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Black Jeans
I have watched people become more and more casual in the way they dress over the past ten years. It is amazing to me how little people think about what they are wearing. When I was growing up we still had very strict dress codes in school. Jeans were not allowed except for one Friday afternoon a month. Now kids and teachers wear jeans, shorts t-shirts and sweats to classes. My son came home complaining that they had to dress up for the choir concert. I was glad to hear that the choir director was going to require the students to dress up. When my son handed me the written requirements I realized that things were still going to be casual. For the concert the choir members had to wear black on the bottom and white on the top. Girls could wear either skirts or pants. No shorts were allowed. Black jeans were permitted as long as they were not faded.
I took my son clothes shopping. He wanted to buy black jeans for the concert. I told him that I wanted him in dress pants instead. He said that he would get more wear out of black jeans than he would out of dress pants. I explained that then he would have a nice pair of pants to wear for church on Sundays and also for the Christmas holiday that was coming up. He tried on several pairs of black pants before he found a pair that he liked. He also bought a button down white shirt in a soft fabric. When we arrived home he went to put the outfit on to show his dad. It was amazing how much taller he stood and how he carried himself when he had the dress clothes on. You could tell he felt good about how he looked in his dress clothes.
On the evening of the concert we went early in order to get good seats. I noticed several of the students walking in. Many of them had black jeans and white t-shirts on. They had followed the guidelines however they looked as casual as they do everyday in school. My son came over to ask me a question and then went back stage. The woman I was sitting next to commented on how nice he looked. She stated that her son would only let her buy him black jeans. She asked how I got my son to wear dress pants. I explained that I gave him no choice. I was paying for the pants and I did not want to buy him a pair of black jeans. I also mentioned that I could tell that wearing the dressy clothes made him feel good about himself.
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