Part of my job as a respected leader and educator of today’s youth and young adults - not just here, but at a local school as well - is to keep abreast of all the latest trends. By this I don’t mean culinary trends; I set those, of course. I mean social trends so that I can best understand my students and my staff. And in return, they look to me not just as a role model to be pedestalized (though I am and they do), but as a sympathetic peer, hip to their causes (which I am not, but appearances will never give that away). For example I learned how to text. I know all about Bieber fever. I even just embedded a link, although that goes a bit beyond what’s necessary. lol

So when one of my middle school girls suggested a new look for me, I said, Golly, why not. I think this one’s a keeper!