or future school shooter...
*I* didn't shoot up a school. My daughter doesn't seem to be behaving particularly violent lately.
When I was a teen, I dressed like death as a people repellent. I really just needed to be left alone to figure things out. My daughter and her friends have adopted the style more as a fashion statement than anything else. (And, as I won't pay for the clothes at Hot Topic, she's becoming quite the seamstress by making her own clothes out of recycled thrift store finds.)
With all that said, I do believe that the schools have the right and the responsibility to enforce dress codes that discourage clothes that are a distraction to learning. School uniforms rank high in my book.
But don't judge a teen by her safety pins! ;-)
I suppose it depends where the pins are put. at least she has the gumption to make her own stuff.that said, I think schools should make uniforms mandatory. it would solve a lot of problems.