Why aren't hats allowed in schools?

[dickywebster]

I thought it was to avoid accusations of cheating like of tf2? =P

But really, its probably to stop people wearing big silly hats cause they can (which my school made an actual rule all thanks to me)

 

[GamerKT]

there is no reason to have to wear a hat inside

http://objection.mrdictionary.net/go.php?n=5280671

Nope. I wear hats when I need a haircut and can't get one at the moment. So, eat me, bro.

now just curious...how does hat = excuse for haircut?

also, bring it haircutless hatman.

I love that GIF... I meant that a hat is great for covering up my hobo-fro before I can get a haircut.

 

[gmaverick019_v1legacy]

there is no reason to have to wear a hat inside

http://objection.mrdictionary.net/go.php?n=5280671

Nope. I wear hats when I need a haircut and can't get one at the moment. So, eat me, bro.

now just curious...how does hat = excuse for haircut?

also, bring it haircutless hatman.

I love that GIF... I meant that a hat is great for covering up my hobo-fro before I can get a haircut.

haha yup, just found it randomly the other day and you gave me the perfect opportunity to dish it out.

and do you not like using a comb..? generally with your hair damp, and a comb, it can fix it into anything decently looking, even if its not your usual "hair do"

 

[GamerKT]

there is no reason to have to wear a hat inside

http://objection.mrdictionary.net/go.php?n=5280671

Nope. I wear hats when I need a haircut and can't get one at the moment. So, eat me, bro.

now just curious...how does hat = excuse for haircut?

also, bring it haircutless hatman.

I love that GIF... I meant that a hat is great for covering up my hobo-fro before I can get a haircut.

haha yup, just found it randomly the other day and you gave me the perfect opportunity to dish it out.

and do you not like using a comb..? generally with your hair damp, and a comb, it can fix it into anything decently looking, even if its not your usual "hair do"

Nope. Bro, I'm Dominican; my hair is nappy as hell. Combs don't do shit. The only thing that might work is gel, but I refuse to do that. Takes more time than putting on a hat, and I can't touch my hair.
Just think of it like a fat guy wearing a shirt at the beach instead of losing weight. It's just simpler for the time being. You can still hate hats, though. I see your point, but it's a nice fix for me.

 

[Lord Mountbatten Reborn]

If you can't wear your mega-super-awesome hat of extreme societal change in school, then just wear it in public. Make hats fashionable again! And not just the sucky ones.

However, I do think it is a little silly just because girls can wear their slouchy berets and stuff, but baseball caps have to be taken off for some reason.

They allow hipster hats but ban hoodlum hats? And yes, in the United Kingdom the only people I ever see wearing baseball caps aren't pleasant individuals.

Since we don't play baseball here, something's definitely fishy with it.

 

[gmaverick019_v1legacy]

there is no reason to have to wear a hat inside

http://objection.mrdictionary.net/go.php?n=5280671

Nope. I wear hats when I need a haircut and can't get one at the moment. So, eat me, bro.

now just curious...how does hat = excuse for haircut?

also, bring it haircutless hatman.

I love that GIF... I meant that a hat is great for covering up my hobo-fro before I can get a haircut.

haha yup, just found it randomly the other day and you gave me the perfect opportunity to dish it out.

and do you not like using a comb..? generally with your hair damp, and a comb, it can fix it into anything decently looking, even if its not your usual "hair do"

Nope. Bro, I'm Dominican; my hair is nappy as hell. Combs don't do shit. The only thing that might work is gel, but I refuse to do that. Takes more time than putting on a hat, and I can't touch my hair.
Just think of it like a fat guy wearing a shirt at the beach instead of losing weight. It's just simpler for the time being. You can still hate hats, though. I see your point, but it's a nice fix for me.

hahaha lovely explanation. i imagined plenty of worthwhile pictures in my head there.

fair enough, also i have no idea where you specifically live/your schools, so it could be entirely different for how your classes "partake" and whatnot, so i guess i don't have the greatest insight on your hat situation.

 

[Double A]

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

My teachers can't tell when I'm sleeping anyway.
Protip: Use a waterbottle as a chin rest.

Have you and your parents ever considered an alternate form of education ? I always thought America allows for non-standard education models and as you seem to have trouble following basic social norms and are apparently either not interested or bored by what goes on in the classroom, maybe this just isn´t the right environment for you ?

Edit: Just on a personal note, because I hear this "the teacher can´t tell anyway"-thing pretty often. Having taught a couple of tutoriums at university, I feel I can say this with some authority:
The teacher can tell. Always. At a glance.
They also hear most whispers, even those coming from the back (though usually not what is said, just that something is said). This is due to the position of the teachers in the classroom.
Most of the time, it is a deliberate decision to ignore it, as confronting the student is way more trouble than its worth, usually.

I have slept through quite a few English and Math classes in the past three years. Once in a while I sleep in German (but only when I'm very tired). I'm bored in English because I know it very well already, or it's the third time we've been over it in class. Math I just didn't like, specifically Algebra 2 (I have slept few times in Advanced Functions & Mathematics and Discrete Math).

I went to private school pre-Kindergarten to 9th grade. Should explain why I'm not challenged in English. I should be in Honors, but I took a regular English class last year and the teacher challenged me mentally, so I only assumed I would again - I was wrong. I also don't like being told what to do.

 

[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.

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

It knows it doesn't need to, because they realize that most students aren't silly enough to think that these things transfer over to the real work life.

 

[Double A]

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?

It knows it doesn't need to, because they realize that most students aren't silly enough to think that these things transfer over to the real work life.

Wait, students are treated with respect and like they have common sense in Sweden?

That's it, I'm moving to Sweden.

 

[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.

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

It knows it doesn't need to, because they realize that most students aren't silly enough to think that these things transfer over to the real work life.

Wait, students are treated with respect and like they have common sense in Sweden?

That's it, I'm moving to Sweden.

Great! Just be aware of the Polar Bears and Killer Penguins. They roam the streets like crazy at this time of the year.

 

[BlazeRaider]

I'm surprised over the backlash to the OPs question, who knew people felt so strongly about banning hats in school, by some of your posts its like you believe if hats were allowed to be worn in school the end result would be drunken warbands roaming the countryside pillaging small farms and merchant caravans T_T. They're hats, and if its not a big deal to take them off, its shouldn't be a big deal to keep them on either, too many people here are already assuming alot of rather conceited things about people who want to wear hats indoors, like they are doing it to rebel against authority or show disrespect to people, or cheat, or sleep in class, like its inconceivable someone might just want to wear a hat.

 

[ryanthemadman]

Your arguments reek of whining. All of those reasons are actually pretty legitimate reasons, and it seems a bit immature to go off like you are because you can't wear a hat for half a day, 5 days a week. Hats aren't everything. Just be glad your school doesn't have uniforms.

as far as being legitimate reasons, then they might as well ban all of the other types of clothes and have uniforms. i mean c'mon! you can do all of those things with other objects in your possession am i wrong?

 

[AndyFromMonday]

Haven't you seen the PSA? Hats can be used to conceal deadly weapons. Think of the children!

 

[ace_of_something]

I googled it and I found this:
Can someone please explain why basically every school doesn't allow hats unless it's "spirit week?" Maybe I can actually convince someone to let me wear my damn hat.

My school allowed hats indoors but only working hats (what you would call a cowboy hat) and if you messed with it too much, covered your eyes (to sleep) or did not tip it to a lady when they greeted you they'd take it away for the day. We were not allowed to wear baseball caps or things like that indoors though.
We had hat hooks (which is really just a coat hook) in every classroom.

Anyway, yeah I think 'keep away' cheating and crap like that are the biggest reasons. It's one less thing to worry about. It's a million times easier to make "blanket rules" that just cover everything rather than make exceptions, caveats, and the like.

 

[Faith Sheridan]

I haven't seen this brought up, but have people considered hats that can be used to make your hair look shorter for genderfluid kids. They don't cut their hair because some days they want it long and some days they want it short. They simply use hats as a means to feel themselves in which not wearing them feels wrong.