School Uniform

[teqrevisited]

My secondary school didn't impose a uniform on us at first... It all changed when we got a new headmaster though.

I would usually beat the heat in summer with the blazer in my bag and shirt untucked. Noone but the head cared about this and he implied that having my shirt left out like that meant I wanted to spend the break picking up litter. I managed to talk my way out of it and after that I don't think he cared.

If you aren't allowed to do that just freeze a few bottles of water & take them with you. Keep them in separate compartments or they'll destroy your books etc.

 

[HTID Raver]

i had a school uniform when i was in england, when i moved to america they didnt wear any.

i wish they did though! i thought they looked snazzy lol

 

[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.

 

[Sonicron]

I live in Germany, so luckily we were never bothered with this kind of nonsense. Dear Lord, how dull it must be with everyone wearing the same clothes every day... -.-

 

[wooty]

I barely used to wear most of my uniform anyway, made very little difference to me personally. Didn't mind the uniform though when I did have to wear it all, it let you know your place.

 

[Lawnmooer]

I live in England and (Recently) finished school, my uniform was Black Trousers, a White Shirt, a Striped Tie and a Padded Black Blazer. Needless to say I said screw it and wore what I wanted.

In my last year the teachers gave up trying to tell people what to wear and to tuck in their shirts so alot of people were just wearing their normal clothes (Mainly Tacksuits... darn chavs)

I see why there are uniforms but I don't get why they are so strict about it, you can't even untuck your shirt and some of my teachers wouldn't let you undo any buttons on your shirt (Which is a pain if you have an adams apple...)

 

[Yosato]

At my high school we went from standard black blazers to these fucking awful blue ones with gold embroidery around the collar along with gold and blue ties. The insults from other schools were insane, and to be fair I think I'd do the same in their situation; we looked like our own house in a damn Harry Potter book, and not in a good way either :S

 

[xAnarchysAngelx]

Never went to a school that had uniforms.

 

[Rarhnor]

I think it's a good way to irradicate individualism (negatively speaken). However, it's also a great way, to teach you, to bond with others' through personality, instead of style and looks.

 

[rokkolpo]

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.

why should someone care if someone else entered the school?

kids get bullied anyway.

you really want to give off the impression of....
srry i had too embed that. anyway, who are you trying to show you're ready to work?

 

[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.

why should someone care if someone else entered the school?

kids get bullied anyway.

you really want to give off the impression of....
srry i had too embed that. anyway, who are you trying to show you're ready to work?

I don't 100% agree with them but I'll try stick up for them.

1. Paedophiles, kids from other schools come to start a fight(which has happened before)

2. More kids would get bullied about their clothes, bullying is pretty low at my school.

3. Well, you're in school, where you are suppose to learn and do your work. So, the teachers.

 

[AdamRBi]

I can't really see the argument for uniforms. Dress Codes yes, but taking it to the uniform extreme? I was so much happier with everything once I left the catholic school uniform system.

Some people abuse the privilege, but that's why we have dress codes.

 

[Pyotr Romanov]

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.

Dutch freedom high-five! *clap!*
Yeah, I'm pretty sure it's okay to show nudity on television here.
At least, there's no law against it.

But yeah, I've always hated the idea of wearing a school uniform. I just don't see the point, like Rokkolpo said there are little to no benefits from wearing them.

 

[SnakeF]

My school has uniforms and I really don't care about wearing them. Uniforms are a thing you need to get used to in later life so you might as well get used to it early on. I really don't understand why people complain about it. My school's uniform actually looks really nice in sixth form so I actually support it.

 

[rokkolpo]

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.

why should someone care if someone else entered the school?

kids get bullied anyway.

you really want to give off the impression of....
srry i had too embed that. anyway, who are you trying to show you're ready to work?

I don't 100% agree with them but I'll try stick up for them.

1. Paedophiles, kids from other schools come to start a fight(which has happened before)

2. More kids would get bullied about their clothes, bullying is pretty low at my school.

3. Well, you're in school, where you are suppose to learn and do your work. So, the teachers.

1.i wouldn't know of, but i'll take your word for it.

2.i agree, less kids are bully'd with uniforms. but still there must be the cool crowd.

3.or you could show them by working hard instead dressing by code.

oh and a last question: do you guys all change clothes after school? (meaning going directly home) walk around in it all day.....or keep extra clothes with you?

 

[TehAudioSurfer]

I see them as a means to conveniently identify students of different grade levels in a school system so crowded it has to "farm" education diplomas and round up students quickly. In example 6th graders wear white polo shirts, 7th graders wear red and so on.

Sure, you don't get to express yourself through visual aesthetic but it makes things easier for the process.

 

[JUMBO PALACE]

I live in America and my high school didn't have uniforms and I'm glad about that. If you're too lazy to pick out an outfit in the morning then you've got some major problems to address. And I don't think having all of the students dress the same would really alter test scores that much. The kids who want to work will work and those who don't won't, no matter what they're wearing.