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comment by easynow
easynow  ·  4731 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Dressing The Part (or not) in Academia
Last night I went to a work function of my wives. She said it wasn't that formal. I got there and some of the men were wearing tuxedo's. I had on dress pants, a collared shirt and a sweater (not a cosby sweater, but still a sweater). For most occasions I would have been suitably dressed but last night I was not. It absolutely effected how confident I was. I didn't feel comfortable at all.

Confidence effects our ability to communicate. Therefore, it makes perfect sense to me that a teacher would be better at communicating ideas if they were dressed in a way that made them feel confident.