I fought the school and the school won.

well, I somewhat agree with you, but this culture of fear in the world is making me angry. On a lot of levels. I understand its causes and effects, and at times choose not to agree with the "whys".

 

yeah, when it comes down to it, most people (read: administrations) are afraid of being "different". they may try and sugarcoat it all they want, but the real message bleeds through...

but still, in this situation i attribute safety as the main "why".

 

How is going barefoot unsanitary? I have heard this but it doesn't make sense! Your clean feet would be just as sanitary as your clean hands. And your feet walk through the smae things you would if you had shoes on! Actually, probably less because you would be more consceous of things like mud and sharp objects and stuff. Not to mention, feet clean off easier and get cleaned more often than shoes. So your feet would only be as sanitary or less sanitary as your shoes. Not to mention, shoes make people's feet sweat. Creating a warm damp area. Where bacteria grows VERY well, and makes your feel dirty and smelly. So if anything, going barefoot would be MORE sanitary for other people, and probably as sanitary under most conditions for the person barefooting. Who, is doing it under their own free will...

I love going barefoot.

 

It's not really unsanitary, but think of it from a school's point of view. The last thing they need is some barefoot kid breaking his/her ankle or getting stepped on multiple times.

Plus, if you live in the city as I do, going barefoot everywhere is pretty much not an option.

 

IH luv goin bareass

 

Thank you for that viewing experience.

 

The establishment simply doesn't want people being different. They make excuses about sanitation and safety but those aren't valid reasons. My grade school got upset with me because my hair in the back was just long enough to touch my collar. They claimed that was unsanitary which is ludicrous. My high school kicked me out for a day for the same thing. They would have been forced to make the same claim for girls but couldn't, as they would have had to kick most of the girls out.

It's just as silly to claim that going barefoot is unsanitary. In some Japanese schools it's common for kids to go barefoot. I would have gotten kicked out of my school if I showed up in bare feet. They didn't even allow shoes with a heel greater than one inch to be worn or anything that had a resemblance to a boot.

It's really an attitude and cultural problem in the U.S and it seems to get worse each year. Some public schools have strict dress codes now, whereas many used to be very loose with dress codes, especially in the 70s.

I have to wonder how much more authoritarianism people in the U.S. want. It's really strange. Many people today seem to enjoy it, and not just the ones dishing it out but the ones who are taking it.

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Yeah, the good old shoe police. So what law did the kids break? Exposing their toes?

The state legislature in Virginia wrote a bill that would have allowed police to ticket youngsters whose underpants were partly exposed out the back of their pants. It failed in the end.

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I GRADUATED BAREFOOT. THAT WAS AWESOME