Open House
Every year our schools have an “open house” before school starts. This is a time when parents take their kids to the school to meet their teachers, choose a desk and put their school supplies away in preparation for school to start. Each year, I gather my kids together and tell them to dress in their nice clothes for the event. Every year I get the same moaning and complaining about having to dress up. I always explain that this is the first time they will be meeting their teacher and that they need to make a good impression. My kids still don’t like the idea but reluctantly dress in their nice sunday clothes to make the trip to school. I also dress up in a suit jacket and nice slacks so that I look nice when meeting my kids’ teachers. Here is how we looked this year.
It always irritates me that more people do not take the time to look nice when they go to the school to meet their student’s teachers. As much as we don’t want to admit it, first impressions do matter. It really amazes me that people will show up to the open house in ripped jeans, tee shirts, and flip flops. My sister told me one time that whenever she goes to the school, for whatever reason, she always dresses up nice. She noticed that, even thought they shouldn’t, teachers and administrators will treat you differently if you show up in sweats vs. showing up in a suit. I don’t doubt it one minute so I have tried to follow this philosophy ever since.
