Monday, November 15, 2010
Banning T-shirts and bracelets in school
Read the article about students in Pennsylvania who were punished for wearing a breast cancer awareness bracelet. This is much like the T-shirt issue at homecoming and VB T-shirt scandal (saving second base). So where is the line between appropriate and inappropriate in school? Should parents take a larger role in this issue or should school officials handle it?
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This is a difficult topic to agree or disagree with, mostly because it is such a sensitive topic. There is a very fine and undefined line between what is and is not appropriate for school. There can usually be a fairly easy conclusion to this type of dilema, but I have a feeling that this one will take a long time to resolve. It seems to me that an easy resolution to this question would be to not allow any type of memorabilia in the school, but to accept it outside of school in public, and at school events. This will, inevitably cause more conflict in different areas, but it seems to me to be a very reasonable solution.
Ugh...this is kind of hard to decifer because I understand as a principal in High School I wouldn't really want kids walking around the school representing our town in a shirt that says "saving second base," or a Hooters shirt. I understand that and where they are coming from. But I do think kids should be allowed to wear the "I Heart Boobies," then again I actually own one. But in my own opinion I think they are fine because it helps raise money for breast cancer while getting another "type" of group to help fund it. Yes these bracalets I am sure have raised A LOT of money, because most kids don't just see a breast cancer awairness jar and just put some money into it, but guys being guys are willing to go out and buy a bracalet that says that they like boobies. So I wouldn't really know what to think if I was put into that situation.
Well, I think that people are being to sensitive. We have stopped trusting people to use common sense in what is appropriate for school. I think that if a good parent is fine with his/her child going to school in something then it is probably not outside the boundries of school. We look the other way when girls wear short shorts or low tops but when something comes up that actually says boobies, we have a problem. Even if you feel these are wrong, punishing someone by keeping them out of dances for a month is overreacting. And over a bracelet! If you just looked at someone, you probably wouldn't even notice it.
I think banning the bracelets is overreacting. I think the saying on the bracelets is a light-hearted way to express concern for this cancer. People have a problem because they think the saying makes a mockery out of it, but lets face it, if the saying wasn't fun nobody would buy it. Half the reason kids pay for these is because theyre silly, and they help a cause. Thats's why i bought mine! I can maybe see them being frowned upon, but punishing students for wearing them is crossing the line.I do, however, make a poing of not wearing mine to church.
There is no reason at for people to get worked up over this. So is that principle trying to say that he does not support breast cancer? I think what the mothers are going is right and I applaud them for standing up for their kids. People wear them because they are funny and to promote breast cancer awareness, what is wrong with that. People just need to start using some conmen sense before they go off and say things. As it says in the article because of the first amendment schools cannot sensor student’s things just because some people are offended by non-vulgar educational message.
This topic is easy for me to stand up for because my aunt had breast cancer and she passed away. I think that these bracelets are a good thing because they help fundraise with the cure for cancer. Plus it promotes breast cancer awareness. I think that people are overreacting when it comes to these bracelets. I think that parents should take a role with this issue because these types of things don't usually mean the negative side that most people take it. The t- shirt problem during homecoming was not meant in the negative way people were taking it as. I do agree with Chloe though that a Hooters shirt or something like that is inappropriate. Bracelets are just an accessory. Not that big of a deal.
Savannah Suchor
I think the bracelets should not be banned. They are showing support for the women that have or have had breast cancer. Sure, they talk about boobs, but who cares!?! People are overreacting to the bracelets. The bracelets are nothing serious; they are a care-free, fun way to show support for something that many people are concerned about or know somebody who has had it. I personally do not have one because I haven't gotten around to buying one, but if I did have one, I would wear it everyday.
This topic is sort of a touchy issue. The breast cancer bracelets are for a good cause because it is supporting finding a cure for breast cancer. But if someone doesn't know what it means, they could take offense and it could be considered vulgarity. Bracelets should be allowed in school and should not be banned because it is for a good cause and it is not suppose to be nasty or inappropriate at all. The breast cancer bracelets are just a new way to support breast cancer and I don't think that parents should care and they should be glad that their kid is supporting something good. There isn't really anything for school officials to resolve. In my opinion, the bracelets are completely fine and not inappropriate at all.
In my opinion kids should not be told what they need to wear in high school. Kids should be mature enought to realize what is right and what is wrong. The Saving Second Base shirts are meant to support breat cancer, and our homecoming shirts were a way to show our school pride. The I heart boobies bracelets are also to help support breat cancer, and is a huge hit all over teh U.S. So in my opinion the faculty and parents need to relax, and let the high schoolers make up their own mind on what to wear or put around their wrist!
There is a very difficult line between appropriete and inepropreite things. It is very diffucult to determine what is and what is not neccessary. I think that the hooters shirts are not that bad because they are showing only pictures of owl but like the i heart boobies bracelets for breast cancer are l little to far. WIth the saving second base t-shirts that i s way to inapropriete for school. Why do we need to dicuss that in school. Yes i do believe that parents should take a larger role in this issue. Parents and students as well should know that it is inappropriete to wear sexualy related clothing. I dont think that it is the schools responsibility to confront the students about what and what not to wear but if the parents arent doing anything about it somebody has to.
The bracelets are fine. School officials are overreacting to things that really just silly. O well, it says boobies on them. What’s the big deal? It's a fun and silly way to support a serious cause. As for the homecoming shirts, they were just a way to show school spirit. There wasn't even any vulgar language on them. The school officials have just been overreacting to the littlest things. Let's worry about something important for once?
Parents just like to control what is going on around their child. Well they just don't want them to get bad ideas of life. They want the best for their child. But you can't keep them in a bubble their whole life, they will find out things are inappropriate. The parents may take it away but we would just find something else that would bother them with. We want to get attention and for us that is our best way, is to find something inappropriate and fight with them to try to keep it around.
A wide range of T-shirts is a favorite of young people.
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