Lecturer receives shocking response after criticizing student for wearing "see-through" clothes

Seeing students, had to turn away.

Ms. Nguyen Thu Dung is a clerk at a secondary school. Not long ago, she had the opportunity to attend professional training at a private university located in District 7, Ho Chi Minh City.

The fact that she was overwhelmed by the facilities at this school was nothing compared to how shocked she was by the way the students dressed here.

Many people blush at the student's fashion style (Illustration: HN).

At noon, sitting with some colleagues outside the cafeteria in the school yard, she saw a "fashion catwalk" as students walked back and forth.

Some female students wear tank tops that expose their midriffs, some wear pants that can't be called shorts but are "butt-covering" pants. Some students wear long shirts with a "no pants" style.

Many female students wear skirts that are so short that they can't be any shorter, along with many bold, revealing fashion styles that Ms. Dung can't believe are school fashion.

Sometimes, she and her colleagues blushed and turned away when they saw the tattoos on the female student's thighs and chest.

As the mother of two teenage daughters and comfortable with her own fashion style, Dung still could not imagine the school style she saw.

I don't judge beauty or ugliness, but for me, wearing revealing clothes is not suitable for the classroom.

"I sat there one afternoon and saw many students dressed "coolly" like that, not just a few isolated cases. Or am I too outdated, unable to keep up with the times?", the female clerk wondered.

"The new teacher's thinking is not suitable"

MSc. Nguyen Manh Tien, a lecturer at a private university in Ho Chi Minh City, said that sometimes even lecturers are "shocked" by the time culture of students, especially lecturers from public schools who come to teach at private schools.

According to Mr. Tien, it is not uncommon in lecture halls for female students to wear tank tops, very thin camisoles, low-cut pants, low-cut short skirts, and all kinds of tattoos on their necks, chests, and thighs. In many cases, lecturers do not want to see them and can only turn away.

In a private school environment, students can come from well-off families and develop a liberal and bold fashion mindset from an early age. When entering a university environment, students have more opportunities to express their style, personality and freedom.

Mr. Tien said that most public universities only have specific regulations on school uniforms. Many private universities only have general requirements.

According to this person, while many schools have recently banned short skirts, tight shirts, tank tops, and spaghetti straps, in reality this style has been formed and defined in life and among students for a long time.

Young people are increasingly unconventional, expressing their personalities clearly through fashion (Photo: TL).

This lecturer said that he also talked to students about how to dress when coming to school, about inappropriate clothing. The students told him: "Your thinking is inappropriate".

Later, he no longer paid much attention to the issue of students' clothing, only focusing on learning results and lesson learning goals.

Ms. Nguyen Hai Anh, Customer Service Director of a design company in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, said she highly appreciates students with unique and unconventional fashion styles and mindsets.

Firstly, they often have "taste", know how to build their style and personal brand through fashion. They dare to express their personality through fashion, create a difference, and do not accept "sameness" in image and thinking.

Many people may find these students “hot-faced” but they often have very strong personalities. They are suitable for careers that require creativity such as art, design, image building, branding, etc.

Not denying that beauty must be appropriate, Ms. Anh agrees that school fashion or any environment needs certain standards, especially appropriateness.

However, we should understand that on the journey to form their own style, students need the opportunity to mature and adjust themselves to move towards aesthetic taste.

If schools impose strict fashion regulations that are out of touch with reality, especially schools with majors in art, creativity, music , business, etc., it can become restrictive and restrict students.

According to Ms. Anh, the regulations should be "open", not too rigid on the basis of both sides understanding each other, understanding the generation, and thinking. Thereby, students can make appropriate adjustments instead of feeling constrained or tied down.

Recently, many universities across the country have reiterated regulations on school fashion, such as Ho Chi Minh City University of Technical Education requiring female students not to wear skirts that are too short; Hanoi Medical University not to wear see-through or sloppy clothing, leading to many debates and opinions.

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/giao-duc/che-sinh-vien-mac-do-xuyen-thau-giang-vien-nhan-cau-tra-loi-soc-20250507101251690.htm