My son went to school today in his Gordon kilt !

[puddlemuddle]

Very cool indeed.



I think the scare quotes there are very much necessary. Speaking as someone not too far removed from high school, a lot of the "be yourself"ers are really just doing as all their friends do, shopping at Hot Topic and listening to music that, while not officially Top40, just as commercial and schmaltzy.

A kilt however, is rare enough to truly be individualistic. One of my favorite things to do while kilted is walk up "punk"/emo/hipster/scene kids, look them up and down, and then just say "conformist" as I walk away. Blows their minds.

jim

Your probablly right on that aspect...remember I've been out of high school for 14 years..so when I was there it was the "punk" kind that were the individuals making a statement, I can totally see how that has become mainstream!
Chad

[meinfs]

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A kilt however, is rare enough to truly be individualistic. One of my favorite things to do while kilted is walk up "punk"/emo/hipster/scene kids, look them up and down, and then just say "conformist" as I walk away. Blows their minds.

jim

Yelling "conformist" to punk kids --- that's exactly what CDNsushi said in another post not too long ago.


Congrats Howard and son for a successful outing!

[svc40bt]

Kudos to Ben, and congratulations to you Howard, both for a great kilted day, and a for raising a fine young man.

[O'Callaghan]

I spotted that my son's online avatar was wearing a virtual kilt, but he shows no inclination to wear one in real life.

[Earl D]

. . . . Especially nowadays, I think its even more the trend to "be yourself" and not conform to everyone else's standards...

Cheers,
Chad

When I have the oppurtunity to minister to youth groups, one of the themes I talk on is "Transform. . . don't conform". It's amazing how many kids think that they are following their own lead while still "running with the herd."

Good for your son wanting to go kilted. My youngest said that he would but wants to quit growing first before he gets a kilt. At 16 he's still growing and is already 6'4 and wears a size 14 shoe.

[GMan]

Good for him!

[piperdbh]

As a high school teacher, please pass along my kudos to your son for being man enough to be hiw own man.

It's getting late in the day, but I'd encourage you to wear a different tartan to the conference. This will probably lead to a discussion of different tartans, and that will lead to either you or him or both of you giving a presentation on tartans, which will lead into Scottish history, which will lead into Burns and Scott, and by then you've presented in art, history/social studies, and English/language arts classes, and then another school will hear about you and want you to come speak to their kids. Trust me, I've done it before, and that's how it happens.

Keep us posted on how it goes this afternoon.

[Phogfan86]

...This will probably lead to a discussion of different tartans, and that will lead to either you or him or both of you giving a presentation on tartans, which will lead into Scottish history, which will lead into Burns and Scott, and by then you've presented in art, history/social studies, and English/language arts classes, and then another school will hear about you and want you to come speak to their kids...

And then you bring piperdbh into music class as a guest speaker...

[puddlemuddle]

Oh yeah..Just a head's up..I would wear a different tartan....wearing the same garment as your dad...ok...wearing the EXACT garment that your dad is...maybe a little over the top. Know what I mean?
Cheers,
Chad

[Livingston]

I don't see Iowa THAT bad for wearing a kilt. Of course, I moved from there back in 1992 before I started wearing kilts. I'll have to remember to bring mine with me the next time we're back to visit the grandkids in Grimes. And THAT depends on when I get a new job.