Awkward Pajamas

Usually, my awkward pajama stage is when I'm at a point in my cycle where I desperately need to do laundry but for some reason or another - in this case, I'm lacking 6 quarters - I can't. It's gets to a point where I wear these awkward pajamas that my mom gets me for Christmas' and birthdays.

Luckily for me, I can only wear upwards of semi professional wear due to Student Teaching. The stuff is finally getting some use.

Ah ha

I look at this blog quite frequently wondering when I'll have time for a good full blown update. I've started student teaching, so almost every day is a rather busy new adventure. I wish I had the time to update this more often.

My summer eBay auctions never really came to fruition. I also decided to keep one dress and alter it. I find myself becoming less and less fond of the trend of high-waisted short skirts. I feel the evolution of modern trends has inadvertently made me somewhat of an old conservative fogey when it comes to fashion. Oh well, I'm sure it'll pass over. At least I hope so, I feel that despite my being vertically challenged, I'm much too old for such a trend. I'll be hitting the big 2-4 this October.

This is what has been going on as of late:

Student teaching
Buying a lot of T-shirts
I finally got a pair of Nike Dunks
I want to sew my dress

I'll try to have pictures of my shoes up. T-shirts normally are not my thing, but gradually, I'm becoming more and more fond of them. It just depends on why I get them. I'll try to have posts following each of the topics. Particularly the student teaching one since apparently it's becoming a mix of faux pas and successes.

Ciao! naptime

Those boots were made for walkin'...(smirk)

In my teaching classes, there is one teacher who was recruited from the city school district. She knows how to effortlessly pull off the "Teacherly appropriate awesomely cute" look. I'll admit, I get jealous. I walk the fine line of looking good, but effortless? It's hard.

This teacher has got the body for it too. She's slender, but also fairly tall. I am stubby with a high calf to ankle ratio - upside down bowling pins essentially.

I couldn't help but smirk when I saw her in the morning. It's been cold lately and she wore a pencil skirt with boots - that were too loose around the calves. Boots worn with a skirt should be fitted around the calves or else you lose any long lines and you look like you're walking in buckets. In all honesty, I'm sure not many people noticed, but it's nice to see a faux pas on someone like that once in a while.

Dress like you mean it

I hear that when it comes to being a teacher dress is a sensitive subject. We definitely have to keep our wardrobe in line because our clothing choices affect the students ability to respect us, take us seriously, and it may also become the topic of some non-flattering conversation. That's too much to contend with in the classroom and we haven't touched on curriculum.

In talking with a few acquaintances of mine, I discovered that they were both teachers and they, upon discovering that I was studying to be a teacher, just delved in and gave me the straight talk on how to go about social order in the classroom. Don't smile, don't try to be their friends, when you walk in - mean business. I don't know if I'm taking it to an extreme, but I thought for the first few weeks in school, I would wear nothing but black. It'll put the many various pairs of black trousers I bought to use. I'll also be quiet and expressionless.

I tend to have an expressionless look on my face most of the time. Oddly enough, when I try to smile, I look mad angry. I'm a fairly quiet person.

I recently started my Analytical Chemistry lab and my TA came in wearing a lab coat. I was extremely intimidated. suppose it shows that I'm not above any high school mentality to judge someone by their clothes. When I told him that, he said not to worry, he's a nice guy, just quiet. I've been working on my aura of intimidation for a while - turns out, all I need is a lab coat.