BY FRANKIE VANSICKLE, STAFF WRITER
Does anyone else feel like they could not wear anything in high school, but they could care less when they got to college? All throughout high school, we always had to hear about what we could and could not wear. Then when you get to college, it is like that idea/concept right out the window. Why is this such an issue from such an early age? Does it have anything to do with who the administration is, or does it directly involve the teachers or board that had a major impact on the school?
In my whole college career, I have had only one professor say something to me about what I was wearing. What I was wearing was a minuscule item, but per the department, I am not allowed to wear this item. It was only a hat. Other than that, no one has ever said anything about what I wore to class. What are the policies that even make these ridiculous rules about what we can and what we cannot wear?
One of the things this made me think of was the professionalism that we are embarking on when we get into college. When we first came in as first-year students, personally, I tried a lot to look nice most of the time to give off a good impression to the professors and my fellow peers. Over the years of college, that ideal has just dwindled upon me. When you have an 8:30 a.m. class every semester and must get up super early because you walk to class, you lose all your morals and decide to look like a bum. I can barely get up in the morning, let alone function enough to think of something nice to wear.
This was me for my sophomore and junior year. I did not care too much about what others thought of me and what I looked like. I switched majors into my junior year, and towards the end, I backed towards the ideal of dressing up. Now looking back, I feel like I should have continued this idea of trying to look nice.
It is about professionalism now, looking more into it. They want us to be prepared for what we are going to be doing for the rest of our lives. This means being a professional in your field and looking at that part. Going to college is all about getting your life together and getting prepared for what you are going to be doing in your career. You are getting the knowledge to know what you should be doing in your job field. I think dressing a certain part sometimes is the knowledge of knowing what you should be doing and what you should not be doing.
Looking back, I sometimes understand that dress code. In other instances, what is the point of it? Let us wear what we want, but also depending on what you are going to be, just be careful.
