how can i go to school barefoot?

I second that:- feet must feel the ground!
You could possibly cut the soles out of a pair of soft trainers or plimsolls, then maybe no one would notice unless they were following you upstairs...

 

your school must be pretty laid back
I wnet to disiplinarian schools where they would call that "insubordination" it would have resulted in a trip to the principals office probably follwed by a punishment

 

just do it:cheers2:

 

I wear really long, baggy pants (Tripps) which well cover my feet.
My teacher asked me why i wasn't wearing shoes and i said i'unno, she sent me to the principal.
He told me to put some on and I jus said its against my religion. And he didnt ask me what religion i was xD.
It works cause if they ask you about your religion thats discrimination.

 

Apparently, you can say you're participating in Toms "day w/o shoes"

 

It sux if you are in HS. Colleges are more liberal about it. I had no choice but to wear shoes in HS. Now that I am going to college I have not worn shoes to school since day one. Everyone at school just calls me Barefoot Jaime...lol

 

Have I seen you on another forum? Completely different, something to do with trains?

 

I don't know if it will inspire you, but here are a couple pics of me at school that I pulled off my MySpace page. As you can see, I never wear shoes to school. In fact. I've never worn shoes to college since day one.

 

I teach barefoot in a private boy's school. A few of the boys come to class barefoot, but most wear black leather shoes which is the school standard. Curiously the school requires a uniform, but shoes are not mentioned in the uniform dress code at all. However, black shoes are sold as part of the uniform but the barefooters are never criticized for being barefoot. I've never been asked to wear shoes by the headmaster. I wear khaki trousers, a blue blazer and denim shirt -- no shoes -- to school and around the building, but the blazer is on a hanger in the classroom. I'm barefoot whenever the temperature outside permits.

Hugz
Bobby

 

I'm a graduate teaching assistant at a university, and I teach barefoot. So far, no complaints. No complaints from professors about being barefoot in class, either. One of my fellow colleagues thinks it's cool. Another was shocked to see me barefoot one day but he doesn't pay much mind to it - in fact, it took a while for him to notice me being barefoot.

 

there are some ways in my school, if you wear skate shoes they make you take them off and get them after school, also if you have steel in your shoes the metal cheker beeps and you also have to get them after school.

 

Cool, preoccupation with safety meets preoccupation with security. Who will win?

 

I can't say anything about the rest of this tread... but beyond a doubt, unless the shoes the nurse gives you are brand new, you can definitely refuse to wear them.

The idea that a school nurse would even have extra shoes (unless brand new and only ever given to one student) around for this purpose makes me wonder about their intelligence.

 

If we need to fund a religion to cloak our request for foot freedom under the pretense of some cult we need a sacred Big Book, some God of Bare Feet and one mystical Guru. Maybe Ganesha can play God and Seohsreven do the High Priest task, or Vice Versa , but still we need a serious book filled with prophecies including the Doomsday of Shoes, various curses and a set of totally arbitrary rules revolving about bare feet. then we can apply for tax refunds, start building foot shaped temples and funding schools where of course footwear will be perpetually banned under anathema. It's not that I dig such things, just no one won't take this religion seriously if we dont meet the minimum standards. Or maybe it's this goddamn fever that is taking a heavy toll over my brain

 

Hmm, that could work...
and now:
get down and grovel before me... kiss my deified feet and receive my sacred footprint on your belly!!

:smilielol5:

And be sure to use the sacred herbs you'll find for free in our temples.

:ssmokeit:

OK... one can always dream. But: nothing's impossible. We live in a place where people make money by providing a service for the poor pets left behind when all the good Christians go to heaven by Rapture... if you're an animal-caring atheist, you can tend to their doggies and pussycats while their owners go to heaven. No kidding! Look there:

http://eternal-earthbound-pets.com/

But I guess it's easier to refer to already existing faiths when claiming religious or spiritual reasons for barefooting... pagan/wicca, shamanism (e.g. Native American), buddhist, etc.

Or point them to HipForums, and tell them that you're worshipping ME!!!!



wiggling godly toes,

~*Ganesha*~

 

Hey, anyone want to chat about going to school barefoot?

 

I did it once they yelled at me and I just left and went home that day. lol It was worth a try. Tell the teachers that being barefoot is not a big deal and to worry about the real issues and do their job.

 

I think it's apparent that going to High School barefoot is nearly impossible to get away with. I am in college now and I have never worn a pair of shoes to school the whole time I've been there. How many of you are college barefooters? Is your college cool with it, or do they give you a hard time? What about the reaction of other students?

 

All hail Ganesha, now pay your tithe!

I never had an issue here (graduated in 2003); the other students completely ignored it; of course, at the time, I was old enough to be their father, so there was probably a bit of reticence that may not have been there for a peer.

 

okay, I have been avoiding this for a while, but I can't anymore... lol

I 100% understand why people want to be barefoot outdoors... feel the connection with the earth and the almost infinite types of surfaces that are part of it... Not just textures, but temperature and moisture and so on... Makes total sense to me...

Being barefoot indoors or in cities, means you are walking on dead, manufactured products that are in no way part of a 'connection' to the earth, or at least not any more then a pair of soles...

Then to top it off, in the cities... and keep in mind I haven't been in a city in a while I'll admit, so perhaps they have changed, but the last time I was, or even a town for that matter, there are places I hesitate to step wearing anything but safety boots and nowhere I can think of in a built up place (besides a park and even then I'd lose all enjoyment looking for broken glass and such), that I would want to be barefoot.