Writing on the Body
Many people have writing on their clothes, but the reasons for wearing these shirts vary from person to person. The reasons for wearing these different types of clothing help to define the student.
One reason that people wear clothing with certain writing on it is to express a certain interest. For example, I constantly wear swimming clothing, in order to show everyone that I am an extremely dedicated swimmer. The fact that I constantly wear swimming shirts tells the rest of the world that I am a swimmer and proud of it. Another example of people wearing clothes to represent their interests is these two guys on my floor who constantly wear soccer jerseys. These two guys are not on the soccer team here at Case, but instead wear these jerseys to show their love of the sport and how much they enjoy watching the games played. These jerseys not only show their dedication to soccer, but also it develops the idea that they are representing and supporting their favorite soccer team through the wearing of these jerseys. Finally, students wear clothes that support the fraternities that they are in. By doing so, not only do these students show a support for their fraternity, but also by wearing these clothes it says to the other students, “I am in this frat and am proud of it.” Some of the freshmen who recently joined frats, now constantly wear clothes that represent the frat, showing their support for their new “brothers.” In general, by wearing clothes that help to express a certain interest also help to define the student as someone who has a strong connection to the topic on the shirt.
Finally, students wear clothing with certain writing on it is to make jokes with other students. One of the swimmers constantly wears shirts that contain certain little jokes such as, “PETA: People Eating Tasty Animals,” or “Sometimes I wonder why that Frisbee is getting bigger . . . and then it hits me.” These shirts are worn in order to show that the student has a comical side and enjoys telling jokes, whether orally or through the use of his shirts. Another example is how a student in my dorm wore a shirt that said, “I lost my number. Can I have yours?” He wears this shirt in order to joke around and I guess he also wears this shirt in a poor attempt to pick up girls. The shirts that some people wear are used in order just to tell jokes.
Around campus, many students wear different types of shirts in order to represent certain ideas. These range from what the students are interested in all the way to the personality of the students. I believe that the shirts that students wear tell other people who look at the shirts ideas and allow them to understand the student a little bit more.
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