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Ooh You're In Trouble

I Broke the Dress Code

Ooh You're In Trouble

Mortified Media and TRAX from PRX

Kids & Family, Stories For Kids

4.6670 Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2021

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Should your school be able to tell you what to wear? This week, a fourteen year old challenges her school’s dress code by purposely violating it.

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0:00.0

The following story is true. Names and places may have been changed to protect the innocent and guilty and the just plain ridiculous.

0:09.0

Today on...

0:10.0

Ooh, you're in trouble.

0:15.0

I'm Addison, and when I was in seventh grade, I rebelled against my school's dress code because of how unfair it is.

0:26.1

Ooh, that sounds fashion forward. Is it bad, though? That's something I'm always wondering.

0:29.7

Because, you know, I'm that little voice in your head, but you can call me LV.

0:34.4

Hi, Elvie. What's up? And if there's one thing I know, it's that we don't always do what we're told.

0:38.9

Sometimes we're stirring up mischief. Please report to the principal's office. Sometimes we're trying to spark change.

0:40.8

Attention, students, please stop protesting in the cafeteria.

0:44.6

This is a show about what happens when we break the rules growing up,

0:48.1

and someone shouts,

0:49.2

Ooh, you're in trouble.

0:51.7

Stories of rebels, rascals, rule breakers, and even revolutionaries.

0:59.4

Fashion means so much to me just because I feel like it's a way to express yourself.

1:03.9

For fashionista Addison, wearing a bold look is life.

1:08.2

Dressing up makes me feel like my most powerful self.

1:11.1

I just feel very confident in cute clothes, especially at school.

1:14.5

And beyond that, fashion is one of her biggest passions.

1:17.6

Like it's just so fun and I love like going, like shopping or thrifting and finding like super

1:23.1

cool pieces.

1:24.3

On her most stylish days, walking her school's hallways felt like walking the red

1:28.4

carpet at a glamorous gala. Addison, Addison, who are you wearing? Over here! Over here! I love

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