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"I think they should wear uniforms because the children make fun of one another."
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Jackson
"I believe it is not only more economical for schools to enforce school uniforms, but it will also take some of the pressure off of the students to compete with each other."
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Dyersburg
"I'm for school uniforms, as long as they are cute. It would also save some money."
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Dyersburg
"I think students should be allowed to wear what they want to school, if it's appropriate."
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"The parents are the ones who have to buy the clothes. Let the parents and children buy what they want."
school uniforms are a good idea in theory, but you have to have kids that are a certain build for them to fit and look even half way right
I think it is ridiculous that our children have to wear uniforms. First of all it is not uniforms that they are wearing, if yall read the dress code it is just telling you what your child can and can not wear, what color pants to wear and the lengths of capris, shorts, shirts, etc. Now I don't know about you guys but that is not uniforms. Like other schools that have to wear uniforms, they have all the same color and certain made pants and shirts. What they are telling us to do to our kids is pick certain clothes for them to wear and that is not right. They are allowed to wear shirts and sweatshirts that have the logo DHS on it but not Nike, Polo etc. Come on, If I make the money to buy my kids name brand clothes that is my choice, not the school's. When the school starts paying for my children clothes then they can tell me what to dress them in until shut up Ramer.
I THINK THAT AS LONG AS THE PARENTS ARE PAYING FOR THEIR CHILD,S CLOTHING. THEY ARE THE ONE WHO SHOULD SAY WHAT THEIR CHILD WEARS, AS LONG AS IT IS NOT TO REVEALING. WE ARE THE ONE OUT THE EXPENSE FOR THE SCHOOL ATTAIR, IF THE SCHOOL WANTS UNIFORMS THEN THEY SHOULD PAY FOR THEM.WHEN DID IT BECOME ABOUT THE CLOTHES YOU WEAR, I THOUGHT IT WAS ABOUT EDUCATION AND KNOWLEDGE, NOT WHO IS WEARING WHAT, THE ONLY THING IN-APPROATE IS OUR MINDS AND HOW WE LET THE SYSTEM TEACH OUR CHILDREN THAT CLOTHING GIVES THEM A DEGREE NOT EDUCATION
I THINK THAT AS LONG AS THE PARENTS ARE PAYING FOR THEIR CHILD,S CLOTHING. THEY ARE THE ONE WHO SHOULD SAY WHAT THEIR CHILD WEARS, AS LONG AS IT IS NOT TO REVEALING. WE ARE THE ONE OUT THE EXPENSE FOR THE SCHOOL ATTAIR, IF THE SCHOOL WANTS UNIFORMS THEN THEY SHOULD PAY FOR THEM.
I can tell you a dress code is not necessary. It is aging, ignorant people that think their young time was somehow different and better and more innocent than all the next generations ahead of them. Every generation fights the changes of the next one. People in their 30s in the 1970s HATED the 80s and 90s style and now people currently in their 30s are going to HATE the style of today. Don't be mad over hating it, its natural for us to dislike and disapprove of everything. we're getting old! but don't be stupid about it and think you can just start banning things and it will all be ok. You cannot make things the way they used to be. In fact, things weren't even that great when were young.
Why would you even want the government telling you what your kids can and cant wear? Isn't that a lot like communism? Don't we hate COMMUNISM? Shouldn't the parent dictate what their offspring wear to public schools?
Can we not just have bad parents anymore? Just look at those kids and say, "man, they have some bad parents" and then move on about your day. Please stop trying to control everyones lives with little, tiny, pointless rules that will ultimately be broken. Just let people be themselves and if you dont want to wear stupid scarface shirts or stupid affliction shirts then by all means dont. because in the end no one will care how you dressed.
It's about time! If you don't think so, drive over to the high school when school is being dismissed and look at the droopy drawers, t-shirts down to their knees, skin tight shorts and slacks and then tell me that a dress code is not necessary.
I think that school uniforms are very much the 'way to go'! Hey! It's worked in the United Kingdom for centuries! I wished we'd had school uniforms when I was a kid!
My mother would have dressed me like a little retard until I was a senior, if I'd let her! Some moms just don't know when to let go, and want to continue to dress their children like they're still a child. (Even when the kid has started to mature, and wants to make his/her own decision how to dress!)
School uniforms are an excellent idea! It also gives the kids a feeling of unity!
If you ask me about the dress code its crazy to even have one how can most parents pay to buy uniforms when gas is going up and one other thing whats next for the parents will we have to buy uniforms to go to the gas station next this state thinks up more ways for the people to spend money even people who do not have the money to spend for the uniforms what are they going to do to help them (poor people) make them stay out of school then carry them to court for being held from school because they can't find there size or do not have the money this dress code for the state of tennessee is a joke its not the kids that needed to change there dress code its the parents that need to check what there kids wear and put on befor school seems like the parents need to rethink about there kids and put frouth there own dress code not the state when can the people make there own decision about ther kids and not the state how long befor we lose all of our rights what happened to freedom being told what your kid can wear thats sickens me i never had a dress code in school because parents then put more time in the kids life and look at the USA now most dont care what there kids are doing anymore if there is to be a dress code the state should supply the uniforms not the parents because its not our choice to have a dress code its the state it helps nothing in the school system get teachers that care not ones thats there for a paycheck
i like the dress code,but have problem with the logos (nike and others) on the shirts. They said,as long as a 3x5 business card, covers it,its ok. ITS VERY WRONG, if we are order to do this, why not have a say so about it?
Are you ever gonna change this story???Been on here a month or more
So are girls exempt from tucking in their shirts? I cannot imagine how they would tuck them in if they are only long enough to fall "slightly below the waist". That is a strange requirement. You'll still see all the muffin tops, because everyone's waist length (not just circumference) is different. Some girls' jeans will fit them tight at the "waist" and all that extra flesh will spill over (voila - a muffin top. I didn't make that up!) and still show since the shirts only have to come to "slightly below the waist." I want to see them enforce THAT one -lololol! What a waste of teacher's time and effort. By the way, all the chubby boys MUST tuck in their shirts? Don't you think they might have body image issues as well? Kinda sexist, don't ya think?
You can't polish a turd. They can try to make the school look as good as they want but we all know what is really going on.
Just remember that those of you that think the government (that is what the school board is) should be able to tell you what to wear or how to dress your child will soon give up liberties too!
I think if the school system beleives that uniforms are such a great idea that they too should be forced to wear them also! This would set a good example for the young men and women that are at the mercy of the school board. I would like to hear the opions of the board on this manner. I think that this paper should personally ask each one of them to respond to this posting.
TRUST ME...THE MORE THINGS CHANGE, THE MORE THEY STAY THE SAME...YES THE PARENTS HAVE BEEN OUT OF SCHOOL FOR A WHILE, BUT REMEMBER THAT OLD SAYING, BEEN THERE, DONE THAT AND HAVE THE T-SHIRT...TODAYS YOUTH IS DOING NOTHING THAT HASN'T BEEN DONE BESIDES DISRESPECTFUL..
After reading some more of the posts I have to post again. You are right, overall quality of education does not go up or down because of uniforms or dress code. However, I have been a substitute teacher in the high school arena. For the parents of females... Do you know how many times I have seen boys sit and concentrate more on what your daughter is wearing than what they are supposed to be doing ? Waiting on her to move a certain way to see if they can get a peek at body parts ? So yea, in a way it does effect their education because they are being distracted.
Uniforms will not change the social status of children, and children that are bullies will be bullies regardless. However, many kids that are bullies are following the lead of others because they want acceptance. And clothes is the biggest instigator of ridicule in the school setting.
The problem with the way things are now is that the teachers have "pets", and these "pets" get away with violating the dress-code. I have seen it happen with my own eyes where two girls can have on very similar shirts and the one that is not the "pet" has to put on a football jersey "curtiously" provided by the school or call their parent to bring them a different shirt. The "pet" remains in her own shirt. Even though YOU may make sure your child is not violating the dress-code there are children, especially young ladies, that violating the dress-code and getting away with it. I have seen cheerleaders coming out of the school from practice with their butts hanging out of their shorts and their breasts pushed up to their chins in low cut t shirts. After school hours? Yes, but still school property, still a person that is representing that school with their pom poms.
Cost of uniforms would actually LOWER the cost of buying these designer brand clothes that seems to signify if you are part of the "in crowd" or an "outcast". There are many other IMPORTANT ways for parents and children to make decisions and choices together than "Oh my what will I wear to school today."
I am totally for school uniforms. There are plenty of other times for children to show their individuality .... AFTER SCHOOL.
A dress code and a uniform are two different things. I think a simple
code...a plain shirt/blouse and slacks/pants... is all that's needed... and school
authorities should have the right
to ban any lewd or suggestive styles
or colors. It's either this or allow
students to where anything they please..
and that is not going to get it.
this is about an article from last november. which is still an issue that is going on. The mobile homes on st.john avenue are being re-possessed. The people there are not getting payed to move, and in very little time, are expected to find new homes. This is the people there that own their trailers. Where will they get the money to relocate? Also, why are they not, at the very least, helping to find somewhere for them. and why aren't they getting payed to do so? Why is this an issue; all of the family stress for a NICER ROAD to a factory? The people there a baffled. What is there to do?!
i do believe that the way a child dresses is showing their expressions and personality so if the schools go to uniforms they would be taking this away from the children...
everybody is not alike,nor do we dress alike so if god wanted us to be alike he would have done that a long time ago..
now i will say that a school need to have guide lines for the way they dress..
im glad to see some of the parents actually see the disrespect of the dress code. if the school board is more strict on the way we have to dress then yes i believe more will follow it. some of the kids think they can just switch schools because of the dress code, but the fact is.. if dyersburg goes to uniforms more than likely the county will too,eventually.
i still feel it will be a good thing for the high school.
Students are children and young adults about to enter society and take this world by storm. Those of you that are between ages 30-100 don't understand this concept. The world is the next generation. These children need to take responsibility and have choice with parents concent, not the concent of old farts and bags, I'm sorry to say. I hope this enlights you all.
My daughter is a senior NOW. I am not unaware of what the kids are wearing to school now. You said it yourself...disrespect for the dress code. If they have disrespect for the current dress code do you expept them have respect for a uniform policy? I serious doubt it!
Parents are making a big of this issue. Why? We are the ones that will bear the burden of cost for these uniforms (most of us). Why am I making a big deal out of this? I want people to think before they jump on the band wagon of school uniforms. There is a HUGE difference between a dress code and a school uniform!!
I appreciate your statement about the senior class taking the lead with this. You are an example that others need to look too. I wish that I could believe that the majority of the your class feel as you do about this.
To the parents that will still have children in Dyersburg/Dyer Co. schools next year...best of luck with this issue.
I hope and pray that your school board members will:
1. Put the best interest of the students first.
2. Make sure the educational process is enhanced by this decision.
3. Make sure this decision is not for selfish reasons.
4. Remember also that those parents that are both for or agaisnt this issue are the ones that elected you to your position on the school board. You need to fairly and evenly represent those people.
Best of luck to all with this issue.
i will be a senior at DHS this coming up year, when more than likely the dress code will be changed.i think that this is a very good idea to bring into the school, some of you parents act like its some big deal, well when you see what some of the kids are wearing to school you could WANT a dress code. there are some outrageous. i don't think it really matter where the clothes come from, from what i've heard about it the emblem can't be larger than a business card so whats the big deal. i think that as a up coming senior, the senior class needs to have a good attitude about this. under classmen look up to us for advise, opinions, and etc. if the seniors have a good attitude and take on the dress code like adults i feel thats the under classmen might look up and agreee with us.
to the parents who are making this into a big deal, not trying to be rude, but its probably been a few years since you have been in high school, and you have NO IDEA how some of the students act, and disrespect the dress code.
OMG, mythinking - take your meds, and NOW! So funny how peole can pick one word out of an otherwise non-labeling comment and rant and rant and rant about it. Does the saying, people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones" come to mind? You are judging ME! I buy clothes in New York, Miami and my hometown Walmart as well. Not a thing wrong with Walmart clothes! I do not think wearing Walmart clothes makes one "less than". I was responding to other posts about kids who wear "non-designer" clothes. Walmart was just an example. And how do you know what I teach my children? If you had picked anything out of my latest comments, it should have been that I teach my children to strive to do be successful so they are in a position to help others less fortunate. We should also teach them that everyone is NOT equal when it comes to money - that's the REAL WORLD! Some people will always have more, some less. Trying to even everything out by making them all dress the same doesn't each them how to be better people. It doesn't teach them they they have to work hard to get those things. It does NOT mean the HAVES should look down their noses at the HAVE NOTS, but letting the government attempt to equal everyone out teaches them reliance on the government, nothing more! YOU TOTALLY MISINTERPRETED WHAT I WAS SAYING! Go crawl back under your unenlightened rock and stay there until the nice men let you back in your rubber room for more basketweaving!!
Excuse me that comment was for outta*here not Kat1
Kat 1 -- For your title and thoughts of miss walmart susie wearing, you ought to try it George has a great line at wal mart. But yes my child does wear Hollister, Abercrombie and American Eagle dont wear much of Aeropostale its faded out and we do shop Cricket Corner and Perfect Fit along with Village Taylor, but we do also buy from Wal-Mart, and there is nothing wrong with that but it is mothers like you that do so much judgeing and let your child hear what you have to say therefore they learn to judge. If you would keep you mouth shut and stop thinking that you are all high and mighty and you are better than everyone else then our children would not turn out this way. I grew up in a very wealthy sucessful family and lived with the finest of everything and still do to a degree but that is one thing that I never thought was I was better and never judge the ones that had less. But you have taught your children this way so therefore thats how kids end up talking about each other and hurting other kids feelings. But you ought to try basket weaving it is fun, also makes you feel good to know that you can make something instead of ordering a $125.00 basket out of Pottery Barn
I think that some of you are the very ones that want to judge children that dont meet you standards to hang with your child. I personally know about 8 mothers that worry about what type of popularity their child stands verses what they are out doing on the weekend (you know drinking, smoking pot and popping pills) and only get punished for 2 days. LOL!!! You mothers want to talk about set an example and make these children want more and make them want to go to school get a degree so they can provide better for their children. Well what about you that just luckily married into money, you dont work and some of you dont have a degree. And matter of fact you didnt have a pot to piss in till you did get married. So why dont you go back to school get a degree and depend on yourself and not your husband then talk about setting examples. Cause I sure have taught my daughter to grow up and go to school and make a living for herself not to depend on a man. But the issue is dress codes and it doesnt matter what they wear it is all about how they are raised.
I have to agree that the examples that are being given about the medical field, factories, the armed services, etc. are not valid in this situation. We are not talking about a private company that has the right to decided what their employees wear each day to work. We are talking about children in public school that receives local, state and federal tax dollars.
"What irony and what hypocrisy"??? What does that mean? I do not understand where my position AGAINST a school uniform is any different than your position FOR it. How is that irony and hypocrisy?
I have never considered the legal side of this issue. Interesting point there. That would require some research to decide that issue.
Yes, I know that several of the counties surrounding Dyer Co. have a uniform policy. Ask those people how effective it has been. Find out from Crockett Co. and Lauderdale Co. if they have seen an INCREASE in test scores since they began this policy. Have they seen a DECREASE in school discipline issues? Do not only ask the school officals but ask the parents. Ask the parents about the financial burden (if any) it may have caused. Personally, I could not afford to dress my child in two different sets of clothing...one for school (a uniform) and then one for after school.
My point here more than anything is this: ASK QUESTIONS!! RESEACH THE ISSUE!!
It is interesting to know that almost all counties surrounding Dyer County have gone to dresscode and yet Dyer County is holding fast to something that is absolutely ridiculous. If proper research was given by the parents, the parents would discover that school uniforms take nothing away from the individuality of the children but rather than being a burden can be a rewarding lesson for the future. If one of the local factories requires uniforms, it is seen as a grand and wise thing. If a person becomes a part of the arms services, the medical field, any service/civic industry or the corrections field - uniforms are required and no one looses individuality. But it is deemed is a matter of civil unrest to ask the youth to prepare? My, my, my, what irony and what hypocrisy.
Ok, after reading all the posts, some are quite accurate and some are ridiculous..I realize this isn't the 60's or 70's, when dress codes weren't even an item, but most of you are aware that our society as let it come to this, and yes, parents are quite to blame, as these are your children that wearing their pants half way down the back of their legs, not to mention shirts that 3 sizes too big...come on, and take some pride in your appearance..if you want to dress like a rapper, then move to one of the major cities, such as LA, NY....just doesn't fly in this town and has nothing to do with where you buy your clothes...if you think this is impressive to dress this way, you need some real help...if you are offended by this post, then dress appropriately...
Does it really make a difference what the parents think? The school system makes their own choices about things just like they did when they put our Dyer County schools on this "year-round school calendar" when it is not year round because the kids stay out of school every time you look around. Why do the kids need to have 2 weeks out for fall and spring break? What are working parents supposed to do with their kids all these times that they are out? I was told that the intercession classes were for this purpose but they didn't have enough room for my child to go to these classes for the spring intercession. So they need to make more room or back to 1 week break just like we did when I was in school. The kids get bored anyway. It's not like they can go outside while their parents are at work!
kAT1 - Do you also suggest the parents be forced to ask your (or the school board's) opinion before they buy a fancy house or car? God forbid little Walmart-wearing Susie see that someone has nicer things if she's invited to their house or happens to see them in the car rider line. How about when the parents come to school? Should they be forced to conform to your standards of what is "too expensive or showy" so none of the poorer kids realize some kids have parents who can afford expensive things? Why not use this issue as a teaching example instead of trying to unrealiztically make everyone equal? teach them to "study hard, make good grades, stay out of trouble, get a degree in something besides basket weaving, live within their means and work their way up to a good paying job so they can afford to buy nice things and still have money to help those less fortunate if THEY so choose"? THIS IS AMERICA - WE STILL HAVE THE FREEDOM TO CHOOSE THESE THINGS FOR OURSELVES.
I do agree that some kids are more concerned about what name brand they have on instead of what is inside of the book in their hands. However, is there any evidence from school systems the size of Dyersburg that can PROVE that test scores improved because the kids were in a uniform? Personally I do think that what a child wears on their body effects how they learn. An enviroment that promotes education is more than just children all dressed alike sitting in a classroom. It is the teachers, the class material and how it is presented to the children. My daughter is in high school. I do not think that having her sit in a class room and watch Disney movies (such as The Lion King) will help her improve her grades.
My dad use to say: "Sometime we major on minors and minor on majors". That seems to be the case here. One part of the education process is being singled out instead of looking at the WHOLE picture. We need to determine what part of this system is failing our children.
If you think that dressing your child in khaki pants and a solid color shirt will help their grades improve then feel free to do that. However, I feel that I would rather concentrate on making my daughter's teachers more responsible for their classroom material and how it is presented and taught.
I agree with MsROSS on Mar 4th. I am an older woman long out of school and I lived through ridicule by other children in my school.I have never forgotten the remarks made to me.A dress code should involve every aspect of clothing and footwear and simple jewelry.I went to school and the profession I chose required a uniform.I was not given a choice,however,I was proud to wear the uniform signifying my profession.Let all children have good self esteem.........put uniforms on them. We are made in God's image, some just have more worldly possessions.When you die and yes, you will someday, you take nothing with you.Now last, parents, teach your children to respect you,one another and adults. And by all means show respect to your children.They can't learn these attributes if you don't practice them.
My daughter is a senior this year so any decision will not effect her. However let me share her story with you. We moved to Dyersburg when she was in the 4th grade. She was so excited about going to her new school. We had been living in a small town in middle TN. Her school was very rural and very low income. Clothing that the kids wore to school came from Walmart, Dollar General or Family Dollar. Not all the clothing but most of it. It was never an issue. Then we move to Dyersburg. After the first month at school we knew we had a HUGE problem on our hands. She would come home and cry for hours! When she would take a shower you could hear her over the sound of the water running crying and sobbing. Talk about something breaking your heart!! Why was she so miserable? Because she was made fun of because she wore clothing from those stores mentioned above and not from the mall and expensive stores. The harassment was rentlentless!!! The girls in her class were just plain EVIL about this. If it wasn't her shirt it was her jeans or her shoes. It finally got to the point where I went to each parent seperately and privately to talk about this problem. Most of the parents were not even aware of the way their child was treating mine. Some of the parents just refused to accept the facts that their child was a BULLY! Let's fast forward to high school. Did it get any better? To some extent yes it did. Our jobs provided so that we didn't have to get all her clothing at those stores. We could shop at different stores. She did still wear some things from Walmart and other store discount stores. Did that stop the harassment or evil treatment from these "mean girls"...NO IT DID NOT!! When they could not harass her for what she wore they found something else. Most all of her high school years she has dealt with this group of girls. These kids that make fun of someone for how they are dressed will ALWAYS find something to harass other kids for.
My point here is this: a uniform would not have settled the problem then and it will not settle it now. Mean kids are just that...MEAN kids! They will always find a reason to make fun of someone else.
As I said before social classes are a fact of life. If you think that dressing all the kids alike will "even" things..WAKE UP..it will NOT!
How children treat others whether it is at school, church, the movies, the mall, the football game, a day at the park or anywhere starts at HOME! These kids have seen it from somewhere that this behavior is accept. Let me tell you...IT IS NOT!
Teach the kids respect. Self respect in how they dress in public. That how they dress...no matter the income...is a reflection of self pride. Respect for others and how they dress. That harassing someone else because they are not dressed in a certain name brand is a reflection on respect for others and their personal choices.
We want our children to be individuals. We want them to think for themselves and not rely on others to make decisions for them. We want them to know that there are guidelines in life but within those guidelines there is room for personal choices and personal expression.
Dyersburg and Dyer Co. School Board Members: Set guidelines for what is acceptable and unacceptable at during school hours. More importantly ENFORCE those guidelines. The kids need to know they will be held accountable if they break those guidelines. You can not have responsibility with out accountability.
A uniform is not the answer here. The answer lies in enforcement. A uniform policy can not be enforced if a dress code (guidelines) is not enforceable.
Oh, I have been for this for a long time. It gives the underprivileged children a little more leverage toward being one of the so called poplar, BEING EQUAL. No more name brands that stick out. I think all name brand tags should be taken off clothing and shoes be of a certain kind for all, not expensive so all can afford, of uniform type. No more sags-underwear showing, bellies, cleavage. ALL FOR IT!!!!!! NO MORE CHILDREN BEING MADE FUN OF BECAUSE OF CLOTHING. ONE STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION!! I know this not all of the problems but it is one of the problems.
I am a former Dburger. In my new town, we went from regular dress code to a uniform type dress code. We have three color choices for polo shirts plus wear plain khakis or jeans. If you think the kids still can't tell who has $$ and who doesn't, you are fooling yourself. They will always know who has the most expensive, purses, shoes, coats, electronics, cars, houses, etc. A uniform dress code simply punishes the few who don't follow what you have in place now. Those people won't follow ANY dress code, so why punish the people who do? It is NOT easier for parents, believe me. Any why would you want MORE government control anyway?????
A dress code and a uniform at two different things. The current dress code is not effective because it is NOT enforced. They should try a year of just enforcing what is already in place instead of trying to put in a uniform policy.
How about the staff and faculty? Will they be forced to wear a uniform also? In a previous article something was said that MOST of the teachers follow the policy on dress code and they did not want to punish all of them for the few that do not. Is that now what you are doing here? You want to punish an entire school system for the small percentage that refuses to follow the dress code already in place.
This is a REALLY bad idea!! But then again...it's just my opinion!!
I'm all for dress codes in schools, now i won't have to look at their pants hanging to their knees.
I think they should enforce the dress code they already have and leave off the uniforms. DHS required their boys to tuck in their shirts and not wear baggy pants, but this year that changed. Kids look better when they are neat, but forcing parents to buy uniforms for kids to wear at school? How will that save money when you will have to STILL buy stuff for them to wear outside of school. No child will want to wear their Polo and khaki every day all day! That will almost be double the clothes parents have to purchase. If the board will focus more on the kids who are bagging and sagging and leave the children along who are wearing a tshirt and jeans - don't punish all for the few who are not complying...
Skip the dress codes and go to the school uniforms - kakhi pants and white/red/navy knit shirts or sweat shirts.
A dress code can be a good thing, BUT it needs to be a well thought out plan that a majority can agree on. The parents are the ones that are going to have to pay for the different uniforms. Then every few weeks the school wants the student to sell something(which means the parents are spending more money) Lets think a minute before they jump into a dress code. This also adds to the what the teacher has to do. They not only have to worry about teaching and lessons but if the students are wearing the right pants and shirt with a belt? Tennessee is on the last states when it comes to education, and we are worried about what to wear to school(no wonder)
Nathaniel, why wait until you graduate? You could leave now, unless there really is some reason why you would want to stay!
Uniforms - be careful what you wish for. You will have to leave work to pick up your child for wearing the wrong shade of shirt if you wash it too much and it fades, etc. The last thing we need is more government control!
School uniforms are not a new idea, I first heard about them in an old newsreel from the 1930s but it was hard to understand because the narration was in GERMAN.
Well........I live in Nashville,TN our schools have uniforms, which at first I thought were stupid, but after seeing my son leave for the first day of school with his uniform on, and watching the other students. It is a great idea. This teaches children that when they reach the age when they are able to work, they have to follow the rules and regulations of that job meaning they may be required to wear a uniform. Which they will because they want to be paid. So why not start them off in school, getting them prepared for life after school. Kids today are more worried about the brand name that they have on their butts, instead of what is inside the book in there hands.
I know my how my child is. She would like it for about a week then it would be "do I have to wear the same thing to school everyday"!! Think about this everyone BEFORE you let school officals make this kind of decision! Do some research. Has a school system shown improvements BECAUSE of school uniforms? Have test scores improved in that school? Have dicipline problems decreased? Study this issue very very carefully before you make this a way of life for your children. Are you looking for an easy way out of buying back to school clothes or do you really believe that all the kids dressing the same in schools the size of Dyersburg City School system made a REAL difference in the quality of education they are receiving? The issue is QUALITY OF EDUCATION!! Instead of worrying about what color and style of shirt a child has on why don't you worry about if that child can read and do basic math.
Social classes are a fact of life. Anyone that says they do not exsist is living in a cave. It does not matter if you have a uniform dress code or not. The "rich" kids will get thier khakis and shirts from the pricey department stores at the malls and the lower to middle class kids will get their khakis and shirts from the dollar stores and big chain stores (trying not to name store names here). The point is you will still be able to tell social classes by clothing. If you believe that this is not what will happen then you are being unrealistic.
Consider this issue very carefully. Research the facts too. Look at other schools systems the size of Dyersburg and see if this has made a difference for them. I may be wrong but I do not believe that just because all the students in a class are dressed alike or similar that the quality of education automatically goes up. If they are in a class with a bad teacher then clothing is not going to improve that situation!!
Dress code is just one step away from uniform policy. Be careful what you ask for!
Sure would make doing laundry and getting everyone ready in the morning easier.