Clothes at School
...pensive clothes, and ponder is he/she like the persona of the clothes he/she’s wearing outside of school? Well I have, and stereotyping really comes out best in what a person wears. You might not think it’s true but it is. Hell even I stereotype or am stereotyped. Because of a person wearing expensive clothes they’re perceived as the ‘jock’ or the ‘prep’. A person wearing black clothes is usually perceived as a gothic. Or a person wearing cowboy boots is seen as the ‘hick’ or so-called cowboy. When in reality they maybe just like you, the normal average Joe. But because we live in a world that loves to stereotype everybody and everything that’s different, we just automatically assume that the person is what they wear. Strict dress codes, and school uniforms try their best not do this type of stereotyping but it still takes place, for the simple fact as every body is different. In Pauline Harding’s web page she states, “the more restrictive the dress code, the more likely students will try to find loopholes in it.” I have to agree with her on this subject, students will try changing the least bit to make them themselves different or unique. Some people say though that not allowing students to express themselves is taking away their rights to freedom of expression. What makes a person different is it the clothes they wear? Torn, ripped, expensive, baggy, etc… are all examples of these clothes that make a person. Or are they? Is this for attention, difficulty with authority, or do they just want to express themselves. There are many effects that the clothes you wear in school effects you as a person. I have a big effect of wearing something different. Because I didn’t wear the same thing as a fellow student, I was antagonized by him in high school my senior year. You maybe asking yourself what were you then? Simple answer I was myself, I wore dark clothes or clothes that weren’t up to par with him. But because I was different he decided he would do something about it, and this lead a confrontation with him. With incidences like this and Columbine, no wonder schools want to use uniforms, but that won’t solve anything. It could just make matters worse, people will get even more pissed off at the dress code, or school uniforms, that may take place. For the simple fact as they no longer will be able to express themselves, as people. After the deal with Columbine I wasn’t able to wear a long black leather duster that I use as a winter and rain jacket. The Assistant Principal quoted saying, “That is because of the whole Columbine trench coat thing, the school didn’t want any type of...