Some Change Good Some Not So Good

Times have surely changed! Our son, Steve, daughter in-law Kathy, daughter Pam, grand-daughter's Lindsay and Amanda all teach in public schools. All will begin their respective school years within the next two weeks. In the 1950's, I recall East St. Louis public schools beginning the Tuesday after Labor Day and considering buildings back then were not air conditioned it was a good thing. Of course, back in that day school dismissed for the summer in early June and today the kids are out for summer vacation early May.

Hopefully, the dress attire will improve in school because it's getting very questionable if not disgusting during summer months. Following are notations I made this summer regarding the demise of 'good taste in apparel:'
  1. If your kid has a nasal drainage issue, don't let the kid get a nose ring or grow a mustache.
  2. Clothes that expose the body's mid-section should only be worn on the beach and that can even be
      problematic.
  3. Those open-toed sandals should not expose toes pointing East-West or rainbow colored toenails.
  4. Tattoos with arrows pointing at various body areas with comments are simply in bad taste.
  5. Unshaven gals should not wear sleeveless tops.
  6. I don't care how big a man's arms are he should not wear cut-off sleeves. (Your armpit hair is no
      more attractive than your wife's).
  7. Women whose breast have stretch marks resembling a Los Angeles freeway should not wear low
       cut tops.
  8.  Please spare others the disgusting moment standing behind you in a store checkout line and you
       are wearing Bunny house-slippers and the pajamas you wore last night!

Finally, I ask all parents to check the printing on their kid's t-shirt before leaving the house. A few years ago, I was shopping in one of those open markets and noticed an adult man holding his daughter's hand walk by me. His T-shirt read, "If you ain't Lutheran, you ain't s*#t." Perhaps other Lutherans were appalled and yet they were likely more irritated by the Middle Eastern gent whose T-shirt saying was printed in Arabic. You know how we Americans' think: 'If you're gunna live hear speak English and print your dumb t-shirt comments the same...in English.