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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: exile

Now I did work at in a high-tech start-up business where the young folks worked 24/7 and slept over. Next morning it was nothing to come into work, walk down the hall, and pass some computer geek with a Breath Rite strip on his nose!


61 posted on 10/18/2005 8:48:03 AM PDT by peacebaby (Wasting my time standing in the waiting line.)
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To: SaveTheChief
My dad always said "dress for success".

We wore uniforms at my school.

I would rebel in the ways I could (ie paisley or striped tights) LOL

62 posted on 10/18/2005 8:48:46 AM PDT by mosquitobite (What we permit; we promote. ~ Mark Sanford for President!)
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To: bonfire

When I go to church, I frequently wear a pants suit. All of my pants suits are custom made and cost more than most laptop computers. I think it's the type of pants worn; not the fact that pants themselves are worn.


63 posted on 10/18/2005 8:49:21 AM PDT by piperpilot
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To: ItsOurTimeNow
On a side note, when I went to Mass this Sunday my 6 year old daughter was walking with my family to the Church she said "God has a BIG house!" and I chuckled and another couple chuckled as well.

I quickly thought afterwords: "Jesus said to them, "Yes; and have you never read the text, 'Out of the mouths of infants and nurslings you have brought forth praise'?" - Matthew 21:16

64 posted on 10/18/2005 8:49:59 AM PDT by frogjerk (LIBERALISM - Being miserable for no good reason)
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To: TX Bluebonnet

65 posted on 10/18/2005 8:50:26 AM PDT by TX Bluebonnet
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To: MineralMan

True, but the start of a lackadaisical attitude toward how to dress goes back to the boomers and has progressively worsened


66 posted on 10/18/2005 8:50:35 AM PDT by NRA1995 (When liberals speak I hear the Vonage music playing.....woo-hoo, woo-hoo-hoo....)
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To: Rightly Biased

It was a nervous twitch...

It was a nervous twitch...

It was a nervous twitch...


67 posted on 10/18/2005 8:50:59 AM PDT by T.Smith
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To: T Minus Four

68 posted on 10/18/2005 8:51:28 AM PDT by LongElegantLegs (Yarn-ho.)
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To: peacebaby

My office used to get pretty underdressed as the tax deadline approached. Shoes off, and sometimes people had pillows so they could put their heads on the desk for an hour. The important thing was being there!

During my first pregnancy, I had a horrible skin rash for a couple of weeks, and simply couldn't wear decent clothes. My boss said it was better to be there in my bathrobe than to stay home! I went to work at 5:00 a.m., and they passed files to me over the partition!


69 posted on 10/18/2005 8:52:33 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: T Minus Four

< 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. >

But the point is they shouldn't be wearing those either. Rules and regs have been too relaxed. There is a lot to be said for learning discipline. Getting out of bed on a schedule and arriving somewhere on time and properly attired is part of what school should be accomplishing.


70 posted on 10/18/2005 8:52:58 AM PDT by GOP_Proud (Those who preach tolerance most, have the least for my views.)
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To: GianniV

Recently a young woman wore flip flops to the White House to meet President Bush. Her picture was on tv and FR.


71 posted on 10/18/2005 8:53:19 AM PDT by LucyT ("You may not be able to change the world, but at least you can embarrass the guilty" Jessica Mitford)
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To: mosquitobite
I would rebel in the ways I could (ie paisley or striped tights) LOL

Ooooh. What a rabble rouser. :-P

72 posted on 10/18/2005 8:53:28 AM PDT by SaveTheChief ("I can't wait until I'm old enough to feel ways about stuff." - Phillip J. Fry)
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To: LongElegantLegs

'zactly


73 posted on 10/18/2005 8:53:47 AM PDT by T Minus Four (Some assembly required.)
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To: Tax-chick

that's funny, Tax-chick! I'm sure you took the rollers out of your hair.. .:~)


74 posted on 10/18/2005 8:54:32 AM PDT by peacebaby (Wasting my time standing in the waiting line.)
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To: Millee

This is old news. It's been happening for at least 6 years.

The kids in her school wore them when my college senior was in high school.


75 posted on 10/18/2005 8:54:35 AM PDT by It's me
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To: TX Bluebonnet
Pajamas, huh? Wonder who may have given them that idea?


76 posted on 10/18/2005 8:54:49 AM PDT by Michael.SF. ('That was the gift the president gave us, the gift of happiness, of being together,' Cindy Sheehan")
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To: frogjerk

LOL...how precious! Reminds me of when my daughter went up to our Pastor after the service and said, "Wow - you sure do know a lot about God!"


77 posted on 10/18/2005 8:54:54 AM PDT by ItsOurTimeNow ("Heart of my own heart, whatever befall")
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To: TCats
"There are worse things a kid could wear to school," said Ross Lunceford, principal of Hillcrest Elementary School in Ogden.

Not the type of "thinking" I want for my children...

78 posted on 10/18/2005 8:55:17 AM PDT by teawithmisswilliams (Question Diversity)
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To: GOP_Proud
But the point is they shouldn't be wearing those either

That's why I send mine to private school.

79 posted on 10/18/2005 8:55:41 AM PDT by T Minus Four (Some assembly required.)
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To: nmh
Next we'll be having adults wearing them to work!
I actually saw this in China. It was fashionable in some neighborhoods for adults to run out to the store in their jammies. Made me want to hurl. It can really be a disgusting sight.
80 posted on 10/18/2005 8:55:42 AM PDT by samtheman
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