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Admittedly, I am a pretty laid back teacher when it comes to checking students for dress code. It's not that I intentionally don't check them, it just doesn't occur to me to check girl's shorts, body piercings, tattoos, and stuff like that. I'm just busy doing other things and seeing as how it really doesn't disrupt the learning environment in my classroom, I usually don't pay much attention to it. I did, however, notice one day when one of my students walked into my classroom wearing a "Ten Most Wanted" t-shirt. The title is alluring enough (thinking it pertained to the 10 most notorious serial killers or something), but when I looked at what it was that was "most wanted", it was 10 different strains of marijuana. It didn't say the word marijuana anywhere on the shirt, but the name of each strain was listed under it. I remember looking the shirt and then at the student and saying something along the lines of, "Ummmmm...you can't wear that shirt to school, dude." He protested a little because "it was just some plant" on his shirt, but ultimately knew he would have to change it. I sent him down to the office and they made him change the shirt completely (not just turn it inside out) and I think he may have gotten In School Suspension (ISS) for a few days. I guess it's like when I was in high school and Corona-gear was the big thing to wear. We always thought it was stupid that they made us change because it said Corona on our shirt, but it is still beer that is being advertised. There are just some things you can't wear to school. Clothes that advertise drug and alcohol use are just one of those things. Students may not "see what the big deal is", but someone could be influenced to experiment with these things outside of school and cause danger to themselves or someone else.

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