...this is just a hoot--`Two-A-Days' sparks wardrobe war
TROY GOODMAN
News staff writer
The latest T-shirt fad at Vestavia Hills High School comes with a hefty dose of ribbing for archrival Hoover High.
More than 780 students, parents and supporters are wearing short- and long-sleeve shirts bearing the phrase, "It only takes us One-A-Day," on the back. The shirts poke fun at the popular TV reality show "Two-A-Days," which follows Hoover's football program.
The two schools meet tonight in a state Class 6A football semifinal. The Bucs (12-1) narrowly beat Vestavia Hills (11-2) in a game earlier this season.
Elliott White, a Vestavia Hills High senior, designed the shirt as part of a Junior Achievement economics project. He and many of his classmates feel that the MTV show stresses drama over athletic ability.
White said the T-shirt is a way to say his school's team has star power on the field. "It was funny to make fun of it," he said. "And it was not really to make fun of the school, it was to make fun of the show." [...]
I feel much better about America's youth when I read stories like this.
Posted by Terry Oglesby at December 1, 2006 09:48 AM