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I work with / have worked with people with tats, peircings, and all manner of individual expression. When they interviewed, I'm sure they covered their "individualism" up. I've seen people show up for an interview with hot pink (or purple) hair and with their eyebrow or lip peirced and / or with visible tattoos. Some places will hire them and some won't. Perhaps their "art" is a good way of weeding out the employers who they don't jive with.

Adults looking for jobs are different from kids learning math. If teachers are spending an hour a day measuring shorts and guys are distracted by the cleavage of the girl next to them and girls are giggling about the guy in front of them whose boxers are showing - then it is time for the schools to step up and implement a dress code because parents obviously do not know what is appropriate attire for their kids to wear to school.

The purity rings, class rings, engagement rings, nose rings, etc. are probably banned as part of an all or nothing policy. It is easier to say "no jewelry" and leave it at that then it is to say "only 2 rings per hand, one bracelet and one wristwatch or two bracelets and no watch, only earrings 3mm or smaller, only one necklace no more than 3" from the base of the neck," etc.

In my experience, the kids adapt to the uniforms quickly and with very few problems. The adults on the other hand...

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