how was highschool in the 1970 's ??

Question

i have to do an assign ment so i will as a few more questions like this . but how was dress code ( how did yall have to dress) when you went to high school .. how is it different from now .. i would ask my mom like im supposed to but she doesnt remember much

Answer 1

In my high school, there were racial tensions in the early 70s when students were bused in from other neighborhoods (Brooklyn, NY). By the time I got there in 76, things calmed down a bit. There was no dress code. We had a split session: freshmen and sophomores went from 10am - 4pm, juniors and seniors went from 7am -1pm. Disco music was gaining popularity. You couldn't use calculators. Computers was an elective class. There were two terms, one was Sept to Jan, one was Jan to Jun. Each term had all different classes and different teachers. My school was very large (there were 1200+ in my graduating class), so everybody didn't know everybody, but kids formed and hung out in groups. In my last term (79), I fulfilled most of my graduation requirements so I had only 2 classes and I got a part time job.

Answer 2

I went to high school in the '50's, but I remember the '70's. It was the hippie era, and those who were so inclined were heavy into drugs and sex. It was a time of rebellion against society, and not one of my favorite looks at the past. As far as dress -- it was a time of "anything goes". Along with the thumbing of the nose at the world in general, the style of clothing reflected that attitude. Typical "hippie garb" included, but not limited, to bell-bottom pants, mini skirts, short shorts, tunics, poet blouses, "big hair", tattoos, dread locks, afros, nose rings, tie-dyes -- not too much different from today's trendy fashion, but not as well put together...If there were dress codes, I don't remember if they were ever enforced.
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Answer 3

We could wear jeans boys and girls in My High School.I graduated in 1975 small town Maine.It was Bell Bottoms. Ripped torn wide bells dragging on the floor. Bras most girls wore them it wasn't yet in to not. Most girls had long straight hair parted in the middle. Boys also long hair and side burns. Peace necklaces rings, earings were cool! Love beads also.Sandels. Mini skirts and hot pants. A few girls did get sent home for wearing to short of a mini skirt or hot pants.Granny skirts.. tie die was in..Tall laced boots.
It was the Hippie era and the protest of the Nam war!

Answer 4

we didn't catch court cases for fighting we just were sent to the principals office you might get kicked out of school but they still used corporal punishment so if you weren't in trouble a lot they would likely give you three wackes with the board of education

we had restrictive dress codes similar to today

we didn't get a lot of home work like today

they never liked to kick student out because there weren't a lot of alternatives like today

we didn't have as many choices for extra curricular activities

another thing is that it was no big deal to see shotguns or rifles in the back windows of pick-up trucks in the parking lots and no one thought anything of it

Answer 5

You won't believe it when I tell you how it was. I graduated in 1975. We couldn't wear jeans, boys or girls, Girls couldn't wear pants. We had to wear bras! (they checked) You couldn't wear "dangling" earrings. Skirts had to be a certain length (But I used to roll mine up at the waist as soon as no teacher was looking) we all wore blue eyeshadow (lots of it) and white lipstick. Boys had to tuck in their shirts and wore ties until a few years before we graduated. You were expected to come to school neatly dressed and groomed. I think I remember boys not being allowed to have long hair either. HOpe this helps.

Answer 6

groovy and ugly