QUOTE(Master Of Stuff @ Aug 23 2004, 10:19 PM)
First... a quote I would like to say.
QUOTE(Alpha Weapon @ Aug 23 2004, 10:43 AM)
enough said.
Okay, silliness out of the way, Serph wanted me to put my 2 cents in, so here it goes:
I am reluctantly For uniform codes. I do not believe that the first ammendment is binding in this case. The first ammendment states freedom of speech, but so long as it does not infringe on other people's freedoms. Down here in Texas we have a primarily hispanic population. A friend of mine wore a shirt that had the words "Brown And Proud". For most people this wasn't anything much, but a few students were against this. They said that if they wore "White and Proud" or "Black and Proud" they would be called "racist" yet my friend was merely "expressing himself". So even though there is freedom of speech, it was being withheld in other cases, so the first ammendment doesn't protect this situation.
Another problem is the type of shirts readily available in our malls and their content. Go to a spencer's gifts store and you can find stuff you know will not be allowed in schools:
1. Shirts with drugs on them.
2. Shirts with profanity on them.
3. Shirts with William Hung on them.
the list can go on.
These shirts are too easily accessable and could be found in local schools just as easily.
Lastly, teachers are 'expected' to catch these people before they go on to the next class. If they fail to do so and the student gets caught later in the day, the teacher who missed the tshirt gets in trouble. Look, teachers in general are grossly underpaid, yet not only do they teach, they: babysit, counsel, police, enforce, help with school related activities, some teachers have to teach multiple classes, riot control... basically too much stuff are expected from these underpaid individulals. Now you can add fashion police to the mix. They have to look closely at shirts and make sure there are no suggestive themes to them. Isn't this a bit much?
All in all, this varies greatly between place to place. My high school had problems with tshirts (and for the record, I was in a magnet school for gifted students, so it can happen anywhere) and decided to put a stop to them. I'd much rather have teachers teach personally instead of having to watch others just so they can look out for themselves.
Leave it to you to challenge me.
You could use the 1st amendment, but you can't do what you said. So it does work if you know how to use it.
Haha, William Hung. *Snickers* Anyways, most people have some common sense, and don't wear shirts like that. Just some funny sayings here and there on some shirts, but that's it.
Teachers are teachers because they wanted to do it. They knew the risks, and I do agree with you. But it's also the principle's responsibility to keep charge too, not to mention make our live's a living <enter bad word here>.
I still think they are taking away our rights, principle is trying to make a point. And if that is the case, Section 7 in the Bill of rights: Private property shall not be taken for public use without just compensation. (In our school, they takes the clothes until the end of the day, which is wrong, going against the Bill of Rights.)
And according to the Bill of Rights, we can still wear shirts involving religion on them. Section 3: The free exercise and enjoyment of religious profession and worship, without discrimination or preference shall forever be allowed in this state to all mankind; and no person shall be rendered incompetent to be a witness on account of his opinions on matters of religious beliefe.
Ratty 
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