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Originally posted by Katgurl:
Thenagle- Please come out of your shell and tell us what you really think!!! (I loved your rant BTW. Not picking at all, and hope you do feel better!)
heh.. venting can be very soul-soothing
i got no problem with a ' relaxed uniform' kinda thing...
blue jeans of khakis.. blue, grey white or black oxford type shirts, longor short sleeves, OR any of the offical florence school shirts already approved, knee length shorts in the summer, or for the girls that prefer, knee length denim or khaki skirts ankle length for cooler weather.
clothing must FIT. not to tight, not to loose. if your drawers can be seen, the pants are too loose. if we can tell if you prefer the brazillian look, the pants are to tight.
a dress code doesn't have to be stupid. we just have to get the school board to understand that the way a kid dresses isn't going to affect their mood, thoughts and behavior.
geeks are gonna be geeks, jocks are gonna be jocks, jerks are gonna be jerks, and the violently tended well still tend to be violent whether he is in jeans and a t-shirt, dockers and a polo shirt, a kilt and a cardigan or a sweet little gingham dress like dorathy
for some reason, this school board thinks if an anti-social child is forced to wear clothing that's considered 'normal' by middle age middle income snooty white people, then that anti-social child will suddenly become 'normal' by those same standards. they seem to think that clothing causes behavior, instead of the other way around.
personality andmood and behavior dictates the type of clothing the person prefers, not the other way around.
the florence school board is filled with mindless idiots who need to be boiled in oil for the felony level of stupidity they exhibit while makeing decisions that affect our children.
the problem i have here is that i cannot bring myself to acctually say that YES i would support florence school moving to uniforms... because those people are capable of taking a good and easy idea and twisting it around and tinkering with it until it becoems as stupid and backwards as the dress code is now.. and when we complain they'd say ' but you said you wanted uniforms! we do what you want and you still complain" blaming their shortcomeings and idiocy on us.
they follow standard government committee operation:
rule 1 - if it's broke - rename it, and declare it fixed. send out departmental memos to this effect. send press release to papers. take 1/2 day off and send 'thank you' gift, preferably 'worlds greatest secretary' coffee mug to secretary for keeping accurate minutes of the meeting, especailly the part where you were given 3 cheers for saving the day, even if the rest of the board hadn't arrived to the meeting when that part was 'recorded' flowers are ok instead of coffee mug, but only if you don't mind everyone knowing you're sleeping with the secretary.
rule 2 - if it ain't broke, fix it till it is. take full credit for hiring the person least responsible for it. try to find someone who was off work the day the decision was finalized, if possible. blame this person when it gets bad reviews, send out memos to this effect, send press release announcing termination of this person, and that 'steps are being taken to prevent this type of travesty/injustice/mistake from happening again' file issue under J for Oops and forget it ever existed. if issue is mentioned again, refer them to the memo. and the press release.