Comments on: New School Dress Code For Teachers?! What They Can’t Wear Now

By: ashley

ashley — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 21:34:37 +0000

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!

By: Morgan

Morgan — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 18:18:16 +0000

What’s wrong with flip flops a lot of my past teachers have worn them…

By: AshleyMalm

AshleyMalm — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 19:02:32 +0000

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.

By: ZoZo

ZoZo — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 18:51:33 +0000

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.

By: Gigi

Gigi — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 16:25:31 +0000

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.

By: fatimarox1

fatimarox1 — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 18:20:22 +0000

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)

By: Nisha

Nisha — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 04:16:40 +0000

Who’s teacher wears spaghetti straps and cut off shorts??

By: misslmh11

misslmh11 — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 02:29:10 +0000

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.

By: BleedingSun

BleedingSun — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 01:02:54 +0000

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.

By: intellectjester

intellectjester — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 00:46:43 +0000

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.