Knowing what we all know now ...

[GMan]

I wish that I was "gutsy" enough back in High School, I was somewhat of a go with everyone else. Not until I was in college did I ever think about expressing my individuality. I wish that they were part of my life then, but alas they were not as I was not "thinking out of the box".

Hindsight would say I wish I did, but reality came late for me, and boy am I making up for lost time.

[Mr. Kilt]

I tip my hat to the younger members here who have no qualms about wearing a kilt to school. The respect I have for you is immense. I certainly wasn't secure enough to do it when I went to HS in the late 70's. Like pdcorlis said in his post, I didn't have the foggiest idea of who I was back then, and the less attention I drew to myself the better. Now, at almost 43 years of age, I just don't care what others think of me. I dress for "me" now.

[Panache]

I would have and should have worn a kilt to college. I went to the University of California Santa Cruz so I wouldn't have had to worry about standing out or looking weird (frankly standing out and looking weird was so standard there, that when I went to school on occassion wearing a blazer and tie, that was really weird...hmm). I had a friend through fencing who on occassion wore a kilt and I thought he was really cool. The thing that stopped me from getting a kilt was that kilts and all the trimmings were WAY TO EXPENSIVE!!!! I wish I had known about the Celtic Croft and Stillwater back in the 1990.

[cormacmacguardhe]

School during the mid to late 60's was a strange time for me, do not know if I would have had the necessary cajones to buck the norm that far. I wore a sport coat and turtle neck with a beret. Was on the outside of all social groups, but not sure if I was that far out for that time period. My heartfelt congrats to those who can do that.

[bubba]

I probably would have worn the kilt then if I'd thought of it. I wore leather until it got popular, then switched to western wear til that started getting popular, then on to work boots and flannel til THAT started to catch on. I always seemed to be the odd duck that turned out to be ahead of the curve. If I'd thought of kilts then I would have worn them with the full confidence that nobody else would have copied me. Sure, I got some heat from other kids about the way I dressed not being in style, but once my style caught on I gave it right back by pointing out the current style was so yesterday. The ones following the herd never particularly had any importance to me.

[UmAnOnion]

When i was in high school i was ostracized enough as one of very few persons of color in a predominently white school. and when you add in that i was a lower middle class scholarship student surrounded by spoiled brat rich kids, you can see the situation would have been perfect for me to start my kilt wearing then - NOT!!! I got harassed to no end there - well at least until they realised i had a smarter mouth than most & coudl give them a dressing down like no other (a talent that continues to this day but i do reign it in a bit), but was still an outsider.

Now that i am older, wiser (& in much better physical shape than many) and have the confidence to not care about what others think, do i dare to don the kilt.

I say kudos to all who are brave enough to start an adventure like this in thier more formative years and I give a big thumbs up to those who support them in those decisions.