School dress codes make the news all the time, usually because fussy administrators are too hung up on the rules.
But a Modern Orthodox elementary school in Queens, New York, has gone viral for something a bit different: trolling people who don’t know whose shirt they’re wearing.
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First, a disclaimer.
The school, Yeshiva Har Torah, has a troll game that’s absolutely on point, a troll game that’s managed to delight the entire internet.
But before we go any further, it’s worth noting that this is all a joke. It’s in good fun and shouldn’t be taken too seriously.
The school’s opening salvo came with this tweet.
Kids have long been wearing the shirts of bands they’ve never heard in an effort to appear musically credible. But the admin of Har Torah’s Twitter account sees right through this.
If students want to wear a band t-shirt, they’d better know something about the band.
They followed through on their threat.
(Again, this is satire…)
Here’s what happens when a student wears a shirt of a band they haven’t heard: they’re sent right back home to change into something more appropriate. Who can’t name even one Rolling Stones song anyway?
Things got seriously out of hand.
I get that Nirvana could be a clothing brand, perhaps a yoga lifestyle brand in the Lululemon space, but it isn’t a clothing brand. It was a band that was huge not that long ago…well, thirty years ago.
Man, thirty years can go by like that.
This could become a healing experience.
For those of us who grew up during the grunge era, it is indeed deeply upsetting to know that kids of today don’t know about Nirvana. Fortunately, Har Torah is sympathetic to the gen-Xers who are upset by this.
Remember the girl who was sent home?
This video, which is proof positive that everyone can change, shows that the student has learned the error of her ways and is now familiar with the band whose logo she wants to wear.
The policy includes reasonable exceptions.
They make a fair point about Blind Melon. I had their album (y’know, there was, like, a bee…girl on the cover) and I’m not sure I can name any songs besides ‘No Rain.’ Great song, though.
Should we be mad at the policy?
This commenter sort of raises an interesting point. But are kids really keeping the music alive if they’re wearing a band t-shirt and literally don’t know that it’s a band t-shirt? These are the existential questions I grapple with every day.
Things kind of blew up.
A humble school in Queens has seen its Twitter account completely blow up thanks to a few tongue-in-cheek tweets. Where do they go from here? I don’t know. Presumably they’ll go back to posting school announcements.
It provides interesting food for thought.
Once a musical artist is a couple of decades past their best-by date, their apparel often becomes fashionable for a generation that’s never heard their music. What do you think of this? Is it fashion over everything, or should they remember the music?
Let us know in the comments!
