As you might expect, a whole lot of silly and just-plain-mean people aren’t happy about this nascent pajama craze. A number of school districts have banned sleeping clothes on the theory that they somehow inhibit students’ motivation. The idea, I guess, is that taking the time to dress up for school makes you ready to learn—which sounds plausible until you think about it for five seconds. Isn’t spending time worrying about what you’ll wear an even bigger distraction from academics? (Farhad Manjoo at Slate)
The above Slate excerpt is about wearing pajamas in public, something about which I get excited. Why? Because it makes me think of director Julian Schnabel, a guy who's out in the world in his pajamas sometimes. And, since I'm really into movies these days, I suggest you learn about Schnabel and watch two of his best films, The Divingbell and the Butterfly, and Before Night Falls.
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I have to disagree with Manjoo. I, too, thought my primary school's "no bluejeans" rule was stupid, but as an adult, I'm very aware that on days when I'm too sluggish to get fully dressed to face the world, my mood and energy are too low to do much of anything well. Forcing myself to get dressed and put myself together makes me recognize that I'm going to have to make myself focus and get myself into the headspace to concentrate and put in an effort. I think the idea that worrying about what you're going to wear is someone a bigger distraction from learning is just dumb. The point is that consciously choosing how to dress for your day puts you in a better headspace than unconsciously keeping on what you slept in. I'm sure when Schnabel goes out in public in his p.j.'s it's a conscious, strategic choice. So...choosing to wear specific pajamas to school as your fashion statement to the world/yourself that day is okay. Not bothering to transition from how you slept to how you're going to spend the rest of your day is not good.
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