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School dress codes in general have been in the media a lot here since the Detroit Public schools is implementing a "uniform" beginning this school year.
I think that some of the rules for student dress codes make sense and others are just a control thing. The ones that have some real basis for them (like no halters, no mid drift showing, shorts/skirts having to be a certain length, no wallet chains) make sense and are OK. The ones that are simply control (no jeans, shirts must be tucked in with a belt, etc) are just ridiculous. I'm glad my kids go to a district where the rules make sense, or else I'd be right there fighting the school board. My kids would follow the rules, even though I'd be fighting those rules in the appropriate manner.
There are right ways and wrong ways to protest or fight things that are unfair. Cutting off your nose to spite your face by sitting in ISS day after day isn't the best way to protest. It only hurts her in the long run.
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