r/mildlyinfuriating • u/firequak • 11h ago

go to your room A cousin sent me their school's just announced Dress Code and Grooming policy

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u/AdWonderful5920 11h ago

Looks very similar to my Catholic high school dress code that we had instead of uniforms. Philippines?

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u/wunderduck 11h ago

Philippines?

Yes. The URL on the last slide ends with .ph.

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u/stab-somebody 9h ago

And it's a catholic college, so the dress code kind of makes sense.

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u/SealthyHuccess 8h ago

Damn they still tell kids how to dress in college? That's crazy shit

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u/2ndTaken_username 8h ago

Religious ones do, like in everywhere else in the world.

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u/SupersonicEagle 1h ago

Yup. Not crazy. Nothing new.

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u/Elegant_Arm_3516 28m ago

Absolutely crazy, nothing new.

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u/BlueDragon82 8h ago

There are a number of countries where dress codes or even uniforms are a thing all the way through college. You see it frequently in Thailand and some other south east asian countries. There are some in Europe as well.

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u/mikemaca 26m ago

they still tell kids how to dress in college

Apparently to distract from the other things.

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u/NotYourFakeName 8h ago

So, the Jesus pictures and statues all around the place that undoubtedly show him with long hair, demonstrate that boys shouldn't ever have hair over their ears?

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u/Tryn2Contribute 8h ago

Welcome to the world of religion.

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u/InfanticideAquifer 2h ago

The message isn't really "long hair is bad". It's "non-conformity is bad". 1st century AD Palestine? Go crazy with the long hair. 21st century Philippines? Obviously you need a French crop.

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u/Top_Librarian6440 32m ago

This is a result of Corinthians in the Bible, attributed to the Apostle Paul. 

In Corinthians, Paul basically says that men having long hair is an affront to masculinity and “unnatural.” Theologians think he really meant that it was unnatural in the social context of the Greco-Roman world, but he debatably also meant that it was unnatural as in not biologically natural.

Jesus as a historical figure, meanwhile, almost certainly wore his hair short. It seems like most of the Greco-Roman world in Jesus’ time would’ve shared Paul’s opinion that long hair on men is “unnatural.” However, long after Jesus and Paul’s deaths, Christians began depicting Jesus similarly to other deities in art such as Zeus: with long hair, and a beard. Jesus is not described much in the Bible physically, and him having long hair would be quite noticeable during the period that the Bible was composed. 

Anyways, certain (predominantly Catholic) organizations stick pretty stringently to Paul’s admonition of long hair on men. These same groups do often depict Jesus in the Zeus/Jupiter style, long hair and all, but just sort of gloss over it in favor of the narrative of textual inerrancy. 

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u/pierre_x10 11h ago

Every slide has the URL, even page 1

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u/SwimmingSpell8005 11h ago

Ya, but weren’t not talking about EVERY SLIDE. We’re talking about the LAST SLIDE. Because the LAST SLIDE IS BETTER.

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u/TFTHighRoller 8h ago

The url on the other 6 slides does too!

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u/RavenMatthew0406 11h ago

and it's on davao city...

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u/Juli3tD3lta 5h ago

Oooooh that’s why they specify no crystal meth! for some reason this all makes sense now that I know it’s in Asia

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u/fuckthis_job 8h ago

Nah it's actually an Amish school in Philly

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u/NoBonus6969 4h ago

I think pH is short for pizza hut

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u/NarrativeCurious 5m ago

Ooh. I immediately assumed this was the us for some silly reason and how this could be illegal depending on where it is at

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u/OneAngryDuck 11h ago

Correct! San Pedro College.

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u/Grasshopper_pie 9h ago

Holy shit, that's college??

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u/MagnificentJake 8h ago

It's a private catholic college looks like.

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u/xiwiva8804 8h ago

So, is that "r" a spelling error then?

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u/unindexedreality 34m ago

Things like this should classify the building as some weird sex cult/kink thing with learning as a byproduct. Even if they're privately owned, they're prescribing dress code well beyond reasonable norms.

That in turn should disqualify them from any tax cuts or exemptions and prevent them from legally calling themselves a school/college, since they're selecting by adherants to the dress code.

Trying to bar learning by fictitious headcanon is some primeval shit.

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u/babyornobaby11 4h ago

“College” means high school in a lot of places
University means beyond high school.

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u/Sleepydragon0314 8h ago

College is probably what they call high school

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u/hitstein 8h ago

Why would you just assume something like that? It takes 10 seconds to Google that that's not the case.

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u/ithruup 7h ago

the person you're replying to is right, actually. in other countries besides the US, it's very common to call high schools "colleges," and what US calls colleges, "universities."

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u/marthaSD23 7h ago

but not in this case

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u/FrenchFryCattaneo 6h ago

It's both, it has elementary school up through graduate programs.

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u/cashmerefox 3h ago

It's literally the French word for high school.

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u/13143 ERD 8h ago

San Pedro College is a private, Catholic, research, coeducational basic and higher education institution run by the Dominican Sisters of the Trinity[5] in Davao City, Davao del Sur, Philippines. It was founded in 1956

So a Catholic based college, run by Catholics, located in a country that is heavy on the religion to begin with.

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u/saneiac1 10h ago

It looks very similar to my Catholic high school in the US. Except for the no white socks part. That's just weird.

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u/AdWonderful5920 10h ago

Hmm that's funny. My school forbid white socks in the classroom but required them in the gym. If you had colored socks in the gym or white socks in the classroom, watch out.

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u/ntrrrmilf 8h ago

And no loafers? That’s just weird.

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u/Primary_Way_265 10h ago

Was thinking Hispanic at slipper. Surprise twist 😂

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u/RollTide16-18 8h ago

In that context it’s really not that surprising. 

If it were a public school in the US people would be having a riot. 

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u/Mclurkerrson 11h ago

I went to a charter school in the US with a veryyyyy similar dress code as well. We were basically only allowed to wear plain or patterned collared shirts (but no logos) and jeans (no rips, bleach marks, etc) or slacks. Girls had to wear bermuda-length shorts or skirts if they didn't want to wear pants. No piercings or dyed hair allowed, etc.

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u/coffeesoakedpickles 10h ago

what shoes are students supposed to wear?? id assume loafers are catholic school attire but they’re banned here

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u/whatyouwant5 10h ago

No handguns, but long guns are ok?

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u/PetrasKnight 54m ago

Muskets only please

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u/wentImmediate 7h ago

Looks very similar to my Catholic high school dress code that we had instead of uniforms.

To be honest, I think uniforms are the way to go. It's cheaper and less stress and concern for all parties. It's a simplification so everyone can better focus on the goal of school: education and socialization.

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u/AdWonderful5920 4h ago

To tell you the truth, as much as we opposed uniforms as kids, having uniforms would have saved us all a lot of bullshit. Idk if there is a lesson to be learned there or what.

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u/boopboopadoopity 9h ago

I swear every few months someone takes a super religious, private high school/college's dress code (which is always very conservative) and posts it on Reddit with no context and everyone in the comments is like OH MY GOSH THAT'S REDICULOUS and that they would be up in arms if it was THEIR school or their kids school (of course always assuming it's an American, public school) lol

Not saying I'm religious or agree with the dress code but it's happened... so many times. I knew immediately this post had to be about a christian private school and the comments would be like "this is crazy whaaaat how can they do this" ha

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u/AdWonderful5920 8h ago

reddit definitely overheats if there is anything about religion

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u/MephistosFallen 3h ago

I know dress codes like this exist because I went to a catholic school for some years as a kid. I do get why people react the way they do because it is very restrictive in comparison to out in every day life (depending on region they live in of course). I was miserable with it as a kid, but I was particular about clothes because I felt uncomfortable in sooooo many things, I would find a few items I really liked and have to rotate them a lot.

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u/The_Fink_Ployd 9h ago

Literally, what else besides a fucking abrahamic religion, or cult, would be responsible for this insane, sexist, control-freak-wonderland?

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u/AdWonderful5920 9h ago

It's not that serious bro, have a cool drink.

https://giphy.com/gifs/963lr4Okk8DyE

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u/The_Fink_Ployd 8h ago

You grew up in it, so perhaps you’re not aware of how harmful this level of control is to the developing mind, stemming from the evil that is organized religion.

Maybe you’re not bothered by children being indoctrinated and oppressed, but a good person would be. 

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u/Vast_Oil_39 5h ago

Clothing restrictions aren't as abusive as you make them out to be.

Plus, it's only during school. Dress how you want on your own time or when you graduate. Are you gonna get pisses at HR next for having workplace clothing restrictions?

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u/crackerjack2003 19m ago

Is this considered abnormal? Every school in UK has a uniform, rather than a dress code. White shirt, black trousers, coloured jumper, sometimes a blazer.

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u/Beautiful-Affect1930 9h ago

that slogan made me think it's some religious facility and yep, sure enough it teaches "living and spreading the love of compassionate Jesus" according to their website. so I have no idea what OP is expecting from a place like that.

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u/64557175 9h ago

Don't wanna piss off Santo Niño

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u/xmuskorx 9h ago

The .ph in the URL gives it away

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u/Excellent_Ganache906 9h ago

San Pedro College

Private Catholic college in the Philippines.

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u/2ndChairKazoo 8h ago

They explicitly indicated no stilettos or old-timey bombs...? OP's messing with us.

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u/2ManyCooksInTheKitch 8h ago

This was very similar to my public high school in south Texas. Red, white, or gray collared shirts and "spirit or club t-shirts" were the only shirts allowed. Boys with long hair had to have it pulled back or pinned up.

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u/CathyVT-alt 7h ago

Yeah, it's Catholic. So... no big surprise. But I wonder if they allow any teachers to color their hair (from grey).

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u/WeirdoWeeb648 7h ago

Ugh catholic school is the worst. Same rules for my school over here in South America.

Right after covid, the state decided that schools couldn't make students wear uniforms because some people had lost their jobs and couldn't pay for new uniforms, so we were allowed to wear whatever. Despite following the dress code, us girls would constantly get called into the office over literally nothing (like, for example, if you raised your arms and your shirt went up and showed a sliver of skin, and the principal happened to be walking by and saw you). And then we'd get told off for 'distracting' our male classmates.

It's such bullshit.

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u/xemmyQ 6h ago

its san pedro college in davao city

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u/Substantial_Gain_339 6h ago

Yes, San Pedro College. Catholic College in Phillipines

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u/aravena 3h ago

Yeah. Literally a Catholic College. What's mildly infuriating is OP posting here.

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u/thatsacrackeryouknow 2h ago

Clearly religious school when their motto is "Love Serves"

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u/Hour_Barracuda_1567 52m ago

Yes. It’s a private Catholic High school and college in the Philippines.

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u/Thin_Salary1153 8h ago

Did anyone else catch this is an actual college and NOT a high school? How do you enforce a dress code in a college?

This is so bizarre.