Tipping the Balance

Now, I go to the University of Texas. I can comfortably tell people that knowing that the Uni is so big that the odds of finding me are still small.

That's one of the issues that arises when it comes to college fashion...College fashion...is there such a thing? Or is fashion for after college? Now the University of Texas is one of the largest campuses in the nation, so the norm that comes from this is the consistent jeans and t-shirt uniform - whatever happens to go with sneakers. A healthy life-style recommends 30 minutes of activity (it can be interrupted), my classes are so far apart that I get that 30 minutes while I'm at school with some mild weight training that I call "carrying around my backpack." Because of all of this, school life limits displays of my personal style. Dressing nicer actually is a sacrifice on my feet.

I am also a science major. Lab protocol dictates that we have to be covered and definitely pushes students in the direction of jeans, t-shirts, and sneakers. While I know that there are nicer versions of pants, t-shirts, and sneakers - lab students don't wear lab coats, so there is the possibility of spilling nitric acid or sodium hydroxide on your nice clothes.

Summing it all, no one really wants to ruin their nice clothes. It's not necessarily that nice clothes = good style, but I do wish I could dress better for school sometimes. When I see people take fashion risks and more often fail than succeed, I feel I could pull off my risks better, but I feel that I'm in no position to judge, I'm wearing jeans and a t-shirt just like 98% of the campus. There are definitely some days that dressing good harder. I'm just not in a situation where I can make a statement everyday. Can circumstance justify that?

I don't think people should feel bad in the situations where it's a matter of want vs. capability.