What is a Mum?
Having gone to high school in Dallas and hence moved elsewhere, I have more often than not, experienced that people are not only unfamiliar, but are utterly confused by what they are and more importantly why on earth we have them. The best way I have been able to explain it is a giant plastic or silk chrysanthemum flower mounted on what looks like a first place ribbon for horses from the fair, with ribbons, streamers, feather boas, bells, and candy hanging from it. Freshmen, sophomore, and junior mums are school colors and seniors get the honor of theirs being white with silver and gold. Typically, …show more content…
While on anything else having something tacky and flamboyant is considered bad, in this case they are supposed to love it and love being judged by that alone. “But is it possible to have a giant, flashy ribbon without those social ramifications? I 'm pretty sure that human nature, paired with high school makes social horrors impossible to avoid altogether.” In the land of pageants and big hair, its not that big of a stretch and it has become so engrained into Texas culture that it will likely continue to