I Hate Dress Code

I am a teacher, and I understand that some things are unacceptable to wear in a school environment, but some things are so stupid. A girl in my class, one of the nicest and smartest girls I’ve ever met in my life, she is one of those kids who will never get in trouble, and never really talks back to anyone, very nice young lady. This poor child was sent home crying out of frustration because she wore ripped jeans. Oh my god, it wasn’t bad at all, it was like a little above the knee that was ripped, and when she put her hands down, the ripped part was inches away from her fingertips, which is what the rule has been always, that it always has to be finger length. It’s unbelievable, everyone in the school wears ripped jeans, and even colored hair and no one has said anything, but they decide to pick on the ones that don’t ever do anything wrong. It’s insane, and it frustrates me that I don’t have a say in it. It’s so unfair, we have some many restrictions on the girls, we are teaching them that their body is a distraction, that is unacceptable in my book, and then we wonder why so many woman have body image issues. I am waiting for Monday so I can talk to her in private, and tell her how proud I am of her for speaking her mind and expressing her opinion on something that is unjust. Why should her pants interfere with her education? Why should her clothes determine weather she gets to get to class? That’s insane, we are putting appearance before education!!!
Why is she the problem when everyone else does it and nobody says anything about it?