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The Way We Were

The school uniform in the middle of them is the second old- Q1. Why did you choose this uniform as your type?
est one among these three. It is spring(autumn) suit that is Al. This uniform appears generally most modernized form,
composed of a white blouse, a dark blue black jacket and so I chose it for the best one. And we can find easily this
All the members of English Paper Club a light grey skirt. Surprisingly all the students wear white design of checked pattern around now. The sleeve of a
socks. Nowadays we don’t need to wear white socks, so I blouse is really unique because it looks like the puffed
find it interesting for all the girls to wear white socks. Anoth- sleeve of a European knight in Medieval Times.
er funny thing is that the skirt is so long and loose compared
to ours. They look as if they wear in one size larger. And this * We need to correct one thing here. The shirt of the uni-
is the third place in the poll. form in this picture looks wider and more inflated than
it is, so it makes some students confusing, and we’ve
Q1. In the photo, everyone has the same style in got unexpected responses. Actually it is a normal and
school wear-buttoned jacket, white socks, and too simple style.
long skirt. Why is it so?
in the late 1980s~the early 1990s in the late 1990s~the early 2000s A1. It looks ridiculous to your fellows living in an age of indi- Q2. Which one do you like better? the present uniform
viduality, but we lived in an age of little variety. However
in 1960s~1970s or the past one?
those days we thought it so natural to wear clothes like A2. Well, it seems really comfortable because it is a pleated
that. Also as taking pictures for our school album is very skirt and a loose style, but if I wear this uniform, I might
special, the girls seemed to be stiff under uncomfort- look like a country bumpkin.
Our school had a special service to celebrate our school’s neat and simple, the students look a little countrified. I prob- able atmosphere
51th anniversary. During that ceremony we had a chance ably assume that the girls in the picture wore black rubber
to watch a video clip showing our old graduates’school life. shoes. Hahaha Q2. I’m sorry but, I think the skirt doesn’t look nice. Q3. What do you think of these three uniform?
Especially the faded pictures of their wearing old school Did you like the skirt? A3. The first uniform looks like a sailor suit and it is really
uniforms captured our heart. That is why Our English Pa- Q1. What is the biggest difference of the present A2. At first I thought that my uniform skirt was terrible. interesting for me to think what my grandma looked
per club decided to write a feature article about changing school uniform and the old ones? However, I’d got familiar with it, cause I always wore it like when she would wear this one in her school days.
history of our school uniform. We looked into our school A1. The color is different: the present one is charcoal-grey during my school days of three years. later I had a strong The second one is considered to have been worn in
yearbooks to find the pictures we wanted. Unfortunately our and the old one is blue or black. The other difference is affection with it, so I kept it for a while after graduating my mother’s generation. And the last one looks latest
school doesn’t keep all the yearbooks-some of them lost. the length of a skirt. I know that the length of a skirt has school. style worn in younger generation like my older sisters. I
We had a hard time collecting the material and information become shorter and shorter over time. Also there’s an guess every uniform has its own unique and fashionable
but with the help of some teachers we managed to continue addition like a tie so we should wear a tie when wearing Q3. If you go back to high school, are you going to style and grace that match its day.
our project a blouse according to the regulation of our school. wear this uniform?
Also we did the survey on the preference of selected old A3. No. Though this is the best school uniform in my heart, So far we’ve looked through our school uniforms. We got a
school uniforms among the current students. Now we are Q2. What do you think is the reason the skirt of the because it has a lot of memories. However, if I have any valuable opportunity to look into the way we were and share
going to introduce our seniors’uniforms and present the school uniform is quite long in the past? chance to wear a school uniform, I would like to the cur- the memories through the interviews with the students and
result of the survey including questions and answers of In- A2. Our society used to be influenced by the Confucian mo- rent one that young students are wearing these days. the graduate students. However, One thing we feel bad is
sung students about the school uniforms. rality more strongly than now, so conservative styles that our school is poor at keeping historical materials such
was preferred in fashion. Every school requires students The last school uniform is the most selected one by our stu- as year books, pictures, and some items. So though we had
The first school uniform is the oldest one of our school. This to wear the clothes modestly. I think that is why girls in dents. It looks most modern and stylish in design to meet a lot of difficulty searching some materials and pictures. we
style was secondly selected at the polls among the three those days wore long skirts. girls’taste for school uniforms. And its vest is the favorite felt a doubled pleasure to complete the job. We think that
ones. The peculiar part of this uniform is a full-length pants. item of female students. All the parts of the fall and winter our school need to have an organized management for data
It was so called SaewooJut-Baji which means a working Q3. Do you have any special reason to choose this uni- uniform-tie, vest, and skirt-have checked pattern except its storage. However, the good thing we learned from this ex-
clothes of women in fisheries. Some might think this bot- form as the best one? jacket.(not shown in the picture) Its feature is that the uni- perience is that as a student of In-sung High school, we had
tom part looks ridiculous but actually very comfortable to A3. I think that overall this uniform gives a neat and re- form has a clear blue color and a fresh pattern that catch a good chance to expose ourselves to the way in the past
wear and some stylish girls look wonderful in this pants. strained school look. Above all the white collar looks eyes of people. The reason why this uniform got the most of and through it we’ve become more familiar with our old
As the school uniform is all black, it gives a heavy impres- clean against all the black colored uniforms. Though the vote is that it doesn’t seem to fall behind the fashion. It things. Lastly we hope that you have a time to learn about
sion. The white collar and the tightened waist belt, though, it looks uneasy to wear, the students in it look like stu- also looks very similar to the current uniform of Bak-mun what we were in In-sung.
make the uniform look tidy. The restrained form matches dents most. Girls’ middle school. And it’s time to listen to the real re-
well with the girls’bob hair. Though the whole impression is sponse of our students on this uniform.

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