Challenging the Status Quo
Over the weekend, I had a little time to do some reading of past issues of The Washington Times. One article in particular, by Suzanne Fields from the Dec. 5, 2005 edition, was especially poignant.
Fields was talking about college students and college life and how things have digressed in the last 50 years. I thought this quote was so thought-provoking:
How refreshing that a handful of young people out there like my brother actually prefer nice-looking clothes to the current faddish sloppy fare. If only more young people would challenge the status quo!
Fields was talking about college students and college life and how things have digressed in the last 50 years. I thought this quote was so thought-provoking:
"[Today's college students] pride themselves on challenging the status quo, which is difficult since it's almost impossible to find a quo to challenge. The only authentic challenge to status quo might be dressing modestly, in clean clothes and leather shoes, dancing to a waltz, and sipping Earl Grey from a china cup..."Yesterday, I was talking to my almost 16-year-old brother on the phone and he was recounting to me how my parents had taken him out to buy some new clothes this past week. It had been awhile since he had been clothes-shopping and he told me he was shocked that it was next to impossible to find any clothes his size which weren't ripped, tattered, torn, holey, or faded. He said, "When I buy something new, I want it to look new."
How refreshing that a handful of young people out there like my brother actually prefer nice-looking clothes to the current faddish sloppy fare. If only more young people would challenge the status quo!
posted by Crystal Paine at 3:57 PM
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Haha That reminds me of this funny line a friend of mine once said, "I want a pair of shorts not denim underwear!."
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!! What a breath of fresh air!!!!!! Do these young men and women (in the true sense of the word) know the blessings they bestowe - even upon those who don't even know them???
It encourages me to the depths of my soul.
It is most alarming when your cousins go out and buy a new hat, bring it home and 'rough it up' with a knife. I honestly don't understand why someone wants to spend 40+ on a pair of faded, ripped up jeans. How far we've slidden.
That's why I'm making my clothes now.
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