Posted on 06/22/2017 9:22:40 AM PDT by Morgana
The school could have been more understanding. Kids today don’t own good dress pants and what boy these days wears a tie?
Yes, in San Antonio one could buy a tie outside a graduation venue. The place is rife with Latino entrepreneurs.
Boundaries, a necessary lesson. Learn to deal with the little ones, and you won’t get killed by the big ones.
I would give someone the shirt off my back, but not my pants.
“Yes, in San Antonio one could buy a tie outside a graduation venue.”
Who knew?
Is the dad retired? Or, maybe disabled? Reason for the fixed income?
I did not click on link, so apologies if this is explained.
My Great Uncle’s Son (is that my second cousin?), won an academic scholarship to the University of Florida around 1910. He had no money but went anyway and could do enough odd jobs to barely feed himself.
The college president saw him one day and thought he was purposely wearing rags to just be an idiot. He called him in and threatened to kick him out of school.
One of his professors told the president that he was not misbehaving but that was all the clothes he had. The president relented and let him stay.
He later became a wealthy engineer.
Baloney. For 2 bucks he could get a great pair at the goodwill store. Probably a fine pair.
Just didn’t matter to him.
Had he read the dress code requirements, he could have probably gone to a thrift store or yard sale and bought a pair of slacks and tie for $2-$3.
Okay for a tear-jerk article, but the kid probably did have alternatives — or thought the dress code rules would not apply to him.
BS, at goodwill ties are a buck and slacks 3 bucks. Hell, when I went to my mothers funeral, I purchased a full suit, tie, and dress belt for 10 bucks. This kid just thought he could get away with it.
all he had to do was claim he was gay and that the school was being homophobic- they woulda bent over backerds to accommodate him then
At any garage sale, yard sale, Goodwill store or assistance ministry resale shop, he would have been able to find the required pants and a tie for less than $10.
Sounds like he thought the rules applied to everyone but himself.
UGGGH- sorry- poor choice of words- they woulda done everything possible to accommodate him
Wow. Always the cynic. Can you not for once just have a feel good moment. This is what America is all about.
Two bucks?? That's twenty hours of hedge trimming!
lol
Kid was probably lazy and procrastinated, and thought he'd call the principal's bluff. Tweren't a bluff, McGee!
When money was tight over the years, I've had no hesitation to shop at Goodwill or Sally Ann. Heck, if the kid explained his situation, they would have most likely given him the clothes.
And if there is one thing this country has it's barrels full of perfectly good, practically new clothes. We even export them!
Next time you see shots of some Somali or Jihadi mud slum, take a gander at all the wogs wearing "The Gap", "Aerospatial", "Nike", and "Old Navy" togs.
I was going to say the same thing.
For probably $5 total he could have had the tie, shirt and nice pants from a thrift store.
For another $5 he could probably have had a sport coat that went with them ... an entire outfit. Another $5 a decent pair of dress shoes. Heck I’ve seen expensive Italian made men’s dress shoes at thrift stores that look brand new for $5-10.
Heck his jeans probably cost more than an entire nice dress outfit from a thrift store.
It really doesn’t matter what a pair of pants and a tie cost. What difference does it make what the kid had on under his graduation gown. As usual, most dress codes are absurd.
I did not click on link, so apologies if this is explained.
I always am amazed when I hear this Fixed income crap. I was on fixed income my entire working life. I got paid a salary or a fixed hourly wage, it didn't change, I couldn't just say to the boss "hey I'm gonna work an extra ten hours this week cause I need extra cash. Hell when I was salaried I actually made less money every time I worked extra hours.
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