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Lab attire conflicting with parents belief
I recently got accepted into a university and will be transferring from a community college to a university in the fall. My mom checked my syllabus and they are very strict about attire for my lab. I have to take chemistry 2 and it’s required for my major. They said that no skin whatsoever can be showing and we must wear long pants and leggings won’t work. Thing is, for my religion we wear skirts. I was thinking about wearing something under my skirt, but I don’t know what would be most appropriate. I wear leggings in the house and don’t own a pair of pants so I would have to go shopping. For anyone who’s taken these kinds of labs, would they be ok with that? Is it just necessary to have long clothing or would pants be necessary? I’m just wondering how to work around this. Thanks!
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Another voice agreeing with what the last person said. If they for some reason don't want to compromise, you can ask why pants are required. If it is for a safety reason, flowing skirts that could c atch on something or drooping sleeves that could knock something over or get dragged through what you are working on, then it is a safety issue, not a dumb rule for no reason. At this point, you'd have to decide if you will comply with wearing exactly what they say for safety reasons, because they would be liable if they allowed you to wear skirts and something happened to you. If you would have too much trouble with the parents in such a case, or you simply don't wish to wear what is and isn't allowed, then you would have to drop the class and give up on your major or follow the rules which are most likely for safety reasons. I had that in a work situation.
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Hi there,
I would say that the first step should be to talk about it with your professor, and let him or her know that it's not that you don't want to wear the designated attire, but that for religious reasons you can't.
You should be able to work out a compromise. I wish you the best of luck.
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