- When I was in high school,
half my wardrobe would have been not allowed.
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- Hi, my name is Tselane,
and I've been a teacher for five years.
- My name is Stephanie and I've been a teacher for 3 years.
- Hi, my name's Ted.
I've been a teacher for five years.
- My name is Ryan
and I've been a substitute teacher for two years.
- And today we're going to talk about
real or fake dress codes.
It just depends on the situation.
Sometimes it's really hot.
Some of the kids will take certain things off,
and I'm okay with it.
And then there's some people that do things for attention.
- In my experience with dress codes,
I find myself to be lenient.
Unless it's overt.
If they're showing up in a t-shirt
with bad words written on it, it's like, come on.
- I think it's part of being a teenager sometimes
with your trying to get attention from what you wear.
- If I see something particularly egregious,
then maybe I'll let another teacher know and be like
"Hey, is this something that should be mentioned?"
But other than that,
I mean, as long as it's not something wildly inappropriate,
I'm not gonna fight about it.
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- Out of dress code. - Out of dress code.
- B.
- That's hard.
I say A because she has a shirt that's,
it's not short to me but it's short enough to where
maybe if she lifted her arms up her stomach might show.
- I'm gonna go with B being inappropriate just because
the shirt maybe is a little low cut.
I don't know, there's a zipper on it or something
that's kind of maybe suggestive.
I don't know, it doesn't bother me,
but I don't go to school in Georgia.
- Yeah, I gonna have to agree.
I'm gonna say B is inappropriate.
There's a lot of skin, more skin that I would expect, yeah.
- B. - B.
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- Oh, Georgia, some where I will never be going to teach.
I would've been out of dress code.
- What?
- The shirt must extend to the top of the knees?
So they're supposed to wear a quadruple XL?
- I did not even realize they were leggings.
I just presumed that A was very skinny.
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- I think I know what it is.
- I know, I'm like--
- I'm gonna say A because of the nose ring.
- You know what, I'm gonna say A because I hope it's A.
- I feel like there's a trick here.
- You know what, I'm gonna say A.
- I'm gonna say A too. - I think A is inappropriate.
- Why do you think so?
- I think A is inappropriate
because I see a piercing in the nose.
- The nose ring, I feel this is the trapdoor here.
I would also find it hard pressed for a school
to have written into their bylaws or whatever,
that, oh makeup can be weared, by only by a female.
Maybe I'm being naive in that sense.
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- I would've been kicked out of the school. (laughs)
If that was a rule at my school,
I'll say, "You look great.
"Let me get a picture of you first."
- Take a selfie. - Then go to the bathroom.
- Wipe that (bleep) off, and then come back.
I wish I could just let them wear it but--
- I know, I'm kind of in the same boat.
- What? Come on!
0 for two, here we go.
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- Oh, a girl showing her shoulders?
- I was thinking the same thing, yeah.
- But a guy can wear his shoulders out?
Oh, that's so unfair.
I don't know, either way, it's unfair.
- Could I say both?
B.
- I'll say B 'cause it's a girl.
And they're probably gonna say that
the underarm is too close, I don't know.
- So they're both tattooed, both wearing the same shirt,
same color hair even.
- One is man and one is a woman.
Okay, I think that might play into their dress code here.
(sighs) Okay. - It's tough.
This guy's got a nose ring too.
- He does have a nose ring.
- Yeah, okay, they both have nose rings.
Everything's the same. - Everything's the same.
We have tattoos.
Okay, I'm gonna say A.
And I'm want to say A because I think that this school
may participate in the same dress code
that you see in some of those fancy clubs that are like,
no athletic wear.
Men have to wear long-sleeve button-down shirts
or something like that.
And tank tops would be inappropriate for a man
but okay for a woman.
- I'm gonna go with A as well.
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- But guys can wear their arms out?
- I had that rule as a middle school student
here in California.
And I got in trouble for it.
- But that was, you know, 15 years ago.
- I had just a think tank top and I always got in trouble.
And boys would walk around just free-styling
and nice and cool.
- Yeah, I don't know.
I feel like they both look awesome,
so why would you allow one and not the other?
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- I mean, I'm gonna say A.
- It's A.
- Yeah, just because--
- You could see a little bit of her stomach
and it's a v-neck.
But he can get away with wearing baggy pants though.
Or a little bit wrinkled.
They should say no wrinkles.
- No wrinkles.
- He is wearing a t-shirt that is untucked.
And she is wearing a white shirt
that is too short to be tucked.
- I do see a little bit of skin
in between the shirt and the pants there.
- I'm gonna say B.
And I'm gonna say B because I think
that the t-shirt for guys is a no-no.
- I'm gonna go with A because I do see a little bit of
that skin in between the shirt and the pants.
And Monterrey, a pretty progressive place I would imagine,
but I have to choose the opposite of him.
So I'm going with A. - Right.
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- I'm so confused, why?
- Maybe it references gangs.
- I don't know how.
I mean, that's a good guess. - He looks so happy.
- He's like "Hey, Hollywood, California."
I wouldn't care, but if I had to enforce it
I would say "Look, can you go turn your shirt inside out?
"The principal's coming to check."
And then as soon as they left, I'd be like
"You can put it back regular."
I don't know.
Why did I just say that?
Damn, I'm gonna get fired. - Yeah. (laughs)
- I would enforce it with an eye roll.
- Whoa, I was right! - Congratulations.
- I did it! - You did it!
- What?
- But only California?
So if this person was wearing a big start of Texas t-shirt,
that would be totally fine?
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- I already know what it is.
A. - No man buns?
It's not even the man bun, it's 'cause he has dreads.
And I'm sure that they're gonna say something,
or braids or something.
Yeah, it's 'cause he has twists.
And I feel like they're gonna say
that he's not allowed to have those or something crazy.
- I was thinking, yeah, I was thinking the hairstyle.
- So let's see, we have two people,
two nose rings, two buns.
- His bun contains braided hair, hers doesn't.
I don't know if that's gonna make a problem.
That looks like an earring. - Is that an earring?
It looks like a shell or something attached to his ear.
- I'm going to say A.
And the reason I'm saying A is because
I think that this part of Texas
might have a specific rule about hair length for men.
- I'm thinking kind of the same thing.
Maybe in Texas they have
some sort of strict requirement for hair or something.
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- No man buns. - But girls can wear buns.
- I would feel sad to enforce the rule.
I probably would get in trouble.
I'd fight with them because some cultures,
I have students that are from certain places that,
they grow their hair long so they have to wear it up.
I would let them slide.
The principal would have to come and check me.
- Yes. - Oh my god, one point.
- Let the man buns free.
We're here to say it.
- I feel a little frustrated.
It's so outdated.
- Yeah, it's hard to believe.
It definitely makes me a little angry.
- It's annoying.
I would fight for my student if they have
certain things that they can't change.
Or if it's super hot and then a girl can't wear a tank top?
Oh god, come on.
What are we in, 1922 or something?
It's weird.
- I mean, all of these came
as a surprise to me in the first place.
So it's totally within the realm of possibility
that I would be teaching in a school
and be surprised that a student was in my class
and wasn't following the dress code.
I do think that when I comes to dress codes,
it's like the Wild West.
There's no real way to be able to guess
without looking at the three-page single-space document
that some admin typed up to be like
"This, and we have to make sure that they,
"they're shoulder straps should be wide."
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