The 'tuckable' dilema and students 'style'

The

'tuckable' dilema and students 'style'

Although I

understand the need for regulation in schools in this

increasingly violent world, I simply cannot agree to one

aspect of our "new" dress code. I can

understand the need for baggy pants and trenchcoats to be

outlawed, since they can harbour violence, but what does

an untucked shirt say?

Many of my shirts I cannot

wear tucked in, and I'm sure this is the case for most

Fayette County students. They are either sweaters, shirts

specifically made to go "out," shirts too short

to be tucked in without coming untucked, or just make me

look fat (to teenage girls, looking "fat" can

cause serious self-esteem problems).

These shirts are not baggy,

and are not tank-tops. I do not have the funds to go out

and buy a new "tuckable" wordrobe and just let

the clothes I have already bought (some never worn) waste

away in my closet.

What is wrong with our

current dress code? If enforced (which it hasn't been),

students already are not allowed to wear excessively

baggy pants or tank-tops. Why should all students be

forced to dress this way because of the chance that a

peer will take advantage of authority?

If you want regulation,

then go to all-out uniforms. Everyone will look the same.

But don't try to regulate something impossible to

regulate: people's style.

Kimberly Alberts

J unior, Sandy Creek High School

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