High School

I'm never quite sure how to dress when I got to school. The dress code is basically "Dont dress like a Tramp or Gangbanger and you're fine"

But I always think of school as a learning institution, so I lean toward the Nike Polo, and Jeans/Black athletic shorts/Khaki pants. On the other hand I think "Nah, just be comfortable" and I wear some sort of Surf Branded T-Shirt, and some tasteful shorts. I'm never sure if I'm dressed "Properly" in comparison to the rest of the students. Anyone else have the same quandary? Or do I overthink things, and this is another example?
 
Well today half of our Career Investigations is most likely going to get the dreaded homework club letter. The worst part, out of all of those people I'm one of the few who's actually done the assignment right. Basically he wants us to write about three Career Clusters that interest us, six sentences each, eight words minimum. Then we have to pick nine jobs, three from each of the clusters, and write thirty sentences with eight minimum words per sentence. Then six sentences for J.O.Bs. That might not seem like a lot, but it is when the teacher won't let you take the project home to work on it. This one kid took the project home on Citrix one day, (basically a program sent through the School District allowing access to your school files) and got detention the next day for doing so. Now half the class is most likely going to stay at school until 5:00 to finish this in Homework Club.

We had the final two STAAR tests yesterday. Science, as usual, was a cakewalk for me. Can't wait to do some 9th grade Biology today. History, not a strong subject for me, was incredibly simple. Took me around forty minutes to do the sixty questions, so I read the rest of the four hours. After this then it's winding down for the end of the year. Got two field trips, two very close together. Now, it's just hanging with friends.
 
Well not "illegal", but disallowed. And I was referring to how Crispy couldn't take his work home with him.
 
I'm never quite sure how to dress when I got to school. The dress code is basically "Dont dress like a Tramp or Gangbanger and you're fine"

But I always think of school as a learning institution, so I lean toward the Nike Polo, and Jeans/Black athletic shorts/Khaki pants. On the other hand I think "Nah, just be comfortable" and I wear some sort of Surf Branded T-Shirt, and some tasteful shorts. I'm never sure if I'm dressed "Properly" in comparison to the rest of the students. Anyone else have the same quandary? Or do I overthink things, and this is another example?

It's just clothes. I usually go with a t-shirt, jumper and blue jeans
 
So back to school people. Tuck that shirt in :P

Got 3 hours of history today. I like history so its a good day for me.

Meh? I get told to change my shoes (since I like playing football) more than I get told to tuck my shirt in (I usually remember to tuck it in).
 
hawkeye122
I'm never quite sure how to dress when I got to school. The dress code is basically "Dont dress like a Tramp or Gangbanger and you're fine"

But I always think of school as a learning institution, so I lean toward the Nike Polo, and Jeans/Black athletic shorts/Khaki pants. On the other hand I think "Nah, just be comfortable" and I wear some sort of Surf Branded T-Shirt, and some tasteful shorts. I'm never sure if I'm dressed "Properly" in comparison to the rest of the students. Anyone else have the same quandary? Or do I overthink things, and this is another example?

At least you can wear your own clothes. School uniform sucks. 👎
 
mattythedog
At least you can wear your own clothes. School uniform sucks. 👎

I have to wear school uniforms too, but I have to say, there is an advantage to this bvecause students aren't distracted with what everyone else is wearing. Thats the purpose of a, UNIform..
 
So back to school people. Tuck that shirt in :P

Got 3 hours of history today. I like history so its a good day for me.

I hear that way too much, we've had so many assemblies on how important it is for your uniform to be neat. Our deputy head went on talking about how girls skirts were way too short (I have no complaints) and how figure hugging trousers should not be worn (Again no complaints). Also pointed out that small stud earrings are fine but, and I quote, "Ones that need a dustbin lid to cover are not acceptable".
And yes that does mean we have a hipster crowd, or more commonly known in my school as 'The music corridor people' not to be offensive but we always call 'em that :D
 
Ferrari_458
QFT 👍

We're getting a new head next year though, and apparently he wants to put the 6th form in suits, which would be nicer than uniform :)

Our 6th form is supposed to be in suits, and the girls office dress, but in reality we turn up in suits and the girls in whatever, which is sort of annoying and not really a problem at all at the same time ... Wearing a suit is heavy though in the summer
 
No one would come to school or the staff would get told off and all hell would break loose. No joke.
 
My school has uniform, although the 6th formers are expected to 'dress reasonably' which to the girls means the opposite... :rolleyes:
 
My school has uniform too and we are expected to wear creps shoes like this :scared: :

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When I'd rather wear this:

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haitch40
Is school uniform a british thing then? :lol:

Generally. I know of very little if any British schools who don't have a uniform, I think it may be law (but don't quote me on that) that upto age 16 uniforms are compulsory, but I'm not sure.. Definitely the norm though
 
Slashfan
Same. No chains? Fine, then why can I walk around with 3 hanging from my wallet (used to be 4).

People can wear chains (if that's what you're asking). I'm more excited that girls can wear whatever (short shorts included), YAY.
 
Generally. I know of very little if any British schools who don't have a uniform, I think it may be law (but don't quote me on that) that upto age 16 uniforms are compulsory, but I'm not sure.. Definitely the norm though

I do know of one British school in London that doesn't require uniform but I heard you don't really get that much of an education...

People can wear chains (if that's what you're asking). I'm more excited that girls can wear whatever (short shorts included), YAY.

Mmmm... Sexy :D!
 
We got the class signup sheets for next year today. I really want to have to same classes as my friends but that would be too hard to organize.
 
I would love to have uniforms. So much more order.

Class sign-ups? We did that in January. A bit insane, I thought.

Today, in History class:
"We're going to watch 'Ferris Bueler's Day Off', but look at it as a metaphor for the School being the Soviet Union, and the teens being NATO. Ok? Good."
Literally wasting my time in that class. Between that and Math, I spend a good 2 hours a day at school, doing essentially nothing.

On the other hand, Space Science and Electronic/Robotic Engineering is a great class. And it's 2 periods long!
 
I would love to have uniforms. So much more order.

Today, in History class:
"We're going to watch 'Ferris Bueler's Day Off', but look at it as a metaphor for the School being the Soviet Union, and the teens being NATO. Ok? Good."
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:odd:
 
Basically he wants us to write about three Career Clusters that interest us, six sentences each, eight words minimum. Then we have to pick nine jobs, three from each of the clusters, and write thirty sentences with eight minimum words per sentence. Then six sentences for J.O.Bs.
That's ... awfully specific.

Ok this may not be the best advice, but it depends which way you look at it. Here are a couple tips on how to make tough assignments easier.

If you have a big essay that has to be a certain number of pages and just can't find anymore to write here is what you do. Go to find and change and type . In the find and replace with . But set the replaced one to one size larger font. Bam assignment done. The tiny little periods are all over the place but super unnoticeable at one size larger. Trust me you will add at least an extra page by doing this.
You do realise that we teachers weren't born yesterday, right? In fact, the newest teachers - my generation of teachers - come from the students who invented digital trickery to pull a fast one over our teachers.

Trust me, if I set you an assignment that is 2,500 words long, then I know what a 2,500-word essay should look like. And if it doesn't look like a 2,500-word essay, then I'm going to start wondering why. And when I start wondering why, I'm going to type out the first page of your essay in Word and see if the pages line up.

Another tip of you didn't finish an assignment is make an assignment in word or wherever and call it the name of the assignment and save. Than open it with a text editor to view the code. Delete a random few parts. Than email that assignment to the teach and this will buy you a few more days to work on it since the teacher won't know the file is corrupt until they open it. Obviously a few days later they will email you saying there is some error and you email back your new done assignment with a small apology saying your not sure why it didn't work.
Why do you think we ask for hard copies?

You seem to think that we teachers are complete dummies and that you can rort the system with your technological savvy, but there is a lot that goes on behind closed doors that you don't know about. If I get an assignment from you that is corrupted, the first thing I'm going to do is ask your other teachers if they've experienced the same or similar problems, because I know that behaviors are both learned and consistent. If you've managed to pull off your little corrupt-the-file trick once before, the odds are good that you'll try it again.

And believe me when I say your teachers know.

You are a teacher? Mmmmmm... do you like setting homework tasks? Maybe you could set me one (NOT) :lol: ?
Yes, I'm a teacher. Yes, I set homework. For almost every lesson. Especially if I'm not going to see that class again for a few days.

Do I like setting it? No. I don't take any perverse glee out of robbing my students of their precious free time. But at the same time, there is a lot of content to get through, and I do have the expectations that my students get through it all.
 
My school has uniform too and we are expected to wear creps shoes like this :scared: :

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When I'd rather wear this:

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I much prefer the first pair of shoes. They're lighter, easier to walk around in, less bulky, and they don't make you look like a junior student.
 
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