What's Wrong with Sweatpants?

[CensoredAlso]

When I was very young I had this thing for the '50s and always enjoyed wearing a white T-shirt and jeans, lol. Eventually I progressed into having a thing for the '70s and '60s (yes backwards) lol, which meant jeans bell bottoms!

 

[Skye]

Oh yeah, I used to wear bell bottoms, too! I loved them. I don't have them anymore, but I still think they're awesome!

 

[CensoredAlso]

I know really? I feel like we don't have distinctive styles anymore. I mean even the '90s had flannel and Doc Martins. After that, it's just been one big mush with no center. And clearly we like distinctive styles, otherwise we wouldn't gravitate to the ones of the past.

 

[wwfpooh]

Huh? What the frog is THAT all about? !

Some schools have dress codes, plain & simple.

 

[D'Snowth]

Some schools have dress codes, plain & simple.

ALL schools have dress codes, I'm aware of that...

No headgear is to be worn on school premises unless for medical and/or religious purposes.

All skirts/shorts must reach past a person's finger tips.

No tanktops or sleeveless dresses.

No t-shirts with gang-related graphics on them.

No t-shirts with offensive graphics on them including graphics that are racist, or spread other hate-related messages (on kid in Sevierville just recently got suspended for wearing a shirt with a Confederate flag on it).

No baggy clothes.

Pants are to be worn up on your waist (kids in the ghetto like to wear them around their knees)

Nothing "revealing", including low-cut tops, tops that reveal a person's mid-section, etc.

No sandals unless you wear socks (and apparently, socks with sandals is a fashion disaster).

I'm all too aware of school dress codes; what I want to know is why in the world would sweatpants be prohibited?

 

[CensoredAlso]

Probably because they're associated with gym clothes and not tidy enough. A dress code is related to keeping discipline.

I went Catholic school and wore uniforms, but on dress down days we could wear sweatpants. Since we always wore uniforms, they figured it was the least they could do I guess!

 

[wwfpooh]

No t-shirts with offensive graphics

But what's offensive to one may not be offensive to another. It's a matter of taste/personal preference.

 

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But what's offensive to one may not be offensive to another. It's a matter of taste/personal preference.

Yeah but there are certain absolutes, such as images associated with racism. Although sadly, some offensive stereotypes are frowned upon while others are still excepted.

 

[D'Snowth]

I went Catholic school and wore uniforms

I'm telling you, if I went to a school where they forced kids to wear uniforms, I'd drop out.

 

[wwfpooh]

Yeah but there are certain absolutes, such as images associated with racism. Although sadly, some offensive stereotypes are frowned upon while others are still excepted.

Sadly, this is true. How we wish it wasn't though.