Asking People for Their Jeans Pass at the Airport
In this video, Dr. Justin Baeder uses humor to highlight the absurdity of school jeans pass policies by imagining them applied in other professional settings.
Key Takeaways
- Jeans passes highlight educational bureaucracy - The concept of paying to wear comfortable clothes is absurd when applied to any other profession
- Permission-based systems treat professionals like children - Teachers shouldn't need to buy permission to dress comfortably
- Schools should rethink dress code enforcement - If a policy sounds ridiculous at an airport, it's probably ridiculous at a school too
Transcript
So I'm at the airport, and I've been asking people for their jeans passes.
Excuse me, sir, do you have a jeans pass?
Ma'am, ma'am, do you have a jeans pass?
I need to see it on your shirt.
Yes, thank you.
Sir, did you pay for that jeans pass?
Do you have a pass to wear those jeans?
I can't even find where they sell them.
Maybe in this machine.
So far, it doesn't seem like anybody even knows what I'm talking about.
Nobody is buying jeans passes.
You can't even find a place that sells them.
So I'm wondering, is this even a thing outside of schools?
I mean, I'm just really dismayed that I can't find anybody who can tell me about their jeans pass.
This is very upsetting because I think we're really on to something in education.
I think we need to let the whole world know about the magic and the majesty of the Jeans Pass.
And I'm just not sure how to start.
How can we get the rest of the world on board with the brilliance that is the Jeans Pass?
We've got to spread the word, educators, and really let people know how great it is to need permission from another adult and to need to pay for the privilege of of wearing jeans to work so if you have any ideas on how we can just make that happen in the world at large let me know