Fashion statement, or death wish?

[Kayle]

Our school dress code is really strict, too, but they haven't outlawed collars yet!  However, we do have to:

1.  Tuck our shirts in, all the time.  (guys)
2.  No flip flops at all.
3.  No facial hair. 
4.  No hair past the eartips.  (guys)
5.  No ear rings.  (guys)


And that's just the basics.  I'm suprised collars aren't there somewhere, but I couldn't find anything on 'em.

[Fenny the Fox]

Wow that dress code sucks...

1.  Tuck our shirts in, all the time.  (guys)
-I'd be annoyed, at the most.

2.  No flip flops at all.
-Never been one for flip flops much, so...

3.  No facial hair. 
-Yeah...that'd probably be a good rule for me. I rarely keep clean shaven, out of laziness...

4.  No hair past the eartips.  (guys)
-Here though, I'd be screwed.

5.  No ear rings.  (guys)
-Well...don't actually one, yet.

But if collars aren't on it, I'd take advantage of that! 

[Kayle]

I'll try to find a list of all our dress code stuff and post it here so everyone can laugh at it.

[Fenny the Fox]

My last couple years of high school, they tried to enforce some kind of dress code...didn't work. No guys would tuck in their shirts (with dress shirts, or otherwise), stuff like that. But the prinicipal did manage to ban any music player in the school (except that most teachers let us use them anyway), stopped drinks in the classroom (again, it was the teachers that neglected that rule and let us a lot of the time  ). It was rather funny...until one of the administrators walked in 

I know there weren't rules on collars, but the teachers didn't like that sort of thing. Even made me stop wearing a chain choker I had in 9th grade. 

[Hayaikawa]

1.  Tuck our shirts in, all the time.  (guys)

BOO, I'd fight that.

2.  No flip flops at all.

that one sucks i know but in my school we actually got the school to allow flip flops after much preasure

3.  No facial hair. 

thats just moronic. I'd FIGHT that one for sure.

4.  No hair past the eartips.  (guys)

YARGH!!!! I'LL NEVER CUT MY HAIR. they'd have to expell me before i cut my hair

5.  No ear rings.  (guys)

that would suck but it doesnt effect me.

ma I would be such a pain in the administrators backs 

[Furlong]

Some of those I can understand, from a liability POV.  The school doesn't want to get sued when a student breaks a toe. 

That said, apart from the flip flop thing, those a ridiculous. 

[Arbutus]

Some of those I can understand, from a liability POV.  The school doesn't want to get sued when a student breaks a toe. 

That said, apart from the flip flop thing, those a ridiculous. 

The flip-flop thing is ridiculous too. If you manage to break your toe while wearing flip-flops, you're doing it wrong.

[Hayaikawa]

The flip-flop thing is ridiculous too. If you manage to break your toe while wearing flip-flops, you're doing it wrong.

I couldnt agree with this more. I wear sandals/flip flops all the time and any one who hurts them selves while wearing them fails at walking.

[Furlong]

Some of those I can understand, from a liability POV.  The school doesn't want to get sued when a student breaks a toe. 

That said, apart from the flip flop thing, those a ridiculous. 

The flip-flop thing is ridiculous too. If you manage to break your toe while wearing flip-flops, you're doing it wrong.

True enough.  

My thinking was more along the lines of things like theater (which I did a lot of in high school) where closed toe shoes are a necessity.  

[Fenny the Fox]

I can also see why flip flops would be a hazard, but not for most. Theater, shop class (do any schools still have that?), Agriculture/animal science (if you actually deal with larger animals like we did), P.E. classes (to a degree anyway), all pose a hazard. So, I can see it for those types of things.

And then consider that my Animal Science class had to build the barn (well...convert an old tool shed into a barn, more-or-less  ), so it was like having Ag. and Shop at once   

P.S.: Cows can hurt your feet whether or not you have flip flops on, but it helps to have on closed-toe shoes. 

[Kaiyoki]

Closed shoes are essential for metalwork, the sparks flying out of the welding bays will hurt any exposed skin, that didn't stop a classmate from burning a hole though this shoe though.

[Edward Vulpes]

Our school dress code is really strict, too, but they haven't outlawed collars yet!  However, we do have to:

1.  Tuck our shirts in, all the time.  (guys)
2.  No flip flops at all.
3.  No facial hair. 
4.  No hair past the eartips.  (guys)
5.  No ear rings.  (guys)


And that's just the basics.  I'm suprised collars aren't there somewhere, but I couldn't find anything on 'em.

Oh, I had a similar dress code throughout my Middle and High School years. I remember always wanting to grow my hair out, due to the fact that we had also precisely rule #4 above, but when I got to university I found it was just an annoyance to have hair any longer than that.

But the sandals thing is reasonable, or at least to me. One can't wear open-toed shoes at all in the laboratory, after all, and they do present a hazard for physical education courses, as well.

[Ratchet]

When i was at highschool they didn't really have a dress code or a uniform, if i remember right you weren't allowed jeans (?) or open toed shoes but anything else was ok iirc, not that i ever wore anything that would annoy them.

I seem to recall one of my friends regularly wearing a collar to school in 5th year though but he was a goth rather than a furry (doubt if many people even knew what furries were in the UK at that time)

[prettylilpup]

I can also see why flip flops would be a hazard, but not for most. Theater, shop class (do any schools still have that?), Agriculture/animal science (if you actually deal with larger animals like we did), P.E. classes (to a degree anyway), all pose a hazard. So, I can see it for those types of things.

And then consider that my Animal Science class had to build the barn (well...convert an old tool shed into a barn, more-or-less  ), so it was like having Ag. and Shop at once   

P.S.: Cows can hurt your feet whether or not you have flip flops on, but it helps to have on closed-toe shoes. 

You had an animal science course in high school? That is awesome. Mine had/has a shop class, and a "technology" class where we did one wood-working project...(I hated that class, the teacher treated me rudely based on gender, and I was the only girl in there). But definitely a closed-toed shoe environment during the wood project. I normally wore sneakers anyways.
I've been stepped on by a cow plenty of times while working with them. It hurts, and of course, I had on closed-toed shoes. Ouch!

More on topic, dress codes usually have a reason, even if it is not understood by students/employees/whoever. If collars/chokers are not allowed, there's a reason behind it: Even if it is only to keep students looking neat and professional. The only rules I can recall from my school were: no tank tops and shorts/skirts had to be past your finger tips if you put your arms straight down- stupid rule considering this worked differently for different body types. Nothing on collars, but then again, nobody wore them so it didn't matter.

[Fenny the Fox]

More on topic, dress codes usually have a reason, even if it is not understood by students/employees/whoever. If collars/chokers are not allowed, there's a reason behind it: Even if it is only to keep students looking neat and professional. The only rules I can recall from my school were: no tank tops and shorts/skirts had to be past your finger tips if you put your arms straight down- stupid rule considering this worked differently for different body types. Nothing on collars, but then again, nobody wore them so it didn't matter.

Yeah, we had essentially the same type of dress code as you just said. It is based on just a sense of decency.

[Kayle]

Yeah, but decency is one thing.  Idiocy is another.  They've now made it a rule that if you get caught with too much facial hair, they send you to the office, where you have to pay $1 for a disposable razor and shave.  They don't even give you shaving cream, or even soap.  Just a cheap razor, and if you can't pay the $1, you get on campus suspension for a day.  This is bad for me, since I always forget to shave, but they haven't caught me yet!

[Fenny the Fox]

Ugh...that would be annoying. But, I usually had no problem remembering to shave in high school. Now, on the other paw, I go for a couple weeks at a time without shaving, so...

[Greeblig Venn Aridarr]

I'm going to start wearing a tail. People stare at me anyway, a may as well give them with something to look at.

[prettylilpup]

Yeah, but decency is one thing.  Idiocy is another.  They've now made it a rule that if you get caught with too much facial hair, they send you to the office, where you have to pay $1 for a disposable razor and shave.  They don't even give you shaving cream, or even soap.  Just a cheap razor, and if you can't pay the $1, you get on campus suspension for a day.  This is bad for me, since I always forget to shave, but they haven't caught me yet!

Okay, that does seem rather excessive.

[Sancer]

1.  Tuck our shirts in, all the time.  (guys)

BOO, I'd fight that.

2.  No flip flops at all.

that one sucks i know but in my school we actually got the school to allow flip flops after much preasure

3.  No facial hair. 

thats just moronic. I'd FIGHT that one for sure.

4.  No hair past the eartips.  (guys)

YARGH!!!! I'LL NEVER CUT MY HAIR. they'd have to expell me before i cut my hair

5.  No ear rings.  (guys)

that would suck but it doesnt effect me.

ma I would be such a pain in the administrators backs 

Good luck with that, you'd get expelled. xD

[Xester]

my dress code states "no studded accessories"...the only kids who wear studded accessories scare the crap out of the teachers...im sure i can pull off a collar.

[Wolf Axle]

i wondering if i should go with black faux fur in the inside of my gray collar or should i get one with only the grey? or should i get one of each then go from there.
oh and speaking of dress codes at my school

[Glimmer]

I wore my collar shopping a few times, never wore it to school, (never owned it when I as in school)  I'll have to ware mine more often when I'm shopping.

[Motor Mouth]

Me personally, I wouldn't wear a collar at school or anywhere, I don't think it would go with any of my outfits . But to each their own, I know a couple people at school that could pull it off and just get the usual amount of stares. At mine if it's anything but styles from the 'burbs or the 'hood then you'll get stared at. Shame.

[Wolf Axle]

Our school dress code is really strict, too, but they haven't outlawed collars yet!  However, we do have to:

1.  Tuck our shirts in, all the time.  (guys)
2.  No flip flops at all.
3.  No facial hair. 
4.  No hair past the eartips.  (guys)
5.  No ear rings.  (guys)


And that's just the basics.  I'm suprised collars aren't there somewhere, but I couldn't find anything on 'em.

does a tail count as hair past ear tips??