Pep rallies were lame. Prom was fun though. A group of friends and I rocked the karaoke machine all night long. We rickrolled the shit out of things, man.
I still wish my uniform included a tie...I love ties and always have...Ties...
At least I have one now though...And a uniform skirt, a white button up shirt, and knee high socks that same color as said skirt...I still look young enough for the school girl thing to work too.
:D
I also have an outfit that functions as my school boy outfit. Or did...I need new pants and a new shirt to go with it...MY PANTS ARE UGLY AND RATTY AND THE SHIRT HAS A HUGE PAINT STAIN.
I need a teacher though...or a school nurse.
edited 27th Mar '11 5:28:37 PM by Aondeug
If someone wants to accuse us of eating coconut shells, then that's their business. We know what we're doing. - Achaan ChahWere I in control of such matters both sexes would have the freedom to adopt the uniform of the other gender. You would have to abide to all the anal rules I made about said uniforms though.
If someone wants to accuse us of eating coconut shells, then that's their business. We know what we're doing. - Achaan ChahForcing guys to keep their hair short is bad and the people who do it should feel bad.
</grew up with a dad who has always had long hair>
edited 28th Mar '11 12:53:30 AM by annebeeche
Banned entirely for telling FE that he was being rude and not contributing to the discussion. I shall watch down from the goon heavens.![]()
In general, I mean. You had your school and that *ahem* 'family' of yours to keep you from being a teenager. For those who've had the freedom to experiment, come adulthood and there's time constraints and the constant pressure to grow up and be normal, whatever they mean. And if high school frowns on difference, the workplace does so even more, both inside and, frequently, outside the office.
edited 28th Mar '11 1:14:13 AM by DarkDecapodian
Aww, did I hurt your widdle fee-fees?
However, I've noticed that among the people I've met, those who had did crazy stuff in high school wound up being a bit more well-rounded as adults, whereas teens who were seriously restricted tend to go a bit apenuts when they hit their mid 20s. It's sort of a "I need to do all this stuff while I'm still young enough to enjoy it" mentality.
Had to wear one from the age of about four to the age of about sixteen (stopped just before, actually, since my birthday is in the summer holidays). It was black and red, with a striped tie in both primary and secondary school, and a blazer and polo shirts (for the upper years) in secondary school, too. Primary school had summer dresses for the girls, too. We weren't allowed to wear make-up, heels or have our hair stand out in any way, and jewellery was limited to stud earrings. Naturally, these rules were pushed as far as they would go and often disregarded, completely.
We were also expected to wear the entire uniform home so it was clear what school we came from. What this was supposed to do was install a sense of pride so that we would behave. Of course, we shared bus stops and whatnot with students from other schools with their own uniforms, so all this did was create a sort of rivalry. It probably didn't help our terrible reputation, either.
I still have some of my school skirts in my wardrobe. Without the rest of the wardrobe, they're just non-descript black skirts and those are pretty useful.
Most kids were pleased to get to the sixth form, which generally doesn't require a uniform (although some do, depending on the school/college).
To be fair, uniforms signifies one thing that at least us Asians seem to worship - a sense of discipline. Wearing an uniform means that you've given up part of your "self" to adhere to a common code of discipline, which is held in very high esteem where I came from.
Support Taleworlds!I'm of two minds on school uniforms.
On the one hand, uniforms do prevent what I like to term the "fashion arms race" between students. At a previous school I worked at, a rather expensive private school, this reached ridiculous and potentially financially crippling levels. In the end, the Student Council ended up demanding a uniform, because the scholarship students and children of staff were being outpriced and it was causing unnecessary tension. If everyone is dressed the same, there isn't going to be namecalling, the richer kids picking on the poorer ones (or vice-versa) and people made fun of for odd fashion styles.
They also tend to make the students easy to keep track of, on day trips and so on. And look smart.
On the other hand...uniforms tend to be mandatory, and there tend to be, uh, cozy relationships between providers and school staff or PTA members. Or so I've heard. Uniform prices do seem to go up year on year above the rate of inflation too...
There is a freedom of expression thing as well. I think you can mandate certain sensible guidelines on dress without having to demand uniformity. And to be honest, I can remember when I was at school I wasn't entirely comfortable in a uniform myself. While it obviously didn't affect me terribly, if I had been in my own clothes I would have been more comfortable and maybe more focused on learning than why my jumper was so damn itchy.
Also, some uniforms are just plain ugly. Not to mention cheap looking.
At least Year 12 students get
uniforms that are (usually) kinda cool
...
edited 28th Mar '11 2:47:43 PM by FuschlatzOReilly
I quite liked my uniform. I don't think Uniforms should be too restrictive, you should have a little leeway with hair and whatnot.
Some of the girl's wish they had access to trousers, and many in my school said the same. Finally they brought in a choice of trousers and skirts for girls. For about a week maybe 2 or 3 girls wore them, then the trousers all dissapeared and the issue was never really mentioned again.
I guess the girl's weren't really that fussed about wearing them after all.
I think Uniforms, to an extent, reduce cliqueishness. It's impossible to judge at first sight, so you have to give people a bit more of a chance. People still formed cliques, but they weren't as hard and fast, and there was a lot of people that talked to pretty much everyone, like me, impressive considering I was the biggest nerd in the year. I was a bit of a clown too though :P
One year the school I was going to introduced uniforms. I thought it was bullshit. Luckily my parents agreed it was bullshit, so I only had to put up with it for a year before they got me a waver so I didn't have to wear uniforms.
Personally I see them as something unspeakably horrible, in part because I place individuality above most other things. As far as work uniforms go, if you'll be dealing with customers, you should have something on that lets customers know you work there. If you're not working in direct contact with customers then I see zero need for uniforms.
When I was in school, I wanted a uniform. The Catholic schools (which are also public in Canada, long story) had basic polos-n-slacks uniforms (even for girls, skirts were phased out when I was in grade 9 or 10). I went to a proper public school, which just had a dress code that was more or less upheld, but everything within the code was fair game. On a related note, I got away with some very cleavagey shirts because it's hard to judge what's excessive, and no one wanted to try to enforce a "no cleavage" rule. No skirts above the tips of the fingers was easy, and no spaghetti straps was easy but very stupid, really.
Really, I don't see "self-expression" as a good reason to not have them. Monetary concerns, e.g. families that can't afford the uniform, are much better.
^ If you can't self-express without clothes, there's a problem.
I had uniforms from 8-13 when I lived overseas. It was fine. In primary school girls had dresses, in secondary everyone wore shirts, ties and then skirts or pants. Girls could wear pants if they wanted.
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