New School Year

Tomorrow's the first day back
Anyways, I'm thinking to just start the year off without shoes so everyone knows what to expect. That way when I don't wear shoes people won't be all "Oh my gosh, Anna. Where's your shoes? What're you doing!?"

What do y'all think?

 

its that time of the year already summer went a little to fast

 

They start earlier every year, but never bother to end earlier. It's throwing me off because I keep wanting to pick pears and plums from these places I know but they're not ripe yet.

 

That would probably work. But um, if u're into barefooting (a concept i admittedly never fully understood), what difference does it make if pple are "shocked" or not? I mean it sounds like its something u wouldnt care about. Thats a genuine question, im not judging or anything.
Another question : does your school accept that u go there barefoot? In my school (im a teacher there) im pretty sure its written somewhere that students should wear shoes, if only for P.E lessons.

man, thats so true . I only go back on September 2, but still, thats too early

 

The big issue is what if any dresscode does your school have? If its permissible then go for it. If not be as minimal as possible with your footwear and only wear it for school.

 

It's not that i care if they're shocked or not, but I just get a lot of ignorant people being stupid about it. Or halfway through the year they act like I'm crazy and they "don't think i'd be a person to not wear shoes."

I just think it'll be easier for others to accept if I do it from the get go.

There's a dress code, but i've never gotten in trouble for it. Although for TOM's shoes "One Day Without Shoes" last year my English teacher was yelling at everyone, and I know a lot of people were busted, but I wasn't

 

awesome. go for it :2thumbsup:

 

Give it a try, see what happens. Let us know how you and your bare feet got through on the first day.

 

Indeed I shall report tomorrow.

 

How can you be busted for not wearing shoes? God, people must have other things to do.....like, teach?

 

This is a no-brainer. Start the year barefoot. It's the only way!

 

a bit off-topic, sorry :

Students spend hours and hours thinking about what they're gonna wear in school. God, people must have other things to do.....like, learn?

 

If all else fails, just wear flip flops in the hall when the teachers actually may pay attention to your feet, then take them off in class under your desk. I don't really consider myself a barefooter, but I do like the feeling of no shoes, so I did that in high school. I had a lame school with a really lame dresscode and surprisingly the teachers put much more effort into enforcing the rules than teaching. We had a hallway that was a cluster of these particular teachers, so you just knew when you walked down that way, you'd better be complying with the dress code. But usually people didn't get in trouble for dress code infractions on the first day, just warned.

 

Well if teachers would just get off students backs and stop being such utter control freaks then they would just wear what they normally wear and not have to think about how to bend the stupid retarded bigotted twisted oppressive crappy shitty fucked up restrictions placed upon them by those who are supposed to be educating them. They're there to learn, not to be oppressed!

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Unfortunately, this will not happen.

 

And unfortunately we'll keep ending up with children who chose to show some individuality by doing crime as an outlet for their pent up frustrations.

Treating children like nameless cattle, putting them in dress codes and uniforms (this happens from 3 years old in some places in the UK) is not the way to go if we want happy functioning adults that have respect for society.

 

This sad reality of teaching and learning environments in schools has prompted me to not finish my studies to become a teacher back at college - I would've had my difficulties conforming to the institutional side of the school system anyway, since I'm sure that I wouldn't have stood a chance to be a barefoot teacher in a public high school anyway... Even though I might have lost some career chances by not having a college degree, I can't say that I ever regret my choice... this dropping out of the system also gave me the opportunity to live a 24/7 barefoot life in an alternative communal place for more than three years.
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I wouldn't have wanted to become one of those teachers anyway:


(Since we already had some "The Wall references... )

Wiggling bare toes,

~*Ganesha*~

 

I've went through the same mindset. I didn't care about the shock factor, just that if I were able to or not, without damaging my potential for getting into a great university by getting some negative mark in my records. (University of Pennsylvania, here I come. two years from now...)

And kids got busted during the one day without shoes event too.

See, thing is, in my school, the teachers could care less, and they really relate to the students. (Unbelievable, non?) It's the faculty, like the Principal and one particular librarian that were appalled. During that Toms Day without Shoes event, Teachers didn't really care, but halfway through the school day, the Principal sent an e-mail to all the teachers telling them to tell students to put shoes on. The librarian called it a health hazard, and so on. So I really don't think it's right to call ALL teachers control freaks. even if the majority of them are, there are some cool teachers. Just my opinion, really.

 

Is the OP referring to secondary education (thru 12th grade) or higher education (college)? In my experience colleges really don't care. I knew a girl in my architecture school who was barefoot pretty much 24/7/365 and nobody really made a big deal about it. And around here it gets COLD in the winter, and HOT in the summer.

 

Yeah I couldn't really do it all that much in high school, but I go barefoot to all my university classes, and it's not a problem. (and finally graduating this spring, yayyy)