The moment I walk into the school doors, I’m feeling as confident as can be. My new skirt looks amazing, and nothing in this world could bring me down. As I walk through the hallways before class begins, I’m suddenly stopped. No, it isn’t a compliment, if that’s what you’re thinking. It’s a dress code case. Humiliation and frustration all bundled up into one stupid, pale yellow nurse’s pass, which I’m forced to carry all the way back down the hall.
The school dress code is something every girl fears. Of course, it affects the boys as well- but not to the same extent. According to the Fort Bend ISD dress code policy, “Dresses, jumpers, skirts, and skorts may be worn at a length that is slightly below mid-thigh” and “Shorts may be worn at a length that is approximately mid-thigh”. That seems reasonable, right? Wrong. The average
teenage girl is around 5’4, and that’s what the code is based off of. But what if you’re anything other than average? Shorts may come up much shorter on taller girls, like myself, than they would normally fall on a standard height sixteen-year-old…