Friday, October 5, 2012

dress code

it was a dress-down day today

no one warned me what happens to young men when,
(accustomed to wearing a coat and tie to school)

they are free to wear jeans on the last day,
of a an extremely long week

did i mention that i taught a double period?
80 minute class

did i mention that it's friday?

just yesterday i was saying how silly i found our dress code to be

and today i ate my words whole

looking forward to a monday with boys growing into men,
sedated by their jackets and ties.

2 comments:

daleboca said...

don't you have monday off? yes, i love having a uniform and it gives me a visual and literal headache when the kids are dressed down, their wildness revs up!

Carmen said...

we have school monday :(
apparently when the jewish holidays fall on weekdays and we miss school, they take back columbus day
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