Ariz. student, 14, takes on school's dress code

Great a student now tells the School Officals what to wear ! This child, yes he is still a child has no respect for rules and the school dress code. Next he will break the law, because he was not taught Right From Wrong ! When the Child is in College or becomes adult then he can question the dress code, not as a Child, without rules and regulations, you get Liberalism and Community Organizers !

Turn those poor kids into sheeple.Originality and self expression are against the law.Hey,I bet if all schools introduced uniforms bullying and teasing would completely stop.What a wonderful utopia it would be.Gimme a break!I applaud this student for taking a stand and not bowing to the dictatorship of the official.This is shows true character.It's not just a rebellious act.To question and stand up for yourself is our greatest right.More people should exercise this freedom.We have enough sheeple!America must wake up!Stop following blindly!

Too bad, I would rather see them dressed correctly
than the boys wearing pants what would too big for their fathers and their underwear showing. Shut up and follow the dress code.

Bring back the days of NUNS with 3 foot long blackboard pointer sticks, boys with white shirts and cross ties, and girls with plaid.

Young children DO learn under the end of a pointer, brandished by women wearing hoods, under the good graces and guilt of the Catholic Church.

Send the little miscreant to a military school, let's see if he worries about the dress code then. You're in school to learn stupid, not practice to become an activist. Dress codes are there for a reason. Let's see what happens when you turn 18, go get a job or join the military, and send a petition around to get the dress code changed. Think you'll keep that job long?

Wendy wrote:

Too bad, I would rather see them dressed correctly
than the boys wearing pants what would too big for their fathers and their underwear showing. Shut up and follow the dress code.

Good thing you do not always get what you want we would live in a boring society... And if there wasnt a dress code who said they would all dress like this?

Interesting wrote:

Send the little miscreant to a military school, let's see if he worries about the dress code then. You're in school to learn stupid, not practice to become an activist. Dress codes are there for a reason. Let's see what happens when you turn 18, go get a job or join the military, and send a petition around to get the dress code changed. Think you'll keep that job long?

And what exactly does a dress code have to do with learning? There was no dress code in my school and we didn't have any problems

Great, another future ACORN or ACLU worker!

Students have never chosen their "own" dress styles because at that age they listen to everyone ( Hollywood, RAP. Rock, and peers) except their parents.

Court Jester wrote:

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And what exactly does a dress code have to do with learning? There was no dress code in my school and we didn't have any problems

What planet are you from? There have always been dress codes even as far back as the Fifties when we weren't allowed to have long hair and our shirt tails had to be tucked inside our trousers. When mini dresses hit in the late sixties the gym teachers checked the skirt length with a ruler and anyone that was wearing 2'' above the knee was sent home.
Dress codes, proper manners, and respect for authority were all part of the education system and they are what is sorely lacking in today's public schools.

yes rules and discipline are bad for kids, shut up and wear the clothes, your clothes can't speak so I'm not sure how your free speech rights are infringed upon.

Court Jester wrote:

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And what exactly does a dress code have to do with learning? There was no dress code in my school and we didn't have any problems

A dress code doesn't have anything to do with learning, but the distraction of bizarre dress in a classroom may. A dress code does have alot to do with teaching some sort of conformity and social ethics, although I am sure you will disagree. But let's say we disallow the dress code, let the kids determine what they will wear. I'm sure alot of parents have no problem with the 13 and 14 year old daughters wearing skirts that barely cover anything. I'm betting that the boys will make the right judgement in clothing styles because we know how mature 13 and 14 year olds are. They won't wear pants hanging to their knees. They won't be looking at the girls in class wearing those skimpy dresses, instead of learning. I'm sure that 13 and 14 year olds know how to keep their hormones in check. I'm betting that when they turn 18 after having been given their own way with all this, that they will be ready to be the next great social leaders of our nation. Rights and freedom are one thing, but until you turn 18 and out of school, there are limits placed for a reason. All we have to do is look at how low our school systems have fallen. Perhaps if we stop thinking of civil rights and start thinking of the rights of the many, things will start to change for the better. But I doubt it. I'm waiting for the ACLU to get their dirty hands in this if the school says the kids have to continue with the dress code.

School prepare a person for life, and dress code it's one of them,if you are going to apply for a job in the corporate world. you need to adhere to a dress code, or you won't be hire.What kind of job you are going to find if you have a tattoo in the lower part of you back and are showing the thong,...?

The kid should be spending more time on homework and less time on petitions.

But people like Al Sharpton, Barack Obama, and ACORN teach them otherwise.

thanks mom for the nice boo@bs and but@t I have... everyone loves them ha ha ha

The kid doesn't stand a chance. There have many many, many court tests around the country. This comment out of Utah sums it up:

"The ACLU of Utah has received several complaints concerning recent changes in the school uniform and dress code policies of Utah School Districts. Specifically, parents and students are concerned about the inability of students to opt out of mandatory school uniform policies for other than religious or medical reasons. THE ACLU OF UTAH IS NOT LIKELY TO CHALLENGE THIS CHANGE IN POLICY BECAUSE SEVERAL COURTS HAVE FOUND SIMILAR POLICIES TO BE CONSTITUTIONALLY ACCEPTABLE.

A student has a problem with something at school and petitions to try to get it changed. Are clothes that big a deal that he needs to be labeled a miscreant and a troublemaker? The fact that he is petitioning leads me to believe he isn't one who would wear saggy pants. Is what he is doing so wrong? Do you really want your kids to grow up blindly following the rules, regardless of how inane those rules may be? I think it's great that we have kids like this young man, who have the guts to lawfully challenge the system.

Let's have the dress code law enforced, and it won't be some many sex predators and criminal waiting for your daughter to walk from school to your house, I she is not showing the merchandise to the world, the world won't interested,,,!

Jesse wrote:

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What planet are you from? There have always been dress codes even as far back as the Fifties when we weren't allowed to have long hair and our shirt tails had to be tucked inside our trousers. When mini dresses hit in the late sixties the gym teachers checked the skirt length with a ruler and anyone that was wearing 2'' above the knee was sent home.
Dress codes, proper manners, and respect for authority were all part of the education system and they are what is sorely lacking in today's public schools.

and back then it was just as redicilous... seriously how would having long hair hinder your learning... it won't my point exactly let me rephrase my orginal point. There should be a limited dress code to prevent offensive things on shirts and what not but it should not limit the color shirt you can wear which in no way will stop anyone from learning.

The Godmother wrote:

School prepare a person for life, and dress code it's one of them,if you are going to apply for a job in the corporate world. you need to adhere to a dress code, or you won't be hire.What kind of job you are going to find if you have a tattoo in the lower part of you back and are showing the thong,...?

Actually i have tattoo's all over my arms, and back, and fingers, and hands and im a network admin... One should be judge on their ability not the way they look and im just another fine example of that