Written by Roxy Hernandez / Staff Writer
Every morning, senior Eric Fonseca is faced with hard decision of which socks would go great with his outfit.
His socks need to match his clothes without looking like he is wearing only one color, but he also can’t look like a rainbow. Because he has to wear uniform, there is only a limited choice of what clothes he is allowed wear. However, that doesn’t stop him from picking the socks his heart desires.
Students often find themselves under fire for violating dress code at Bishop Amat. Not wearing an appropriate sweater, too short of a skirt, or the wrong colored shoes can potentially land students in detention. But in a crowd of everyone looking like one another the only way students can express themselves is through their socks.
“My socks express my personality because they are always wild and standout,” Fonseca said. “That’s how I like to be.”
Fonseca has a passion for collecting socks and he likes to wear them as much as possible. He can always be caught wearing the popular elite socks.
“My favorite socks are my custom elites Lebronald Palmers. My first pair of elite socks were in eighth grade,” Fonseca said. “I now have about 49 pairs.”
Sometimes wearing too outlandish socks can give students a one way ticket to detention.
Only solid color socks in white, black, navy, burgundy, tan, brown, yellow and gray can be worn. Despite that fact, some students still wear them as they please. And during the winter season, girls are only permitted to wear either socks or tights. Most of the time, however, girls don’t heed to this rule.
“I constantly get in trouble for my socks by Mrs. Yrene, but I believe it’s worth it,” Fonseca said.
However, other students aren’t so enthusiastic about footwear.
“Students shouldn’t get detentions for wearing the wrong color socks,” senior Belen Lopez said.“They also shouldn’t go out of their way to wear weird crazy ones all the time because they’re just socks.”
During the last week of October students were allowed to wear different colored Halloween socks to get into the holiday spirit. Teachers and students were excited to see what kind of socks people had in mind to wear.
“I think it’s cool that we’re allowed to wear Halloween socks because some people will wear them anyways and get in trouble,” senior Josilyn Ruiz said. “This way no one gets detentions for it,”
It was not difficult to get the deans to agree to the new rule. In fact, they enjoy seeing all the socks students decided to wear.
“I often look to down to see what kind of socks students decide to wear,” Mrs. Eugenia Yrene said. “I think it was a great idea because it allows students and teachers a chance to get into the holiday spirit.”
To promote school spirit, ASB added ‘Wacky Sock Wednesday’ to the list of activities where students can wear any type of socks they want and not get in trouble.
“I really like the wacky sock day addition,” senior Maddie Iwanaga said. “It feels like the deans are compromising with us about our socks instead of just always giving us detentions.”
