Etiquette or Experimentation in K-12 Education? - The United States Education System and Abroad

[NumberingYourState]

Dress codes are fine but when do boundaries become so ambiguous that their scope of protection becomes control? As a parent, and as someone who separates their professional and personal lives, how much "control" would you allow another adult teacher to have over a son or daughter?


Examples and not limited to:

• "Banning" Best Friends to Encourage Inclusiveness
• Fear Tactics Discouraging "Criminal Hand Signs"
• Banning Literature to Curtail Manufactured Outrage (Elementary Schools)
• Strict Uniform Codes Organized by Color According to Day of the Week

For that last one, an elementary school I went to actually enforced a day-specific color code for our uniforms. It was both creepy and fucking stupid. It never did anything but give the staff an excuse to grill peers for bullshit that has NOTHING to do with basic education.

 

[The Shadow]

The more things change, the more things stay the same...

I remember my Middle School banned Pokemon and Magic cards for promoting gambling. They also banned sagging pants and spaghetti strap tops. I almost feel like having silly and pointless rules is an important lesson in learning that life is full of dumb-ass rules that you're obligated to follow. It's helpful preparation for the shitstorm of real life.

 

[Sylvie Paula Paula]

All of those are really fucking stupid. The banning best friends, literature & "criminal hand signs" just sounds like an attempt to be woke that results in schools looking like they're run by a bunch of morons who hate fun. And, well, actually letting kids learn.

 

[Rand /pol/]

They banned sagging pants and spaghetti strap tops.

I see nothing wrong with this decision.

 

[The Shadow]

I see nothing wrong with this decision.

I don't either, I was just offering an example of what the zeitgeist of the times was.

 

[PsychoNerd054]

 

[RG 448]

They’re raising my kids so I don’t have to, I don’t give a fuck what they do.

 

[carltondanks]

• "Banning" Best Friends to Encourage Inclusiveness

how to create a school shooter 101

 

[Flowers For Sonichu]

As an educator I really dont give a fuck what you do as long as you get shit done, don't fuck with other people, and don't do anything that will get someone pregnant or arrested. Also dont say fuck in my class