Utah school forces student to change out of kilt

[Roderick]

When I was in high school, overalls were expressly prohibited in our school dress code because, administrators said, it could be misconstrued that we were making fun of farmers. I am not making that up.

Ever since I was 14, anytime educators do something that really seems uneducated, I'm no longer surprised.

Had to laugh at the overall bit. That's awesome. Some people are just dumber 'n a sack of hammers, that's for sure. As a teacher, though, I can tell you that most educators are cool. It's the administrators -- former educators -- that you got to watch out for.

I agree with you. Aside from members of pipe & drum bands, women in knee length kilts look very odd to me. Women look better in kilted skirts, whether they are long, or short.

I myself always thought women looked better in a pair of hip-hugging jeans and a crop top, but I'm likely sexist or something.

One of the things I really like about teaching is getting to watch the kids develop their own sense of style and their own identities over the four or five years I may know them. When a kid shows up suddenly one day with dreadlocks, or when they wear a kilt (as one of my students did after I wore my UK to class a couple of times -- a heavyweight SWK belonging to his dad), or when they get excited about some odd music that none of their friends knew about, that's the stuff I love. I actually had to go head-to-head with our admin last year when they wanted to suspend a student who came to school barefoot.