School Uniforms and Inappropriate Elementary School Attire

[AdminAssistant]

I don't like skirts because 1) my legs are pasty and icky and should always be covered and 2) my thighs rub and that's really uncomfortable. So, I almost always wear pants. If I wear a dress or skirt, it's always with tights or hose of some kind.

My school had a common sense dress code that really worked. No sagging or low rise jeans. No offensive language. No bare midriffs. Tank tops had to have a strap as wide as three fingers. Skirts and shorts had to come down to three inches below the knee. That kind of thing. Oh, and no facial piercings, including tongue piercings. I can't remember if there was a rule about tattoos, but nobody I knew had one so...

[Amanita]

What's the fuss about skirts? I can't speak for all the other ladies here, but personally I feel exposed and vulnerable wearing something completely open at the bottom like that, unless I can hide a pair of biker shorts or the like underneath. And I won't wear skirts shorter than the ankle, out of possible exposure concerns. Yeah, I have an odd modesty complex.

As Lace said, the other issue is choice. Even though I can hide shorts or leggings under a skirt, it still has to be my choice about whether to wear one or not. If it's enforced on me because of my gender, than it's no longer a choice, but a sexist requirement. And any place that imposes such on me is not a place I want to be associated with.

[lordlundar]

No, flamethrowers only have enough fuel to eliminate a few targets grouped together in a confined space. I would recommend instead an AA-12 (Automatic Assault 12) shotgun loaded with 'safety slugs' which cause massive tissue damage without the chance of over-penetrating or ricocheting

You put a lot of thought into that, didn't you?

[Wingates_Hellsing]

You put a lot of thought into that, didn't you?

I take the elimination of threats with minimal bystander risk very seriously. And you could say weaponry is my forte

[BookstoreEscapee]

Okay, I don't get it. What's so uncomfortable about skirts? I've found them to be VERY comfortable. They aren't the least bit restricting. My junk can hang more freely. What's the fuss over wearing a skirt?

Well, seeing as how we don't have "junk" that's not a concern for us. Maybe we should reverse the "acceptable" norms for skirt-wearing. And it's not necessarily about physical comfort, per se, but emotional (for lack of a better word) comfort. If you don't like the way your legs look, you might not want to have to wear something that shows them.

I don't know the laws. I believe that a tattoo shop probably needs the tattooee to be 18, but I don't know if the law precludes the parents or a relative from giving the minor a tattoo.

I vaguely recall an episode of Wife Swap (I think) where the dad took his 16-ish year old to get a tattoo (kid already had some facial piercings). The "new mom" was horrified.

[XCashier]

I'm for it. I've seen too many people get targeted for not wearing nice clothes....Yeah yeah originality and all that. Well, everyone has it. Yet assholes will pick on people who wardrove isnt to their standards.

It happened to me. Seventh grade, I was transferred to another school for the gifted program. Well, this school was in the richer part of town, and my family was always poor. So here's this weird-looking girl wearing clothing that's 10-15 years out of date, obviously hand-me-downs or garage sale fodder, surrounded by rich kids wearing expensive designer clothing, with alligators on their chests and swans on their arses. And since I didn't fit in, obviously I was scum, and treated thusly.

I don't know if uniforms would've made a difference or not. I suspect they still would've figured out I'd gotten my uniforms secondhand, and not from expensive designers.

[Plaidman]

Tattoos in different states all have different laws. Some you must be 18. Others state you need permission from parents.

Others you need permission from only one parent

Others you need written permission from both parents, and at least one must be present during the tattoo.

Some have minimal ages (like 14 years)

Others have no minimal age as long as parents are there

Colorado has no law at all. You can be any age, and you don't need permission.

[jackfaire]

My parents were already having to buy my clothes from second hand stores. Sports was expensive and you had to pay the school for the use of uniforms and equipment. Having to buy uniforms for me and my siblings would have forced my parents to home school.