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Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Dress Codes: What’s The Point?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Saggy pants are under attack again — this time from the Atlanta Board of Education, which is expected next week to ban the popular, underwear-baring style from the city’s public schools.
Board member Brenda Muhammad brought the issue to the school board after working with the so-called Saggy Pants Task Force, started by Atlanta City Councilman C.T. Martin earlier this year.
“A lot of people have different opinions about it,” Muhammad acknowledged in an interview last night. “But in the school system … we’re trying to get kids ready for the work world.”
Atlanta’s student dress code policy already outlaws “baggy oversize clothing.” Now, the rules for acceptable dress also will bar “sagging shorts or trousers” to crack down on teens who favor ill-fitting jeans.
“In support of student success,” the policy states, “the Atlanta Board of Education sets expectations for student dress and grooming to avoid disruption of the instructional process, violation of health and safety standards, and offense of common standards of decency.”
So tell me: If you want a teenager to learn and grow and become more mature, why take away one of the few areas where they can express their individuality? After all, don’t teachers and parents still teach kids it’s not appearance that matters, but rather the character within?
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