It is eight in the morning. Class starts in 15 minutes.
Is it really worth getting dressed up for class?
Is it really going to make a difference?
This is a classic thought process of students every day before they get ready to go to class. As the year drags on students feel less motivation to dress up for class. One reason is that students get up in just enough time to throw a quick outfit on for class and run out their door.
“No, I don’t dress up,” Kieran Kramer, sophomore business major, said. “I don’t have time in the morning. I wake up in enough time for class.”
Class, to some, is an hour and fifteen minutes of torture. They do not view it as a place that they want to put in extra effort. Most students do not participate in class on a regular basis, so what is the point of dressing up?
It is not the same for every student though.
Some students go day by day and dress up when they find extra time. When students wake up earlier or have classes later in the day, their outfits reflect it.
“No I do not usually dress up, but when I wake up in enough time I do,” Chrissy Ferrarro, sophomore exercise science major, said.
Sometimes dressing up for class boosts students’ self-esteem. When students dress up for class it makes them feel good about themselves and the day itself.
“I like to dress up for class it makes me feel professional and alert,” Brandon Weaver, sophomore marketing major, said.
Some classes make it necessary for students to dress business casual for presentations.
Is this too much to ask for some students?
Should classes require students to dress up?
What even is business casual?
Dressing up has become the problem that students are constantly battling. Students spend countless hours the night before finding an outfit that is suitable but can never find the right one.
Presentations are not the only reason that students dress up. Sometimes students want to impress someone that they like. Women seem to admit to being more guilty than men that looking good for their crush is still a habit that they have not left in high school. It is all about the double-take.
Dressing up in college seems to be situational. Some students prefer to dress up even if there is no specific reason. While other students would rather draw less attention to themselves and just wear “chill” clothes.
