'Booty shorts' and 'sagging'

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel ^ | 02 aug 09 | James Causey

[rellimpank]

On the first day of school last year, 17 girls from Roosevelt Middle School were sent home because their "booty shorts" left little to the imagination.

The boys are another story.

Boys are "sagging," their jeans so low that whoever is watching can see the brand of underwear.

The "sagging" jeans and short-shorts fashion was so bad at Roosevelt that Principal Linda Roundtree instituted a dress code for this school year.

But Roosevelt is not alone; nearly two dozen Milwaukee Public Schools have some type of dress code. Roundtree told me that the parents love it because it's a lot cheaper for her students to buy dress shirts and khakis than Baby Phat and Guess jea

[DollyCali]

a crack problem is NOT always a drug problem , it seems

[HarleyD]

I've never been big on feeling clothes are that important but we have some people who show up to church in Hawaiian shirts, flip flops and shorts-on Sunday morning! And when my office tried to tell people not to wear flip-flops to work because they are dangerous on the escalators, they freaked out. It isn't just the kids. People have taken "dress down" to the extreme.

BTW-My son is the ONLY one who wears a tie to his Sunday School class-fortunately by his choice.

[DollyCali]

yes, everything is so casual (sloppy) anymore. travel, theater, church, symphony.. and all ages.. not just the young people

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

You tell the jury pool from the defendants by their tee shirts and jeans vs. jackets and ties.

[DieHard the Hunter]

Reading this makes me SO GLAD that nearly 100% of all schools here in New Zealand have a strictly-enforced school uniform code.

[rellimpank]

—yep—ankles to wrists to neckline, not form-fitting ,blue for boys, pink for girls, no exceptions— would seem okay to me-—

[Stepan12]

Where did this fashion of low hanging pants come from? Did it come from released convicts who wore low hanging pants to hide their ankle bracelets?

[rellimpank]

—explained in the article-

[Quiller]

. . . the parents love it because it's a lot cheaper for her students to buy dress shirts and khakis than Baby Phat and Guess jeans.

No, actually the parents love it because the school is the bad guy for having a dress code, while the parent gets to be the kid's 'buddy' and not have to take a leadership role at home.

Except, of course, for the limited handful of parents who take the school to court for infringing on the kids' rights, who stoke their kids' to rebelling at school.

[DieHard the Hunter]

The uniforms here are quite sharp-looking: skirts for girls (below the knee) or long dresses (winter); shorts for boys or long trousers (winter). Collared shirts, knit jersey, tie, blazer. Tall sox for boys, dark hose for girls. Sensible shoes. The school stipulates which combination shall be worn depending upon season and weather. And haircuts also follow a stipulated pattern in many (not all) schools.

It sounds like an extravagance, but it is actually alot cheaper to outfit kids this way. As they grow out of Uniform, it can be sold second-hand to families with younger kids. And you’re buying good clothing, and not paying ridiculous prices for brand and fashion.

Kids find it pointless to try to own $200 sneakers because there is limited-to-no opportunity to wear them at school: not even in gym class.

[spokeshave]

Same with jobs....

I went to a job interview in suit and tie....to be interviewed by the chubby manager in tied-dye dress, earrings made from bear pull tabs all capped out in a cloth cap.

weird.

[Dallas59]

RACISM!!!

[RoadKingSE]

On the first day of school last year, 17 girls from Roosevelt Middle School were sent home because their "booty shorts" left little to the imagination.

Middle school!? WTFO.

[visualops]

I was shocked by the new juniors fall clothes I saw in Walmart yesterday. Besides everything being an ugly bunch of mismatched colors and patterns, pre-dirtied jeans and the like, there were super short daisy-dukes and other assorted slutwear that was mind-boggling. T-shirts with a picture of a phone booth and "Call Me XOXO" written on them.

Shouldn't be surprised I guess when this is the inspiration-

[Vaduz]

All the more reason to not allow low class people into high class places.

[SamAdams76]

Nicolet Principal Greg DePue said sagging pants brought about a policy change because if there was a fire, all the boys would fall trying to keep their pants up as they ran toward the exit...

Now that would be a weird scene.

Dress codes should definitely be implemented in the schools. This will not only prepare students for the workplace but will take away the peer pressure to conform by purchasing ridiculously expensive clothing that no self-respecting adult would even wear around the house.

The kids can dress like hookers and convicts on their own time.

[all the best]

I’ve heard that it is prison lingo for “I’m available”. Think about it. I can wear any of my pants without a belt and my butt will not show.

[hometoroost]

It’s America’s ADD (Adult Deficit Syndrome) - no one wants to grow up and be responsible.

[Graybeard58]

BTW-My son is the ONLY one who wears a tie to his Sunday School class-fortunately by his choice.

I wore a suit to a friend's out of state funeral. The Minister and I were the only men there wearing a suit. When I came in, the funeral director told me where to sit, he wrongly assumed that I was a pall bearer.