The No-Hats rule has been highly contested. Students often find this rule ridiculous, as we are allowed to wear bracelets and hairbows. What is so wrong with hats? They allow students to express themselves and can be worn in so many intriguing ways: front, backward, curved, and even sideways. After school, a variety of students put on their hats anyway. From beanies to ball caps to cowboy hats, the possibilities are endless.
“I really like hats!” said Isaac Shoopman, a sophomore; he explained that he would wear a beanie everyday if the rule was taken away. “There’s no reason to have this rule it doesn’t make sense,” he added as he shook his head. It’s not just men that this rule affects, girls want to wear hats too. “I do not agree with it, kids deserve the right to wear what they want,” said Jayde Trammell, a sophomore, who every day after school puts on her red ball cap. Even some teachers would prefer to wear a hat.
I questioned numerous teachers and students, and no one can really explain why we even have the rule.
“It’s just Knox County policy,” said Head Principal, Mrs.Messer.
Some individuals argue that it is a distraction in the classroom, that students gain an attitude while wearing hats, and that they can even become disruptive and draw attention away from the lesson. Yet disruptive students will continue to find a way to be disruptive, hatless or not. It is not the hat’s fault that the student chooses to act like an imbecile. Why must others who have done nothing wrong suffer?
If this rule is so controversial, we shouldn’t have it.
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