JimN: Ten years at a Baptist Boarding school and you are asking me about these sorts of things?? How long have ya got? We actually don’t do too badly. Compared to traditional Christian schools we are a wild orgy. Kids actually can smoke, listen to secular music, wear whatever they want within a moderate dress code. We do have pretty stiff rules on the content of music, content of messages on shirts, how much skin can be exposed, etc. No VCRS or DVDs, but that is because of studying. We do use corporal punishment. Two dumbest rules: No dancing. Totally related to the $$ support of Baptists in KY. No shorts in the dining hall. I think this goes back to some sainted professor who told a previous prez that he didn’t like to look at hairy legs. Hey!! Don’t look. None of these rules is put forward as Bible based. The dress code and music rules are sold as appropriate for a “Christian school.” Overall, I don’t feel too pinched. My good friend Eric felt a bit more of the stupid side of all this than I did, so maybe he has a pov.