Guys wearing eyeliner with long, spiked hair and facial pircings.
In Grade Eight.
In Lethbridge.
Of all places.
(I would love to see the art/music/writing those students produce...)
This sparked a very interesting conversation over at my table today, about awareness of cliques and how students make themselves part of a certain crowd by looking a certain way.
I would love to do a CTS textiles unit with this theme. Also discuss the un-brand with silkscreening, deconstruction and personalization of a t-shirt, and class performance/experiment where everyone dresses differently than they normally do and experiences a set amount of time.
Begin by discussing school uniforms, that will have students talking.
'I don't like the idea of uniforms.'
'But you're wearing one right now.'
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OoOOOhhh... I like that. "But you're wearing one right now." Niiiice.... gets people thinking. I wonder who that would hit harder, those that are dressing to conform, or those who are not, but are now questioning if they are...
Great idea for a life changing lesson....
Re "but you're wearing one now". A colleague of mine talks about a time when some signing group came to his school but he was contemptuous towards them because it was a group that had church backing and they all wore the same troupe T-Shirt and slacks etc. After the concert they asked who would be interested in singing with them and he said, "I couldn't wear the uniform, man!" To which the lead singer made that response, "but you are now -- you're all dressed in jeans" and it was a total revelation for my friend, changed the way he saw everything from then on...
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