this little dress was given to me by a friend who couldn’t bring herself to donate it to the goodwill. this dress reminds of me my primary school days, i wore a uniform from first to twelfth grade. i wore a jumper dress, which was similar to this one, but plaid and not as tailored. although i received a very traditional education. i was lucky enough to grow up in a home with a father who was very political and without hesitation would tell us the truth about the history of our country. nine years ago, when i got my certification to teach in nyc, i taught middle school humanities, the program directors gave each teacher a copy of the book, lies my teacher told me by james loewen. here’s an excerpt from the book: “…the teaching of history, more than any discipline, is dominated by textbooks, the books are boring…[they] exclude conflict or real suspense. they leave out anything that might reflect badly upon our national character.” it was such a great resource. this book, along with a people’s history of the united states by howard zinn is what i used to guide my teaching of history. giving thanks for these books and for all educators who’ve guided my teaching and who teach children the truth about our history. 
outfit details: hat h&m (old), blouse f21, dress vintage gifted, purse gifted, loafers vintage, earrings vivid
That dress looks really cute on you! I went to Catholic school for 12 years, so I know all about getting flashbacks from dresses like this.
I wore a uniform for a year and loved it…and this outfit is awesome!!
That’s great that your friend gave you the dress, it looks amazing on you!
And that seems a bit like brainwashing to me, what teachers are doing. I personally don’t get nationalism at all. I’ve lived in too many places and am not nationalistic about any of them. I love them all. So just teach kids what happened in the past! They’ll learn from it (hopefully)!
omg its been a while Monique.Your hair has grown so much!x
Wait…do you teach history?! Or are you just a history geek?! I didn’t realize we had this in common…and I completely and totally agree with how terrrribly boring and unattractive history textbooks/teaching have become. To me history is such a crucial subject for developing critical thinking and for opening someone’s heart to understand how others think and act. It’s a pity that we aren’t teaching truthful history…and teaching it well. It’s my goal to be able to do that someday (grad school, here I come!) and to inspire others to do the same.
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Jupe, I taught for a couple of years, but am no longer teaching in the classroom. I work with children one on one privately now. I needed a break from public school. I was primarily an English lit teacher, but we incorporated history into our curriculum. Good luck!
What a wonderful outfit. The dress is so so perfect!
those are my favourite kinds of shoes! soooooo cute!
Beautiful outfit all over! I love the dress, it is very you. That book seems pretty cool, I might have to look into getting a copy for Kyle, he wants to be a history teacher too (still has a long way to go though).
Wow very interesting post(My daughter wore a plaid jumper lik ethis for many years) and book. I will definitely be checking it out.
Cute dress.
love this mod look you’re sporting! so cute! love your hair too
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You look amazing in this dress! Love it and your hair!!
I love your purse! Weirdly enough, I love school uniforms. I just think they need better tailoring mostly.
beautiful outfit!
I just stumbled across you blog. I love it! This outfit is the absolute best! And our joke in high school was that all the history teachers were just coaches masking as instructors. If only it weren’t true.
I love this dress, the purse, history and this newly discovered blog. I was a history major, but I was blessed with college professors who conveyed such an enthusiasm and passion that I found it enthralling. Or..maybe I’m a nerd?
PS. Can I ask where the purse came from? I’m super picky about purses, but I love this one!
Laura, my friend got this purse for me for my birthday. I think she got it from a craft market in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
I’ve had this post open for several days now but never had time to comment. You look completely gorgeous as usual. I love the colours in these photos, the way the dress and the leaves and you yourself all interact and contrast!
I always enjoyed history, but as you say, not necessarily the class or the text book. Luckily in my last year of high school I had a teacher who pointed out all the places the book was full of shit on WWII.
Canadians take a slightly different approach from Americans in teaching history I think. We tend to emphasize quite a lot all the ways we treated various groups badly. Not that it stops us doing it again, mind.
It’s very cool that you are making the change in your teachings about history. I remember being bored & bothered by the subject, growing up.
Cute dress!
You rock in this dress ! love the mix with the hat!
Holy moly, you look gorgeous here, Monique.