When I heard the new rule implemented by my school which had to do
with dress code I was astounded, what more could this people add to the
already existing rules? Well my socks got knocked off me when I heard
the additions. Girls aren't allowed to wear skirts that were not
3"inches below the knee and boys had to stop wearing their Michael
Jackson style of trousers, shave their beards and do some other silly
things. More shocking was when the rule was supposed to commence; which
was the next day. In the usual fashion of Redeemer's University, some
religious fanatic woke up and felt that we deserved some more punishment
for being students in this school and ta-da there was a new law. We the
students were expected to follow the rule immediately. The first
question I asked is who informs the public about a new law and expects
them to start abiding by it immediately? Even GEJ as thoughtless as he
is wouldn't do that. A group of people called the Task Force were put in
place to make sure we conform.
You see in this jail of a school,
our former uniform didn't allow for our skirts to have slits, which was
bad enough. Now imagine there is a fire or some disastrous event about
to take place, zoom we would be able to run fast and save ourselves if
our clothes weren't so restricting, but how in the world can I even
walk when I'm wearing a skirt that is straight, without a slit and
3"inches below my knee? More than half of the population of the students
are above 18 and by law are adults and as adults I think we are capable
of making choices like keeping our beards or how long our skirts should
be, it's bad enough we do our best possible to obey all of the old laws
but to take your power too far is completely inhumane, unfair and not
Christ like, if you decide to take it to religion. I overheard a boy
say, "I was keeping my beards before I came to RUN, why do I have to
shave it now?"
There are various reasons why this stupid rule
shouldn't have been created in the first place. How a person dresses
doesn't affect their education process, if my knees are showing I don't
think my learning process will slow down or my brain would cease
working. If they decide to pick the religious aspect and rub it in our
noses then they are still silly for creating this, how I dress would in
no way affect how I view God or will even stop him from seeing what is
in my heart. These people who are supposed to be the true worshippers of
God are full of impurities and trying to purge us of what you consider
unholy does not make you clean. There are a lot of issues to address in
your environment and the school and all you can think of is how to
increase the length of our clothes. This absurdity will affect a lot of
things, people would miss classes and the real reason for why they came
to school wouldn't be fulfilled. This foolishness has made the gate
keepers of our hostel called porters to have more power than they
rightly deserve, bullying students and being completely tyrannical in
their actions. The typical RUN female’s prayer every morning is “God
please let me pass the gate”
The only question I have been able to
answer in all of this madness is, what the problem of these people are
and it finally dawned on me, their idea of what religion should be is
their biggest problem, if not why else would you insist I wear what I
won't feel confident or comfortable in just to please what you think is
in the bible. If they weren’t so blinded by what they believe
Christianity entails then this issue wouldn’t be present.
@nkemoyaghire
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