Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Dress code Recently, the girls in a middle school have started wearing thick black headbands to school. As part of our school dress code, bandannas are not allowed to be worn in anyway at school, however, as these were not bandannas, they were permitted. Then, boys started wearing the headbands as well. They would often share with the girls but some of them had their own headbands. Our principal made an announcement on the morning news that boys would no longer be permitted to wear these headbands and even showed an example. He also sent an email to the teachers asking them to enforce this new rule. The majority of the boys complied, but a few are wondering why girls were still allowed to wear the headbands and boys were not, suggesting that it was discrimination. How would you justify this policy to your students? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) That is a hard one to justify. What if a male student has long hair? Is he required to only use hair ties? I think this policy is unfair, and shouldn't be in place. I don't think I could justify it. I would simply explain that the administration made the decision and you will abide by the rules. I wouldn't take a stance on this one. It seems that this one will likely be over turned if it is challenged at a town hall or something.