It also perpetuates the notion that girls are responsible for controlling boys’ behavior!

Or worse: the school tell the girls they are "overreacting", "boys will be boys", and "boys behave like that because they like you", and "maybe it's your fault for wearing short skirts". Disgusting.

"Dressing inappropriately" That's a load of bullsh*t. When I went to school, we had no dress code. During summer, girls would wear above the knee skirts and shorts, spaghetti tops, crop tops, etc., our bra straps were showing, and no one felt "distracted". Not even 15 yo boys. No one. So this dress code is just a tool for controlling women.

Because aparently boys can get seduced by shoulders? In all seriousness this is a dumb rule that needs to be abolished and made socially unacceptable

instead of "protect/hide your daughters" it should be "educate your sons". PERIOD.

How about teaching self control!

Carry a voice activated recorder.

In my school this doesn't even exist! Girls normally wear thin straps on their tops and boys never get distracted by that, it's very common and boys are used to it!

My daughter was made to wear a set of scrubs the school kept on hand dress code violations. She was wearing a sleeveless dress that was supposed to have straps 3 fingers apart. Her straps were 1/8" off. This happened a few feet from a couple who were furiously making out. The teacher did not say a word to the couple who were breaking a school policy that would have given them an in school suspension.

That was the case in my high school (we had an uniform). There was literally three hall monitors (or something like that) who had a measuring tape to be sure that the skirt was not more than an inch above the knee; looking for bra straps OR if the bra was visible through clothing etc. When girls tried to ask to be able to wear pants (especially during winter), the management told them it was "boys clothing". The distraction argument came up a couple of times too and students, teachers and other staff members alike told them it was bullshît. Eventually, bad press, teachers strike and students protest forced the school to change policies... it took two years though and countless detentions for "troublemakers".

Unfortunately the more mature a girl's body is the worse it gets too. I've seen a fully girl who's body is clearly more developed get in trouble for wearing something the thinner or less developed girls wear all the time.

We only have "no Jogging pants" and "no muscle shirts".

NO SUBJECT IN TEACHING. Is more PROFOUND-IMPORTANT than RESPECT for every living thing. All humans have urges! Hormone changes-urges. BOYS Must to taught that at NO TIME DO YOU VIOLATE/HARMS/OVERPOWER/TAKE ADVANTAGE OF/DISRESPECT A FEMALE. Can u wrap your mind around this! IT SHOULD START IN EACH CHILDS LIFE AT HOME- unfortunately our world/humans are a Very Out of Balance.

If I had a daughter and they pulled that s**t in school, I would show them that 16 years in the army was not wasted. I would chew them a new one.

The harassment by boys is the much worse issue, and given every school in NJ now must allow boys to use the girls' bathrooms "because gender is fluid" there's going to be more of what happened in VA

When I was in school, the girls would get sent to the office for a bra strap showing, even if we readjusted so it was no longer showing. In the teachers eyes, that wasn't good enough. Meanwhile, the style for boys at the time was to PURPOSFULLY hang their pants super low so most of their underwear showed. The teachers simply told them to pull up their pants and left it at that. Even though they would usually pull them back down the second the teachers back was turned.

School dress code is bullshit!! Not only does it penalize women way more then men... schools also let "good looking" women get away with more than perceived "ugly" or "fat" girls. I was always a little heavy in school and would get harrassed about my shorts if they were a centimeter to short, but pretty girls could wear booty shorts and be okay. It was infuriating!!!!

I did 9 years of catholic school wearing a uniform... I got sooooo much unwanted attention. Imagine being 12 and have some a-hole slow down to whistle... Disgusting!!!

Oh u are doing poorly? No resources for u hehehe get gud

I've never understood this...even as adults...in our country if someone is trying to kill you and you defend yourself, you can be charged with assault...like what?!?!

Sports are focused on FAR too much at the schools by me. Whenever I drive past there are ALWAYS notices about games and whatever. School should be focused on education, not sports

We only had unexcused leave as punishable.

We've got school lunches in primary and secondary schools here...which are free and for low income families. A few years back they also instituted breakfast.

War crime :)

I hear that...we used to have hours of homework. Sometimes I just want to relax and sleep.

I remember the problem of buying school books when we were poor. But actually some college books are only purchased by a few dozen people on that particular course, so would not be produced without those purchases. So SOME people purchasing the book is important. However you acquire the book should not be anything to do with the college though.

I remember one time in digital technology class I developed a splitting pain below my stomach. I think it was trapped gas in my bowels or something. Anyway, I asked my teacher if I could go to the nurse, but she told me no because class was "almost over" and that I have to wait until it was finished before I could go. Except that class was over in an hour, so I had to stay seated in my chair, in agony, for an hour. Did I mention that digital technology was my last class that day? So school was over by the time class ended and I couldn't stay behind because then I'd be late and I can't be late because my mum had to pick up my brothers from their schools as well so I never got to the nurse. And then there was that other time where I nearly fainted in the mandatory religion class and I did have to go to the nurse and while my friend was leaving my schoolbag in the nurse's office, she told me that the substitute teacher was pissed at me for missing class.

Or when they call the bully and say "bullied kid said you did X" and when they deny it they just leave it there...like thanks for now increasing the bullying that already existed.

What in the name of all that is holy...

Zero tolerance sometimes meant Zero Effort or Zero Intelligence.

Same in my horrific catholic school. They would close the water fountain in the recess (10am and 13-15pm) so kids wouldnt play with the water. Even in the months of may and june. My region of spain (as most) gets easily to 30-40C in those months

I hinestly believe that some teachers enjoy making their kids suffer. I speak very fast and because of that i stutter if I read out loud. One of my teachers loved making me read all the time and kept smiling while some of the students laughted. Once i got so tired that i shut up and sat in the middle of a sentence and refused to ever read in her classes. Bitch

And is also a completely unnecessary cruelty!

Who does this? And where?

I've seen this time and time again...the systems is way to broken.