You know, when I went in to teaching, I knew I'd have to deal with some odd things. Like on my first day of my first year of teaching, a boy sharted his pants after eating taco salad. Or the time I broke up a fight in the hallway and had enough weave on my sweater to make a Barbie wig.
But I don't think much prepared me for the newest fashion craze our boys have gone through. For the most part, they all wear shorts or pants, a t-shirt or polo, and some Sperrys or tennis shoes. We have one or two boys who like to sag their pants, but that's not really a big thing around here anymore.
And then one day, a kid walked in to my class wearing the male equivalent of daisy dukes. I didn't know what to think. Did his dad recently pass away and he was wearing a pair of his old shorts? Did his family lose their house in a fire and that's all Goodwill had in his size? I couldn't wrap my brain around the fact that an 8th grade boy would actually choose to wear salmon colored short shorts. Shorts so short, I'm pretty sure they break the 5" dress code rule.
Allow me to show you what our boys are wearing...Chubbies.
Seriously, what in the world? I think what makes it the most awkward and hilarious (to laugh at, not with), is these scrawny leg boys hiking up their shorys and doing the Captain Morgan to girls. And, bless them, these girls have 4 more years of school with these little dorks - and then 4 years of college. Can you believe I actually overheard a group of 5 thirteen year old boys coordinating what color Chubbies they are going to wear tomorrow?
And more weird boys wearing Chubbies for your viewing
HA seriously? I live a block from the jr high I"ll have to check out what interesting things they are wearing next time I walk by during recess
ReplyDeleteThat is hilarious. Bless those poor girls that are stuck with those boys through high school. They are going to look back at this fad and be humiliated!
ReplyDeleteWow. Those are beyond awful!! Fashion sometimes blows my mind, and not in a good way.
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness, this makes me so happy the school I work at has a uniform/dress code, because I KNOW my kids would be doing the same thing!
ReplyDeleteUM, what?!?! Thank goodness this craze has not come to my school yet. Holy moly.
ReplyDeleteThose are ridiculous!! Although I really don't understand their fascination with those tall socks. I hate my socks showing!!
ReplyDeleteThat's hilarious! I'll never understand why boys would dress like that.
ReplyDeleteOh my word!! You'd think that they raided a woman's closet to get those!!
ReplyDeleteChubbies are so trendy!! It's all about color right now. Of course any man with "bird legs" really should go with a board short. Capris need to be thrown out with those long socks!! Gross. And come on ladies!! At least we aren't seeing these boys' underwear or what nots!! Remember Magnum PI? I feel a fitted polo, a pair of shorts (solid print) and a pair of keds would give it a nice preppy look and nostalgia of the mid 80s to early 90s.
ReplyDeleteOh no doubt! It's more the black socks with a hoodie look, and hiking them up to show off white thighs that looks atrocious! An oxford or polo, shorts, and topsiders looks great.
ReplyDeleteWearing socks with sperrys. NF.
ReplyDeleteLol you noobs wearing socks with Chubbies, Oxfords, and Sperry's. They're all over the west coast and in Florida. I'm in PA and I'm waiting for them to catch on. You can't tell me that baggy and saggy cargo shorts with saddle bags for pockets are trendy.
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