Honestly, when you sit back and think about high school what comes to mind? Teachers? Books? Education? Or that hot girl who wore the tightest pants that they almost looked painted on? Perhaps the well ripped abs of one of the jocks? Well that’s what I would have noticed; the clothes that students wear in the un-uniformed sections of this states.
Today for most Bloomington Indiana schools it was the first day back. I had to get up at oh my god o’clock to pick my friend up from work and then take her and her son over to the high school so she could get him enrolled for the year. As I sat in the parking lot watching the droves of teenagers flock into the school I couldn’t help but notice that they were easily defined by what they wore.
The Popular girls wore short shorts or skirts, some sort of shirt with a brand on it. Most popular was Holister and Greek style sandals or flip flops.
The Sporty guys or Jocks wore basketball shorts and a t-shirt. Flip flops with socks or sneakers. Bright, new, crisp.
The Punk Crew was anything brightly colored, even their hair. I saw one set of girls who had swapped sneakers.
It then hit me that the only difference between my high school and Bloomington North was the fact shorts were not allowed in my high school. If they haven’t uniformed up yet, I don’t think that rule has changed. I remember vividly seeing the school newspaper for one of the boys who was protesting the fact girls got to wear to capris and boys were not allowed to what is now known as manpris or short pants. The paper featured him being escorted from his class because he wore a skirt. He did make a point to hold up a sign that said he was losing out on valuable education time because of what he wore.
Suffice to say that in the last 8 years you can easily figure out who is who by what they wear. When my friend got back in the car she said she would go back to high school. I laughed and said I wouldn’t. Maybe to go back and actually pass all the classes, but only if I could skip the drama that takes place in the halls.
Keep it real and rockin’
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