Conformity Doesn T Rule The School

There are unspoken rules when it comes to society and how we are “supposed” to function in certain settings or situations. High school, of course, is no exception, being a somewhat obligated rite of passage in our society as an aid to our educational development. Freshmen year you are pushed to discover what these unwritten rules and normals are, either through trial and error or by getting clued in before time. I experienced a little bit of both over my four years of high school, coming out of it with a better understanding of my high school’s culture.

Between the years of 2010 to 2014 I attended a high school in southern California called Helix Charter High School. Within my school there were many cliques that majority of the students were grouped in. Differential association theory is “based upon the idea that criminals commit crimes based upon their association with other people” and this theory can be found throughout my old high school (Schubert, n.d.). For example, in my high school there were a group of students that were called “potheads” and they all hung out together often. They were not focused in their studies and usually came to class high. And I had a friend that used to be an excellent student until he became friends with a “pothead” and began to smoke and sell marijuana. According to the textbook called Criminology: Theories, Patterns,

School Dress codes do not allow students to completely express their individuality. Schools want students to be able to think for themselves and create a sense of who they are, but it is not easy when they are forced to abide by rules that take away from from that. It should be a place of expressing ourselves freely in a learning environment without having to worry about what we wear as an interfering issue. The fact that the school system cares more about the student dress code than their education is an issue in itself. Schools should promote dress code individuality because of religious aspects, mental health, and human experience.

Recently, more and more schools all over the country have turned to dress codes. Some people say that dress codes teach professionalism and protect students. However, schools should not have dress codes because dress codes target girls and limit their freedom of expression. They also are hard to enforce and students break them anyways.

All of a sudden, I found myself thinking sociologically when I was watching the movie “Mean Girls,” because it reminded me of the cliques and peer groups that were in my old high school. The movie is about a teenage girl who ends up becoming a part of this clique full of mean girls and after an incident she sets out to try and ruin the leader of the clique’s life. It was the cliques and peer groups that made me start thinking sociologically, because it made me look back and see how much I have changed since I came to the University of Kentucky, and left my old clique or peer group behind.

Everyday, at least 100 girls get dress coded in America. People just blame girls for the way they dress, but it is not their fault that they cannot find anything in stores. Dress codes take girls away from their education. Everyone should stop pointing the finger at girls and tell the schools to change. Schools should have a less strict dress code for everyone.

experiment would be helping the students have more time in the morning to do things. If they are up late doing homework or are working on a project, they will go to bed late and will not receive to right amount of sleep. This will cause them to sleep in and have less time in the morning to do things like finish homework, get ready for school, pack a lunch, and most importantly, EAT BREAKFAST. The change might cause students to stay up late, but this could be for finishing homework, or working on a project. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. I have no idea why someone would want to take that away considering how much affect the meal has on your daily performance. Breakfast helps you stay focused, be calm, be in better moods, and have a better memory. Better memories can help on tests.

Conformity: Conformity is an psychological act of needed to be recognised by others, such as wanting to be a part of a certain group because of how they act or what they do or what they wear, their personal appearance attracts you to be wanting to be one of them and this could change your behaviour and your well-being in respond to being a part of this group you lust to join. A typical group could be a Goth. Goths have a certain appearance you have to follow and mind set, they wear white pale makeup and dark eye shadow, black nails, black clothes and listen to heavy metal and rock, many have no regards for other groups and only give respect to there "own". In the Public Services Conformity is a huge part due to pride, such as in the army. People

Covering—trying to fit into the mainstream—is an argument for a new direction of civil rights advocacy. Kenji Yoshino believes that we should protect people within our society from facing discrimination and other hate acts because of the reasoning behind their covering. We should not require people to “cover” the characteristics and traits they would usually associate with their covering. In an example that had related closely to me and to other teenagers was that we tend to change how we dress and act based on the social groups we want to fit into. This is especially prevalent, in the high school setting, when young teenagers are trying to find exactly where they fit in compared to their peers. I definitely had a little trouble finding the right group in high school. I started out thinking I could fit into the mainstream by being someone I was not. Our society needs to condition the youth that being you is what the mainstream believes in and uniqueness. When in reality those people who are

Ethos can be defined as the beliefs, standards or ideals that designate or permeate a group of people, a society. It is the spirit which motivates the customs, ideas and practices of people (Munn, 2002). School ethos comprises of morals, values, beliefs, culture, aims, goals and environment of the school. “Halstead observes that all the elements of ethos are rich in their potential to influence the developing values, attitudes and personal qualities of children and young people (Halstead, 2000).” School ethos is a network of interconnecting factors, including school policies and procedures, attitudes of the teacher, cultural values and the social and physical environments (Alba). School ethos is associated with the atmosphere or feeling of

In a lot of schools there is a strict dress code but in some schools there’s no dress code at all. Is it good or bad witch a dress code? I personally think that it can be both good and bad with having a dress code.

“I agree with you. They think they are above everyone else,” said Alex. Alexander High school is thought of as the place where students go to learn. However, it is not that simple. There are three main cliques in high school.

Many argue whether middle school students should have recess, or not have recess. “unstructured play and social interaction are a crucial part of children’s cognitive, academic, physical and mental wellness" (Gonchar). Recess, helps getting teens creativity flowing, helps their brains, and just a break to just relax before having to go back and listen to teachers for almost 3 more hours. Also, recess is a great way for teens to get outside, sense most of the time kids are inside playing video games. One might be wondering what exactly recess is. Recess is also known as a break, around lunch time where someone will go outside. Recess doesn’t need tons of slides and swings, and things for middle schoolers just an open area, and some soccer

High school is a time in which students are supposed to find themselves. A way they are able to do that is through sporting events. These events allow students to express themselves in a competitive way for their school. However in the past, there have been so many regulations set upon them, that hardly anyone wants to participate anymore. Students need to be able to express themselves in the student section for the better of the team, high school, and student body.

American schools shouldn’t have dress codes. Many students in America wake up every morning and analyze what they’re going to wear to comply with a strict dress code. Many schools in America have a strict dress code to set a “professional” learning environment but, in reality it just stresses most students out. The First Amendment states that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.” (Amendment 1) Still, there are a lot of strict dress codes. School officials say that strict dress codes make school “worry free”. Strict dress codes do the exact opposite. Students worry about what they’re wearing or what they’re going to wear. Dress codes can also make shopping difficult. There’s many reasons why schools should loosen