Goths in school...

[DarkHeartedDemoness]

Well, I guess if they're that strict to everyone, though, they're not directly discriminating against goths, right?

[She_Is_My_Sin]

I guess I was lucky that my school colours were red, black & white. For that matter they aren't even that fussed on uniform. Just as long as you don't turn up in a bikini...

[albertfish_massacre]

Haha, my school doesn't give a shit.

[the_cure]

Hello there albertfish_massacre. It would be great if you would go to the introduction thread, look in the very first post and get the questions, and start a thread in the introduction forum to tell us a little about yourself. It's kind of a rule here. Be warned if you don't take heed of this you will get flamed.

[BLEED REBELION!!!]

i live in america and i live in the inner city its kinda ghetto. im the only
rocker kid in my school mostly cuz my school is all black and every one likes hip hop. the kids call me goth even though im realy a mix of punk goth and emo they also call me devil girl. but the staff is pretty cool bout it. the school is a charter schools and its run by this guy named mr powel its realy into political stuff and equality. so it the ignorant lil kids that have a prob with me the teachers are all cool. i take hip hop at my school and my teach is so cool love her to bits

[Tumor]

The closest my school (way back when I was still actually in school) came to banning goth was trying the ban Marilyn Manson shirts and paraphenalia. As far as the faculty was concerned, MM = goth, and goth = MM.

Of course, they made a completely idiotic mistake... They said that they were banning MM stuff because "he represents Satan."

After they heard "Marilyn Manson," "seperation of church and state," and, most importantly, "lawsuit" all in one sentence, they dropped the issue.

[__missmeaghan]

I go to an alternative school, so we don't really have alot of rules =]...but when I was in middle school, (or maybe I was a freshman..) we weren't allowed to dye our hair certain colors. At my friends school you can't have more than 2 piercings and they have to be in your ears. That's at a catholic school though if I remember correctly.

[Zenit]

My school's real nice about things like this. Even though I attend a school in the dead center of the Norwegian Bible Belt, I have never been ridiculed or corrected for the way I dress. That said, I must add that I usually don a corp-goth-style when I'm at school. Too much stress to look club-worty every day.

The only incident I can ever recall was with the single other goth in my school. She was kindly told that it is not appropriate to some to school with a micro mini dress with a torn skirt, and that it was even less appropriate to don a floor length PVC gown with rather revealing rips down the front. That had to do with common decency and not being a goth.

As for religion, I'm a wiccan, and my teachers know I am. Actually, in Religious Studies, my teacher pulled me aside and asked if I felt comfortable working with the Bible, and if I wanted to give a talk about my religion, it would be greatly appreciated. I think they find me more facinating than disturbing... Either way, I give respect and I get respect.

Edited because of poor spelling

[angelic mortician]

when I was in school the teachers didn't tolerate anything out of the ordinary at all. Yet the funny thing was, they noticed if people had mascara on from a stupid distance, yet I managed to wear my labret stud in for a week before they even noticed. Where the fuck is the logic in that? Clearly the pompous twats should never have passed a degree or they don't notice the obvious.
just me, or was that an obvious thing to notice.
Think they've changed a bit in the past few years though, I've noticed a few kids where I live getting away with wearing all kinds of shit to school.
good luck to you all.

[Cyntrox]

No dress codes here, hooray!

[killer_asian_Dax]

Once upon a time (5 years ago actually) the high school I went to was known as "the mexican high school" within the school district. That being said, the dress code was oddly enforced. Everyone in the school with the exception of myself (I was a confused goth at the time) and the goths with balls enough to not hide or downplay who they were always got hasselled about their dress.

Before Columbine I was the only one given any crap about me clothes. Then Columbine happened and you can add goths to the minority. The funniest/ most ridiculous thing about my hs's dress code was that over half the girls would show up dressed like something they just saw on HBO's Nightcalls yet they picked on me because I dressed like a big sack of glitter. (I was a raver) They even held an assembly with a powerpoint presentation on what was allowed.

So while booty shorts that did little to cover anything were allowed, my 20 gazillion bracelets that looked like sleeves weren't. And whil the boys could run around with their pants near their ankles, I couldn't wear a stupid pacifier around my neck. Go figure! But that was a long time ago, and college has a devil may care additude about the clothing. Unless of course it's something that profane.


*Edit: Because I realised the extreme need for paragraphs and indentation.

[raggedyanne]

that's cool; my school's principal finally gave up on me. She was an ass, but the other faculty members adore me. I split my classes between high school and middle school (technically, I'm in 8th). The high school doesn't care as long as I wear something. It's fun, I wear whatever I want for first perid, then change on the way over.

[Johnny Gnar Gnar]

Ahhhh, school years. I think I blocked most of mine out. I came into the scene my first year of high school, and really, I was the only one who was "gothic". I ran around with the people from "Smoker's Corner", right across the street from the front doors of the school. Take a guess how it got its name. I remember (vaguely) that wallets with chains were not allowed, ICP T-shirts, and low-rider pants weren't allowed. They really didn't get to regulatory on clothing until I was a sophmore. I had black hair down to the middle of my back, with blue streaks. I wore studs, chokers, and the like. I really got hated on by alot of people in school, because I was the only one dressing like that. This was when every person in rural Montana decided it was time to be a straight up gangsta'. It was also right after Columbine, and I would say roughly three quarters of the staff thought that I was going to wind up doing the same thing. I remember getting in quite a bit of trouble because I listened to Manson, Nine Inch Nails, and the like. They didn't seem to care too much about Bauhaus, Fields of the Nephilim, or Sisters of Mercy, maybe because they hadn't ever heard of them. One of my English instructors actually put me on watch, and I had to go to the school shrink every once in awhile, just to make sure I was feeling ok... as has been said earlier, just because I dressed goth didn't mean I wanted to die, or cut myself or anything like that. I found it funny that this particular instructor gave me so much hell, because he dressed up as Gene Simmons every chance he could (homecoming, Halloween, etc.) I still enjoy running into him when I get home, because he really looks at me oddly. I have definitly enjoyed running into him in bars and rolling my sleeves up, so some tattoos are blatantly obvious.

Anyway, I mellowed alot for college. Everyone here that I run around with is in the punk stage, or they are emo, which just makes me laugh. I am much older than most of my friends, they are still trying to find their own way I guess. Whatever it takes. Here, I wear just the standard dark colored T-shirt and jeans. I really get more comments on how many rings I wear than anything else. It's really a pretty accepting group of people. Still, it is rural Wyoming. Well, theres my story on the good old days. Thank God they are over!

[jacquelinetm]

I must be one of the older ones here (I don't think age matters), but the reason I mention it is that when I was went to elementary school through highschool, we were allowed to express ourselves with our clothes. Of course a lot of people couldn't afford what the "rich preps" had ... and actually I never wanted to wear prep clothes. I loved to be able to "stand out"... it's important at that age to be able to make a statement of some kind with your clothes and hair. Everytime I hear of uniforms,now, I just don't think it's right. Kids and teens need their own indivuality. I went to public school, until I transferred to an Irish Catholic Highschool in my junior year and even there wasn't even a dress code there. Then again... way back when, we could actually smoke cigarettes on school ground without getting into trouble. :}

[Vladamir]

My school sucks i wore some bondage trousers with chains on them and i was told to take them off! Sure i could barely move but it's my choice.

[killer_asian_Dax]

We always had a lot of fights at my high school so I understand why they didn't allow us to wear chains. But my bondage pants has the fabric straps with the UV reactive plastic on them. I don't know. I guess they felt plastic straps posed just as much danger as chains.

[jacquelinetm]

Originally Posted by Vladamir

My school sucks i wore some bondage trousers with chains on them and i was told to take them off! Sure i could barely move but it's my choice.

Yes, nowadays anything that could be considered a possible weapon, even chains on clothing isn't allowed in public schools. Hell, they have enough fights as it is, without anything that could be used as a weapon. They won't even let you wear t-shirts with guns on them, in this day and time. I guess I was a bit luckier when I went to highschool... we had more freedom to express ourselves. But, even back then, there were loads of bullies and a lot of physical fighting.

[maggot]

Bondage pants are suck.


If you want baggy pants, wear JNCOs

If you want really tight pants, wear drainpipes.


Bondage pants that don't actually tighten to "bond" is the stupidest thing since... The people who are angry at this post.

[rawrwithcows]

Skyler... Your sig.. Wow.

Then you want people to know that you aren't...by saying you have a HISPANIC girlfriend. You're nice. xD

[Tron2ksa]

okay my school had a cool dress code last year and this year they changed it to cause goths and emo kids problems and when ever i say this the perpy girls are like well we cant wear Pjs or flip flops to school any more to witch i say" oh boo hoo you have to actually pull your self out of the puddles of cum and take a shower and get dressed and boo hoo you cant wear open shoes that shows your ugly ass feet... every one say it with me to all the little preps out there "BOO HOO OUR HEARTS PUMP PISS FOR YOU"

but this year goths can't wear studs of any kind and all priecings excluding ears must be removed hair must be kept out of the face and brushed (witch they tryed to tell me ment no long hair for boy to witch i promptly gave them a middle finger salute and kept my long hair) they also say no distracting makup or dress ..... so just the stick it up they're ass i wore a kilt to school one day carrying a 10 page note from my mother stating that it is my right to wear a kilt as i am of scotish lingae and most of the pages of the note where family tree my mom had photo copied.. lol every one was pissed
any ways sorry about the bad spelling i'm working on fixing my computer to have a spell checker or find the one every one says is on firefox any way have a nice nite and have a great day
sorry if this offends anyone
-ttfn-

[Ictum]

We can wear anything at our school, and we even got a class that focuses on individuality. Not alot of people dress in an alternative way, the school is full of clones.

Actually, the school is not ALLOWED to say what you can or cannot wear.

[Momerath]

My schools have never been rude to me about my clothing. Other kids have really never been rude to me, either. I have only had rude remarks in the 8th grade when I was called Satanic twice. lol.

I seem to be well respected in my school.

[Eplefe]

Yeah, they denied me black lipstick, and also told me that I dressed way too challenging.
HELLO?! Me, dressing challenging.
Sure, I wear corsets, but what about all the little bitches in the class who shows half their boobs and half their stomach.
But no. They didn't dress challenging, but I did.
(I should mention, I went to a catholic school xD)

[Lucretia_my_Reflection]

My schools still scared about what happened at columbine , no trench coats, bagging clothing or floor length skirts . But still not problems for the tight ass mini-skirt wearing hoes. I think its how the principal keep's himself entertained

[Minyaliel]

No long skirts?! You must be _kidding_ me... what's long skirts got to do with Columbine anyway? I don't think I'd have survived this winter if I were to wear only short ones... *freeze, shiver*