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More Teens Wearing Pajamas To School
AP ^ | October 18, 2005 | Staff

Posted on 10/18/2005 8:33:29 AM PDT by Millee

There's a new fad of students -- mostly girls -- wearing pajama bottoms to school, and so far administrators are not making a fuss about it.

"Some days you don't want to get dressed up for school. Like when it's raining and cold. You just want to be cozy," said Ben Lomond High School junior Elvia Escalante, 16.

School administrators in Ogden, Weber and Davis school districts say the pajamas have been modest and there hasn't been a problem.

"There are worse things a kid could wear to school," said Ross Lunceford, principal of Hillcrest Elementary School in Ogden.

"There's a fine line there, and I think sometimes we need to pick our battles. Should we get into a tussle over pajamas?" said Eileen Nicholas, student and family services teacher specialist for Ogden district.

Some students don't think much of the attire.

"They may be comfy, but it makes you look trashy and it gives you the idea you can just slack off for the day," said Ben Lomond High School senior Alena Marshall, 18.


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: dresscode; fashion; pajamahadeen; pajamas; slobs; stupidparents; teens
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To: Millee

I think its a respect thing for others and themselves.

And yep I've seen PJ's in chruch services already and flatly told my girls NO! all three of them.


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41 posted on 10/18/2005 8:43:38 AM PDT by Rightly Biased (<>< Like $3 a gallon gas? Thank an enviromentalist.)
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To: Millee

When I was a kid I rember having a nightmare that I was in shcool at my desk and suddenly realized I was in my pajamas.


42 posted on 10/18/2005 8:44:11 AM PDT by Pessimist
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To: peacebaby
The popular girls at my daughter's high school take blankets to school to cover up with when they get cold....They are a status symbol.

They got that Street Folk Coture thing going on?


43 posted on 10/18/2005 8:44:11 AM PDT by Horatio Gates (Ski Tibet!)
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To: Millee

My kids wear pj's to school every day.
We homeschool!

Now if they wore them outside the house, Mommy wouldn't be happy.


44 posted on 10/18/2005 8:44:21 AM PDT by netmilsmom (Happy 8th Birthday to my Net!)
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To: rhombus
"I've always opposed stretch pants too! Just people with no self-discipline. /sarc"

Males love it - the tighter the better on females and for gay guys ... well they like skin tight pants too ... and there are some tragically obese people that have NO business wearing ANYTHING like that.
45 posted on 10/18/2005 8:44:27 AM PDT by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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To: Sabatier

If these girls wearing pj's to school would watch "What Not to Wear" on TLC Friday nights at 9:00, they would learn that's a no-no.


46 posted on 10/18/2005 8:44:32 AM PDT by Dr. Scarpetta
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To: Millee

The pajama pants actually cover them up more than the jeans with holes in them and the camisole tops many girls are wearing. And they cost less. I don't particularly care for either choice.


47 posted on 10/18/2005 8:44:39 AM PDT by jennyjenny
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To: T.Smith

Is there an echo in here?

Is there an echo in here?

Is there an echo in here?


48 posted on 10/18/2005 8:44:55 AM PDT by Rightly Biased (<>< Like $3 a gallon gas? Thank an enviromentalist.)
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To: dhs12345

Yoiks.


49 posted on 10/18/2005 8:44:59 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("Neither the depth of despondency nor the height of euphoria tells you how long either will last. ")
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To: dhs12345
Wonder if fuzzy slippers will be okay, too.

I wonder what will happen when they graduate and reality hits them between the eyes. If they think they can pull this stuff in the corporate world.... Sigh. Well... there's always McDonald's and Burger King. Oh... they have to wear uniforms. Silly me. :)

50 posted on 10/18/2005 8:45:10 AM PDT by LaineyDee (Don't mess with Texas wimmen!)
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To: T.Smith

That reminds me of the cover of the Dilbert book "Casual Day Has Gone Too Far". I think Dilbert has a robe on with bunny slippers.


51 posted on 10/18/2005 8:45:29 AM PDT by TX Bluebonnet
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To: Millee

I tried to wear what I sleep in to work once. My boss said that if I show up naked again, I'd be out of a job.


52 posted on 10/18/2005 8:45:47 AM PDT by exile (Exile - Helen Thomas tried to lure me into her Gingerbread House.)
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To: Horatio Gates

Excellent point - I shall point that out to my daughter!


53 posted on 10/18/2005 8:45:53 AM PDT by peacebaby (Wasting my time standing in the waiting line.)
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To: rhombus

5 or 6 years ? try more like a couple of decades.


54 posted on 10/18/2005 8:45:58 AM PDT by paltz
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To: NRA1995

"Thank you Boomer parents!"

Don't look now, but a really high percentage of Boomers now have grandchildren in school. Time has passed, you see. Most of the Boomer's kids are out of school now.


55 posted on 10/18/2005 8:46:00 AM PDT by MineralMan (godless atheist)
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To: Millee
Compare this:

"Some days you don't want to get dressed up for school. Like when it's raining and cold. You just want to be cozy," said Ben Lomond High School junior Elvia Escalante, 16.

....to this:

"They may be comfy, but it makes you look trashy and it gives you the idea you can just slack off for the day," said Ben Lomond High School senior Alena Marshall, 18.

Anyone care to guess will one will go to college and which one will be flipping burgers?

56 posted on 10/18/2005 8:46:03 AM PDT by Lizavetta
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To: Brilliant

The woman in the grocery checkout line last week was wearing a black silk dress. It looked like a slip. The check-out lady, the bagger (a mature adult) and I all thought it was a slip; a nice one, but nevertheless, a slip. Amazing.


57 posted on 10/18/2005 8:46:14 AM PDT by miele man
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To: Millee

I live in the area covered by the story (Northern Utah) and it's really not as bad as it sounds. We're not talking pink satin shorties or negligees here.

Think loose, elastic waist, flannel pants with a plaid, stripe or whimsical pattern. IT's just the bottoms the kids are wearing, with a T-shirt for a top.

I agree, they are sort of sloppy and casual, but there are certainly worse things the girls have been wearing, like the painted-on low-rise jeans with the thong sticking out of the back.

I say find some other issue to get excited about - there are plenty.


58 posted on 10/18/2005 8:46:49 AM PDT by T Minus Four (Some assembly required.)
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To: nmh
Males love it - the tighter the better on females

Actually I prefer bare legs myself. ;-)

59 posted on 10/18/2005 8:47:23 AM PDT by rhombus
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To: dawn53
"I'm still not used to the pairs of brand new jeans that look like they were bought at the local thrift store. Only difference, about $100 per pair."

Me neither. People ought to be thankful they don't HAVE to look poverty struck or is it the "grunge look"? In my book, they're ridiculing those that don't have something better to wear and them selves - low self esteem ... one or the other.

A few years back we were supposed to be impressed with graffito and even provide a "canvas" for more vandalism ... it's the same sort of thing.
60 posted on 10/18/2005 8:47:37 AM PDT by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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