SOPHIE MADSEN
TRENDING EDITOR
TRENDING EDITOR
When walking down the halls of Corner Canyon you have people looking at you up and down, students, teachers, even administrators. How do you feel? The judgement on your shoulders. All because you had an off-the-shoulder shirt on? What is so bad about that? The dress code has been in question worldwide for years now. Students all across the world have walked out of school in petition to get rid of the dress code. The dress code has been influenced by sexisim and racism over the years. When parents and students started to realize that the dress code was targeting one gender, and even a certain race, a few eyebrows were raised. According to a Brookings article, “Black students are three to six times more likely to be suspended or expelled from school, and today, there remains a regressive movement that continues to criminalize natural Black hairstyles under the auspices of “preparing them for the real world.” So with this in consideration, do we believe that the dress code should be updated regularly? Should this be something that is in question every year? Social norms are changing, generation after generation coming in and changing the limits. With more walk outs and demands for changes, what's next?
In an article from the Adirondack Daily Enterprise talking about how a student from Georgia went to her school district with 15 other girls to demand the dress code to be reformed. It said, “Whether intentional or not, some adults have a tendency to belittle or oversimplify students’ experiences or perspectives, perpetuating a cycle of condescension that so many of us experienced when we were young ourselves. Yes, adults know better than teens a lot of the time; still, students deserve respect and to be fully heard.” These schools use their power to make their own students feel little about themselves. So what is the next move? What do we do next? How do we make a positive impact on the school environment for everyone?
In an article from the Adirondack Daily Enterprise talking about how a student from Georgia went to her school district with 15 other girls to demand the dress code to be reformed. It said, “Whether intentional or not, some adults have a tendency to belittle or oversimplify students’ experiences or perspectives, perpetuating a cycle of condescension that so many of us experienced when we were young ourselves. Yes, adults know better than teens a lot of the time; still, students deserve respect and to be fully heard.” These schools use their power to make their own students feel little about themselves. So what is the next move? What do we do next? How do we make a positive impact on the school environment for everyone?
Official Corner Canyon Dress Code (per Student Handbook)
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