School Uniforms

[FlyingJesus]

Think of what makes up the word: uni (one) form (shape). One shape, because you as students are one body of learning and in my experience uniforms help to bring pupils together more than anything else that the schools can come up with. You can't tell from the off whether someone's a goth or chav or whatever else just by their clothes if you're in uniforms - obviously some will have differences in makeup, hair, and accessories, but generally there's less to dislike about someone who looks just like you, so there are less problems to be had. In my entire year group at my high school there were maybe 10 cases of someone really hating another and causing problems on a regular basis, the rest of us got on fairly well no matter what our backgrounds and interests, which I don't think would have happened nearly so cleanly if we'd all been wearing what we wanted.

[Smits]

Uniforms are deffinately a good thing. Everyone looks equal, more likely to talk to people you wouldn't usually talk to.

[Technologic]

I have to wear uniform for my sixth form. it sucks ass lol.

[Sharon]

You have a point but there is values of a uniform I mean we recently had an inspector in and she judged our uniforms a lot, As there is a near by Private school who have tacky green blazers, so we even got praise for that.

[Caution]

It's definitely a good thing, only if it's enforced strictly though. If it's not enforced strictly enough people start changing the uniform. Up until August we wore whatever we wanted to school, and then they brought in a shirt and tie and it's much better. You have a better attitude to working if you're all wearing the same clothes. There have been a few students at my school that are totally against it and have went as far as getting their parents to write to the Council so they don't have to wear it and keep their 'individuality'. :rolleyes: You're at school to learn, and if you feel your personality doesn't reflect your individuality enough then it's pretty sad really.

[galbabe]

It's definitely a good thing, only if it's enforced strictly though. If it's not enforced strictly enough people start changing the uniform. Up until August we wore whatever we wanted to school, and then they brought in a shirt and tie and it's much better. You have a better attitude to working if you're all wearing the same clothes. There have been a few students at my school that are totally against it and have went as far as getting their parents to write to the Council so they don't have to wear it and keep their 'individuality'. :rolleyes: You're at school to learn, and if you feel your personality doesn't reflect your individuality enough then it's pretty sad really.

You have a point but there is values of a uniform I mean we recently had an inspector in and she judged our uniforms a lot, As there is a near by Private school who have tacky green blazers, so we even got praise for that.

Think of what makes up the word: uni (one) form (shape). One shape, because you as students are one body of learning and in my experience uniforms help to bring pupils together more than anything else that the schools can come up with. You can't tell from the off whether someone's a goth or chav or whatever else just by their clothes if you're in uniforms - obviously some will have differences in makeup, hair, and accessories, but generally there's less to dislike about someone who looks just like you, so there are less problems to be had. In my entire year group at my high school there were maybe 10 cases of someone really hating another and causing problems on a regular basis, the rest of us got on fairly well no matter what our backgrounds and interests, which I don't think would have happened nearly so cleanly if we'd all been wearing what we wanted.

yh i get why you have to wear uniforms what i don't get is we we have to tights when we could just wear white socks or black tights + in march usaually it is warmer than it is in june or july lol

[Nixt]

Because uniform suggests uniformity which means it should be the same, rather than everyone wearing different colour tights and different colour socks or w/e.

Uniforms are definitely a good thing. As Tom mentioned it means individuals cannot be stereotyped on the basis of their appearance if everyone is wearing the same thing. It can also help reduce bullying on the basis of how much money an individual has - if there was no uniform the less well-off students are not bullied for the nature of their less expensive clothing etc.

[TheEclipse]

I honestly never cared about '6 hours in clothes that don't reflect my personality' YES that's what you're expected to do. Just deal with it, don't try and bend the rules.

[Recursion]

Sounds like you should stay in school for a while longer, have fun

Anyway, SIXTH FORM FTW!

[TheEclipse]

Also, teachers do NOT get to wear 'what they want'. They wear clothes that are much more formal than they'd wear at home. They often wear makeup that they don't like wearing, stockings they don't like wearing, ties, shirts, blouses, formal trousers etc (for men and women), less jewellery, no low cut tops, no bare arms, etc etc. I come from a big family of teachers and they've all got 'teaching clothes' and 'home clothes'. They buy things because 'that'd be good for school' etc.