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Make a petition. Get people to sign a sheet of paper if they want the rule to be gone.

fire219 wrote:

I hate this rule, too. Come on, principles, NEWS FLASH: we are MIDDLE SCHOOLERS, not elementary school kids!

More things I hate that are locked down at my school:

*School Uniforms
* We have to walk around on the walls between periods, not straight to the next class.
* We (at least 6th and 7th graders) HAVE to take P.E, even if we take, Band, Choir, etc.
*We have to use mesh or clear plastic backpacks (both are weak, ugly, and expensive)

BTW, I am in 6th grade.

We have to take P.E. too.

We have a one way system. Disobeying it can result in a detention.

We can have any kind of bag, within reason.

Uniform - Um, black blazer, with shoulder pads, even for girls. Normal black trousers, no ski pants or flares; but you can get away with skinny school trousers. I wear skinny trousers. Blouse and clip-on tie worn at all times. Top button must be done up or you may get detention. No extreme hair, no shaved designs. No rose hair clips (popular school fad) and no jewellery except for one ring per hand, one stud per ear, one nose stud. No gloves in school, no caps, no geek glasses and if you wear a jumper it must have the school badge. Oh, and you're not allowed to EVER take your blazer off in school and if you're outside school you should keep your tie on. Meh.

Phew.

The_Dancing_Donut wrote:

fire219 wrote:

I hate this rule, too. Come on, principles, NEWS FLASH: we are MIDDLE SCHOOLERS, not elementary school kids!

More things I hate that are locked down at my school:

*School Uniforms
* We have to walk around on the walls between periods, not straight to the next class.
* We (at least 6th and 7th graders) HAVE to take P.E, even if we take, Band, Choir, etc.
*We have to use mesh or clear plastic backpacks (both are weak, ugly, and expensive)

BTW, I am in 6th grade.

We have to take P.E. too.

We have a one way system. Disobeying it can result in a detention.

We can have any kind of bag, within reason.

Uniform - Um, black blazer, with shoulder pads, even for girls. Normal black trousers, no ski pants or flares; but you can get away with skinny school trousers. I wear skinny trousers. Blouse and clip-on tie worn at all times. Top button must be done up or you may get detention. No extreme hair, no shaved designs. No rose hair clips (popular school fad) and no jewellery except for one ring per hand, one stud per ear, one nose stud. No gloves in school, no caps, no geek glasses and if you wear a jumper it must have the school badge. Oh, and you're not allowed to EVER take your blazer off in school and if you're outside school you should keep your tie on. Meh.

Phew.

Our dress code:

School Handbook wrote:

NAVY BLUE PANTS/SLACKS- Pleated or regular slacks are acceptable.  NO blue jeans or corduroys allowed.  Slacks must be properly fitted at the waist and have a proper hem.  For example, if a student is 32" in the waist, then the pants/slacks should measure 32" in the waist.  There will be NO oversized slacks allowed.  NO cargo pants or pants with exterior pockets (sewn down or open).  NO pants with frayed hems.

NAVY BLUE SHORTS- Shorts are to be NO shorter than two (2) inches above the bend of the knee (measured in the back of the knee).  Capri pants may be worn.

SHIRTS- A uniform shirt must be worn at all times.  All shirt tails will be worn tucked inside of pants, shorts or skirts at all times.  There will be no exception to this rule.  NO sleeveless shirts will be allowed.  ONLY the top button of shirts (polo/button-up styles) will be allowed to remain unbuttoned.  If an undershirt is worn under the uniform shirt, it must be solid white or purple.  There must NOT be any colored writing or pictures on the undershirt.  NO colored tee shirts will be allowed.  No blouses may be worn.

ONLY SOLID WHITE or SOLID PURPLE POLO SHIRTS OR PLAIN WHITE OXFORD SHIRTS MAY BE WORN.

SKIRTS/ JUMPERS- Skirts or jumpers will be NO shorter that two (2) inches above the bend of the knee (measured in the back of the knee) and longer than 4 inches above the ankle.  NO FLOOR LENGTH skirts.  A navy blue jumper of the same length will be allowed.  Uniform shirts must be worn under the jumper.  If "tights" are worn under the skirt, the skirt must remain the proper length.

BELTS- Black or brown leather like belts must be worn with pants, shorts and skirts with loops.  Belts must not be excessive in length and hanging from the waist. After market belt buckles are prohibited (large buckles with names, initials, etc.).  Belts must have the original buckle.

SHOES- NO OPEN TOED SHOES ARE ALLOWED. (flip-flops, sandals, etc..)

WHITE or NAVY SOCKS MUST BE WORN.  (You may only wear ONE pair of MATCHING Socks.  Do not mix your colors or wear multiple pairs of socks.)

•·   If shoes are designed for laces, the laces must be in place, and laces must be tight and tied with pants leg pulled over the tops of the shoes.

•·   Shoes that have straps must be strapped.

  JEWELRY- If necklaces are worn; they must be worn inside of the shirt... They cannot extend above the collar of the shirt or hang over the button opening of the shirt.

OVERDRESS FOR COLD WEATHER DAYS- JMS will ONLY allow outerwear that was sold by the PTO or outerwear that is SOLID Navy, Black, or White in color.  SPORTS JACKETS WILL ONLY BE ALLOWED if you participate in the sport, for which the jacket represents.  A school uniform shirt must be worn under all outerwear. Any outerwear with a hood is prohibited.

JMS is my school BTW.

Ok, back to the topic, ASSIGNED TABLES is stupid!

Last edited by fire219 (2010-10-20 20:20:50)

try convincing them first, if you can't do that then i find the only way to make them give in is to make every single person disobey the rule.

like in gym class it was super windy and we we're supposed to be playing ultimate frisbee but nobody could catch the frisbee because it kept getting blown of course.

so we all just laid down on the field until the teacher said we could go inside, which was pretty quick now that nobody was doing anything.

its like how teachers go on strike, students could all sit at the wrong tables and all get detention, but if not a single student showed up for detention what could they do, it's everybody.  problem is you'll find that pretty much impossible to organize, considering how many kids are in a whole entire school.

or you could just ignore me, i feel like a bad influence talking like this 

Last edited by PlayWithFire (2010-10-21 13:53:04)

fire219 wrote:

The_Dancing_Donut wrote:

fire219 wrote:

I hate this rule, too. Come on, principles, NEWS FLASH: we are MIDDLE SCHOOLERS, not elementary school kids!

More things I hate that are locked down at my school:

*School Uniforms
* We have to walk around on the walls between periods, not straight to the next class.
* We (at least 6th and 7th graders) HAVE to take P.E, even if we take, Band, Choir, etc.
*We have to use mesh or clear plastic backpacks (both are weak, ugly, and expensive)

BTW, I am in 6th grade.

We have to take P.E. too.

We have a one way system. Disobeying it can result in a detention.

We can have any kind of bag, within reason.

Uniform - Um, black blazer, with shoulder pads, even for girls. Normal black trousers, no ski pants or flares; but you can get away with skinny school trousers. I wear skinny trousers. Blouse and clip-on tie worn at all times. Top button must be done up or you may get detention. No extreme hair, no shaved designs. No rose hair clips (popular school fad) and no jewellery except for one ring per hand, one stud per ear, one nose stud. No gloves in school, no caps, no geek glasses and if you wear a jumper it must have the school badge. Oh, and you're not allowed to EVER take your blazer off in school and if you're outside school you should keep your tie on. Meh.

Phew.

Our dress code:

School Handbook wrote:

NAVY BLUE PANTS/SLACKS- Pleated or regular slacks are acceptable.  NO blue jeans or corduroys allowed.  Slacks must be properly fitted at the waist and have a proper hem.  For example, if a student is 32" in the waist, then the pants/slacks should measure 32" in the waist.  There will be NO oversized slacks allowed.  NO cargo pants or pants with exterior pockets (sewn down or open).  NO pants with frayed hems.

NAVY BLUE SHORTS- Shorts are to be NO shorter than two (2) inches above the bend of the knee (measured in the back of the knee).  Capri pants may be worn.

SHIRTS- A uniform shirt must be worn at all times.  All shirt tails will be worn tucked inside of pants, shorts or skirts at all times.  There will be no exception to this rule.  NO sleeveless shirts will be allowed.  ONLY the top button of shirts (polo/button-up styles) will be allowed to remain unbuttoned.  If an undershirt is worn under the uniform shirt, it must be solid white or purple.  There must NOT be any colored writing or pictures on the undershirt.  NO colored tee shirts will be allowed.  No blouses may be worn.

ONLY SOLID WHITE or SOLID PURPLE POLO SHIRTS OR PLAIN WHITE OXFORD SHIRTS MAY BE WORN.

SKIRTS/ JUMPERS- Skirts or jumpers will be NO shorter that two (2) inches above the bend of the knee (measured in the back of the knee) and longer than 4 inches above the ankle.  NO FLOOR LENGTH skirts.  A navy blue jumper of the same length will be allowed.  Uniform shirts must be worn under the jumper.  If "tights" are worn under the skirt, the skirt must remain the proper length.

BELTS- Black or brown leather like belts must be worn with pants, shorts and skirts with loops.  Belts must not be excessive in length and hanging from the waist. After market belt buckles are prohibited (large buckles with names, initials, etc.).  Belts must have the original buckle.

SHOES- NO OPEN TOED SHOES ARE ALLOWED. (flip-flops, sandals, etc..)

WHITE or NAVY SOCKS MUST BE WORN.  (You may only wear ONE pair of MATCHING Socks.  Do not mix your colors or wear multiple pairs of socks.)

•·   If shoes are designed for laces, the laces must be in place, and laces must be tight and tied with pants leg pulled over the tops of the shoes.

•·   Shoes that have straps must be strapped.

  JEWELRY- If necklaces are worn; they must be worn inside of the shirt... They cannot extend above the collar of the shirt or hang over the button opening of the shirt.

OVERDRESS FOR COLD WEATHER DAYS- JMS will ONLY allow outerwear that was sold by the PTO or outerwear that is SOLID Navy, Black, or White in color.  SPORTS JACKETS WILL ONLY BE ALLOWED if you participate in the sport, for which the jacket represents.  A school uniform shirt must be worn under all outerwear. Any outerwear with a hood is prohibited.

JMS is my school BTW.

Ok, back to the topic, ASSIGNED TABLES is stupid!

Gosh, you guys are unlucky! My dress code is basically just telling you not to wear too-short shorts or skirts and shirts with innapropriate stuff.

PlayWithFire wrote:

try convincing them first, if you can't do that then i find the only way to make them give in is to make every single person disobey the rule.

like in gym class it was super windy and we we're supposed to be playing ultimate frisbee but nobody could catch the frisbee because it kept getting blown of course.

so we all just laid down on the field until the teacher said we could go inside, which was pretty quick now that nobody was doing anything.

its like how teachers go on strike, students could all sit at the wrong tables and all get detention, but if not a single student showed up for detention what could they do, it's everybody.  problem is you'll find that pretty much impossible to organize, considering how many kids are in a whole entire school.

or you could just ignore me, i feel like a bad influence talking like this :P

i actually think that would work, even though i don't really care anymore. but i would only have to tell all of the seventh grade. but then when everyone's at detention, and no one shows up during the 7th grade lunch period...what are they going to do? >:)

I feel sorry for you. im in seventh grade too 

my school has that rule. i want to destroy the dude who thought of that STUPID rule.

Our school has that rule too, but even though we're like 10/11/12 years old, we still get away with it. If a prefect(usually a noob one-the veterans don't bother) stops us, we give him a look so evil that if looks could kill, he'd have spontaneously combusted. In fact, some prefects actually spontaneously combusted even though looks can't kill. If they persue the matter, we demand the reason. He'll say something like,"The principal says so. Now stop talking back." Then we'll get into an argument, ending with someone raising a certain finger and someone threatening to slay the prefect's entire family. We've never lost an arugment before.

The_Dancing_Donut wrote:

fire219 wrote:

The_Dancing_Donut wrote:

We have to take P.E. too.

We have a one way system. Disobeying it can result in a detention.

We can have any kind of bag, within reason.

Uniform - Um, black blazer, with shoulder pads, even for girls. Normal black trousers, no ski pants or flares; but you can get away with skinny school trousers. I wear skinny trousers. Blouse and clip-on tie worn at all times. Top button must be done up or you may get detention. No extreme hair, no shaved designs. No rose hair clips (popular school fad) and no jewellery except for one ring per hand, one stud per ear, one nose stud. No gloves in school, no caps, no geek glasses and if you wear a jumper it must have the school badge. Oh, and you're not allowed to EVER take your blazer off in school and if you're outside school you should keep your tie on. Meh.

Phew.

Our dress code:

School Handbook wrote:

NAVY BLUE PANTS/SLACKS- Pleated or regular slacks are acceptable.  NO blue jeans or corduroys allowed.  Slacks must be properly fitted at the waist and have a proper hem.  For example, if a student is 32" in the waist, then the pants/slacks should measure 32" in the waist.  There will be NO oversized slacks allowed.  NO cargo pants or pants with exterior pockets (sewn down or open).  NO pants with frayed hems.

NAVY BLUE SHORTS- Shorts are to be NO shorter than two (2) inches above the bend of the knee (measured in the back of the knee).  Capri pants may be worn.

SHIRTS- A uniform shirt must be worn at all times.  All shirt tails will be worn tucked inside of pants, shorts or skirts at all times.  There will be no exception to this rule.  NO sleeveless shirts will be allowed.  ONLY the top button of shirts (polo/button-up styles) will be allowed to remain unbuttoned.  If an undershirt is worn under the uniform shirt, it must be solid white or purple.  There must NOT be any colored writing or pictures on the undershirt.  NO colored tee shirts will be allowed.  No blouses may be worn.

ONLY SOLID WHITE or SOLID PURPLE POLO SHIRTS OR PLAIN WHITE OXFORD SHIRTS MAY BE WORN.

SKIRTS/ JUMPERS- Skirts or jumpers will be NO shorter that two (2) inches above the bend of the knee (measured in the back of the knee) and longer than 4 inches above the ankle.  NO FLOOR LENGTH skirts.  A navy blue jumper of the same length will be allowed.  Uniform shirts must be worn under the jumper.  If "tights" are worn under the skirt, the skirt must remain the proper length.

BELTS- Black or brown leather like belts must be worn with pants, shorts and skirts with loops.  Belts must not be excessive in length and hanging from the waist. After market belt buckles are prohibited (large buckles with names, initials, etc.).  Belts must have the original buckle.

SHOES- NO OPEN TOED SHOES ARE ALLOWED. (flip-flops, sandals, etc..)

WHITE or NAVY SOCKS MUST BE WORN.  (You may only wear ONE pair of MATCHING Socks.  Do not mix your colors or wear multiple pairs of socks.)

•·   If shoes are designed for laces, the laces must be in place, and laces must be tight and tied with pants leg pulled over the tops of the shoes.

•·   Shoes that have straps must be strapped.

  JEWELRY- If necklaces are worn; they must be worn inside of the shirt... They cannot extend above the collar of the shirt or hang over the button opening of the shirt.

OVERDRESS FOR COLD WEATHER DAYS- JMS will ONLY allow outerwear that was sold by the PTO or outerwear that is SOLID Navy, Black, or White in color.  SPORTS JACKETS WILL ONLY BE ALLOWED if you participate in the sport, for which the jacket represents.  A school uniform shirt must be worn under all outerwear. Any outerwear with a hood is prohibited.

JMS is my school BTW.

Ok, back to the topic, ASSIGNED TABLES is stupid!

If rules like that existed in my school, we'd all be banned from school for untidiness. 

http://www.johnstonmiddleschool.org/dress_code.php

  That's not fair at all! That seems like a really pointless rule. Have they ever actually given a good reason as to why the rule even exists?

emilypie wrote:

m71134 wrote:

  That's not fair at all! That seems like a really pointless rule. Have they ever actually given a good reason as to why the rule even exists?

nope. all it does is create more work for them! i mean, now they have to practically patrol the lunch rooms! 

Then you should definitely write a persuasive letter. At my school, if we thought something was unfair, we even wrote a petition and had people sign it.

emilypie wrote:

m71134 wrote:

emilypie wrote:

nope. all it does is create more work for them! i mean, now they have to practically patrol the lunch rooms! 

Then you should definitely write a persuasive letter. At my school, if we thought something was unfair, we even wrote a petition and had people sign it.

yeah, i think i'd do that to. 

Or I guess you could do a boycott sort of thing, where you get everybody in your grade to sit at the wrong lunch table so it would be really hard for the lunchroom moderators to get everybody back to the right lunch table. But you could possibly get in trouble for that if it doesn't work.