School Uniform

[Fallen-Angel Risen-Demon]

HA! HA! HA!

Being in Sixth Form is sweet.

Basterd!
My freinds from 2 years up had induction day today.
I spent half of lunch standing below a hill where they were and starering at them with envy. The occaisional fist shake.
God it's been boring without them.
OT: There is no point to them. For every argument for them there is a better argument against them.

 

[Mr Montmorency]

-snip-.

Can't afford more clothes?! Fuck off, do you know how much uniforms cost? Give or take, it's over double the cost of any ordinary clothing item because it's tailor made for the school. If anything, it means nothing because then the indication for poor kids would be the ones who can't afford the uniform instead - making the whole idea mute in the first place.

Also, poor kids are never the ones who are bullied. The poor kids are the ones who do bully. They're poor for a reason, it's because they have shitty parents, ego, they're pricks. I know. I went to school with kids who never bothered wearing uniforms and turned up in tracksuit bottoms and Nike shoes - chavs.

You're really DIGGING now.

I can argue against you from a first hand point of view. I go to a (rather expensive) fee-paying school in Manchester (and before you call me a rich prick, I'm going to state that I am on a bursary), and the rich kids do take pride of place. There is a popular brand which is expensive called Superdry, and all the rich kids have it, and I have come in in cheaper items of clothing from Topman. You have no idea the kind of abuse I received, I got spat at, hit, shouted at etc. from all the posh children from their 3 story mansions in Cheshire, who deem that the poorer kids are inferior to them and therefore they can seize control.

So yes, poor kids ARE bullied, and quite frequently too...

PS. No, my parents aren't shitty, they work hard for the living they do, and look after me very well. I don't try to deny the fact that I'm poor, I take it on the chin and accept it, and as far as I'm aware, I'm not a prick...

The only thing you said here was that you were poorer than all the others, not the poor. I only said the downright poorest and stupidest are the ones who bully.

Well I am technically the poor in my school =P

Also school uniform might be twice as expensive, but you have to buy lots of different clothes, whereas you can get away with just one school uniform...

ONE stinking school uniform? Some mothers have better things to do than wash those clothes every night (like working in the kitchen or bringing me a beer). Usually, you have to buy 2 or 3 different shirts and trousers, give or take. It costs even more than double it normally would, in fact.

 

[Broady Brio]

Used to be...

Navy blue polo, navy blue sweatshirt, black trousers, black shoes.

We could take off the sweatshirt obviously not the same with the shirt.

 

[Mucinex-D]

I find school uniform irritating but I suppose they have to turn us into soulless machines somehow.

We've combated that by turning school uniforms into a fetish.

Mmmm.... School girl uniforms...

I kid, I kid... ~wink~

OT:
No we don't have uniforms (in most schools), probably due to the fact that we TRY (key word here) to have as much freedom as we can in all aspects of life, since everyone is all about the freedom here. Even if uniforms were made mandatory in most schools I could see mass rebellion against it happening. I think school uniforms are terrible, and I can only imagine how much it must suck to wear it.

 

[The_ModeRazor]

No uniforms here, and HOLY SHIT YOU GO TO SCHOOL IN JULY???
It ended for us on June 10. Ha!

 

[Trebort]

My school uniforms were always awesome.

T-Shirt, Jumper and black trousers. Simple and effective.

First school had Dark Blue jumpers with a light blue t shirt, my second school had the same uniform.

 

[MasterChief892039]

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[Trace2010]

In elementary school, sure, the biggest person who might not be as bright could become a bully, but that's where it ends. When students get towards middle school and higher, social/psychological abuse, exclusivity ("Cliques"), usually are conducted by SMARTER, RICHER, and more socially affluent students.

And, make no mistake, people DO get bullied over clothes. As a matter of fact, it's one of the first status symbols that students get differentiated from (not only by students but psychologically proven by TEACHERS as well) on Day 1.

And considering the fact that I have seen 15 and 16 year-olds still in 8th grade (NOT ALWAYS due to being held back by failing) some of which are as tall as me (at 6'5'') I actually like the fact that all the students wear some semblance of a school uniform.

It's a polo. It's cotton. And yes, it does get hot in West Texas as well.

 

[Blue Musician]

Holland here.

and i think it might be against the law to use school uniforms here.
Freedom of Expression for the win!

we Dutch are really for our freedom.
that's right we don't even *bleep* out nasty words on tv. * le gasp*

EDIT: i really don't see any significant benefits from school uniforms.

I should live over there. Mexico forces school uniforms, and in some cases work uniforms. If you have, say, black colored socks instead of white, they suspend you. If you have a brown belt instead of black, they suspend you. If you hair is longer than 3 centimeters, they suspend you. Mexico is basically a fascist country. Add that to the bloody military, yep.

 

[Mr Snuffles]

-snip-.

Can't afford more clothes?! Fuck off, do you know how much uniforms cost? Give or take, it's over double the cost of any ordinary clothing item because it's tailor made for the school. If anything, it means nothing because then the indication for poor kids would be the ones who can't afford the uniform instead - making the whole idea mute in the first place.

Also, poor kids are never the ones who are bullied. The poor kids are the ones who do bully. They're poor for a reason, it's because they have shitty parents, ego, they're pricks. I know. I went to school with kids who never bothered wearing uniforms and turned up in tracksuit bottoms and Nike shoes - chavs.

You're really DIGGING now.

I can argue against you from a first hand point of view. I go to a (rather expensive) fee-paying school in Manchester (and before you call me a rich prick, I'm going to state that I am on a bursary), and the rich kids do take pride of place. There is a popular brand which is expensive called Superdry, and all the rich kids have it, and I have come in in cheaper items of clothing from Topman. You have no idea the kind of abuse I received, I got spat at, hit, shouted at etc. from all the posh children from their 3 story mansions in Cheshire, who deem that the poorer kids are inferior to them and therefore they can seize control.

So yes, poor kids ARE bullied, and quite frequently too...

PS. No, my parents aren't shitty, they work hard for the living they do, and look after me very well. I don't try to deny the fact that I'm poor, I take it on the chin and accept it, and as far as I'm aware, I'm not a prick...

The only thing you said here was that you were poorer than all the others, not the poor. I only said the downright poorest and stupidest are the ones who bully.

Well I am technically the poor in my school =P

Also school uniform might be twice as expensive, but you have to buy lots of different clothes, whereas you can get away with just one school uniform...

ONE stinking school uniform? Some mothers have better things to do than wash those clothes every night (like working in the kitchen or bringing me a beer). Usually, you have to buy 2 or 3 different shirts and trousers, give or take. It costs even more than double it normally would, in fact.

My single blazer and tie lasts me a whole term. A pair of trousers can easily last a week provided you don't do any serious amount of sweating... Maybe you need 2 shirts but still, compared to like 5 outfits of normal clothing it's cheaper...

 

[MrFluffy-X]

but they look hot on chicks....

 

[Canid117]

If you are in a public school in the states you do not have to wear a uniform... or go to school in the summer unless you fucked something up during the year. What class did you fail or which country of horrible evils do you live in?

 

[Blue Musician]

EDIT: i really don't see any significant benefits from school uniforms.

My schools reasons are:

If someone from the outside has entered the school they can tell them apart.

Kids are less likely to be bullied about their clothes.

It shows you are ready to work.

In Mexico none of those reasons work. Could you tell me any more please?

 

[Sougo]

schools uniforms are a good thing.

It means ppl aren't gonna show up wearing really absurd emo-style outfits everyday.

I went to a Catholic school, but atleast the higher ups were human, they'd let us leave out the blazers when it was hot. Actually the blazer was the only part of the uniform that was entirely optional.

 

[El Poncho]

EDIT: i really don't see any significant benefits from school uniforms.

My schools reasons are:

If someone from the outside has entered the school they can tell them apart.

Kids are less likely to be bullied about their clothes.

It shows you are ready to work.

In Mexico none of those reasons work. Could you tell me any more please?

These are the reasons my school has given, I cannot think of any more myself.

 

[Cain_Zeros]

I don't know if there are any schools with uniforms in Canada. Either way now that I'm college there sure as hell won't be any.

 

[Oskar K]

If tight Cheap Monday jeans that I wear everyday and only wash once a month a KISS t-shirt and Converse All star is a school uniform..... then yes.. I wear a school uniform

 

[Why do I care]

6th grade
All we had to wear was a bloody shirt and jeans. Fine by me.

7th grade
Switched schools. Uniform was blue polo tucked in with lousy khakis that didn't do shit to protect your legs from cold or hotness. Lastly, a crappy belt which I swear to god it was just awful to wear. I think it even had a damn sensor because people will hunt you down if you even adjust to a more fitable size just to BREATHE.

Sadly I have to attend another year of it until I can go.

 

[lyrandar]

I'm Australian, people are always a little bit confused about me going to a school without a uniform as the vast majority >90% of schools here have uniforms. I guess we follow the british in that regard.

 

[ScarletRider]

I had spent about a year and a half in a Catholic high school. You'd figure a private institution would have a lower rate of theft, bullying, and would be a more positive learning environment, right? I got into six fights in that first year. Twice because I butted heads with a smart ass, once because someone shoved me in the hallway, I shoved back, etc... Twice more because this one jerk thought grabbing at my crotch was funny and laughed about it with his friends (I'm a guy, and this was in a Catholic high school...), and once because someone said something about a girl that he really shouldn't have. To top it off, the teachers and staff were boring, uninspired, and basically droned on the lesson regardless of what was going on in the classroom. Uniforms didn't really help matters. It wasn't uncommon for lockers to be broken into when students kept their "normal clothes" in their to change into later. Heck, the uniforms were so expensive, it wasn't uncommon for the locker rooms to be raided during gym class to steal the uniforms themselves. The locks on the lockers were childs play.
I spend the rest of my high school years at public schools, and while they lacked the uniforms, and guys did tend to wear their pants around their thighs, it was a generally better experience over all. There was a lot less bullying, everyone seemed mainly cool, and the most violence happened in one school was a small riot that was sparked by a racial feud and not clothing. And even then, it was only between a small group of people.The teachers actually wanted to teach, and in general KNEW how to handle a rowdy bunch, inspite of the over crowded classrooms. Going public was the best thing for me, educational wise, with the added benefit of no uniforms.