Dress codes in schools are acceptable. Dress codes create an easier learning environment and help students and teachers avoid awkward social situations. When it comes to dress codes things like shorts and skirts must be at least finger tip length and low cut shirts are not to be worn are definately within reason for students and teachers alike to be asked to follow. For example you have a girl walking into school with a skirt hiked up and a really low cut shirt you will have boys not paying attention to the class she is attending. It also means that if there are male teachers present, they could feel awkward around that girl. It would be perfectly fine for that teacher to want her to dress more appropriately for class. The girls in that class would most likely make it even more awkward for the girl who is dressed inappropriately. They would call her names and maybe even confront her about it. So if she would have just followed a dress code, there would be no problem.
Teachers should be asked to follow a dress code as well. If you had a teacher working at a high school and she wasn’t following a particular dress code you could have yet another case of boys not paying attention to the class material, and possibly awkward situations for that teacher. The teacher could get into a lot of trouble with the administration that way.
Other dress code criterea like asking students to not wear drug paraphenilia or gang symbols are also advantages. It may not seem distracting to the kids wearing the symbol, but to the kids who are in the class may be wondering why they would wear something like that, rather than worrying about what the teacher is talking about up front.
Uniforms at school could also be an advatage because kids coming from lower income families will not be able to be distinguished between those of higher income families. This would help avoid ridicule from students about how the clothes they are wearing aren’t as up to date as the ones the other students have. Making it fair for all students and creating a smoother learning environment.
