Comments on: Just Linking: Aug 3, 2007 http://betweenmypeers.com/2007/08/03/just-linking-aug-3-2007/ from the bottom of the fashion food chain, a conversation about what to wear. Thu, 17 May 2012 07:12:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Vildy http://betweenmypeers.com/2007/08/03/just-linking-aug-3-2007/#comment-7994 Vildy Sat, 04 Aug 2007 08:06:43 +0000 http://betweenmypeers.com/2007/08/03/just-linking-aug-3-2007/#comment-7994 BTW, I remember that *one* time I reasoned that I could dress more informally since plenty of parents participated in the aforementioned sweats and I wore a casual dress to a Business Education Partnership Meeting. I had been there before and had spoken in turn at the meetings. It was a mix of school district personnel, business people, a few parents or community members. I was treated very rudely and dismissively by the business people, particularly the women. I never made that mistake again. BTW, I remember that *one* time I reasoned that I could dress more informally since plenty of parents participated in the aforementioned sweats and I wore a casual dress to a Business Education Partnership Meeting. I had been there before and had spoken in turn at the meetings.
It was a mix of school district personnel, business people, a few parents or community members. I was treated very rudely and dismissively by the business people, particularly the women. I never made that mistake again.

]]> By: Vildy http://betweenmypeers.com/2007/08/03/just-linking-aug-3-2007/#comment-7993 Vildy Sat, 04 Aug 2007 07:49:52 +0000 http://betweenmypeers.com/2007/08/03/just-linking-aug-3-2007/#comment-7993 Hearty congratulation to Beth - I just read her story and love that the promotion came with a huge raise. I have that book, too, Casual Power. During the 6 years I was a full-time volunteer in the city school district it was amusing to me that I was given many "promotions" by staffers who didn't know me. At first they asked if I was a teacher. Most parents wore sweat pants or jeans and I dressed up, quite frequently in suits but not power suits. Then, in succession, they assumed I was a vice principal, principal, and then supervisor. Partly the clothes and partly a mantle of entitlement. The district had an open classroom policy where parents or community people could observe classes. Some of us did this but in time I was part of district committees that ran the district and whose members were expected to observe programs and policies within the schools. So since I was a member of Policy and also Safety and Security, I literally could walk in anywhere at any time. Hearty congratulation to Beth - I just read her story and love that the promotion came with a huge raise. I have that book, too, Casual Power.

During the 6 years I was a full-time volunteer in the city school district it was amusing to me that I was given many “promotions” by staffers who didn’t know me. At first they asked if I was a teacher. Most parents wore sweat pants or jeans and I dressed up, quite frequently in suits but not power suits. Then, in succession, they assumed I was a vice principal, principal, and then supervisor. Partly the clothes and partly a mantle of entitlement. The district had an open classroom policy where parents or community people could observe classes. Some of us did this but in time I was part of district committees that ran the district and whose members were expected to observe programs and policies within the schools. So since I was a member of Policy and also Safety and Security, I literally could walk in anywhere at any time.

]]> By: Beth http://betweenmypeers.com/2007/08/03/just-linking-aug-3-2007/#comment-7990 Beth Sat, 04 Aug 2007 05:40:06 +0000 http://betweenmypeers.com/2007/08/03/just-linking-aug-3-2007/#comment-7990 Thanks, Wendy! And you too, Rebecca. I'll try to take some photos for your next fashion lab. Thanks, Wendy! And you too, Rebecca. I’ll try to take some photos for your next fashion lab.

]]> By: Rebecca http://betweenmypeers.com/2007/08/03/just-linking-aug-3-2007/#comment-7984 Rebecca Sat, 04 Aug 2007 02:41:39 +0000 http://betweenmypeers.com/2007/08/03/just-linking-aug-3-2007/#comment-7984 I am positively thrilled to see suits as one of the top fall trends! I am positively thrilled to see suits as one of the top fall trends!

]]> By: Wendy http://betweenmypeers.com/2007/08/03/just-linking-aug-3-2007/#comment-7981 Wendy Sat, 04 Aug 2007 00:58:44 +0000 http://betweenmypeers.com/2007/08/03/just-linking-aug-3-2007/#comment-7981 Wow. Good for your sister!!! (I'm a black suit gal like she is.) Wow. Good for your sister!!! (I’m a black suit gal like she is.)

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