Some schools in the U.S. allow bare feet in class. Most of the dress codes requiring footwear were written in the late 60's and early 70's, but eventually were left out in later revisions when nobody was bothering to try going to school barefoot any more.
Since the dress code rules are rather lengthy but don't mention bare feet, it ends up being at the discretion of the principal if a teacher or security guard brings it up.
My wife teaches barefoot in a public school, her students tend to kick off their shoes once they see her.
She's been transferred to five different schools in the past seven years, and has gotten away with it at each one.
And yes, she's the only barefoot teacher in public school as far as I can tell in the entire state, so it's just an individual thing that sometimes can be accomplished.
She jokes that she married a professor but ended up with a plumber.
Hello again, "Longboard!"
As we talked about on the other board, I often teach barefoot too & you bet that kids quickly follow suit. It's not hard persuading children to go barefoot. We do need shoes on outside the classroom though. My rank in the herd isn't high enough just yet to push my luck that much.
So for your wife it may not be a barefoot-friendly school per se so much as just being lucky?
Combination of luck, chutzpa, and confidence.
So wait a minute....you've been a member here since November '13 and only posted for the first time today?
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why don't you people go and live to a place where going barefoot is very common?
i've heard thailand and new zealand are great barefoot countries, specially NZ
Moving to a different country is now small thing. Yes it would be nice to be in a place where barefoot is accepted as normal but this is a very minor thing overall in my life. I certainly would move away from friends and family and all the places I love to go just to be in a slightly more barefoot friendly society! What of us with big families... Some of our wives and children don't even believe in barefoot being better (mine don't) and think we are crazy so its not like they would even have any interest in moving to a different country for that reason. So for many of us this is just not practical.
Dude man, set me up with a kiwi woman and I'm there!
I've loved swimming all my life. It's awesome exercise, & the best part is you do it in bare feet!Woot! Another swimmer! Welcome!
I've found swimming and running to be quite complementary. I think that there are a few other swimmers on here.
How about yoga too? That's done barefoot.Woot! Another swimmer! Welcome!
I've found swimming and running to be quite complementary. I think that there are a few other swimmers on here.
I was going to cancel my massage membership to save money, but then realized how sore my neck and shoulders were. Eveything else is pretty good now, but neck and shoulders, ouch!
I certainly enjoy it. I've been doing yoga since I was a girl.I haven't done much yoga, but maybe I should!
So wait a minute....you've been a member here since November '13 and only posted for the first time today?
Presidents?So are those terms under the posting name a rank of some kind? What comes after "barefooters?"
How about yoga too? That's done barefoot.
Anyone else here into yoga?