There is no official dress code at Georgia Highlands College. However, that does not mean students should dress as if there is no dress code. College is neither a pajama party nor an unsupervised high school prom.
Imagine if your future employer came to Georgia Highlands looking for new employees for your dream job.
You happen to be wearing your slouchiest pair of sweatpants and that T-shirt you’ve had since the seventh grade with the hole in the armpit and the obscene saying on the front.
Or you might be wearing that super short mini skirt that looks like a bedazzler threw up on it and that skin tight tube top that doesn’t quite cover your midriff.
Would the future employer notice you? Probably, but he or she most likely would not take you seriously enough to hire you for your dream job.
Dressing like you don’t care about your education is the first step to actually not caring about your education. Don’t set yourself up for failure; and remember, dress for the job you want, not the job you have.
I find this rather vacuous because it assumes that every student is pursuing his or her studies to obtain some nebulous position after graduation.
College should be a time for wrestling with a staggering number of bad ideas and possibly several good ones, not training to be a cog in the machine of the American oligarchy.
What a tool. Wonder how many tax dollars that I’ve earned at my “nebulous” position for you to enjoy your ninth semester at community college. What higher calling are you answering here at GHC?
Most post-college careers depend on letters of recommendation. No self-respecting professor is going to write you a letter if you look lazy and homeless.
R. Shackleford, your right wing presumptuousness and ad hominem rhetoric is flattering but it will get you nowhere.
Amber, I acknowledge that letters of recommendation are important, but I disagree with the notion that a certain “look” is the sole basis for issuing them. If it is, then the professors using such a criterion are part of the aforementioned machine that is the burden of every working class student seeking to better herself.
Right wing presumptuousness? We actually share the same sentiments, Hitchens.
The law in this country allows me to take all non-protected characteristics of applicants into consideration when making hiring decisions. Dress how you want, makes my job much easier.
Take Lane’s advice when she says “dress for the job you want, not the job you have.” If you don’t want to work, dress like it. The cogs in the machine of oligarchy will be happy to oblige.
At least you admit the oligarchy exists, but you don’t have to hide in the shadow of society. The point is that the system that makes this clothing based seem valid is wrong, especially in the face of the problems that women already face if they don’t fit into the narrow definition of physically attractive.
You say the law is on your side, and you’re 100% correct; but you never stop to question if it is just.
Hitchens, I think you’re reading into this way too much. A certain manner of dress is expected once you become a professional, but I don’t think it’s meant to be a tool of oppression the way you seem to believe. I’m sure in business world speak it would have something to do with “creating a professional atmosphere,” but quite frankly, I wouldn’t trust someone who wore their Converse to the office.