They may be comfortable, but in most cases, pajama pants are not ideal for a learning environment.
Many students enjoy dressing comfortably. Unfortunately, there are a
few students who might take the comfort level a little too far by
wearing pajama pants on campus.
Brookhaven College student Liz Cortez said dirty pajama pants look
bad but nice clean ones do not. Cortez said she wishes she had the guts
to wear pajamas on cam- pus. Opposing that point, student Kayla Bond
said it does not take that much effort to put pants on. Bond said if
students are thinking of wearing pajamas to campus, they should just go
back home. She said if students do not put effort in getting dressed, it
makes her think they will not put effort into their school- work.
English professor Hurshel Burton said pajamas should not be a way for
a student to express who they are because that message gets
misinterpreted when students wear pajamas.
“Did you roll out of bed and come to class? Did you think about
get-ting dressed?” Burton said. “Will you wear pajamas to a scholarship
interview or to a speech presentation?”
Burton said: “What if the president of the United States comes to
your class? And what if the teacher wants to highlight some work you
did, but you’re wearing Hello Kitty pajama pants? You don’t know what
situation you’re going to be in.”
Burton said he understands finals week may be crazy for some students
– some have a final or two a day while studying for other exams and
working. He said he has been in that situation before, and it’s
completely understand- able for students to wear pajamas during a final
exam. “If you stayed up all night studying for finals and you are beat
and haven’t had any sleep, by all means, come take your finals in
pajamas,” he said.
Zephyr Basina, college fashion editor of collegefashion.net wrote in
an article titled “Don’t Wear Pajamas to Class” that schools such as
Illinois State University require a business casual dress code for
students majoring in marketing or education.
If a student were to present a speech about endangered birds while
wearing Angry Birds pajama pants, that student would not get his or her
message across, Burton said.
He said professors recognize when students dress “college smart,”
even if it includes jeans and a T-shirt paired with nice shoes.
Instructors notice when students make an effort to “present themselves
in a certain way,” he said. The message is to dress for success, even if
it is jeans and a sweater for that day, because, as Burton said before,
you never know the situation.
Basina suggested a cute pair of sweats as a better option to stay
comfy while avoiding wearing pajama pants or pajamas to school. In her
article, Basina said that wearing pajamas to a college campus is beyond
disrespectful to the professor and to fellow class- mates. According to
“What not to wear on campus,” an article by Carl Azuz on the Schools of
Thought blog on CNN.com, students should not dress like they are sit-
ting around watching Hulu and eating cold pizza if they are going to
spend money on higher education.
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