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School Uniforms: An editorial (1 of 2)Read the article this discussion is about
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» Dantessa - As a former student of a school where uniforms were mandatory (m As a former student of a school where uniforms were mandatory (my junior high/high school), I can say from experience that uniforms didn't have any obvious effect on my study & scholarly habits. But, they DID make my mornings so much easier. I didn't have to wake up a half an hour early to plan my wardrobe. Believe me, for someone who cringes at the thought of any hour before 11am, that's a godsend!Though, when I did enter college, it was odd at first to be schooling in my own clothes. Mind you, I ended up with a very unique situation. I lived in the same dorm with all my classmates, since I was in an organised honours program. Our classrooms were in the same building as our dorms. We frequently ended up at morning classes in our PJs. So somehow, I think I might be on the "fringe" of the uniforms vs. no uniforms experience, and probably entirely too confused to contribute to the debate!!! -- posted by Dantessa » rahunter_nf - Another Reason for Uniforms Although I'm not the parent of a teenager, I enjoyed your article, Terrie, and am looking forward to part 2.At one time, most of the schools in our community required uniforms. The primary reason, if I remember correctly, was that many families were poor and couldn't afford to dress their children as nicely as more well-to-do families could. Uniforms put all children on an equal level, at least as far as clothes were unconcerned. Unfortunately, they also gave an extra expense at the beginning of the school year to all families, including poor families. I imagine that parents' objections to the latter was one of the reasons for our schools eventually dropping uniforms. As I've already mentioned, I'm not the parent of a teenager. However, the Lord willing, I'll still be around when my two little ones reach their teens. I hope that Parenting Teenagers will also still be around then. -- posted by rahunter_nf » Terrie_Bittner - Re: Another Reason for Uniforms In response to message posted by rahunter_nf:I'd like to thank both of you for contributing. Our one experience with uniforms convinced me that the arguments just didn't pan out. They were expensive. We tend to bargain shop and those uniforms cost more than my entire homeschool budget for the year. Also, my daughter already had a lovely closet full of perfectly good clothes. As far as equalizing the poor...the rich kids still had designer shoes, fancy jewelry...even designer shoe laces for Pete's sake! (Why??) My daughter said everyone still knew who was rich by which bus they took to school. My own feeling is that it's sort of a cop-out. It's easier than making the hard changes and easier for parents and kids than just learning to make and enforce choices and standards. Part two is coming soon! I'd love to hear other points of view on this. -- posted by Terrie_Bittner » BillyGCRocker - Uniforms I'm a student at a middle school and I've been doing research on uniforms for my school. Schools in a city near us has resulted to school uniforms. I interviewed a close friend that goes to one of those schools and he commented,"They're alright. It doesn't bother me much but all the popular people are spazzing out." Personally, I think that they take away some of our individualality. This was a good article but it hasn't changed my perspective over uniforms.-- posted by BillyGCRocker
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