http://www.bvblackspin.com/2010/04/27/prom-dress-punishment/?sms_ss=facebook
OK. I don't even know where to start on this one.
Number 1, if you are aware of the dress code before the prom, and you choose not to adhere to it, then YOU DON'T GO TO THE PROM!
Number 2, if you made the dress code rules, and students choose not to adhere to them, and you STILL let them into the prom, YOU ARE WRONG! They should be stopped immediately and disciplined, not allowed to stay at the prom and be suspended/paddled days later.
Number 3, to the reporter who said if the parents agree to what the students wear, the schools should back off.. have you seen how parents dress? I have, personally, seen a mother come in the front office in the morning in her bath robe with curlers in her hair to sign her daughter into school because she was tardy. I have also had a colleague who went to a student's house and the mom came to the door NAKED. Yeah, nice judges of what people should wear, huh?
Number 4, what is wrong with enforcing a dress code? We have all seen what happens when people are left to their own devices (see above post) and allowed to wear what they wish. There is nothing wrong with requiring students to dress decently and respectfully for at least one night.
Number 5, I'm surprised there is a high school (or any school for that matter) that still paddles students. I don't disagree with paddling/corporal punishment; however, I would let someone else do it instead of me.
The dress code specified that the dresses couldn't be shorter than 6 inches above the knee and couldn't be transparent. Hmm, OK.. I really don't see a problem with that. It is much more lenient than the every day dress codes around here.
This is a ridiculous commentary on why schools can't succeed no matter what they do. If the girls' dresses are too short, the parents complain about how it looks/it looks bad/they look like sluts/etc. If the schools say nothing about it, the parents complain about how slack they are/they let students get away with everything/etc. When the schools take a stand and enforce rules, this is what makes the news. What are schools to do? We can't win for losing.
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Schools need to do what is right by the children that are entrusted to teach and groom them into responsible adults. We can't do that when we allow the students and their parents to run the school. Example: If a student did not bring a permission slip to go on a field trip, we should not allow that student to call a parent the day of the field trip to give permission for the student to go. Instead we have often times allowed that student to make the call because he needs "the same experience as the the other students". Shouldn't we teach the student about the experience of suffering the consequences of not meeting the deadline?
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