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There’s a major new school dress code going into effect this fall, but you’ll be shocked at who has to follow it.
Nope, it’s not a bunch more rules on what YOU can and can’t wear, it’s a school dress code for your teachers!
According to USA Today, school districts across the country are telling teachers they can’t wear things like pajama pants, cut-off shorts, tops with skinny straps, and flip flops on the job.
Personally, I think this is a super good thing. Kids go to school to learn, and if the teacher, the person who’s supposed to be a role model–the person kids are supposed to respect and look up to–dresses even sloppier than the students, there’s a huge problem. It’s just teaching kids that it’s okay to wear whatever you want in the professional world. And um, SHOCKER! It’s not.
The thing about these new school dress codes that I’m not into? Some school districts are also asking teachers to cover up tattoos and remove unconventional piercings while on campus. That’s a step a step too far in my book. We’re way past thinking only thugs have tattoos, and unless your tattoo is somewhere a bit risque–like around your belly button or something–I see no reason why teachers should have to cover them up.
What do you think about having a school dress code for teachers? Does your school have a dress code? How do your teachers dress? Tell me in the comments!
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i honestly dont think that teachers should be asked to cover up tattoos and remove piercings. they are our teachers and role models and should be teaching us (and showing us!) that its okay to express yourself!
What’s wrong with flip flops a lot of my past teachers have worn them…
I’m currently going to college to become a teacher, and assumed that I wasn’t supposed to wear any of those things, due to common sense. I agree with most of you, the only time I’ve ever seen my teachers in anything considered “not teacher clothes” (the stuff on the list) is when it was an actual school wide day for something like pep rallies where you could wear anything, as long as it wasn’t inappropriate, but it had to be school colors, which only happens twice a year.
I agree with teachers covering up tattoos and piercings only because they are in a school setting. If you don’t work in a corporate or professional setting then I don’t see the big deal, and remember the focus should always be on learning and what the teacher is saying in the class room. Nothing wrong, if they have their own unique style, but we wouldn’t want that to take away from the learning experience. I had a teacher with a tatoo and piercing, and I liked him and he was well loved amongst students. However, he was often pereived as easygoing, young and lax, and not to be taken too seriously. So this kind of an image, can actually work to a teachers’ disadvantage at times.
I don’t think tattoos and piercings are really necessary to cover up, because they are a form of expression. But I agree that there is a line that teachers shouldn’t cross when dressing for school (i.e. spaghetti straps, pajamas, flip flops)
Who’s teacher wears spaghetti straps and cut off shorts??
I think teachers should have stricter dress codes, including that tattoos and piercings should be covered. A school is a place of work just like any other, and most jobs would rather you have them covered as well. Admit, in our world today there is still a stigma around tattoos and piercings. I’ve even had a tattoo artist tell me that he wouldn’t tattoo me in a place that it couldn’t be hidden. I think it’s important for kids to know that with certain jobs tattoos and certain piercings are inappropriate to be on display. Plus, they’d be too much of a distraction to students anyway.
I think to some exent its a good thing. I have this one teacher that more or less dresses like a hooker; a high class hooker but a hooker none the less, and I think its extremely inappropriate. You do not wear your little black dress and red stilettos too teach a class of high school students. It’s gonna attract attention, and attacting that kind of attention from your students is pretty freaking gross.
Teachers dress professional in my school, the males wear dress pants and the females wear something nice. On fridays they can wear jeans if they pay a dollar though (cancer fundraiser). As for students, we can’t wear short shorts (obviously), dog collars, shirts with profanities, hats, spaghetti straps and even no shoulders showing amongst other things. We’re pretty free though, it isn’t too bad.
I think having a dress code like that is absolutely stupid. I mean, sure if the clothes are really slutty like really short shorts, but, come on! They shouldn’t be able to tell students OR teachers what to wear. I actually go to a school where we have to wear khakis, polos, and ‘spirit shirts’. I think this is a violation of our freedoms as Americans. AND has anybody noticed that polos and khakis and that type of stuff actually cost MORE money than just buying whatever? So, yeah I think dress codes like these (for both students and teachers) are unnecessary.
Well, I can see your point, but I can also understand that of the school officials. A dress code at school is helping students learn what is appropriate to wear as a professional. Later in life, as adults, they can’t just waltz into a business meeting wearing skinny jeans and a spaghetti strap top. In an office environment, that’s considered inappropriate. Teachers do the same because they too have a job where they need to show up looking presentable as a role model. In addition, students can get bullied because of what they where. I know someone who dressed differently from other guys and people made fun of him because of it. I go to a school where we have a uniform too, and although it may get tiresome, I can see the point of it.
By utilizing a dress code, or in our case, a uniform, they are insuring that we can’t be teased because of what we wear, and I think that might be worth it.
I don’t know where everyone else has been going to school, but I’ve never seen my teachers ever come to school dressed casually, unless it was jean Friday, but that’s about as risque as it got, and they had to wear a school related shirt with their jeans.
I mean, pajama pants? Seriously? Cut off shorts? Skinny strap tanks? Who the hell wears that to teach children?