What's Wrong with Sweatpants?

[CensoredAlso]

Well let me put it this way. We students were all equal, but when we got to gym class and wore our own clothes or on a dress down day, it became obvious who had money and who didn't. And even with uniforms, students get preoccupied with what expensive handbags they have, which is distracting and superficial. I'm glad the uniforms took some of those troubles away.

 

[Redsonga]

Well let me put it this way. We students were all equal, but when we got to gym class and wore our own clothes or on a dress down day, it became obvious who had money and who didn't. And even with uniforms, students get preoccupied with what expensive handbags they have, which is distracting and superficial. I'm glad the uniforms took some of those troubles away.

I always wanted uniforms for that reason..my family had always been poor

 

[wwfpooh]

my family had always been poor

Mine was straddling the line between poor and middle class.

 

[D'Snowth]

Same here Pooh, but what can you do? Welcome to our world today where the government robs from the poor to give to the rich.

 

[CensoredAlso]

Welcome to the world as it always has been. Hehe

So I'm grateful for the uniforms (but still hoping they become more attractive!)

 

[wwfpooh]

Same here Pooh, but what can you do? Welcome to our world today where the government robs from the poor to give to the rich.

Too true.

 

[Yva Minstrel]

This discussion sort of reminds me of the film 'The Princess Diaries' when Mia has to debate supporting the school having uniforms. I could understand what she was saying, because it would have been easier for the kids who were not always rich. Of course, most people would have to realize that the parents would have had to shell out the money for the uniforms anyway, so it's a huge catch 22.

I had to dress in outdated handmedowns when I was in school, and got unmercifully teased about it. The most humiliating was at Christmas one year when my cousin comes up to me and says 'that outfit used to be mine' in front of everyone. I wanted to die right there on the spot. I wasn't big on being cool, but it would have been easier for me if I had not been from a single parent family and going to school in a 'rich' district.

My nickname back then was 'flower child' as I was into the sixties (even though it was the 80's), and I was left to create my own individual style in high school. After my Freshman year, people grew out of teasing me (thankfully), and more people started to respect the fact that first and foremost, I was an individual.

Today, I can only shake my head at the whole superficial thing of being in style and popular. I was glad that I was what I was, and that creating my own style gave way to other facets of creative expression.

 

[wwfpooh]

Well said Yva. People should be proud of who they are & should stand up for what they stand for, even if it means they're labeled horribly or teased unmercilously.

 

[CensoredAlso]

After my Freshman year, people grew out of teasing me (thankfully), and more people started to respect the fact that first and foremost, I was an individual.

Same with me, I got teased a lot for the shows and music I enjoyed as a kid, but eventually I did get respected more for sticking to my guns and not giving in. It doesn't happen with everyone, but all you have to do is convince one person.

In High School I refused to shorten my skirt too short because it just seemed kinda sexist how you "had" to shorten it for boys, hehe. I got teased about that all the time. But I felt very strongly about it. Thankfully eventually they included pants with the uniform.

Of course they were the boys' pants and looked awful, lol. Still, I didn't have to wear a belt like the boys were required to do, hehe.

 

[Katzi428]

I find sweats comfortable too However since I'm..well,I'd consider myself "fluffy",I just wear them around the house.