Quote:Umm....we're talking about kids in school here, not full grown (18 y/o + ) adults. 

 

So, you feel that it is necessary for a 10-12 year old to have to "express themselves" via appearance, thus you are against dress codes in school? 

 

I see it as a form of discipline as well as a pre-cursor to much of adult life in the work-force. Bah, theres that word again that everybody hates in todays society......discipline. Everybody should be able to do whatever they want and act on whatever urge they feel at that moment. The MEEEEEE generation. 

 

There's a difference when an individual child or adult is forced to participate in an institution and when they have a choice to associate with an institution. By law children are forced to go to school ( you can argue for or against it but it's the law) assume everyone's on the same page of being compelled to participation, are you really ok with the precedent of forcing any personal choice on any individual?

 

I can name a few other things we are now forced to participate in by law, and I can think of a few reasons almost anyone would have an issue with being forced to conform to some personal standard set by a third party of authority.

 

It's not about letting kids "express" themselves, it's about letting them "think" for themselves.

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