All Things Rhapsodical

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Students wearing shorts in February in central Pennsylvania

Students wearing shorts in February in central Pennsylvania

A brief rant/ethnography on the parking lot at a local high school

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Alexander Riley
Feb 10, 2022
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Every day as I drop off and then pick up my high schooler, I am dumbfounded at the number of kids traipsing into the school in gym shorts and t-shirts, with snow and ice piled on the ground and the thermometer reading sub-20 F.

The girls seem significantly less susceptible to the bizarre practice, although they have an equally confounding behavioral pred…

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