No backpacks? I don't know about American schools, but most people at mine take a backpack with all their stuff in it to school every day...

I agree with ... 1, 2, & 3 ... but 4? WTF?! o.o

4 is instituted in problem schools most of the time. I've carried a backpack with me since I was in kindergarden. I especially do it now that I am in college.

My school is a prestigious one though. Rarely is there a problem. =/

That's odd. I live all of 10 miles outside of Detroit and I know quite a few schools around here don't allow backpacks because of how bad the students are. If Hotshot goes to the school closest to him (Sterling High I believe), then he probably can't wear one either. That school has full time police officers patrolling the hall.

Is it no backpacks period, or just no backbacks during the school day? My high school wouldn't allow backpacks outside of lockers once the day has started.

And I can't say I've ever wore shorts above my knees...but girls do...and it's just wrong to not allow that.

Thank god I've graduated. I can get away from all the bullshit. Seems like every school in the nation is slowly going downhill.

My school doesn't really have PDA rules so there's a lot of hugging, hand holding, etc.

And we all carry our backpacks to every class. I consider myself very lucky.

The backpack thing is more a precaution. It's easier to monitor students for cell phones, cheating, drug deals, weapons, etc. when they can't hide it. My school even went a step further with no jackets.

As for the hugging, yeah. It gets ridiculous. Especially with zero-tolerance policy schools. I made a thread here about a year ago about an eight year old kid that got a sexual offense infraction on his school record because he mimicked an action he saw on t.v.

Wow, that is the dumbest thing I've ever heard. Boys like girls. It's natural and part of growing up. What is with the schools these day. We're there to prepare for the real world, but they pretend like the real world doesn't exist within the school walls.

I'll quote Barry Schwarz on that one:

"Rules like this are insurance policies against disaster. And they prevent disaster. But what they ensure in its place is mediocrity."

My school's rules:

1. No touching anyone. Period. No High Fives, no hugging, no patting backs, nothing.
2. No shorts above knees above 3 inches. My old ditched gf got dresscoded for our asst. principal noticing it was 3 1/4 inches.
3. No holes in pants, even if they are threaded through.
4. No Chains.

We have a much bigger dress policy, but that wraps up most of 'em.

I live like 5 minutes walking distance from that school, but I recently moved over here. Before I moved I was in the UCS district and so I continued on in UCS and went to Stevenson with all my friends. Titans baby . So I CAN take a backpack to school and I do.

I've heard of 1-4 actually but I think its all dumb. If people want to talk about 1984 all they need to do is look at the schools. Cameras in the halls, monitoring teachers and what they are teaching us, dress codes, etc. If I have a girl friend I wanna be able to hug her and hold her hand and maybe walk with her to class.

I really hate #3.. Im a fan of booty shorts.

...stupid. Very stupid. I went to a school that 50% of the student body used drugs, and used them during the school day. About 75% of the student body had a juvenile record. Yet we never had such ridiculous rules. They even tried to prevent the freshmen and sophomores from going off campus during lunch. But that failed.

Oh, and our dress code was in place, but was never enforced, so it never mattered.