This whole discussion has brought back a fond memory:
My dad taught in the NYC school system for 50 years, when ties were required for
all male teachers, no matter what the weather conditions. Dad always wore clip-on
bowties; the uglier, the better. On this particular day it was 105* in his
science classroom, so he unbuttoned the top button of his short-sleeved shirt, and
let the tie dangle from one side of the collar. An idiot administrator decided to
write him up for 'violating the dress code.' Dad contested this rebuke, and the
complaint went all the way up the chain of command. When it finally reached the
administrative law judge, he looked at the evidence (the tie), listened to both
sides, and then decided that Dad had not broken any rules since technically, he WAS
wearing a tie. Then he asked Dad *where* he had gotten such an unbelievably ugly
tie, because he thought the tie-maker should be charged for malicious conduct!
Alice Yucht, lifelong Teacher-Librarian
aka *Alice in InfoLand,* somewhere in central New Jersey
Information Skills/Library Management consultant, writer, and presenter
Author: FLIP it! info-skills strategy (Linworth, 1997)
email: aliceinfo at excite.com
website: http://www.aliceinfo.org
"We may be service-oriented, but we don't have to be servants."
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