Pet Peeve #2: School Attire

This is a rant in it's purest form.

Seriously, maybe I'm just a bum and I hate dressing nicely for school, but there's something about dressing up for school that I really don't understand.

Personally, I default to sweats or yoga pants in the morning when I'm getting ready for school. But then I see girls who look like they were just blasted out of Pretty Little Liars, and I just cannot help but wonder if they are actually trying to make me feel badly about rocking my Roots sweat pants on a regular basis...

Especially when I was in high school, girls who came to school decked out in their nicest jeans and chiffon shirts really confused me. What I found most mind boggling was when they wore heels. (Why would you do that to yourself?)

My high school required students to wear a uniform which wasn't the most comfortable outfit in the world, and so on the few days during the school year when we were permitted to wear our own clothes, I usually opted for something comfier. Maybe jeans if I felt really fancy for whatever reason.

I'm not against dressing nicely, I just struggle to understand the logic behind dressing up for one day when you're only going to see the same people you see every day. There's no one to impress and they'll see you on your bad day later that month, so why try so hard?

You're at school to learn and I find it pretty hard to concentrate if I'm being constrained by my leather jacket and my feet kill from the three inch boots I decided to wear that day.

Once I got to university, there were still people who wanted to look fierce every time they came to class. I found that even more confusing considering you're only at school for maybe three hours to sit in your lecture, and then go home.

If I had it my way, I would roll out of bed, go to class, and go back to bed. But that's not how it works so I'd like to be presentable.

There is a happy medium between homeless and a Kardashian, and I feel like we should all try to put ourselves somewhere in the middle.

I don't want to go to school and feel like I just lost Project Runway when picking out my outfit that morning. In no way am I saying you shouldn't take pride in your appearance, I'm just saying some people need to chill. You don't need to be dressed to the nines like you're ready for the bar.

Some people do have presentations, and I understand you may look nicer on a certain day because of that. However, on other days, if I feel uncomfortable just by looking at you, you're doing it wrong.

Maybe I don't take enough pride in my appearance, or maybe I'm just lazy, probably the latter. I just think it's okay to chill out for school. Save your fancy swag for a night out or something, rock sweats like it's your day job, because if you're a student like I am, then it probably is.

The only potential problem would be casual Fridays...