School ties

I behaved well at school too, I just wore my uniform incorrectly. As did most other people. We all turned out to be fully functioning responsible human beings. I think the relationship between uniform and behaviour is overstated, and I don't think school is a training ground for work either - just because a teenager doesn't do up their shirt at school doesn't mean they won't at a job they've earned and have respect for.

I wasn't an idiot had 13-I had to wear a tie and wore it right up to the top unlike everyone in the whole school and behaved pretty well.

Realistically, People who do not wear their ties correctly:

1) Are chavs (the year 9'ers and 10's ).
2) Dont know how to wear one.
3) Lazy.
4) Just dont like ties.

I behaved well at school too, I just wore my uniform incorrectly. As did most other people. We all turned out to be fully functioning responsible human beings. I think the relationship between uniform and behaviour is overstated, and I don't think school is a training ground for work either - just because a teenager doesn't do up their shirt at school doesn't mean they won't at a job they've earned and have respect for.

You don't have to do your top button at my school,unless you are getting your photo taken and uniform really is psychological-What I mean by this is if society said a hoodie was smart then people would believe it was and really we shouldn't be stereotypical about uniform-don't judge a book by its cover.Why do we want people to look the same anyway?We should show uniqueness and individuality in the way we dress-if we were all the same then no humans would have the right mutations to survive,scientists have proven variety is better but I still obey uniform rules in the end of the day.

So do you obey rules because you think it's right or because you want to be an individual (i.e. if everyone else dressed correctly would you change)?

There isn't a significant enough reason not to and I would change my uniform if I was allowed to-Luckily,no tie is needed in the summer-I can't wait because I hate ties!!!

When I was really young I had trouble tieing a tie (I'm Dyspraxic) so wore a clip-on, but by the time I was about 7, after many an afternoon sat practising, I could tie my own tie properly and smartly. Everyone in my class by that age tied their own tie, in a nice neat knot at the top not halfway down thier front. And before anyone accuses my primary school of being really posh, it really wasn't - it's a state school in a rough neighbourhood - they just taught us to take pride in how we look. I think if you're really forceful and dictatorish with children about anything, they'll just rebel against it anyway so you have to make children choose for themselves and want to look smart which my school did. Imo clip-on ties will just send a message to kids that they don't need to learn to tie a tie, but they will have to one day, better everyday when you're a kid than the morning of a job interview as an adult. The fact that people my age can't/won't tie their own ties smartly is appalling and clip-on ties will only make it worse.

I can't tie shoelaces-too many complicated steps.

Seriously?

Yes.How on earth do you do it/There are so many steps?I have to wear trainers without laces.According to this article 45% of children can't tie their shoelaces aged 5-13 but I am 15.5 though-Shoelace Tieing would be a GCSE I would fail and textiles and cooking because there a too many steps to remember leading to a disaster.

In my opinion, real ties look a lot better than clip-on ties but only when they are actually worn correctly. They look ridiculous when you see girls wearing them sloped down to their chest, like this..

Love it. The dimple is near impossible... a few days I managed it by accident and wore it with pride.

EDIT: Apparently you can use a "dimple clip"

I love ties! In case nobody had realised :P

This is how they like to wear it:

I don’t think anybody over seven should wear one. At that age you can’t be expected to know how to tie one

Can you stop bumping so many ancient threads about ties.