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Nina said: "I don't mind school dress codes because I think they're instituted for good reason, they also mean that one boy can't be discriminated against for his race- all children have to follow the same rules regardless of ethnicity or gender."
I can see how school uniforms would have this effect, but I don't think this is the case with mere dress codes. 2 examples from my post, both the one from my own life (where I was allowed to wear blue clothes) and the one I found on the web, show examples of school dress codes applying to some kids and not others, presumably on the basis of race.
Nina said: "How is the fact that they chose not to discriminate against you because of your sex and race not disruptive to the learning environment?"
Umm....that wasn't what I was trying to say at all. I think it was disruptive to the learning environment that they applied different rules for different kids, seemingly on the basis of race and sex. What I said was, "I can't recall a time when, at the school without the dress code, anyone's style of dress was ever actually disruptive to the learning environment." I guess the point I was trying to make is that I think the actual disruption to learning that would supposedly ensue if kids were allowed to wear whatever they want is quite overstated. The preferentially enforced dress code policy at the 1st high school I attended was disruptive, whereas the lack of a dress code altogether at the second high school I attended wasn't, as far as I could tell.
Nina said: "All that time you were taking advantage of the system in a way that someone else couldn't. How do you know the blatant evidence of that wasn't disruptive to some poor boy who was different to you through some accident of birth?"
I think it was, and I do feel bad now about having taken advantage of the system in a way that someone else couldn't. I wasn't thinking about my actions (wearing blue) very critically at the time.
On the subject of uniforms... While I think that uniforms have some positive aspects, I think that we as adults would be more than a little miffed if the government were to tell us that we have to wear a uniform between the hours of 8am and 3pm (approximately), 5 days a week. While a lot of jobs have uniforms and dress codes, adults actually have some choice in where they work.
Do you agree with Phyrephox's statement, "businesses or private organisations can ban types of clothing on their properties if they so wish, but it is not something government should get invloved in."? Aren't school dress codes consitered government involvement? |
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This is in london.