Flip Flops

Quiz time students! Place all your textbooks on the floor and pull out any pencil besides a number two pencil.

Okay, that took a while, next time I will not be so specific with pencils. Anyway, your quiz today consists of the single following question: Do you find anything wrong with the fact that arguably the main source of contention between faculty and students is the rule which states students cannot wear flip flops? Fill in one of the bubbles below to indicate your answer.

O Yes
O No

By now, you most likely have done one of three things: A) Quietly formed your own opinion in your head, B) leaned over to your friend, pointed out this article, and mentioned what an injustice it was when the hall monitors made you go to the Dean’s office because you were wearing flip flops or C) actually filled in one of the bubbles. If you did either B or C, I honestly and sincerely fear for you. 

Do not get me wrong, I think it is an odd rule, and I would wear the things myself from time to time if I had the option, but in all seriousness, is it that big of a deal? Is this something worth going to the Dean’s office?

Student #1: I’m in here for beating up 15 other students, how about you?

Student #2: I’m in for wearing unsanctioned footwear.

This is such a big deal at Coronado that it was practically the first thing mentioned on the PA system on the first day of school. “All right,” I thought to myself, “At least they got that out of the way.” But the very next day, during my open first period while getting a parking application, I saw nearly ten students in the Dean’s office brought in for wearing flip-flops. Walking out to the parking lot, I saw more students being barred from entering based on their shoes. 

I am almost sure these people were not wearing them as a form of civil disobedience, and I am quite certain they knew of the rule, if not from the preceding day’s announcement, then from the previous year’s announcements. Why then, do they insist on wearing these things? The things cost five bucks; it’s not as if you are going back on some significant investment by not wearing them to school.

Sure they are comfortable and easy to put on, but there are thousands of shoes out there that do not fall into the flip flop category. Beach sandals are practically the exact same thing, yet they are not regulated.  Factoring in the great deal of effort expended on sliding your toes between the strap, flip-flops are harder to put on then beach sandals.

Let’s be realistic, with school uniforms and so called “campus wardrobes” at other schools, asking students to refrain from strapping two slabs of rubber to their feet is not asking too much. I realize that people will continue to wear flip-flops and will continue to be sent home, just see if you can’t stop complaining about it every day.