Students in high school are expected to dress modestly and it is the administrations job to make sure an appropriate dress is upheld to create a safe and comfortable learning enviorment for all students. While this is true, the 2015-2016 Lake Region Dress Code has gone too far. When the school values the possibility of a boy getting distracted over a girls education, we have a problem. It's time to face facts and realize that the choice room is not working. The girls who don't care about looking appropriate aren't going to be affected at all. They don't care if they go to class. This new dress code affects the girls who already went school shopping and only own mid-thigh shorts. It affects the girls who can't afford longer pants. It affects the boys who are being taught that the way girls dress is the problem and not their actions. It affects the girls walking home in long jeans under the Florida sun, sweating all the way there. It affects the poor young girl wanting to learn but is instead is crying in the choice room for her mom to pick her up. It affects the way our culture tells victims of harrassment that it was their fault. We don't want dress code taken away, we just want to be able to come to school without stressing about missing class because of the clothes we own. So let's go back to shorts that must be finger tip length. Let's go back to the three finger shoulder strap rule. Let's go back to letting girls get an education without being pestered about showing their collarbone. THE BOTTOM LINE IS, WHEN YOU INTERRUPT A GIRLS SCHOOL DAY AND FORCE HER TO SIT IN A ROOM DOING NOTHING BECAUSE HER SHORTS WERE TOO SHORT OR HER COLLARBONE WAS SHOWING, YOU ARE TEACHING HER THAT MAKING SURE BOYS HAVE A "DISTRACTION FREE" LEARNING ENVIORMENT IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN HER EDUCATION. BOYS ARE NOT WILD ANIMALS AND GIRLS ARE NOT PIECES OF MEAT. STOP TREATING US LIKE IT.