EVOLUTION OF SCHOOL SHOES

The new principal had bitterly complained about the type of shoes we wore to school. Before the evolution of school shoes there was freedom to wear any kind of shoes as long as they were:
1) Brown
2) had a lace to tie
3) Were sandals or covered shores.
Moccasins, loafers and sandals of various sorts were the norm back then, girls would come back to school the next term with new shoes.My shoes were off limits because not only were they brown loafers they had silver metal on the sides, topic for another session. Meanwhile PQC was giving her assembly and her conversation with us which really didn't make sense at that time was
"These shoes you wear are very hurtful, i see some girls walking around in heels and they are not good for your knees, you are young and your legs need to be properly supported so that when you get older you won't suffer the consequences of wearing these shoes at this age so I have decided to design a new pair of shoes that would become part of your uniform."
I listened t her in amazement. True some people had off limit shoes like high heels or my silver sided brown loafers but no one complained.
So after a couple of months, the shoes were ready, they were made by Bata and sincerly those were the ugliest shoes i have ever seen a dn that a young girl would ever wear.
"Who designed these shoes?" was the common question, some said it was "Chupa Chops", others said it was the administration, regardless of who did it, i though they were ugly, some refused to buy it but in order to increase awareness and make us buy them there was a mandatory check for them during assembly and one would be punished if they were not worn. The contractor for those shoes would have been in serious money, by the way the second generation of those shoes were better looking. I wonder if thee was an improvement to these shoes leading to a third generation.