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WillowTree

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58. I don't have a problem with schools having dress codes.

Fri Sep 5, 2014, 06:25 PM

Sep 2014

And ordinarily I don't have a problem with the schools enforcing them. I personally wouldn't have taken issue with that skirt length based on my own taste and standards, but if it was clearly a violation of a published dress code, then it shouldn't be allowed. No kid is going to be scarred for life by having to wear somewhat longer skirts.

Also wouldn't hurt if borderline dress code violations (which this must have been) would only generate a warning and maybe an e-mail to the parents during, say, the first two weeks of the fall term. This "shame suit" (good name for it, by the way) is over the top, though. And the fact that the school openly admits that the point is to embarrass the kids is just plain cruel when you're talking about 15 year olds, and the fact that this girl is brand spankin' new to the school only makes it that much worse.

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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