LOS ALAMITOS, Calif. — As you roam through the school hallways, students wearing colorful plaid or TV-character fur-lined pants make their way to class. The ongoing trend of students slipping on pajama pants to school has more kids jumping on board than ever.

“It feels like any other day when I wear pajamas to school,” Devan Parker, a Los Alamitos High School sophomore, said.

Some students argue that pajamas prevent students from grasping the material and gaining a sense of professionalism, while others believe that the comfortable nature of wearing pajamas to class can enable one’s ability to focus on classwork.

“School is a learning environment, and teachers should not be policing what clothing students are most comfortable learning in, unless it is disruptive to fellow students’ ability to learn,” Audrey Romo, LAHS junior, said.

In a 2005 article, Armand Cardello and Howard Schutz of UC Davis reported studies showing that students who dress for comfort rather than social code perform better on their exams and exhibit higher confidence levels.

“I think people wear pajamas because they see so many kids wearing them, so it becomes an easy option in the morning,” junior Hannah Jun said.

With the growing stress of achieving the perfect college application, students spend hours every night on homework, extracurricular activities, community service and sports. This leaves students drained and often going to bed in the early morning hours.

“I feel like I’m doing so much but nothing at all. I feel like I’m wasting time,” Violet Murphy, junior, said.

With overbearing amounts of schoolwork and peer pressure, it’s easy to recognize why students choose to wear more comfortable clothing. Students pulling all-nighters to finish assignments are left exhausted and out of energy to style their hair or pick out a cute outfit. Many girls also report feeling a rise of social pressure to maintain their public image, which is based on the growing beauty standards expected of women.

“Constantly having to worry about the way people perceive you for being a woman and to dress ‘nice’ brings an immense amount of stress to me that carries throughout the day,” junior Gwyn Gardner said.

It’s no secret that high school students are judgmental, so, understandably, more scholars opt to eliminate worries of peer judgment about their fashion choices by choosing comfort over style: the socially accepted and well-loved pajamas.

Whether you choose to rock pajama pants or an oversized onesie, cozy sleepwear is a big hit at LAHS.