Now I hope I'm not offending you, dear reader. If you happen to be wearing a busy, cheery, sparkly holiday sweater right now, maybe you should stop reading this.
Now, I didn't go to school to be a teacher, I went to become a speech-language pathologist. Maybe this is why I missed the course on Elementary School Teacher Fashion? Was the message somehow passed on to teachers that they must wear the ugliest, brightest and gaudiest sweaters and accessories for every holiday? Is there research out there that says students will learn better if their teacher's attire is crazy bright and busy? It was bad enough for Halloween that almost every teacher (well, usually the ones over 40) walked around for weeks before in orange and black. But now I have seen bad taste gone overboard. Giant snowmen, snowflakes, Christmas trees adorn many a teacher's upper body. One of my superiors was wearing a blood-red sweater with matching tie with Santas on it. How can I take him seriously? Another prominent staff member has on a sweater vest with get this, leopard snowmen? And as I sit in on meetings with these colleagues, I actually start to feel guilty that I am in my typical black top and olive green pants. Should I go home and throw up Christmas on some of my clothes?
I just can't do it!
3 comments:
The best are the earrings made out of jingle bells or some other Christmas-y thing. I'll bet you a million dollars some kid will give you some for Christmas!
I HATE NOVELTY SWEATERS. Period. For all holidays. Yesterday, I almost tackled someone on the street for wearing a particularly ugly one. I restrained myself. Lucky for her.
So So So! UGLY!! That's scary! I've gotta say, though, that I'm not seeing this as much in Chicago - maybe the teachers in my kids' schools are younger.
That one in particular is really special, Cassie, where did you ever find it?? It's blinding.
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