Lookin Smart

Normally in the United States if one wants to pay another a compliment about their looks they might say, "you look good", or "nice outfit", or even "you are pretty/handsome in that." And then if one really looks good they might be told they "are hot." Here in Rwanda they go with the "you look smart" when they like the outfit that you are wearing; this goes for both men and women.
Now in the past 2+ months I have had my students tell me I look smart. It usually happens on the weekend when I am wearing my 'hang around' clothes [remember my students must ALWAYS wear their uniforms].
Well on Friday I decided to wear one of my dresses. It was the first time that I had a chance to wear the dress because I finally bought black shoes that I could wear with the dress (I had only brought brown shoes).
As I was walking to my first class I literally stopped girls while they were walking. Other students ran out of their classrooms or crowded to the window to see me; All of them saying, "teacher you look smart."
I will admit that this made me smile, I mean who doesn't like to get a compliment, but still I found it a little amusing to have all these girls telling me I look smart. Even during break time when I was in the staff room I had fellow teachers telling me that I looked smart. After break when I was walking to my next class I once again bombarded with students telling me how smart I looked. At the time I did not know but another teacher was walking behind me, and as I had students making comments to me he would then come behind me and ask the students, what do I not look smart..haha. Oh how it made me smile. Just think if I had worn the dress a month ago I would have been a sensation... and to think when I wear my other dress I can be a sensation again..haha :)