Dress Codes for teachers?

Should teachers have dress codes? Well I think they should, but then also I think they shouldn't. Teachers should already know that they shouldn't come to school in the tiniest shorts and a tank top. They are adults and our inspirations. They should already know to come to school dressed appropriately. Teachers are here to teach, but shouldn't they also be comfortable? I think they should have a light dress code.

If they come to school dressed way to provocatively, of course they will need to change. If they have to change just because the neck line is a bit low, well I think that's plain ridiculous. If they had a dress code for every teacher in every state, the dress code would have to be different for every state. Face it, Southern California is way to hot. Although in North Carolina, they might have completely different weather.

As simply said in this article, teachers don't get paid enough to spend a lot of money on clothes. They can barely pay for the school supplies (that us students lose too often). The teachers have to keep buying the supplies with their paycheck money that the school doesn't think they need to pay for. Maybe there can be a dress code when America isn't in debt anymore. Right now the economy is too low to have a dress code for teachers. It's bad enough that our parents have to pay extra just because "oh we can't buy those shorts, there 5 centimeters to short."

In this article, the lady has a point. It's not the teachers fault if she was young and made a couple mistakes (ex. body piercings, tattoos etc.). It is a good thing though that they still let her have the position. It is strange that kids at my school have body piercings and face piercing, and that woman in the article couldn't. I'm sure though that our school allows something like that because it is a mistake that you make when you are immature and young. Those things are permanent.

Teachers should wear appropriate clothing to school, since they are influencing us. If a teacher wants the students to think they are a fun teacher, they need to show it in personality, not in the way they look. How would you feel if you were being taught by a woman that's almost half naked? I would be pretty uncomfortable and wouldn't be able to wait till the class was over. Be smart teachers!







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