On the lighter side of education...

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PE Teacher wore the same outfit for 40 years of Yearbook photos

In every school picture for the past 40 years, Dale wore the same 1970s-era polyester shirt and coffee-colored sweater.

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It began as an accident — a product of his sparse wardrobe back in the day.

“I was so embarrassed when I got the school pictures back that second year and realized I had worn the very same thing as the first year,” said Dale, 63.

But his wife, Cathy, dared him to do it a third year. Then Dale thought five would be funny. “After five pictures,” he said, “it was like: ‘Why stop?’”

So he just never did, right on through this, his final year as every kid’s favorite physical education teacher at Prestonwood Elementary in the Richardson school district.

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“He took his job so seriously in teaching good sportsmanship — both in athletics and in life,” Prestonwood principal Pam Aitken said. “He taught a lot of kids to be fair and respectful of others. That’s a great legacy to leave.”

Here’s a measure of the respect for Dale. The gym at Prestonwood now has a big sign over the door: “Irby Gymnasium.”

...http://www.dallasnews.com/news/columnists/steve-blow/20130629-richardson-teacher-s-retirement-ends-one-last-echo-of-disco-fashion.ece

Photo gallery of all 40: http://www.dallasnews.com/photos/20130630-teacher-fashioned-a-40-year-trend-with-one-set-of-threads.ece

Video of all the photos: http://www.dallasnews.com/video/?freewheel=90850&sitesection=dallasnews&VID=24899795

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1. Saw this on the news

What a hoot!