but what you "think" is different from what the teacher should be doing to fulfill her job.
i was taught to dress for the theater (broadway anyway, i don't usually dress for off) it didn't "disincline" me. nor the people i attend theater with. depends on the kid.
also, i guess it depends on where you go after or before but most of the places i go wouldn't let you in in shorts/flip flops. you realize we aren't talking about a tux, here, right? just a suit and tie, or at least a sports coat. things most men are pretty accustomed to wearing.
i guess if you want to make an entirely casual night of it, fine, but that would prove much more of a disinclination to me.
a night in the theater should be an event no matter how often you go. for me, that's drinks before and a late supper after and i need to be dressed for the places where i like to do those things.
if a night at a broadway play had connotations of catching a burger at a diner after it would lose much of its appeal. i get enough of that in off broadway or some of the music venues - sure, something casual to eat after that's fine and that's probably the bulk of my nightlife.
but even if i'm going to joe's pub i like to go to indochine after and try walking in there not properly dressed. but for most of my nightlife just a sports coat is fine. and really, this isn't an undue burden.
nights in a broadway theatre, however, are special to me.
but that's still just my opinion against yours. what was at question is what should children be taught. they should be taught what's appropriate. that way they can make up their own minds what to adhere to. to do that, they have to at least know what's considered appropriate.
they already know what's comfortable. they know how to do that from going to the movies. i just don't equate those two experiences.
|