No Kilts Allowed?

[CDNSushi]

Grew up in a small business family, and have seen hand written contracts and such, though.

Nothing wrong with that. Handwritten contracts are valid. Even an oral contact can be a legal contact... It's just that there exist some very compelling reasons why it's a good idea for contracts to be drawn up in a manner that's a bit more watertight... But you do what you gotta do.

Even now, I'm organizing a ski & snowboard trip for a group of people, all of whom I'd consider very close FRIENDS, and yet -- I've drawn up a form of contract by which I'm taking deposits as a form of commitment in promise of accommodations and transportation to and from the venue. Why? Because if anyone bailed I'd be out a lot of money -- and I value my friendships too much to allow hard feelings over financial loss to come in the way.

Anyway, this is WAYYY off topic... So just to reel things in a little bit, I'll add my two bits here and say that by the wording of the contract shown here, I get the impression, based on the fact that contact information for the administrators is provided, that exceptions and deviations from the rules are expected, and provision has been made for their consideration. Seems that communication with the admin is more important than the document itself.

As such, I would refuse to get worked up about an imaginary argument or fight until such time as an actual "no" answer is given. Sometimes we get so caught up imagining the fight that we'll have to face, that we are shocked to the point of disbelief when a "yes" answer is rendered instead. I'd try to remain optimistic.

In the mean time, as an additional voice of encouragement, I cannot say that I'm in the United States, but for what it's worth, as McNulty, I have attended my students' graduation ceremony as kilted faculty. In Japan, it's a very formal affair, and if I were a homeroom teacher to the graduation students, I'd be expected to wear a white bowtie and tails. For non-homeroom faculty, jet black formal suit (the one they normally wear only to weddings and funerals) and white necktie are appropriate. I arrived wearing kilt, grey Argyll and white tie, and no one (least of whom, me) felt that I looked out-of-place.

The thread with grad photos is here: http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f...-2010-a-57588/