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Part of growing up and learning how to be a human is expressing yourself Have restrictions on that to me is ridiculous I understand that for work you will need to follow a dress code The Reading Eagle says The major reason why dressing in proper business attire is important for every business professional is because it presents a visual image and sends a message that the employees are professional I completely agree with that but it is a different environment than school I grew up with the idea that my shoulders can't show and my pants have to at least go to my knees At first there was no reasoning for it but then I started learning that showing my skin would distract boys from doing their work It does not make sense Showing up to school naked is one thing but having holes in my jeans is another In eighth grade I came to school in jeans with holes in them a jacket tied around my waist and a long sleeved shirt I went through all of my six classes without one word being said to me then I went to my last class and my teacher dress coded me The next semester I had her class first period and wore the same outfit because I truly saw nothing wrong with it I got called down to the office and she had dress coded me again I had to sit in the office while missing all my class and the one after that My mom finally came and got me to change but by the time I got home to change school was over I was fully covered but you could see slightly above my knee with jeans on but I had to miss a full day of school When I was at weber I got dress coded 4 times because of the same thing or you could see half my shoulder I just stayed in class and continued through my day because there is no reason that I needed to miss because of it It is always so unfair and ridiculous If you could see what I was wearing when I would get dress coded you would laugh They are putting my education on the line for boys education
