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Recently, we asked teachers to share the most ridiculous dress code rules they have to abide by.

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And did they ever! We got so many great responses, and we were shocked by many of them.

For the record, these rules came from teachers around the world, in all kinds of schools—public, private, charter, union, non-union, high school, elementary, you name it.

(All were shared by real teachers, though, so we’re keeping their identities private.)

Here are some of the toughest to believe.

1. If they float, you can’t wear ’em.

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Wow, you better buy some steel-toed shoes! At one school, a reader wrote that their shoes have to pass an old-fashioned witch hunt test. “If your shoes float, they aren’t professional. The principal brought a water basin in and ‘tested’ them when he saw fit.

When my sandal sunk, he handed it to me soaking wet and simply said, ‘Hmmm … I could have sworn …'” 

2. Only one ponytail per month.

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