In honor of Teacher Appreciation Day, students in my school are invited to “Dress Like a Teacher” on Friday.
After the announcement was made over the intercom, I turned to my class and said, “So? What are you going to wear?”
There was a protracted moment of silence – unusual for my class – then one student finally said, “I guess I’ll just grab the first shirt off the clean pile of shirts, then I’ll grab the first pair of shorts off the clean pile of shorts, and even if they don’t match in any way, I’ll put them on.”
Another student told me that she’ll need to find a way to dress less professionally than she usually does for a a school day. “It’s weird,” she said. “But I think I’ll need to dress down.”
Another said, “I’m not dressing like you. I care what I look like.”
Still one more said, “If you actually dressed like a real teacher, Friday might be fun. Can I dress like the other teachers instead?”
The good news here:
I clearly have a unique style of my own, and it appears to be universally understood.
