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'Pull Up Your Pants Day' Goes Sag-Free at Florida School

by Jarrett Martineau | March 27, 2009 at 04:08 pm

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Florida's Plantation High School made headlines this week when they held an Obama election campaign-inspired day to get kids to pull up their pants.

Cleverly named "Pull Up Your Pants Day" the even was held on Thursday and according to the school's ever 'reliable opinion of how kids are really feeling about it' teachers, the even was "a big success".

Inspired by a November MTV News interview with then-candidate Barack Obama, in which he counseled, "brothers should pull up their pants," when asked about ordinances banning saggy pants, the school celebrated "Pull Up Your Pants Day" on Thursday, and by all accounts it was a big success.

And how did this big success come about?

Wal-Mart "supplied 200 free belts" to kids who would otherwise be too saggy for the school's dress code.

The goal of the day was to ensure that no one's underwear was showing — which apparently will guarantee that they'll all be gainfully employed once the leave high school.

9th grade reading teacher Dona McKenzie wasn't afraid to tell it like it is:

"First impressions are important, and we want the kids to remember what Ms. Carter said the other day: We're dressing them for success in their future endeavors. They need to know that they can't apply for a job with their underwear on display."

In this economy, however, saggy pants seems a little low on the priority list for job-seekers.

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Roy C

at 18:01 on March 27th, 2009

It actually began in jail, where the guys with the pants showing and their ass-crack out were the "girls" that were the "property" of other guys in the jail.

We, the teachers, saw it in juvenile hall in the late '80s and never could understand the fascination.

Barbara McPherson

at 18:17 on March 27th, 2009

It always looked to me like the pants were "full" and they had had an accident in them.

jazzyzazzy

at 19:19 on March 27th, 2009

Roy here they call it builders bum, THING IS IT IS THE FASHION AND THE KIDS TODAY ARE UNDER PEER PRESURE FOR THEIR ATTIRE.I teach performing arts and am in touch with todays kids and teens,I see the senior girls walk around with their skirts looking more like cumberbands short too short my god they are only 12yrs old and their wee faces are covered with make up that they havnt quite learned to apply evenly.The fake tans make some of them look orange.Its unreal but the world we live in does seem unreal in all matters related to kids especially young teens.

Roy C

at 21:31 on March 27th, 2009

Yes, my father-in-law, a builder and fire battalion commander, wore his work pants like that and used to say that he had been a fashion trend setter.

What was amazing was how one of the comedians on Saturday Night Live, Dan Akroyd, had done a hilarious skit in which he bent over and his behind-crack showed and we all went nuts.

Then a few years later, it is a fashion must.

SamanthaG23

at 21:35 on March 27th, 2009

Time to bring back school uniforms. i had one when i went to school, less bullying took place.

Jazzy i totally hear where you are comming from, i look at pictures of friends back in the uk and its a disgrace how some of their younger sisters go to school. and Fake tan should be banned *laughs*.

harringtola

at 12:12 on March 30th, 2009

I think they should make it a national holiday monthly at least.

Teacher/Mom (not verified)

at 04:04 on April 6th, 2009

As a former jail administrator I still struggle with kids being lead to believe that this is fashionable. These boys truly are "marked" as someone's bxxxx. I hate it. The other side is that my daughters are not allowed to show their underwear at school so why should they be subjected to daily viewings of men's undergarmants? Their right to feel safe and "child-like" has been replaced with some idiot fashion designer's right to capitilize on impressionable youth. I work in a high-risk high school now and the last thing we need is baggy clothing which makes it easier to conceal contraband. I know, the kids have rights. If we are not careful we are going to "protect" our children right out of a future.