Beaufort High student fires back at school staff about 'too short' skirt

[Tennis]

http://www.islandpacket.com/news/loc...e41671938.html

A Beaufort High School student's diatribe against an alleged dress code violation has reached thousands of people on social media just hours after she says a skirt landed her in in-school suspension.

Carey Burgess, who writes on Facebook that she is Beaufort High's student body president, says a staff member who saw her walking in the hall Tuesday morning told her that her khaki skirt was "too short" and gave her an in-school suspension.

"Thank you for bringing me to tears in front of my friends and classmates because you do not have the decency to pull me aside and explain the problem. Then again, I did not have the decency to put on real clothes today," Burgess writes.

Here is her public post: Today, I wore this outfit to Beaufort High School. About 20 minutes into the day, my friend and I were excused from class to venture to the vending machine because our teacher was planning to do nothing all class period, as usual. On our way back, I learned something very important about myself: I am a whore.


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As of 10 a.m. Wednesday, just 24 hours after she took to Facebook, Burgess' words and a picture of her outfit had garnered about 40 comments, 300 likes and 1,370 shares.

Principal Corey Murphy said he attributed that reach to Burgess' talent and passionate writing more than a wide-spread problem in the enforcement of his school's policies.

"She's a wonderful writer, she's a very gifted writer," Murphy said. "That's what it was, you can feel the emotion in her words. Something like that, that's impressive."

Murphy said he could not comment on individual student discipline, but said that he immediately spoke with administrator Jennifer Woods, who stopped Burgess, and found that she handled the incident "just like I would have expected her to and the same way we would have handled any other kid in the same situation."

He added that her outfit as depicted in the Facebook photo was within the dress code.

According to the Beaufort County School District, skirts must be "modest and of sufficient length," no shorter than three inches above the top of the knee when standing.

For a first offense, a student is to be informed of their dress code breach and given a chance to change into acceptable clothing, according to the student code of conduct. Only then should administrators relegate a student to in-school suspension.

Many commenters were adults who said they approved of Burgess' choice of clothes. Others were current and former Beaufort High students, such as one female student who said she has experienced similar treatment.

"How is my skirt so short to get sent home but guys can wear [Chubbies] and expose WAY more leg than me & still be in school," the girl wrote, referencing a brand of particularly short men's shorts.


The school, however, responded to her outfit as if she were "dressing to go to a night club or the whore house," Burgess added. "... Maybe our society isn't yet advanced enough to handle 3 inches of my thigh. This is a patriarchal society and I am a woman. I have to be kept in my place, or I may do something that is so rarely seen in Beaufort High School -- learn."

Do you agree with her that the reason is that it is a patriarchal society and that she is a woman?

[Dextroden]

Brought to tears? This new wave of feminism is going to have the toughness of damp toilet paper.

[Lodreh]

She looks fine... someone just woke up on the wrong side of bed and needed to lash out. Sucks but it happens.

[Themius]

What she wore:

Guys in chubbies:

If guys can wear this why can't girls wear skirts like that? Makes no sense, and yes it's because she's a woman.

[Malachi256]

Those guys should definitely be sent home as well.

[Tennis]

Brought to tears? This new wave of feminism is going to have the toughness of damp toilet paper.

First reply about feminism. Good grief.

[Annoying]

Those guys should definitely be sent home as well.

Yep. Those are hideous. I'm not even going to go into their horrible hipster shoes.

[Grimbold21]

We have SJW in the making

[GennGreymane]

We have SJW in the making

No, there is logic here

She is right. Her skirt is longer then the boys pants.

[Taeldorian]

She looks perfectly fine. People in my school dress so much worse when it's summer, and wear see through shit when it's winter. I'm not sure what the dress code over there is, but the principal in the article said that the outfit is well within the dress code. That outfit shows nothing other than her kneecap anyway so I don't see the big deal. I'm not going to comment on the whole feminist thing, but about the topic alone, her outfit is perfectly fine and acceptable in school.

[Dextroden]

No, there is logic here

She is right. Her skirt is longer then the boys pants.

If she left it there, she'd be fine. But the patriarchal society and I'm rolling my eyes.

"It's the Patriarchy's fault I can't wear a bikini to school!" I'm expecting that argument one day.

[Soisoisoi]

That skirt looks pretty long. Longer than the stuff girls used to wear at my school in the rare case they wore a skirt.

[GennGreymane]

If she left it there, she'd be fine. But the patriarchal society and I'm rolling my eyes.

"It's the Patriarchy's fault I can't wear a bikini to school!" I'm expecting that argument one day.

So you will discredit someone because you assume she will make another argument in the future? Thats SJW logic....

[Themius]

If she left it there, she'd be fine. But the patriarchal society and I'm rolling my eyes.

"It's the Patriarchy's fault I can't wear a bikini to school!" I'm expecting that argument one day.

Why are you exaggerating what she said?

She said that boys wear chubbies to her school which show more thigh than what her skirt does, so why do they have a problem with girls showing some thigh (but less than boys) and have no problem with the boys wearing chubbies? It has to do with sex.

[Jotaux]

I would not call that a short skirt by any means.

[Grimbold21]

No, there is logic here

She is right. Her skirt is longer then the boys pants.

I was refering more to her possible overeaction. That combined with how the principal says she's a great writer leads me to suggest that "bringing me to tears" is an hyperbole.

[vindicatorx]

Do you agree with her that the reason is that it is a patriarchal society and that she is a woman?

No, I think it's a bullshit deflection from taking responsibility for her own actions. The excuse that _________ does it so why can't I is exactly that. That and I can't picture in my mind how she would be brought to tears for being told your skirt to too short.

[Dextroden]

So you will discredit someone because you assume she will make another argument in the future? Thats SJW logic....

I didn't say from her. But I fully expect a trend of showing up in whatever crazy shit someone can find and "Patriarchy".

If her argument is "They shouldn't be wearing short shorts either", leave it there.

[Sky High]

this isn't about "society" this is a schools dressing policy. if she wants the school to change the policy then IDK make a petition or something. all the rest of the OP is hardly worth touching with a ten foot pole.

[Zantos]

Just from the comments that the school made, I can tell they are idiots. He admitted that her dress was within code while having said "the teacher handled it well". No, don't address the fact that your teacher was doing Nothing in class all day to actually teach the students.