The Clothes


In our latest union publication, there was a write in column about what to do when kiddos wear clothes to school that are considered inappropriate. A teacher wrote in and proudly asserted that she and her colleagues go to Goodwill every summer and drop a few hundred dollars on ugly shirts and then they make transgressers trade their sexy t-shirts and pot ad t-shirts for these gawdy purchases. She proudly wrote that the kids are so embarrassed, they never wear inappropriate clothes again! Geezlouise. This is in a professional journal. Doesn't it seem a bit on the weird side?
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KC said…
That's crazy. I chose to ignore all of my students' bad fashion choices. Well, once I told this girl who dressed up like a Playboy Bunny complete with the fishnets that I didn't think that was cool, but that's about all I'll comment on.
10:01 PM
KC said…
i mean CHOOSE.
10:02 PM
LH said…
yeah, i stare out at t-shirts every day that basically say stuff like, "You're boring me to death," and "I'm not listening to you at all" and "Leave me alone." I ignore these t-shirts. I ignore a lot of stuff. I'm surprised the kids would put on the teacher clothes from the thrift shop. maybe suspension was the alternative. the article said that suspension is a frequent consequence of inappropriate clothing choices.
the playboy bunny outfit was a bit extreme, i have to say tho.
7:20 AM
jm said…
I read a poem recently about Spring and the sudden appearance of female flesh all around (author was male) and how distracting it is. By August, it's old hat, but Spring is apparently tortuous to men. I suppose hormone laden boys could be easily distracted by scantily clad girls in school, but if it means girls test better, get accepted into better colleges, and get all the good jobs -- we're that much closer to ruling the world! Girls of the world, UNDRESS FOR SUCCESS!

(I really have nothing constructive to offer. It's a good thing I'm not a teacher)
11:01 AM
Anonymous said…
Because my undergrads work in a K-2 school, and do a lot of stooping and bending, and sitting on the floor, etc., I ask them not to wear pants that show their thongs or belly button jewels, and no obscene messages on shirts. They can wear them all they want when they're just with me. So they comply, with no problem.
I once said I didn't want to see their tattoos when they bent over, meaning those low back tattoos. One young woman came in with her arm swathed in a bandage, covering a tattoo on her upper arm..
11:32 AM
LH said…
This plethora of perspectives I find quite pleasing.

I'm thinking of getting a tattoo, but I can't decide what to get.
Maybe a black hole. something from space would be good i think.

my mom got me a tshirt that says, "i'll try to be nicer if you try to be smarter." I haven't worn it to school, but i wonder how the sixers would react to it. they've been a bit defensive lately.
5:41 AM
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