Red Thursday

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Red Thursday or Red Shirt Thursday is a tradition which was started in 2005 at Donald A Wilson Secondary School in Whitby, Ontario, Canada. The tradition began in Miss Williams' (who is now known as Mrs. Foshay) Semester 1, Grade 11 Physics Class.

As the name suggests, the tradition consists of many students wearing red coloured shirts each and every Thursday. The one exception to this rule occurred on Friday, January 28, 2006. On this date, Miss Williams' class decided to wear red to their Friday physics exam. This date was also significant because at least 90% of the class participated in the tradition, not to mention Mrs. Foshay's participation.

[edit] History

The Red Thursday tradition began with one particular physics student trend-setting genius. This student who shall go unnamed, owned a wardrobe which consisted of many shirts which were black in colour. On a cold October 2005 Thursday when the student decided to wear a red coloured shirt, it was a very noticeable change which a number of his peers took note of. The next Thursday the student again wore the same red shirt.

On the third Thursday however, The trend-setter was once again wearing a black shirt. Another physics student in the class who had a reputation for commenting on the clothing of others loudly remarked to the trend-setter, "Hey! It's Thursday, where's your red shirt?".

The following Thursday an additional 3 physics students joined the trend, one of whom was the student who had made the remark the previous week. From this week on the trend has continued to grow, through the class and through Donald A Wilson Secondary School.

To this day, the unnamed trend-setting physics student responsible for Red Thursday maintains, that the first two Thursdays had not been strategically planned, and they were a mere coincidence.

[edit] Red Shirt as an Icon

The fashion trend set by the student indeed started a popular tradition; one which revolved around the wearing and expressing of a simple red shirt. Although meaningless at first the red shirt became more of an icon and symbol to the peers and teachers of the trend-setter; representing loyalty and devotion towards the physics curriculum.

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