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Yeah, same here- no pants allowed biophile May 4 #1
thank you biophile. I hated walking to school in the winter without slacks and sitting on the bus in mini skirts. debm55 May 4 #14
Same here. My sister was 5 years behind me in school and was able to wear pants yellowdogintexas May 4 #34
I graduated in 1965..never allowed to wear blue jeans, slacks or whatever we called them back then. Deuxcents May 4 #2
Same here. My last year of High school, we were allowed to wear jeans. debm55 May 4 #15
It was the same when I went to school, deb. Diamond_Dog May 4 #3
Gee, that is very strange. Thank you Diamond_Dog.. debm55 May 4 #17
I remember in the mid 60s... buzzycrumbhunger May 4 #4
I was just going to put the length of boys hair. and skirts being measured above the girls knee. Thank you debm55 May 4 #18
Jr high, girls couldn't wear miniskirts, so three girls wore long granny skirts in protest and were expelled. dem4decades May 4 #5
Makes no sense. I would were granny skirts in the winter. But we were never expelled for it. debm55 May 4 #19
Maybe on Topic BOSSHOG May 4 #6
BOSSHOG, I went to Catholic school too ---grades 1-8, I remember the altar boys and the choir. My biggest problem was debm55 May 4 #20
And ya couldn't chew gum at recess BOSSHOG May 4 #22
No candy either. At 12 the noon bells rang and we all had to stop and with folded hands face the Church and pray the debm55 May 4 #24
I Was An Altar Boy, Too ProfessorGAC May 5 #62
Decades ago BOSSHOG May 5 #65
Yes.. Unbelievably even in winter snowstorms... hlthe2b May 4 #7
HAHAHAHAHAHAh. Yes, the measuring of the skirts. And the pants under the dress or skirt. debm55 May 4 #25
In my school, between skirts only time and pants okay time ms liberty May 4 #8
Yes. Pants under a skirt. Thank you very much ms. liberty. I do remember. debm55 May 4 #26
shirts tucked in, measuring hemlines, no sandals stopdiggin May 4 #9
1993 - I took a job at a big IT firm in Texas Skittles May 4 #10
I agree with you Skittles. I was a slacks person. If you wore a dress or skirt, a slip was required and panty hose. debm55 May 4 #30
I worked in a room that looked like NASA with an observation deck Skittles May 4 #35
Were you at TI in Richardson? efhmc May 5 #43
I started with a private firm in 2003 that would not allow women wearing bare legs or open toed shoes. Nanuke May 4 #11
A school I taught in had the rule of no bare legs, no sandals for the students and teachers. debm55 May 4 #27
I'm trying to think of one that did make sense to me. chowmama May 4 #12
Thank you very much chowmama. I loved the part of your post about the books. debm55 May 4 #31
Somebody had donated a set of old Grimms' type stories chowmama May 5 #68
Skirts couldn't be shorter than two inches above the knee. Squaredeal May 4 #13
HAHAHAHHAHHAH That is so funny. Thank you Squaredeal debm55 May 4 #33
I remember a really creepy teacher who would sit on her desk and cross her legs so she could be ogled at by the boys. efhmc May 5 #44
That is gross. debm55 May 5 #46
My sister, an honor student, was sent home from school for wearing colottes in the mid sixties. mobeau69 May 4 #16
I remember those,,,, KarenS May 4 #29
My sister got sent home for wearing culottes in Jr. high Diamond_Dog May 5 #39
That whole morning routine of facing the flag ... surrealAmerican May 4 #21
Wow you are so right surrealAmerican. Day after Day we made the pledge. As a student in a Catholic Grade School. We made debm55 May 4 #23
I remember on special occasions Diamond_Dog May 5 #40
I never said the pledge. As a Jehovah's Witness I ignored it. hunter May 5 #42
Pledge and anthem chowmama May 5 #67
Graduated in '65. The flat top was in fashion.The biggest scandal was the majorettes/twirlers came up with new outfits. surfered May 4 #28
The length of boy's hair LogDog75 May 4 #32
I went to high school in Nashville in the early 70s. MIButterfly May 4 #36
Headbands? Made you a non conformist and went on your "permanent record"? Diamond_Dog May 5 #41
We had moved from a suburb of Detroit to Nashville in my junior year of high school MIButterfly May 5 #45
Thank you for sharing MIButterfly. That was an awful thing for them to do. debm55 May 5 #48
Actually, they kind of did have a point. It was a T-shirt, after all! MIButterfly May 5 #52
I agree. Thank you very much Diamond_Dog for sharing. debm55 May 5 #50
We had to do swim class naked CanonRay May 5 #37
Thank you CanonRay. that is in such poor taste. debm55 May 5 #49
Didn't all us old people have the same rule? JMCKUSICK May 5 #38
HAHAHAHAH. so true. Thank you John. debm55 May 5 #47
I hated the no slacks rule. Ritabert May 5 #51
Leggings! I think they matched the coat and yorkster May 5 #55
Exactly! Ritabert May 5 #60
Be home before dark. no_hypocrisy May 5 #53
In the 1960s, at Ole Miss, AnnaLee May 5 #54
Thank you very much AnnaLee for sharing your post with us. debm55 May 5 #56
We couldn't wear shorts. Emile May 5 #57
My senior year of high school I cut many if not most of my classes. thucythucy May 5 #58
Shorts had to be no more than 6" above the knee dlilafae May 5 #59
Girls could not wear anything other than dresses or skirts, at least long enough to touch floor when kneeling zeusdogmom May 5 #61
First I want to say that I'm forever grateful that I grew up in a time Niagara May 5 #63
Miss Scott... LuckyCharms May 7 #70
Catholic school, taught by nuns some_of_us_are_sane May 5 #64
Girls were finally allowed to wear pants in 5th grade. I hated wearing dresses. Clouds Passing May 5 #66
In case The Bomb went off... Mad_Dem_X May 6 #69
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