Students and teachers share views as the discussion of student dress code surfaces over social media.
Both women are breaking dress code. The one on the left is wearing leggings and the one on the right is wearing ripped jeans with holes above her knees. They were both told to follow dress code. 
He is also breaking dress code by wearing ripped jeans with holes above his knees but wasn’t told anything about following student dress code.
Students want their voices heard by teachers. So, they responded to their questions; on the dress code to share their perspectives since they’re the ones enforcing it.
Do you believe the dress code should be enforced?
“Yes, because let’s say eventually you go out into the real world and you go get jobs. You are not going to wear ripped jeans, you are not going to be able to go in there with T-shirts that say bad words and different kinds of things that say inappropriate things, or you might offend somebody in one way or another.” anonymous male teacher.
He also opened up the surrounding students’ eyes; many said as many had never seen it from that point of view.
“Yes, I do, because certain things are deemed inappropriate and the whole showing of stomachs and all that I do think it should be enforced.” said the anonymous female teacher.
She backed up his claim of when out in the real world and how dressing appropriately is key.
Are boys or girls more targeted by the student dress code?
“For the most part, I think females are more target because males don’t dress as, I don’t want to say provocative, but you know along the lines like low cut anything. To add, guys don’t really wear cut jeans that don’t go up that high for the most part. So, it happens that females are targeted more by dress code.” said the male teacher.
The validation of a male teacher agreeing that females are most dress coded/ targeted pleased the interview’s female students. However, the female teacher shared how it’s more targeted at girls and not how they dress.
“Honestly, like they target the girls more, boys it’s very hard for them to break the dress code because you know they usually are in their jeans and t-shirts, the most I think I’ve seen the dress code-breaking is like the tear of the jean being above the knee.” said the female teacher.
So, she agrees that what men are regulated to wear is less objective and specific than female wear.
What would be your dream dress code?
“I just want for everybody to be comfortable but just not to be overexposing their bodies,” said the male teacher.
They both agree that nothing should be changed as long as the students follow and feel comfortable with what they wear.
“Nothing, I think it’s perfect the way it is,” said the female teacher.
As a boy/girl, how were you affected by the student dress code?
“I never really thought about it twice. What I wore never really even got close for me to be worried about the student dress code,” said the male teacher.
Even though the male teacher had no problems with the dress code in their high school years, the female teacher had something to say on the contrary.
“Okay, so in high school, they don’t do that here anymore, but it used to be the tucking in of shirts, so be glad that that has been done away. But as a teacher, we pretty much follow the dress code. We are allowed to wear tennis and our slacks, and if we are wearing jeans, we have to wear spirit shirts, so you know it’s pretty much okay.” said the female teacher.
So, even though the teachers are the enforcers of the dress code, they shared their opinions that agreed with what some students said in the previous article.
As a reader, how do you feel about their responses?
