The Elsa-Triolet public college in Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis) has decided to ban the wearing of "clappers-socks" in its enclosure, relays
Le Parisien
in its Wednesday edition.
In recent years, many teenagers, both boys and girls, have adopted this particular fashion, to the chagrin of teachers and school management.
A professor interviewed by our colleagues explains that this is above all a question of security.
Children who wear tap shoes would be exposed, for example, to product splashes in physics and chemistry lessons.
Convince rather than prohibit
The measure, enshrined in the college's internal regulations, is not unanimous among the students.
The teenagers who reacted to the Ile-de-France daily talk about the freedom to dress as they wish.
Some do not see a difference between tap shoes and sneakers.
And a young girl even finds them more hygienic than closed shoes.
“It is better to be in the incentive, with the idea of convincing rather than prohibiting”, considers for his part Bruno Bobkiewicz, secretary general of SNPDEN (National union of management staff of National Education).
He believes that students need to be taught what “correct dress” means.
In particular for their future and the prospect of professional interviews.
The mention “proper dress required” in the regulations of the establishments leaves a door open to the pupils.
But colleges can specify prohibited clothing, as is often the case for crop-tops or ripped jeans.
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