I’m a high schooler and also a member of FCCLA (Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America.) Clubs similar to this that you may recognize may be DECA, HOSA, FFA, and so on. The purpose of these clubs are to prepare us high schoolers for our future career and activities usually consist of shoving leadership building down our throats. I’m even going to competition for FCCLA next week and one subtle detail I absolutely despise is the dress code. Yeah, yeah, yeah, it’s supposed to prepare us for the professional dress of our careers, but I just cannot understand the point of it. Who decided that I needed to be wearing a pantsuit, blazer, and kitten heels as a teenager? Yeah, let’s just weed out any remanent of individuality so it’s easier to sleep us into one big worker bee. It’s just so bizarre. What’s next? Will I have to start wearing a brooch?