Why aren't hats allowed in schools?

[Addendum_Forthcoming]

Whenever I see people wearing hats indoors I'm thinking that they ...;

1: Feel the incessant need to have an additional inch or two on the people they talk to.
2: Aren't exceptionally clever. (Hat wearers in enclosed vehicles. Really? Car drivers are bad enough without the need of yet *another* thing that will provide a distraction.)
3: Are bald(ing) and so very depressed about it.

I'm going to say '1' on your list is enough to enforce early attitudes of politeness. It *is* rude to wear a hat indoors. If you don't like it, get a fascinator. Though I doubt that will serve you so well in a school environment.

You know why teachers enforce all these little rules?

Because parents expect teachers and school institutions to rear their kids for them and teach them civil conduct and proper social skills to boot. You know, rather than a history teacher who teaches history, oh no. Parents aren't getting enough value for their tax there, Heaven forbid if parents were to actually teach their kids proper manners and civil conduct.

So, given that teachers now need to teach etiquette and basic social skills... what strikes you as strange about them simply saying "No hats in class"?

Also, may I remind you that you're in the company of someone who (on average) has spent 5 years in university and should be seen as a professional who deserves respect from all stratum of society. A quintessential role and duty. Every observance of civil discourse between student and teacher should be enforced, even if parents don't see such needs.

 

[Zykon TheLich]

They tried to do that in my 6th form many years ago, something about "intruders" being likely to wear hats or some crap. Before the attempted hat ban there were maybe about 10 or 20 people in a year of 200 that wore hats, it at least tripled after that for a few weeks, nearly half the year decided to come in wearing hats. I petered off a bit after that but still above pre "ban" levels. That's what happens when you tell a bunch of 16-18 year olds in a selective school not to do something.

 

[IamQ]

I agree that it's silly. That's why I love my high school (Or "gymnasium" in Swedish, sort of like a high school, but only three years). Here we can have hats on, we can chew gum, even eat crisps during lessons. Hell, once we were going to see a documentary about Chernobyl and I brought in my lunch from the cafeteria, no questions asked. There's nothing like seeing a nuclear power plant explode while eating lasagna.

 

[Tourmeta]

It's allowed here. Funny how they said 'men' in that post of yours.

 

[Abedeus]

This is weird. My school has no such law. Of course, I got yelled at once for wearing a hat in elementary school (because I had a scar on my nose and I had to keep it in shade 24/7 to help it heal faster), because "it insulted the eagle on our flag" or some bullshit like that (I live in Poland, we have a white eagle on most of the flags in public buildings).

However, I quite often see people wearing hats in my high school. Not every day, and not everyone, but besides having to take them off and hang on a hook by the desk (where you usually hang bags), there is no problem in wearing hats during recess. Hell, on the day we were taking school pictures, we decided to dress ourselves up like for a costume party. Almost everyone wore some kind of headgear (from monk hats, crowns and jester caps through Russian officer hats ending with Slash's hat). There were no problems with this at all.


But during class, I think it would just obstruct the view of the blackboard. More of an annoyance than being illegal.

 

[rukastar]

I'd like to think my school is pretty laid back also, I mean we wear hats as much as we want. However, we can't eat or drink anything in class since too many students last year were drinking vodka disguised as water -_-

I'm in high school, btw.

 

[Sexy Devil]

Weird, my school didn't call me out for wearing a top hat for like a week after I bought it.

 

[Queen Michael]

Hats are considered impolite because you always put your hat on when you're going to leave. To keep your hat on is to amek sure you can leave quicker. Not a very good reason, just trying to answer your question.

 

[Nudu]

What gang do you represent if you're wearing a top hat?

 

[Pat8u]

thier not? really... they are in my school

 

[Pat8u]

Because it's easier. If everyone just doesn't wear one, it's all that less hat-related shit the staff has to deal with. And any amount of hat-related shit greater than zero is too much when there's an easy solution.

that logic is flawed because people will disobey

 

[TheBelgianGuy]

I agree that it's silly. That's why I love my high school (Or "gymnasium" in Swedish, sort of like a high school, but only three years). Here we can have hats on, we can chew gum, even eat crisps during lessons. Hell, once we were going to see a documentary about Chernobyl and I brought in my lunch from the cafeteria, no questions asked. There's nothing like seeing a nuclear power plant explode while eating lasagna.

Cool, so it's a school where they don't teach students to be polite or have manners?

 

[Smertnik]

Because it's impolite.

 

[OManoghue]

It depends on the school I think, cuz I've been wearing a hat to school for nearly 3 years and I'm 20.

 

[Zay-el]

Taking you hat off when you walk into a building has been a custom for hundreds of years. It's not a harmful custom, it's not an annoying one, it doesn't hinder you in any way, so out of all the things one can find to complain about school, why is this the most important? Sure, it might be amusing to wear a top hat to class, but in the end, what purpose does it serve? NOTHING.

Hats were made to protect your head from whatever and only gained stylistic importance later Indoors, there is simply no need for it.

 

[Shakomaru]

It's OBVIOUSLY because they know what hats do to people.

 

[omega 616]

not to mention other clothing.

Unless you live in a country with a school uniform, like every school in the UK ...

How about not getting so emotionally attached to a hat? It's just good manners to take your hat off.

Also wearing a hat indoors is like wearing shades at night. You are indoors so you are warm, it's not raining, there is no sun in your eyes so why do you need it on? Stop being a douche and take it off, will it kill you?

There are reasons to take it off, no matter how little you agree with them but there is no good reason to have it on.

 

[matt87_50]

wait.. what? as in, no hats at all??

in Australia, you generally *have* to ware a hat when outdoors at school. part of the rules.
because otherwise you get vaporized.

 

[poleboy]

Because schools are factories for producing obedient workers, and the staff are only concerned with rapping off their indoctrinations as quickly and efficiently as possible, so they can go home and take more soma.

Whoops, that's schools 15 years from now. My mistake.

 

[Wapox]

It blocks the teacher's view of your face so he/she can see if you're sleeping or not...