Hats in the classroom

[jondwills]

I find hats slightly disrespectful, but at the same time i don't see how they can cause a large problem. Usually I just don't care about if they have a hat or not

[ToulouseLautrec]

I think this attitude towards hats is old fashioned and we should take advantage of being in a culture that doesn't take it so seriously.

Unless it covers the view of one's face, I don't think hats are a big deal at all. Some people are self-conscious (like me) and are wearing it indoors for a good reason. I had one student who wore a hat everyday because he had surgery in the middle of his skull and has a bald patch there.

It may seem like some boys are wearing their hats to look "cool," but I think it only seems that way because it's an arbitrary rule they're breaking. Hats wouldn't look so bad-ass if no one cared about it.

I'm not surprised  European rules of etiquette aren't taken seriously here... I'm much more concerned with the actual disrespect that goes on in class (like talking over teachers, applying makeup during a lesson, etc).

[dynamicallysparkling]

I'm all for hats off. I also make my students remove their hoods too.

[eveliens]

No hats, no hoods. If I see a student with either I will take them off without a word. Once a student put it back on and I simply pointed to the hat and said no. That was that. While I do, in fact, view it as rude, my main concern is the kids will play with them and not pay attention. If they wore it like a pair of jeans I'd leave it be, but no, they put it up/down, play with the brim, poke other students with it.

[woman-king]

There's a "no hats" rule in my school, and of course this applies to the English classroom as much as anywhere else.  It rarely comes up, though--they must do a good job of enforcing it in the homerooms around here.

[jamasian]

When I was in school I thought it was a terrible rule, because I'm a hat person and I like to match them with outfits from time to time.

Here, I allow my students to wear them because they always wear them appropriately. They don't play with them during class. [I'm shocked myself.] In fact some of my active students are the ones with the hats. No one wears hoods in my class, but I never made a rule about those either.



On another note, if you don't like it, enforce it. Too bad if other teachers don't help you. They are a distraction right? So it's fine to be distracted in your class? To me that's a sign of your co-teachers/ workers being rude. I do take away knives, notes, books, homeworks, ect (usually middle school does this) and I don't care if the other teachers allow it. It's disrespectful not to listen to a teacher that has worked hard for you.