How many schools\colleges allow Bare feet?

I had no problems at the University of Gloucestershire - barefoot for 3yrs in Art & Ceramic classes no issues, only thing I remember was being told to wash the clay off my feet before lunch

 

Thanks Free & Kernow, those just went to the top of my list. Keep them coming!

Garden Guy - alas, if it were that simple, the maintenance men and security watch me like shoe-obsessed hawks when I'm on campus, if I walk barefoot in the halls or outside I get yelled at. Hell, even if I slip on the shoes like flip-flops I get yelled at. :/ I can tell some of them have been told to though.

I really ought to get them to come look at where I live, lol, it's strewn with broken glass and I just walk right over it. XD

 

A Kent college? I attended sixth form in Kent. Is this a university level place or a sixth form type art college?

 

It's a university course franchised to a college.

 

Strange. But ok, I'll run with it.

For a start, no college/university in this context is going to 'require' being barefoot, unless it is in a nudist community, lol. But all you need to do is discuss it with the head staff - being barefoot is hardly like being naked.

 

Not in England, no, I agree, but like i said before, I just want them to leave me be and finding places where it is allowed, or better yet, required by the dress code (as in Maori schools) is one of the best things I can put across. I am particularly after colleges that allow it in England.

 

You need a bargaining chip. Tell them they've got a choice:
you will either wear shoes and be naked from the ankles up or....
Be clothed from the neck to the ankles and naked below that!

 

I'm sure, in the case of just being barefoot, you would find normal sympathy. At least, I would HOPE so! It's not a massively unreasonable thing, lol, and barefoot isn't really much of an issue frankly.

If you're going to schools where the dress code is strict, then you'll need a reason yes - but I doubt they'd be totally obtuse about it unless it is a religious school.

 

Some schools promote a business environment. I went to one private school with a very strict dress code. I was told that I needed an undershirt in addition to my shirt and although a jacket was not required, a neck tie was. Many schools do require jackets.

 

The thing is they really don't require anything else. They let the girls wear high heels or skinny sandals - whatever they want.

It's not actually a uniform code thing (there isn't one here), it's more to do with them not liking it and using 'health and safety' laws to say I can't.

 

Indiana Purdue University at Fort Wayne (IPFW) is very barefoot friendly I walk the campus barefoot from March cold to cold going from building to building without incident. Several other students do as well.

 

Thanks! Any more?

 

i'm not used to wearing a condom but i wouldn't turn down sex over it.

 

The world would be a better place if our feet got fresh air most of the time.

If you must wear shoes and you are having balance issues, don't just buy the first pair you try on. I have a pair at home that actually hurt to walk in because of a bad bump in the sole near the little toes. I wish I had paid more attention when I was shoe shopping.

 

Errrr.....what?

These are two different and incomparable things. my balance issues and discomfort are due to the fact I have not worn shoes in over a year, my feet just aren't used to being twisted up inside these constrictive malformed things and prevented from moving.

Telling me I just need to find a pair that are comfortable is like saying there is a nice way to kick someone in the balls. The only reason habitual shoe-wearers find these things comfortable at all is because they have moulded your feet to their insides and you use them every day. And, lets face it, you don't find them that comfortable, if you did habitual shoe-wearers wouldn't be constantly complaining about their feet!

If you tried to put a pair on (ANY pair) after a lifetime barefoot you would find that the inside shape of the shoe and your foot were completely different.

 

What about dog shit, broken glass, small stones, lost chewing gums, etc. ..., that always stick to the soles of your shoes?

Greetings: Toivo

 

Why should someone be forced to wear shoes all the time, when there are lots of times when the ground is safe and comfortable?
It's not healthy to keep your feet in a dark sweaty box all day.

 

I don't generally wear shoes.

But you obviously suck at shoe shopping.

 

No I don't. Shoes are not designed for human feet, with the exception of verbatims. I have worn shoes most of my life, but after a year without (and five or so years barely wearing them) you tend not to find even those comfortable. Shoes are not designed to the human foot but rather to a form like the one bellow. Do your feet look like this:







Or this?





Because they are supposed to look more like this:

Well, rule one is 'don't step on it'! People who wear shoes a lot simply don't look at the ground, barefooters do. The second thing is that we have thick skin on he soles of our feet, as long as you wash them, dog crap is mearly disgusting (germs are also worn off the soles of your feet as you walk). Small stones are almost unnoticeable after a while and broken glass, as shown here, and here, isn't that big a deal. If you do get a cut it tends to be a pinprick that seals itself almost instantly.

If going barefoot was dangerous the human race would have died out LONG ago, lol.

 

Actually that Danish shape is pretty much the shape of my Stem minimalist shoes. They are the most comfortable shoes I own by far. Toe box is plenty wide with plenty of room for toe splay. I wish all shoes were shaped like that.