Avery Warner 9/9/2017

One morning before school I was running late, I was exhausted and barely could keep my eyes open. I wanted to dress how I felt. So I threw on some plaid sweatpants and a sweatshirt. In my eyes this outfit was perfectly appropriate. But my middle school music teacher did not, so sent me to the office to call my mother out of work to bring me different pants.

At this point in my life extremely tight printed leggings were in style. I personally was shocked when I got got in trouble for bagging sweatpants when other girls weren’t getting in trouble for wearing  almost see through pants.

Dress code is a very controversial topic. On one side kids should be able to express themselves in what they wear and not get judge or sexualized for what they’re wearing. But where is the limit? When does what someone wear become a ‘distraction’ or a safety hazard? And  should school uniforms be informed?

I had recently asked a few females from Middleboro High school what there opinion on the school dress code was. These few females asked to remain anonymous but there answers all were very similar. They all said they think dress code was ‘annoying’ and for the most part ‘unnecessary’. Expect on the occasion when they “don’t want to see other females butt cheeks”.

My interviewees don’t see they need for dress code but do not like when females dress inappropriately. But without dress code would others dress unruly? Some could argue what a person wears reflects who they are so if someone is dressing scandalously that is just showing what type of person they are. Schools having a strict dress code they are constructing a student’s creativity.

I asked the same females there opinion on having uniforms and there answers were surprising. They all said they wanted a school uniform. After hearing they how much they disliked the dress code I was confused. Again they all agreed on the same conclusion. As long as the uniform was some what appealing they would be all for a dress code.  For reasons that “no one would be judged for what they’re wearing” and “no one would be better than anyone else”.

I asked the same questions to a few males at Middleboro High School and they did not seem to care about the topic. I heard a lot of “i don’t know” and “I don’t care”. I ended the males interviews with the controversial topic “when females break they dress code, do they distract you from learning?” and they all responded with a lovely “no I don’t care”..

Then I asked the males there opinion on having a school uniform and there answers were not surprising. They all said they would not want a uniform because they like to “dress how they want” and “uniforms would just be dumb”.

Obviously males and females students from middleboro opinions on the topic are very different. But if I were to talk the adults here there opinions would probably differ from the students. Dress code in High Schools is a very controversial and everyone has different opinions. But to keep the peace I believe a school uniform should be activated.