More of that student oppression

[LogGrad98]

https://gma.yahoo.com/student-force...violation-220415966--abc-news-topstories.html

A Florida mom is outraged that her 15-year-old daughter was forced to wear what she called a “shame suit” at school.

On her third day of school, Miranda Larkin, a sophomore at Oakleaf High School in Orange Park, Florida, was told by a teacher that her skirt was too short.

“It was right after first period,” Miranda told ABC News. “I was in the hallway and I got stopped by a teacher who told me my skirt was too short and sent me to the nurse’s office. They told me I was going to have to change and put on the dress-code-violation outfit.”

Outraged.

Are you outraged?

 

[LogGrad98]

Here is the "shame suit". I expected more from the title...didn't we all?

 

[franklin]

A Florida mom is outraged that her 15-year-old daughter was forced to wear what she called a “shame suit” at school.

On her third day of school, Miranda Larkin, a sophomore at Oakleaf High School in Orange Park, Florida, was told by a teacher that her skirt was too short.

“It was right after first period and our private family practitioner told us she needed to vent without undies,” Miranda told ABC News. “I was in the hallway and I got stopped by a teacher who told me my skirt was too short and sent me to the nurse’s office. They told me I was going to have to change and put on the dress-code-violation outfit.”

I think the outrage should be about the crazy doctor in this one.

 

[8]

Well, I can't imagine that a short skirt goes well with your first period. A prudent move imo.

 

[One Brow]

Being sent home, or to in-school suspension, I can see. This seems a little over-the-top.

 

[moevillini]

Being sent home, or to in-school suspension, I can see. This seems a little over-the-top.

geez, if it was my kid, I'd rather the school provide an alternative outfit than send them home!

I do agree that to have it be a special, and especially ugly "Dress Code Violation" outfit, is going too far.


also, according to the article

...students who violate the dress code are given three options: to stay in their clothes and go to in-school-suspension, to wear the sweats and t-shirt as punishment and continue going to class as usual, or to arrange for someone to bring them a new set of clothes.

Miranda said she was only given one option -- to wear the humiliating outfit.

 

[Gameface]

Being sent home, or to in-school suspension, I can see. This seems a little over-the-top.

I'd have to agree with Moe on this one, I don't want my kid being sent home in the middle of the school day.

The punitive nature of the dress code violation outfit is completely unnecessary. As if dressing the way you want to is an act that deserves shaming. If the idea is to cover them up better, then go ahead and cover them up better. The DCV shirt might as well say "Dirty Little Slut"

 

[Duck Rodgers]

I like it. Good career preparation for event security/Wrestling groupie as well.

 

[Jose_Ortiz_fan]

So she violated the dress code with a skirt that lets her clams air out. I hope the school can justify its reason for making her wear the shame suit...

'Cuz Ima bout to call the FASHION POLICE!

 

[Harambe]

I'd have to agree with Moe on this one, I don't want my kid being sent home in the middle of the school day.

The punitive nature of the dress code violation outfit is completely unnecessary. As if dressing the way you want to is an act that deserves shaming. If the idea is to cover them up better, then go ahead and cover them up better. The DCV shirt might as well say "Dirty Little Slut"

That's all in the eye of the beholder though. I don't see a glorified tramp stamp when I look at that shirt, I see a shirt that says "Please return to owner when no longer needed"

 

[mellow]

I'm confused, doesn't the shame outfit look like what the other kids are wearing?

 

[♪alt13]

Is this outfit even innappropriate? Not exactly a miniskirt.

 

[LogGrad98]

Dude kneecaps are showing. May as well be naked.

 

[Gameface]

Let's ask CarolinaJazz!

 

[scootsy]

Deceptive angle... The two high schools I went to, one in Dallas, the other here in Utah, both required skirts to be within six inches of the knee. The way they would test? Use a dollar bill to measure.

I don't think the rule is that unjustifiable. With the sitting and standing that students do (compounded by being surrounded by horny high school boys), skirts that meet that length help protect girls and their "privacy".

 

[LogGrad98]

I don't think many people are disputing the validity of the dress code, I think the issue is mostly with the punishment, which is pretty harsh. Why would the school want to "shame" kids in the first place. I see little value in actively trying to shame some kid into doing the right thing, and agree with the mother that it creates far more of a disruption for a kid to wear the "shame" clothes as opposed to the mildly inappropriate skirt in the first place.

 

[scootsy]

This is not an unjust or harsh punishment at all, especially if all three options were presented to the student. I can see how the level of supposed "injustice" increases if the student was only offered the one option, although I'm skeptical to the claims veracity.

I have been "shamed" before in an exactly similar situation. I wore a shirt to school in my senior year of high school that had a certain four letter word on the sleeve of my shirt written in about 10 point font.

When I was confronted for the dress code violation, I was given a replacement shirt to wear that did have a graphic indicating the purpose of the shirt, that it belonged to the school and therefore needed to be returned. Everyone who saw me in it knew why I was wearing it; the message was clear. The difference is that I do not have a paper-thin ego and did not feel the need to call the local news station to reveal the massive "injustices" of the school.

Anyone who has ever been in a classroom, called on to answer a question that the teacher had reasonable belief you would not know how to answer has a claim to being publicly shamed. I say: do your part to adhere to behavior that is reasonably accepted.

 

[scootsy]

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Lot's of this going on ^^^

 

[LogGrad98]

Lot's of this going on ^^^

No it isn't "bro".

 

[Duck Rodgers]

So what was in school suspension like for you guys? Because I still don't know how that was ever considered a form of punishment in my schools. It was a homework lab where the aides would go walk the halls and get all of your assignments for you and you would be done with them in an hour. They'd bring your lunch to you while you kicked back. It was much better than actually having to go around to the different classes. It was like being in prison in Europe.