Postcards from the Funny Farm

A made-to-measure suit is far superior to an off-the-rack type, especially if the price is the same! In teaching and administration, as in many male professions, a collection of suits in your closet are a must. I’ve written quite extensively about the Northeastern U.S. and the state of education there. Teachers in New York specifically are really innovating the trade. Some schools are using a dress code there to keep the kids focused on learning. In a similar way, some northeastern states are invoking a dress code for the staff and teachers as well. The men wear suits. Principals and teachers in that area, or any area, that want to build their suit wardrobe should check out a site I ran across promoting my.suit

Call me old fashioned, but I feel a suit makes you more professional in the image of the community. While I don’t wear them every day, they definitely have their place in my profession of teaching. I was asked to speak at an evening awards banquet recently and was prompted to get a suit handcrafted for the event. Since then I have taught in it many times and found it helped to command my group of kids. They were more eager to learn.

I like the pin-stripe fabric but whatever you choose and prefer they can set you up with. This suit was one of the pinstriped kind and I’ll probably wear the thing until I die I like it so much. These folks have Made to Measure suits at off-the-rack prices. Give them a try, you ‘ll feel the difference.