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Latest post Wed, Feb 11 2009 1:34 AM by Ahelaumakani. 1 replies.
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Anonymous  +  669021 Tue, 10 Feb 09 04:35 PM

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?  People behave differently when they wear different clothes.  Do you agree that different clothes influence the way people behave?  Use specific examples to support your answer.

 

 

There are many books about how to dress in order to succeed in one’s career or life.  I think that those books were written by people who believe that different clothes influence the way people behave.  I believe that too.  I have two examples to support my point of view.

 

First, I think that people tend to behave in a good way when they are in uniforms such as a school’s uniform or a company’s uniform.  Those who are in uniforms will definitely know what roles they are playing.  For example, when I was in high school, I had to wear a uniform with my school name tag on the shirt’s pocket.  Every time as I was in the uniform, I knew that I was kind of a school’s representative.  So I tried my best to behave well such as not littering in order not to cause my school a bad image.

 

Second, if the clothes that I wear do not fit a place or an occasion, I will behave differently.  In other words, I will lose my confidence.  That is the reason why I pay high attention to the dress code of every party that I go.  I once went to the party where everyone wore red while I was wearing white t-shirt.  At the party, I lacked my confidence and I tried not to be in any photo shoots.  Moreover, I spent only an hour at that party, which was not my normal behavior. 

 

I totally agree with the statement that clothes influence in one’s behavior and people who dress differently will also behave differently.  However, clothes are just a visible aspect of people.  You cannot judge people only from the way one dresses.

Ahelaumakani  +  669321 Wed, 11 Feb 09 01:34 AM

There are many books about how to dress in order to succeed in one’s career or life.  I think that those books were written by people who believe that different clothes influence the way people behave.  I believe that too.  I have two examples to support my point of view.

 

First, I think that people tend to behave well when they are in a uniform such as a school’s uniform or a company’s uniform.  Those who are in uniforms definitely know what roles they play.  For example, when I was in high school, I had to wear a uniform with my school name tag on the shirt pocket.  Every time I was in the uniform, I knew that I was a representative of the school.  I tried my best to behave well by not doing things such as littering which could give my school a bad image.

 

Second, if the clothes that I wear do not fit a place or an occasion, I behave differently.  In other words, I lose my confidence.  That is the reason why I pay great attention to the dress code of every party that I attend.  I once went to the party where everyone wore red while I wore a white t-shirt.  At the party, I lacked confidence and I tried to avoid being in any photos.  Moreover, I spent only an hour at that party, which was not my normal behavior. 

 

I totally agree with the statement that clothes influence one’s behavior and people who dress differently will also behave differently.  However, clothes are just a visible aspect of people.  You cannot judge people only from the way they dress.

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