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fandomhigh2011-02-04 07:23 am
whitedeathpod.livejournal.com) wrote in fandomhigh2011-02-04 07:23 am
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Pop Culture 101 | Friday | Period 2
Class was being held in a classroom today but the students would probably notice a wardrobe and a trunk at the front of the room. These would be needed later. And John was already grinning so maybe that would give them a clue as to what he was hiding.
"Today, we're going to talk about something very important to the lives of most teenagers. Clothing. I'm not gonna bother explaining what clothing is because you all should know. No one's naked in here, after all."
Thank goodness.
"What I am going to explain is that, every generation, certain pieces of clothing explode in popularity for one reason or another. Sometimes it's because a celebrity wears them and everyone wants to emulate that celebrity. Sometimes it's because it's a big 'eff you' to everyone in authority and sometimes it's peer pressure or to be outside of social norms. With clothing fads, it doesn't even matter if what you're wearing is nice or not. You wear it to be cool. You wear it because everyone else is wearing it and if you don't, you're gonna get stink eyed to hell and back. When one person starts a trend, people follow. That's just natural, it's just human nature. Of course, you're always going to have those people that don't follow, that walk to their own beat but that's true of almost every situation."
John grinned again and clapped his hands together. "Today, we're going to look at some different clothing fads. You all are going to be assigned a different fad for which I've got the matching piece of clothing up here. Your assignment? Put the piece of clothing on and wear it for the entire day. I'm not gonna be hunting you down to see if you do it but I will be asking you to report back next week. So, ready for your assigned piece of clothing? Let's get started."
"Today, we're going to talk about something very important to the lives of most teenagers. Clothing. I'm not gonna bother explaining what clothing is because you all should know. No one's naked in here, after all."
Thank goodness.
"What I am going to explain is that, every generation, certain pieces of clothing explode in popularity for one reason or another. Sometimes it's because a celebrity wears them and everyone wants to emulate that celebrity. Sometimes it's because it's a big 'eff you' to everyone in authority and sometimes it's peer pressure or to be outside of social norms. With clothing fads, it doesn't even matter if what you're wearing is nice or not. You wear it to be cool. You wear it because everyone else is wearing it and if you don't, you're gonna get stink eyed to hell and back. When one person starts a trend, people follow. That's just natural, it's just human nature. Of course, you're always going to have those people that don't follow, that walk to their own beat but that's true of almost every situation."
John grinned again and clapped his hands together. "Today, we're going to look at some different clothing fads. You all are going to be assigned a different fad for which I've got the matching piece of clothing up here. Your assignment? Put the piece of clothing on and wear it for the entire day. I'm not gonna be hunting you down to see if you do it but I will be asking you to report back next week. So, ready for your assigned piece of clothing? Let's get started."
Re: Activity | Clothing Fads [PC 02/04]
"Why did this go out of style?" she wondered out loud.