What do you think about school uniforms?

I only have one more thing to really say on Uniforms.

A kid who had a school with required uniforms takes longer to choose what to wear than a kid who had no school uniform.

I wish I could back this up with a reference but I've forgotten what book it was in.

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Because, I assume, self-expression through the few details you control is more difficult than self-expression if you control all your clothing?

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I suppose?

I've certainly noticed an increase in "uh what do I wear?" moments on my days off sporadic and random as they are. Cause normally I just grab my work shirt and work pants then bolt for the shower. I literally don't seem to think beyond "where are they?".

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We never had school uniforms, I didn't even stuff like that existed. Honestly, textbooks themselves can be already expensive enough, especially in primary school, so I'm kinda glad we don't have them.

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Couldn't you hire the textbooks from the library? That's what we did (God knows I spent enough time stamping a thousand copies of biology or physics textbooks).

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Yeah, we did. We still had to buy certain textbooks anew every year because they didn't have those at all.

In high school however, we get everything from the library. Except for English classes. You have to buy those fast, otherwise the bookstores were amazingly quickly out of stock.

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In New South Wales, textbooks are automatically provided by the school, free of charge.

I take it Slovenian schools do it a different way?

edited 10th Apr '11 3:44:18 AM by FuschlatzOReilly

Our library had literally 2, 3 hundred copies of some of those english resources. Chinese Cinderella in particular. Somebody just kept buying more of them D=

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They like to squeeze every penny out of poor people.

Either buy or borrow from school for half of price. I've never gotten anything free of charge.

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That's why you pirate the books.

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I'd like to point out something about Australian school uniform policy. As far as I can tell Australian students never have to wear the uniform, or at least some parts of it, if they have permission not to from a parent/guardian, and this country is home to more than a few students whose caretakers are quite lenient about it. (I know one guy at my school who always has his parents' permission to wear running shoes.)

Do you guys know if this trend occurs in any other school-uniform-requiring countries?

edited 22nd Jun '11 12:21:14 AM by FuschlatzOReilly

They suck donkey balls.

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Overly childish, if you ask me.

> They like to squeeze every penny out of poor people.

I relate to that.

edited 22nd Jun '11 10:26:42 AM by Aminatep

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@füschlatz o'reilly

At my elementary school, if your parents signed a waiver within the first two weeks of school, you wouldn't have to wear a uniform. Then in middle school they didn't. And high school, well doesn't have uniforms here.

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I don't care as long as they weren't overly short since I'm too long legged to start with. North American school uniforms can look fine. I don't understand why the skirt seems to be plaid too often (plaid can get ugly fast). Japanese school uniforms (the sailor style ones) are alright, though I think when they stray to colors that are not really "nautical" themed they start to look weird.

Vietnamese school uniforms are the best of all.

I wore a uniform when I was in school, I live in Ireland, and as far as I know, everyone wears a uniform here. It's not that bad, the uniform thing, it doesn't 'stop you exploring your individuality' or any shit like that, it was just an outfit, everyone wore one. It was very uncomfortable, mind, a shirt, a tie, a jumper... you were absolutely roasting in summer, and freezing in winter, which was annoying, but everyone did it, and you didn't know anything else, so it was ok. You moaned and moaned and moaned, but looking back, it was better. Saved you from picking out a new outfit to wear, non-uniform days were always very stressful.

I don't think the school should be telling you about how you wear your hair or what you get pierced though, I can understand banning long earrings and that, for safety reasons, but banning you from having pink hair or wearing make-up or having a nosering is stupid, I think. It doesn't affect your education, and you wear a uniform already, so you fit in enough there.

That's the thing, they can be horrendously expensive. My little sister's jumper cost 50 euros, which'd be what, 60, 70 dollars? I think there should be a uniform, but it should be something cheaper and more comfortable. A tracksuit would be fine, a pair of cheap tracksuit bottoms, a polo shirt and a hoody would be grand, imo.

Interestingly, when I was in school and people used to get in trouble for not wearing their uniforms, they were never wearing their ordinary clothes. It was always the school tracksuit. So I dunno, I don't think people have a problem with the idea of a uniform, it's just how uncomfortable the uniform is.

IIRC, the Taiwanese school uniform for both genders is some kind of singlet-shorts combination. I don't particularly see how that could be expensive...

The uniform I had to wear was good for people who don't care about fashion. Yeah, being able to wear whatever I want is more comfortable, but I sorta miss not having to choose an outfit.

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Girls wear seifuku most of the time (a custom left over from Japanese occupation); boys wear fairly common-or-garden button shirts and trousers.

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What's with the seifuku, really?

Is it related to Japan being a naval country?

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First of all, one student needs at least two or three sets to function properly, and uniforms are damn expensive. Here in Serbia, introducing uniforms would mean making parents throw away one average monthly salary for only one child. Also, uniforms don't have a real practical purpose, so it would only mean squeezing money out of already poor people's pockets.

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Well, it's time to beat the dead horse.

Now that I think of it, I don't think I would mind wearing uniforms throughtout college.

Provided that female uniform is cute.

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I think it would have been better if the secondary school I went to had had a uniform. Almost every other secondary in the city did/does and by and large they had better discipline and a better academic record.

Oddly enough, the school I went to got closed down a few years ago.

My primary school had a uniform. It was a white shirt, green blazer (or sweatshirt for the younger, messier kids) and grey trousers. Very snazzy.

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I say.

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