that classic question, "You're not going to wear THAT are you?". Worked like a charm!!
I still wore slacks for the remainder of my high school years, finding color-coordinating shirts to match. It enabled me to blend in a little better. Saved my jeans for weekends.
ReplyDeleteParents today are a little more lenient about their kids' wardrobe choices, and we are seeing the results.