Dressing Codes: The Essay

"The difference between school and life? In school, you are given a lesson and then given a test. In life, you are given a test and then given a lesson." As stated by Tom Bodett, a fiction and travel book author, humorist, and radio personality. When used in a different light, this quote can be used to reflect the many flaws of school uniform policies and regulations with incredible enlightenment. For example, it is a natural human instinct to learn through a process of trial and error, either through brash and tumble or through the despair of others. When your personifying the school, they will learn that enforcing school dressing codes is necessary only after they encounter the skulking masses of rapists and the scandalous acts of sex within and around the school grounds. Therefore, Mr. Fontana, as our principal and leading figure of authority, should enforce these dress codes because it prevents the sexual desires of the students and the surrounding community. Also, these dressing regulations will help in distinguishing students of the school from trespassers who may cause endangerment to the students.

Initially, school dress codes should be bolstered because of the possible sexual tensions within and outside school boundaries. When scrambling around for information regarding national school dressing codes, I fell upon a log from the Public Database of Washington, which stated that when comparing schools that allowed variances of clothing among the student population to schools that did not, there was an ample difference of 36% more registered rapes and sexual activities within the latter. Jeniffer Brodack, vice administrator of Student Relations at Thompson High School in Oklahoma, stated that "It is highly discomforting to see other schools with students dressing in such heinous ways...There are always those skirts that are too low, those tank-tops that are too revealing, and those pants that are embarrassingly loose! In my opinion, I wouldn't be too surprised to see those poor female students misinterpreted as hookers, to put it roughly. Sadly, that's the damn truth." Thereafter, I talked with Tom Clarvas, a leading figure in the Student Committee of the same school. As an active watch-out for students of his school who are troubled emotionally and physically, Tom has the backseat to what he likes to call, "The Creeper Defense". Passionately, Tom issued this statement, "It's unnerving to see any adult milling about the perimeters of our school, and this is before the students are picked up by their parents. I wish I could be everywhere, because these guys are everywhere! We wear uniforms, you see, so I wonder how bad it is at any school where the students are allowed to parade about with such adulterous clothing..."

Also, Mr. Fontana should impose dressing codes because it helps it helps to differentiate outsiders from the actual students of the school. After traveling to Thompson High School, I found it necessary to travel to other schools in the area to get a different perspective. One in particular, was North Courtland High School, located Southeast of Thompson High School. The principal, John Bradshaw, stated that "Since our school uniform imposes a blue or yellow shirt and khaki shorts or pants, I or my guards can root out the nasty trespassers that voluntarily sneak into our grounds, also used to seek students that try to slink out. As a student familiar to dress codes, I find it simple to distinguish school students from another schools by their uniforms, even if a neighboring school harbors free-dressing codes. Let us imagine a lost student, hopelessly an amateur to his new school and unfamiliar to the neighborhood. After a few minutes of fervent looking, the student may come upon a student with similar apparel as he/she, and he/she can simply follow this student to the desired location, maybe even make a few friends, but that's not the point. The point is that if the school was to regulate school dressing school, the students would feel confident that they belong to the school and confidence, order, and control would be attained from the student body.

In summation, implying dress codes will benefit the school greatly. So, Mr. Fontana should consider dress code regulations, and for these reasons, should be implemented in further school developments, Other than the several important benefits associated with this decision, a teacher, principal, and student can expect an increase in school efficiency. This professional setting will allow students to progress in studies without the distractions that impede work. Choosing any other method than that will only result in unnecessary corruption, and students will be inferior in the ever increasing difficulties of college and standards of modern society.