Relates more to dress code than the thermostat
Posted on Nov 22, 2009 07:51:00 AM
If you read my previous post, you know that we were told our schools would be setting their thermostats at 55. That was later rectified and the number given to us was 72. Who knows? What happened to 68 being the universal temp? Anyway, as I was thumbing through the student handbook because, even at 55 degree’s the dress code indicated that outerwear was to be removed upon entering the building.
That brought my attention to another spot in the dress code. And, this one is probably not a bit of interest to anyone except those of us who have suffered. One of the stipulations in the dress code is that outerwear is to be put in a locker or put away in the classroom. Ok, that’s fine.
But, then, there is an additional part of the dress code that says that students are not allowed to wear jackets and tie them around their waist. Now, however, tacky I find that to be myself, I remember many days as a young girl who was experiencing the joys of womanhood at the early age of 9 and one who had very little idea how to handle the inadequate protection that I was willing to wear and/or carry in my purse for fear of someone finding it. The answer, if you eventually stained your pants, you could put your jacket around your waist and wear it that way.
My parents both worked. I didn’t have the option of calling them to take me home or bring me more clothes. I was a 9 year old, expected to be an adult and when I failed, I at least had the reprieve of that jacket tied around my waist.
Now, what’s a girl to do?