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hifiguy

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37. Poor kid.

Reply to Warren DeMontague (Reply #8)

Fri Sep 5, 2014, 09:51 AM

Sep 2014

I'd much rather have the culture and the rain rather than the hurricanes and lunatics.

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15 year old girl claims she was forced to wear "shame suit" because skirt was too short [View all] davidn3600 Sep 2014 OP

You have to look at the bright side on these things. Turbineguy Sep 2014 #1

Some of the clothes the girls wear are distracting and tacky. Boudica the Lyoness Sep 2014 #2

Or had her nose swatted with a newspaper Warpy Sep 2014 #7

and quite a lot dress codes are enforced arbitrarily... JCMach1 Sep 2014 #50

Good Goddess...they think teenagers, especially teenage girls, need even MORE shame in their lives? Ken Burch Sep 2014 #3

All the OTHER kids in that school should get copies of that shirt made Ken Burch Sep 2014 #4

I love that idea! Avalux Sep 2014 #33

That is devious and underhanded. hifiguy Sep 2014 #35

"I'm available for children's parties, Bar Mitzvahs, and 'smokers'". n/t. Ken Burch Sep 2014 #61

That was pretty close to the solution the kids at my daughter's school used. Ms. Toad Sep 2014 #48

Win!!! Initech Sep 2014 #53

Adults can be stupid and horrible role models. littlemissmartypants Sep 2014 #5

This never would have worked when I was in high school. We would have A Simple Game Sep 2014 #17

Absolutely. The kids should MineralMan Sep 2014 #22

Meh. We just had guys that came in the next day wearing short skirts. Ikonoklast Sep 2014 #57

Quite true. In fact, I often think the majority of adults are "stupid and horrible role models." n/t RKP5637 Sep 2014 #29

This is the skirt in question jmowreader Sep 2014 #6

That's a perfectly modest and age appropriate look. Starry Messenger Sep 2014 #14

Age appropriate if you're 35 and your name is Doctor, right? jmowreader Sep 2014 #42

That's the skirt? abelenkpe Sep 2014 #15

I remember in high school back in the 90s... davidn3600 Sep 2014 #16

jr. high school in the 60's shanti Sep 2014 #44

They're Kidding, Right? ProfessorGAC Sep 2014 #18

You look just fine in that outfit, kid, but MineralMan Sep 2014 #19

Yeah, that was all I saw wrong with that picture. MoonRiver Sep 2014 #21

OMG! OMG! I can see her knees! MineralMan Sep 2014 #23

Knees! OMG! How can she expose her genitalia like that! RKP5637 Sep 2014 #30

I own that skirt, too. I'm 38. It's perfectly fine. School has teh issues. politicat Sep 2014 #24

Nothing wrong with the skirt. I bet some of those teachers skirts are high. SummerSnow Sep 2014 #31

Sounds like some of the administrators are high. Orrex Sep 2014 #41

Shame this young woman for THAT? get the red out Sep 2014 #32

Exactly what is wrong with this? hifiguy Sep 2014 #36

Hey! How about a NSFW warning next time? Orrex Sep 2014 #40

With this kind of reaction, they must wear hoop skirts jmowreader Sep 2014 #43

There is nothing wrong with the length of that skirt. In_The_Wind Sep 2014 #62

She had just moved from Seattle to Florida. Warren DeMontague Sep 2014 #8

Indeed. eom littlemissmartypants Sep 2014 #9

Poor kid. hifiguy Sep 2014 #37

That is a good point! Initech Sep 2014 #46

Hmmm, might it be a case of putting the new girl in her place? haele Sep 2014 #49

That occurred to me, too. Warren DeMontague Sep 2014 #54

What kind of an asshole thinks up these kind of things. gtar100 Sep 2014 #10

Sick, evil people DFW Sep 2014 #11

AND SCHOOLS WONDER why there is yuiyoshida Sep 2014 #12

Some of the comments on the linked site are disgusting. Unknown Beatle Sep 2014 #13

Stupid school! This girl should wear MineralMan Sep 2014 #20

What's next? school uniforms? B Calm Sep 2014 #25

new dress code... Locrian Sep 2014 #26

LOL +1 B Calm Sep 2014 #28

Our schools just send the kids home to change. RandySF Sep 2014 #27

They should have made her dress like Spiderwoman. Orrex Sep 2014 #34

!!! hifiguy Sep 2014 #39

I thought we were done with this crap years ago. MuseRider Sep 2014 #38

I'm in Santa Barbara and the local high school upaloopa Sep 2014 #52

Scarlet letter punishment in the 21st century? Initech Sep 2014 #45

I went to high school in Miami in the 1950s (yes, I'm that old), RebelOne Sep 2014 #47

To compound this stupidity is many of the comments on Yahoo supporting this garbage. I have no still_one Sep 2014 #51

A lot of trolls on Yahoo comments these days too davidn3600 Sep 2014 #55

Unfortunately, they have been there for some time still_one Sep 2014 #56

I don't have a problem with schools having dress codes. WillowTree Sep 2014 #58

All those words in the article and ManiacJoe Sep 2014 #59

WTF is wrong w/people? nt TBF Sep 2014 #60