Students wearing jeans to class.

While I can see the value in dress codes such as keeping everyone on an equal playing field or fixing it so they can't wear inappropriate clothes to school, I also am ok with jeans that aren't ripped or as Della said with underwear showing.

When my classmates were wearing jeans I was being dressed in polyester pants and these weird floral dress shirts. It was awful.
 
The public elementary school my great-granddaughters attend has a dress code. Shorts, skorts, skirts, jumpers in either jean material, khaki or solid dark material and the school polo shirt in the different colors it comes in (red, white, blue). On special occasions, there are "pajama days", "sports days" or "inside out days" and the like.

I can remember my public school days: skirts ONLY for girls and they had to adhere to length regulations. We could not wear sleeveless blouses, culottes or wrap-around skirts. No sandals. Boys had to wear their shirts tucked it (only sweaters could be worn not tucked) and belts had to be worn with pants. Boys could wear jeans, as long as they were neat.

Even when I went off to college, girls did not wear pants to class. And that was hard because it was a BIG campus and was very snowy and cold in the winter.
 
Yes...I think students should be allowed to wear jeans to school...👖

When my Son was in school that is mostly what they wore.
He wore what I would call normal jeans.

I also do not care for the pants worn on the hip showing your underwear style.
I never saw anyone wearing those to school, I think they were not allowed to wear that stye to school.
 
I can remember when we called them dungarees! Not allowed in school, I don't even remember anyone ever trying. Girls wore skirts every day, with blouses or sweaters. Boys wore casual shirts and pants, not jeans, and I just looked at my high school yearbook which shows the boys wearing dress shirts, ties, and jackets, but I don't remember them dressing like that every day.

Obviously, no one wore the kind of t-shirts they wear now. They probably would have been expelled!
 
I can't imagine why not allow jeans, they are usually more modest than leggings, and comfortable and practical (especially if they have pockets).

Up until I was in 9th grade our school system didn't allow girls to wear pants. I feel like my efforts to be as immodest as possible in dresses helped get the policy changed. Mini skirts were the fashion and I would climb over benches and bleachers and sit in class with my knees apart, probably giving the teachers conniptions (I got sent to the counselor office once for immodestly short skirt, but she said mine was the normal shortness and let me go back to class - tho of course she didn't see my behavior, heh heh heh).

Vive la Resistance!
 
HoneyNut said:
I can't imagine why not allow jeans, they are usually more modest than leggings, and comfortable and practical (especially if they have pockets).

Up until I was in 9th grade our school system didn't allow girls to wear pants. I feel like my efforts to be as immodest as possible in dresses helped get the policy changed. Mini skirts were the fashion and I would climb over benches and bleachers and sit in class with my knees apart, probably giving the teachers conniptions (I got sent to the counselor office once for immodestly short skirt, but she said mine was the normal shortness and let me go back to class - tho of course she didn't see my behavior, heh heh heh).

Vive la Resistance!
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When I was in high school I got sent to the office more than once for having my pants frayed at the bottom.
And again for having patches on my pants. I loved to sew.
Remember that hippie look?
Principal made me staple the pants up like a seam and sent me back to class. I was sent home several times.
Silly stuff, no harm done.

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School uniforms are the order of the day in Australia. As a former teacher I had many an argument with rebellious students over how they were actually wearing them.

Although uniforms might seem expensive the opposite was the case. Most schools had a "shop" where second hand uniforms could be bought very cheaply. When my daughter began school at age 5, I was able to purchase material and a pattern from the school and I made her two Summer uniforms myself. I was very proud of my effort.

Summer school uniforms today are often shorts or track pants with a short sleeved top. A sun hat for outdoors is a must.

My mother believed that school uniforms protected teen age girls from perverts because, 16 being the legal age of consent, the uniform was a sign that the girl was underage. Not sure that she was right about that one.
 
Warrigal said:
Although uniforms might seem expensive the opposite was the case. Most schools had a "shop" where second hand uniforms could be bought very cheaply.
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That was my experience, too. My son's school had a uniform requirement, and it was both easier (no hassles over what to wear, although that's more of a girl issue) and less expensive. The second-hand uniforms were in great shape because kids grow so quickly. Plus the school would accept only clothing in generally good shape.
 
Warrigal said:
School uniforms are the order of the day in Australia. As a former teacher I had many an argument with rebellious students over how they were actually wearing them.

Although uniforms might seem expensive the opposite was the case. Most schools had a "shop" where second hand uniforms could be bought very cheaply. When my daughter began school at age 5, I was able to purchase material and a pattern from the school and I made her two Summer uniforms myself. I was very proud of my effort.

Summer school uniforms today are often shorts or track pants with a short sleeved top. A sun hat for outdoors is a must.

My mother believed that school uniforms protected teen age girls from perverts because, 16 being the legal age of consent, the uniform was a sign that the girl was underage. Not sure that she was right about that one.
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School uniforms in the UK are rooted in equality. Rick or poor, students look the same. This seems more important to today than it was way back when.
 
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