[i]I've always had to wear uniform, right from when I was starting Primary school at 5 to right now in my last year of High School. I think the biggest thing to adjust to was the whole "You have to wear a shirt, tuck it in, make sure your tie is 11 strips long (that was before they done away with the disgusting purple and mustard yellow tie with a royal blue one that has LHS and the sports college logo on it...) and has to be done up right to the neck. Make sure you are wearing proper school tailored trousers - no jeans - and skirts cannot be more than ten inches above or below the knee" kinda thing which still pisses us off today.
I guess when you've worn uniform your whole life it kinda doesn't matter much and you don't really care for it (I couldn't are less if we have the stuff or not...) And as my cousin said, having a unform means you dont have to stress over what outfit you are gonna wear today and if people or not will take the piss out of you.
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[b]magicalfreddiemercury wrote: [/b]
I wonder what everyone's opinion is on this. It's a new thing in my area. Junior high schools are now starting to require uniforms for all the kids - from shoes up to earrings and headgear.
I'm not sure how I feel. My first reaction was to think how dare they, but that soon gave way to wanting to understand why they've decided to do this. I can easily see how the competition to one-up another with designer clothes would be squashed with everyone wearing uniforms, and I see how gang colors would be harder to display, but are those the sole reasons for this? There has to be more.
Do they have uniforms in your area? Do you like the idea or not?
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They'll find a different way for competition. Ever been to England? They have school uniforms all over the place, but there's as much social competition and outcasting in schools with uniforms as in those without, all over the world. The only reason schools really want them is to enforce discipline, and I am not in favour of that to any significant extent.
[b]magicalfreddiemercury wrote: [/b]
I wonder what everyone's opinion is on this. It's a new thing in my area. Junior high schools are now starting to require uniforms for all the kids - from shoes up to earrings and headgear.
I'm not sure how I feel. My first reaction was to think how dare they, but that soon gave way to wanting to understand why they've decided to do this. I can easily see how the competition to one-up another with designer clothes would be squashed with everyone wearing uniforms, and I see how gang colors would be harder to display, but are those the sole reasons for this? There has to be more.
Do they have uniforms in your area? Do you like the idea or not?
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They'll find a different way for competition. Ever been to England? They have school uniforms all over the place, but there's as much social competition and outcasting in schools with uniforms as in those without, all over the world. The only reason schools really want them is to enforce discipline, and I am not in favour of that to any significant extent.