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You can't talk, you can't chew gum, you can't have cell phones or MP3 players, you can't wear hoods or hats or sunglasses...Is there anything that IS allowed in public school these days?

Actually, all of the things you mentioned are valid restrictions in school today. Talking in class disrupts instruction; gum sticks to floors and desks, requiring time and money to remove; cell phones and MP3 players provide an avenue for cheating on tests and distract from instruction; hoods, hats and sunglasses all deal with gang attire and paraphanalia.

That being said, I think this rule is way too strict and the school needs to exhibit some common sense. The rule is there to stops the kids from making out in the halls, not to stop friends from hugging each other goodbye.

Talking in class disrupts instruction; gum sticks to floors and desks, requiring time and money to remove; cell phones and MP3 players provide an avenue for cheating on tests and distract from instruction; hoods, hats and sunglasses all deal with gang attire and paraphanalia.

With talking, I didn't mean talking while the teacher was, I was referring to how in some schools they make you shush up in the hallways when you're going to class (more of a private school thing), which is kinda silly. About gum, that's the kids' problem for not having the courtesy to throw it away. If they had a bit more respect, which many don't today, then it wouldn't be a problem. I don't see how MP3s are an avenue for cheating. Cell phones are, in fact I have seen people cheat using texting. So just do what they do at the SAT--make the kids turn in their cell phones to the teacher until after the test. If you don't, and you get caught cheating, give 'em a zero. Hats, hoods, and sunglasses as gang attire? I don't think putting your hood up or wearing a baseball cap makes it look like you're part of a gang.

But whatever...I'm in college now, I don't care as much about public school rules cuz I don't have to deal with them.