However, there needs to be a happy medium in order to make the relationships between teachers and students respected and desirable ones. This fine line has recently been crossed with the attempt of the School to supervise what students wear to seated meal. Any ostentatious display of lifestyle, clothing, or possessions is inappropriate. This leaves a lot of room for interpretation. Particularly with girl's fashion, some members of the faculty complain that what most young women wear to seated meal steps out of the boundaries of what SPS believes to be suitable.
Skirts are too short, dresses are too tight, and shirts are too low cut.
The faculty whispers to each other as they watch each outfit walk into the Upper just as their teachers did to them with the introduction of the miniskirt. This defeats the purpose of seated meal, and makes it a patrol time to distinguish the conservative from the extravagant. Throughout its history, teenage fashion has always been controversial, and those who wear the latest trend will forever shock their elders. They wouldn't put on a particular dress or skirt if they didn't feel they looked good in it, and by being told that what they are wearing is inappropriate, their self-confidence is immediately shattered. Feelings will always be hurt, and self-esteem will always be crushed.