Tuesday, October 14

Below is a letter written to the editor who wrote the article 'Enforcement of dress code creates negative effect' that your blogged about last week. Most of you wrote on your blog that you agreed with the writer. What are your thoughts after reading the letter below and seeing a different perspective. Are they the same? Are the different? Do you agree? Disagree? Explain yourself.



This perspective is very different from a student's. But, it still needs to be thought about when writing a strongly opinionated article. I think that Mrs. Scheuerman's article was opinionated too, but I think she does look at it from both sides, which is important.  I still agree with the article that Riley wrote, but not completely.  The school isn't making us go buy certain clothes.  Teachers have the right to tell us that our outfits are "risque" because like Mrs. Scheuerman said, there is a certain time and place for different attires. I think school needs to be more professional, not showing too much, and if you want to show more or dress a certain way that doesn't go along with Blue Valley's dress code, then dress like that away from school.  I think there are outfits out there that can make you feel good about yourself or that you like, that don't need to show off a lot.  But, I can see from Riley's point of view that it is annoying when teachers say that student's shoulders are distracting boys, because they are shoulders! I don't see how a shoulder can cause someone from not listening to a teacher over them having their phone.  Overall, both the  article and the letter are good to look at because they make your try to see it through someone else's perspective. Both have key points which show that a good middle needs to be reached, so that students and teachers don't continue to find this a problem.