Comments by WFFL  Written on Letters to the Editor: Times have
changed:  I personally don't care what some out of touch sexist
thinks we should be wearing, but here we go. Teachers don't sit
at a desk all day,we work with kids. Children aren't always neat
and clean. Business dress is incredibly impractical, and yet we
are required to wear it on every day except Friday. News Flash.
Teaching kids is not a business. Our job description has come to
include quite a bit more than this letter writer remembers.  My
students eat breakfast in my classroom. On my hands and knees I
clean spilt milk and crushed cereal off my floor every morning.
I get hugs from 5 year olds who leave trails of snot and food on
my shirts. I am asked to be counselor, parent, social worker,
and teacher to these student. And here are people who are
worried about whether or not I have on jeans or slacks.  Are you
angry at nurses, police officers, and fire fighters who don't
wear church clothes to work? Are they "unprofessional"? Find a
better s