Dreaded School Uniform

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The “Dreaded” School Uniform Being educated in Catholic schools for most of my life, I have become accustomed to the much hated school uniform. The stiff when new plaid skirts. The annoying button down shirts that are exceedingly easy to miss button at six in the morning. The winter uniform sweaters that cook you alive when it is a little hot in the classroom. The knee sock that will not stay up unless you glue them to yourself. And finally, shoes to complete your lovely ensemble, too bad your choice of school shoes has more restrictions than the TSA guidelines. But, as infuriating as the uniform is, I have come to appreciate it, and as outlandish as it may sound, it as influenced my view on people. However, I did not always appreciate wearing …show more content…
There were as many people in my Freshmen class as there were in my whole grade school, and I did not know what to do. Previously, outside of school, I tended to associate with people who dressed similar to myself, but now, knowing no one, when I looked around I did not know which clique was which, so I took a chance during my sixth period Honors English class. I decided to talk to a girl who sat in the front row of my class. When I got to know her, she was one of the friendliest people I had ever met, but she was not the type of person would have normally interacted with. Bailee was the type of preppy person that I used to avoid, always full of energy and smiling all the time. Before I met Bailee, I just assumed that all preppy people were phony, that they just put up an act to be popular, but I was wrong. My prior notions were further proved to be false on Bethlehem Catholic’s first casual day. To my surprise, most of the friends I had made over the past week were preppy, and unlike me, their wardrobes contained more than just black t-shirts. Furthermore, ironically, the friends that I chose previously by appearance, because I thought we would have a lot in common, we no longer

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