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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!)
This can actually get very controversial. I understand that it is apart of the school dress code, but I would ask why is it apart of the school dress code. I have always understood that certain clothing items can be either distracting or gang related; however, that might not be the case with your school dress code. I think the boys have a good point citing discrimination. I personally think that boys should be able to wear items of clothing that they identify with. I support males wearing typically female clothing but others do not. While this is an extreme example, the murder of Larry King in California (https://www.aclu.org/blog/racial-justice-lgbt-rights/remembering-larry-king), started with him wearing female clothing and other students and teachers were uncomfortable with it. The case is a very interesting one. To go back to your school dress code, I would ask why can't boys wear headbands? |
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Rating
| The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) |
No
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| The suggested solution is relevant to the case |
No
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| The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement |
No
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| The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue |
No
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| The suggested solution is original |
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| Comments: I do not feel like this solution really adressed the topic. It did not tell us how they would talk to the students about the issue. |
| Rated On: June 30, 2015 10:07 pm |
| Rated By: Brittany Duce |
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Rating
| The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is relevant to the case |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement |
No
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| The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue |
No
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| The suggested solution is original |
Yes
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| Comments: I agree that this can get very controversial really quick. However, a teacher should not relay their personal opinions on what they think the school dress code should be to their students. |
| Rated On: October 2, 2015 8:07 pm |
| Rated By: aDuvej |
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