Forbidden to wear a kilt for Nostalgia Day

[macwilkin]

A word of caution about using the "non-Scottish" tartans arguement: Remember that while there are many "non-Scottish" tartans available to many states, provinces, nationalities, etc., the majority of them do have some tie to and/or symbolism of Scotland -- many were designed by Scottish expats, people of Scottish heritage, various Scottish heritage groups, or based on a Scottish tartan -- for example, the "Dutch Mackay" tartan is based on the Mackay tartan, since that clan provided mercenaries who fought for the Dutch Republic in the Thirty Year's War, and a MacKay was Prince Minister of the Netherlands in the 19th century.

Now, please don't get me wrong -- I'm not saying that non-Scots are incorrect in wearing tartan -- far from it. All I'm saying that even "non-Scottish" tartans usually (but not always) have some connection to Scotland.

Regards,

Todd

[Alan H]

Nate from Atlanta....

THANK YOU.

[Juggalotus]

Alan, nice put together of the slide outline.

One thing that could be done though is print-outs and overhead slides if he can't get access to a laptop and projector. I'd be surprised if there was a high-school out there that didn't still have an overhead projector available. Its not the best solution, but is much better than doing nothing.

[The Supreme Canuck]

All I'm saying that even "non-Scottish" tartans usually (but not always) have some connection to Scotland.

Well, that's the point, isn't it? The kilt itself has a very strong link to Scotland. That doesn't make it exclusively Scottish. Same goes for tartans.

[Caradoc]

Well, that's the point, isn't it? The kilt itself has a very strong link to Scotland. That doesn't make it exclusively Scottish. Same goes for tartans.

I'm going to have to disagree, there.

What other cultures would you associate with the box-pleated or knife-pleated tartan garment that is commonly referred to as a "kilt?"

I'll grant that some similar garments can be found in other cultures, but the specific combination of tartan and male unbifurcated garment (kilt) is historically associated solely with Scotland, the recent (relatively) assimilation of the garment into Irish and Welsh cultures notwithstanding.

[Prester John]

Prester John's wife here (Mother of Kilted Mohwawk Warrior - his PREFERRED nickname on-line ),
I am overwhelmed by everyone's support! I e-mailed the VP yesterday to express my dissapointment for his lack of knowledge and his poorly given excuses. I have yet to hear a respone from him. I did give him this web site address so that he could educate himself a bit more about the wearin' of the kilt. As for the Powerpoint presentation - I really appreciate all the advise. Prester John has a Laptop so it should be easy to put together a great presentation.
Since hind-site is 20/20, I guess that the boys should have just worn their kilts and not asked for permisson ahead of time. However, both Prester John and I were concerned that there would be trouble from the school because of all the other stories told by kilted young men in other states. So we thought that the better course of action would be to clear it with the Principle first. We had not expected such an incredibly stupid response, but we were prepared for a negative one. As Kizmet has stated,this is only a first foray, minor shots have been fired but we expect to win the day in the end!

[macwilkin]

Well, that's the point, isn't it? The kilt itself has a very strong link to Scotland. That doesn't make it exclusively Scottish. Same goes for tartans.

Please don't take offense at what I was saying, sir. I always offering was the opinion that one cannot totally detach the traditional kilt, or tartan, for that matter, from Scotland.

Regards,

Todd

[Alan H]

BTW, that PowerPoint outline is just *MY IDEA* of how I might go about organizing such a thing. I'm sure the kilted lads will devise something that makes perfect sense.

I would suggest keeping in mind my general PowerPoint guidelines, though. You'll only have ten minutes if that, so keep it short, direct, picture-rich and text-slim. Don't drown them with words on the screen, put the bullet point words on your slides, or just label the pictures and TELL them what you need to tell them.

If the Board Room doesn't have an LCD projector, then make colored-print handouts of the PowerPoint slides rather than using an old-style overhead transparency projector. Have a few extra handouts, eh?

D'Argo and Kilted Mohawk Warrior if you've never used PowerPoint before, then have a copy running and use this tutorial while you make some pratice slides....

http://einstein.cs.uri.edu/tutorials...point/ppt.html

There are many other free PowerPoint tutorials and guides on the web, just look around and you'll find 'em.

[bubba]

Sadly, it's been my experience that school administrators in general, vice principals and principals in particular, don't deserve the title "Educator" as they seem fairly uneducated in much besides trying to maintain the staus quo and enforcing conformity. I'm sure there are exceptions to this, but I've yet to actually see one.

[Caradoc]

Sadly, it's been my experience that school administrators in general, vice principals and principals in particular, don't deserve the title "Educator" as they seem fairly uneducated in much besides trying to maintain the staus quo and enforcing conformity. I'm sure there are exceptions to this, but I've yet to actually see one.

God made the Idiot for practice, and then He made the School Board.

'Nuff said.