Should school uniform be banned?

[karter]

Agree with what Zak said, keep uniform but don't be so harsh if there are defaulters.

[Zak]

Non-uniform days used to be the best days of the year to see what ridiculous outfits the emo/odd kids wear - I'm sure one bought a pirate costume once (and everyone else thought the same...)

Lmao. College is bad enough for horrendous attires, I can't imagine if schools scrapped uniforms altogether.

[AgnesIO]

Lmao. College is bad enough for horrendous attires, I can't imagine if schools scrapped uniforms altogether.

It would be hilarious, let's be honest haha

[Absently]

nah, they should never get rid of them. i think if they were, kids would put more pressure on their parents to buy them more clothes so that they don't have to wear the same attire more than once.

[Lewis]

From the point of view of bullying, made fun of, etc... School uniform should be kept.
But in my own opinion, school uniform should only be for primary school, and high/secondary school should be any clothes.

And since it's different in scotland, it goes: Primary 1-7. Secondary 1-6.

[Catchy]

Isn't school uniform supposed to create more productive behaviour?

[-:Undertaker:-]

A lot of authority rests on what is purely symbolic - you'll take a tall old-fashioned Policeman dressed in a smart Police uniform with a baton in his hand much more seriously than a short, thin Police woman wearing a hi-viz jacket and a radio in her hand ... despite both technically having the same authority.

And it's the same way with schools - walking into an intimitating Victorian school building with Gothic features, cast iron railings with dark wooden-panelled halls makes you respect an institution much more than say walking into a terrible 1950s school building (like both my primary and secondary school were) or one of the glass/clad things they build today - that's why our old court buildings and buildings of government are built in such grand designs in order to instill respect. Respect which leads to disipline is built on image and the smart school uniform works in much the same way.

So school uniform shouldn't be banned, rather it should be enforced - private schools however are a different matter and it should be up to them.

[Kardan]

From the point of view of bullying, made fun of, etc... School uniform should be kept.
But in my own opinion, school uniform should only be for primary school, and high/secondary school should be any clothes.

And since it's different in scotland, it goes: Primary 1-7. Secondary 1-6.

If anything, it should be the other way round, introduce uniform for secondary school.

Back at my school with no uniform, it was... How short skirts can you have, how low can your low-cut top be... Whats the most offensive thing you can get on your T-Shirt... How see-through can your leggings be...

Quite a horrid place really...

[Zak]

If anything, it should be the other way round, introduce uniform for secondary school.

Back at my school with no uniform, it was... How short skirts can you have, how low can your low-cut top be... Whats the most offensive thing you can get on your T-Shirt... How see-through can your leggings be...

Quite a horrid place really...

Oh I went to a Catholic high school and the girls tried rolling their skirts up ridiculously short. Wasn't complaining though.

[Daltron]

I think it allows (younger) children and teens to concentrate more on education and not what they are wearing when in school, and as already mentioned prevents those who can't afford the luxury of a diverse wardrobe the bullying that could come their way.