Dress codes are silly, imo. We've all gotten so stupid that we immediately judge a book by it's cover. It's sad that in order for a book to have a chance to be read it has to play pretend and change it's cover to match some silly preset expectations. One of the most used proverbs our society teaches children is not to do this.
Rules that make sense, I have no problem with. No cellphones on in class, no long hair when working with food (Or use a hair net), etc. Most kids are going to think this way, and are going to rebel against things that don't make sense to them. (Though, sometimes kids just rebel to rebel- but the reasoning behind those actions are a completely different subject.) There is also a fine line between some tattoos and piercings/clothes/hair. The former is not as easily reversible as the latter. And because of that difference I can understand, and for the most part agree, about the problems with tattoos and white collar jobs.
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If your boss/sales person shows up in my office, looking for me to invest in his company, or to solicit my business and he's in jeans, I'm going to pass on him and take the ones who respect me enough to show up and act like they care.
Exactly how well does he need to dress before he's apparently cares? Cargo Pants? Khakis? Dress pants? Why is it that wearing jeans means he doesn't care; Some silly preconceived notion that jeans are disrespectful in the white collar environment? I have a hard time conforming to a viewpoint that makes no sense. I'm not stubborn enough to not dress up to appease silly people like you when looking for a job, but I will "dress down" as much as possible to a more efficient, more comfortable set of clothes so I can do my work easier.
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Really? isn't a school's job to help prepare out children for success in life afterward?
I don't know about you, but children wearing ties and dressing up for no reason, in school, to get ready for doing it years in the future seems pretty stupid to me. Especially considering not all children grow up deciding to go into white collar jobs. I'm with BT on this one; They should appreciate their freedom while they can, I know I am. The day I have to start wearing some uncomfortable piece of sh*t on my legs with no pocket space is going to be a sad day for me. For now, I will continue going to class in pajamas because there is no dress code.
Resorting to attacking his alcoholic problems shows how pathetic your argument really is. Him being on the straight and narrow for as long as he has gives me infinitely more respect for him, especially with the way he carries his demeanor. If he relapses, then and only then will your personal attack have mass; whereas his personal attack is based off the current mindset that you are expressing at this very moment in time.
Edited, Sep 18th 2010 6:25pm by Deadgye