tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post3624964187281333761..comments2024-03-27T08:40:31.785-06:00Comments on Clayton Cramer.: Instapundit Calls This A Sign of "Civilizational Decline."Clayton Cramerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03258083387204776812noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-91404536282335301622015-09-29T20:02:00.123-06:002015-09-29T20:02:00.123-06:00I graduated high school in 1970, and the school ha...I graduated high school in 1970, and the school had a fairly strict dress code. Shirts with collars, no jeans, no tennis shoes, short hair, no facial hair, girls had to wear dresses or skirts. Everyone looked pretty much alike. (The local Catholic schools had uniforms.) No provocative or revealing clothing at any school, and no obvious jewelry. The vice principal's word was law, and he had the authority to hit you, if needed.<br /><br />The following year, the dress code was dropped. Holy cow! I had to visit to get some paperwork, and was stunned. The girls wore anything from Daisy Duke cutoffs with t-shirts, to nightclubbing outfits. One of the benefits of the dress code was it minimized the effect of family money on clothing choices. There was a very wide range of income in that township, and the rich girls mostly flaunted it. I'm sure it became a very distracting atmosphere to the kids, after that change. This was in PA, a suburb of Philly.<br /><br />That was a very good example of a bad decision of the school district. Student discipline went to hell, I was told. At the time, I was wondering why it couldn't have happened sooner, while I was still in school. As an adult, though, the downsides became obvious.<br /><br />My conclusion later on became the thought that "The Greatest Generation", wasn't so great after all. They took their eye off the ball, and allowed our nation to quickly head for the cliff that we will drop off within our lifetime. Too many thought winning the war was enough effort, and the world would take care of itself afterward.<br />They were just going to focus on making a living, and raising a family. You can look around, and see the fallacy of that sort of thinking. <br />Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722792638246578812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-19366485504524202612015-09-27T14:42:41.864-06:002015-09-27T14:42:41.864-06:00My friend is a school speech pathologist. She said...My friend is a school speech pathologist. She said the girls in the sixth grade -- that's sixth grade -- always wear tight stretchy blouses with their iPhone stuck in the bra so that the tip is sticking out. She told one of her clients that she really shouldn't dress like that, the student told her parents, and ... Well, there was a lot of talk about American Taliban. asdfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270615751004712276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-67376056537479866842015-09-27T05:14:37.131-06:002015-09-27T05:14:37.131-06:00It's a miracle the school didn't punish th...It's a miracle the school didn't punish the blind kidAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com