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How to try change a new school rule?
So I'm in my last year of school and I've been in my school since I was 6. It's a really small school, my grade has 12 people in it. My school wears uniform and on our birthdays we are allowed to wear normal clothes. Now they changed the rule that we have to wear our uniform. How can we somehow convince the school to change it back? Or to even let it be a matric privelage- so those in there last year get to wear clothes on their birthdays? It's just such a stupid rule and no one wants to feel ugly on their birthday with hair tied up and no make up and we cant even take photos at school with our friends then. Like I always go out after school on my birthday which I can't do because of uniform. I know this seems like a silly problem but everyone is so unhappy and the school has changed so many rules and all of them are unnecessary so we'd rather try change the small ones to take away a small amount of being miserable in the school.
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I attended a grade school that had a rule in place that girls could not wear pants. I know this is telling of how old I am, but it is true. I had just transfered to this school because my parents bought a house in that neighborhood. It was winter and Mom made me wear knit pants for warmth to school. I told her I can't wear them because the schools rule was no pants on girls. SHe said it was a silly rule and to wear them anyways. When I got singled out for wearing pants, they called my Mom who told them she wanted me to be warm and not get sick and she ignored them. I had lots of girls asking why I was wearing pants cus its against the rule. I was shy and really felt bad with all this attention. ONe brave girl decided to start a petition because she wanted to wear pants too. All the girls didn't like this rule. This was a rule in place for ever, not a recent change like yours, so this was even a harder thing to change. Well, the petition did the trick. All the girl students signed it and parents who weren't aware of the rule were told by their daugthers and many parents signed it, mine too. I don't know what legal things happended when that was turned in to the prinicipal but I assume they showed it to the school board or in your case, what ever governing group is in charge of the private school. You are not asking much, only for them to repeal this rule for good so all kids after you can also enjoy wearing their own clothes on their birthday. Although I am wondering what happened to kids who had birthdays during summer vacation. Think of all the people in history who bucked against the rules. A famous one is Rose Parks who sat where she wanted in a city bus but there was a rule that black people were not allowed. Because of her and others, now blacks have laws, that give them the same rights as anyone else. Looking back, I am sure you'd see that rules against blacks, as if they were animals instead of humans was just as silly if not some being crazy and having no logic at all. So, if the new rules are petty and shouldn't have been made, make that petition and get everyone to sign it. If it is ignored, constant calls from parents willing to call and ask them to repeal their rule may bring about the change, after all, the saying that 'the squeaky wheel gets greased' is true. Too much complaining, and I am sure they will change it all back just to get you all to quit complaining. Good luck with that. You might check around if any students there have a Dad or Mom with some Law experience and would come up with a well written petition form to sign.
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Yes it does sound a bit unreasonable and one reason for the change that would be reasonable is that some students, a minority of the whole school, abused the privilege. By that I mean the wore street close and tried to say it was there birthday forcing administrators to stop what they were doing and check records. If this is the reason for the change you won't win the battle on your own.
What a suggest is modifying the old rule. You get together and ask your parents to go to the school administration to find out why the may the change. If it is as I suspect than have the parents submit this change to the old rule.
"Parents will send a not with student to school on their birthday so that the student may celebrate in street close and make up as directed by parent." "If a students birthday falls on a weekend the student may celebrate on Friday or Monday provided a not from the students parent is provided." The note must have a work contact number if the parent will not be home should teacher or principal chose to verify the note.
When I was in school we had dress down Friday's until kids started to abuse the privilege. This type of privilege is usually done away with because a small segment of the students have abused the privilege.
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