Is this how kids dress at most public high schools?

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Anonymous wrote:What’s wrong with what they are wearing?

Looks very immature, trashy and unserious compared to say...

Are those real people snap shotted or where is this?

It's from "Long Island’s oldest established private school."

https://www.knoxschool.org/admissions/dress-code/

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Anonymous wrote:Getting old must suck OP, I’m sorry

I saw two high school girls at a sit-down sushi restaurant, wearing what looked like pajama pants. I thought "wow how disrespectful," and then I thought "omg I'm getting old."

I dunno. I think dressing appropriately (and when are pajama pants appropriate except at home?) isn't an old age thing. Or maybe I was born old?

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My DD went to a private all girls high school and the uniform was lululemon leggings, uggs and a sweatshirt. It's not just a public school thing.

My DS is now in the work world and wears joggers to work most days. Makes nearly $200k per year so it isn't really holding him back.

This is not a new idea. I think our mothers were horrified by what we wore to school. Every generation looks askance at the next.

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Are you kidding me? Some of those sweatpants are not cheap. This looks like a UMC suburb.

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It’s so much better than skin tight jeans and daisy dukes or miniskirts where you need to shave all the time and worry about ups otto get. It’s comfortable, modest and weather appropriate.
I remember seeing news articles in the 80s or 90s that doctors couldn’t figure out why so many girls had back or tailbone pain and then realized it was sitting all day in tight jeans compressing their tailbone.
They are students—let them focus on their studies and not their appearance.

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It looks trashy and anyone defending this attended and/or has children in a similar public school. Only about 1/3rd of public high school seniors are prepared for college-level coursework after graduation. This sort of appearance SCREAMS the ethos of the building is: "We do not give a sh*t about school."

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Anonymous wrote:It looks trashy and anyone defending this attended and/or has children in a similar public school. Only about 1/3rd of public high school seniors are prepared for college-level coursework after graduation. This sort of appearance SCREAMS the ethos of the building is: "We do not give a sh*t about school."

Wow! I can tell you that, compared to the private my kid used to attend (strict uniform code) the more laid-back dress of her public school definitely does not correlate with a difference in how much my kid or the other students care about school. Incidentally the pedagogy at the public school is much stronger and college-like than at the private. So I’d say the inverse is probably true. I’m glad my kid knows not to judge a book by its cover.

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I've noticed there is herd mentality with the way people dress.
For a time, when I visited my mom-friend in Brooklyn, I noticed a large number the moms at her school pickup were wearing denim skirts with sneakers.
Then over in Dumbo, I noticed a mom-clique wearing tight jeans and booties - all of them.

When I toured a selective HS, I noticed a lot of the girls had T-shirts tied at the waist, exposing a belly button. This over high waited jeans.

There's a tribal dress code people subconsciously succumb to.
By the way, my HS son wears jeans.
He got over his elementary school period of wearing only "sporty pants".
Won't wear the puffy winter jacket because so many other kids do. Nor will he wear the warm ski jacket.
Instead he wears his Barbour jacket in the depths of winter because it's unique and I wish I never got that jacket for him coz I know he's cold.

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Yup. I see lots of high schoolers in PJs and sweatshirts. They look cozy. Lots of sweats and athletic gear. It's fine. I prefer that to midrifts and tight jeans or boys getting all fancy. Let them be kiddos.

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Um...I went to a private girl's school and pretty sure we wore boy's boxer-shorts and t shirts in the spring.

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Anonymous wrote:I've noticed there is herd mentality with the way people dress.
For a time, when I visited my mom-friend in Brooklyn, I noticed a large number the moms at her school pickup were wearing denim skirts with sneakers.
Then over in Dumbo, I noticed a mom-clique wearing tight jeans and booties - all of them.

When I toured a selective HS, I noticed a lot of the girls had T-shirts tied at the waist, exposing a belly button. This over high waited jeans.

There's a tribal dress code people subconsciously succumb to.
By the way, my HS son wears jeans.
He got over his elementary school period of wearing only "sporty pants".
Won't wear the puffy winter jacket because so many other kids do. Nor will he wear the warm ski jacket.
Instead he wears his Barbour jacket in the depths of winter because it's unique and I wish I never got that jacket for him coz I know he's cold.

It isn't subconscious. It is very intentional.

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Anonymous wrote:It looks trashy and anyone defending this attended and/or has children in a similar public school. Only about 1/3rd of public high school seniors are prepared for college-level coursework after graduation. This sort of appearance SCREAMS the ethos of the building is: "We do not give a sh*t about school."

Libertyville is an extremely high achieving public high school.

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Anonymous wrote:It looks so sloppy and slacker-ish, no? Like all of them just rolled out of bed.

Hope none of them are interested in any a medical or public health field.

Mine is in the BA/MD program at Brown and lives in sweatpants. Fortunately, wearing jeans was not considered crucial for being a future healthcare provider.

But wearing masks is crucial for a future healthcare provide. I assume PP wasn't objecting to the pants, but to the protest that this was filmed at.

Yes. But that is a discussion for a different thread. This one is about the sweatpants "uniform" found at schools that don't require a different uniform.

This is a discussion about the outfits worn at a mask protest, given that masks are an article of clothing it seeks relevant. The assumption that these kids are representative of the school as a whole is presumptive.

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Haha. That's much tidier and put together than how many high schoolers dress: PJs, gray sweatpants, PJs, sweatpants...

I am a college professor and the pendulum swings regularly. I prefer this to a lot of other styles.

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Anonymous wrote:It looks trashy and anyone defending this attended and/or has children in a similar public school. Only about 1/3rd of public high school seniors are prepared for college-level coursework after graduation. This sort of appearance SCREAMS the ethos of the building is: "We do not give a sh*t about school."

Wow. Judge much Karen? My kid actually likes jeans to go with a long sleeve shirt and hoodie, often a college hoodie. And Allbirds or Uggs. Sometimes wears dark joggers. Same with her friends, including a couple at TJ. 34 ACT, 12APs and admired ED to WM. She’s fine looking like a 17 year old. She doesn’t need your approval.