School Uniform

one thing i now appreciate about school uniforms is that it decreases the relevance of social class within schools. since everyone is wearing the same thing there’s nobody showing off their wealth with designer brands or multitudes of outfits

this is nice as those with less money don’t feel left out or embarrassed
(mainly talking from experience since i never got any allowance as a child so couldn’t spend that much on clothes until i got a job when i was 16 lmao)

- also i’d stress so much about what to wear on own clothes days it would take me ages to decide what to wear so a positive of uniform is that i got more sleep and didn’t have to wake up early to pick an outfit

in favour for non uniform — i wouldnt have had so many fashion no’s in college if i had the experience in highschool

another in favour of uniform — ppl (talking from the experience of a girl haha) can still express themselves in uniforms through bags, accessories, hairstyles, skirt v pants, skirt length, socks v tights etc

i should sleep but instead i’m typing whole essays on uniform vs no uniform for no reason lmao

The whole point of uniform is to make everyone feel like one big group, regardless of social class

The issue is that uniform,especially secondary school uniform, can get quite expensive so those who omly just get by end up not being able to always have new uniform, which is much easier to spot if there's a hole or two somewhere since everyone else has the exact same clothes on

I'm in favour of uniform, its the non-uniform days that I don't understand as everyone puts on their best clothes due to not wearing them before in the year, and those who may not have designer clothes and such can feel left out

Do you think school uniform should be a thing? I'm personally of two minds about it. On the one hand I think school uniform saps children of their ability to express themselves as individuals somewhat, but on the other I think the conformity and smartness inherent in them is quite fitting. If you wear school uniform you are the property of the school whilst you are there, or you could see it as being part of a family or membership.

Do you think school uniform should be a thing? I'm personally of two minds about it. On the one hand I think school uniform saps children of their ability to express themselves as individuals somewhat, but on the other I think the conformity and smartness inherent in them is quite fitting. If you wear school uniform you are the property of the school whilst you are there, or you could see it as being part of a family or membership.

I hated my school uniform (mainly because I hated my school) tie blazer shirt school trousers and black school shoes I wouldn't have minded but they were all man made non breathable almost plastic. They used it as a kind of control I remember in MY GCSE they said "your representing the school until you get home and take off the uniform" I took off everything that could identify me wit the school in the car. You also had to follow all these rules while in school uniform like you can't be in a group larger than 3 you can't go to Sainsbury's (it was very near the school) in uniform unless accompanied by your parents you can't go to the petrol station (i didn't obey those). You also couldn't smoke in it even if you were old enough I don't smoke so it wasn't an issue for me, I can see not smoking in school but when your outside of school ground it's shouldn't make a blind bit of difference(although it is a filthy habit). I din't feel any family or membership at school I felt us and them a lot of time or fear of bullying or hatred of certain teachers or other students.

Also there was a kind of turf war between the local schools (again I didn't take part in that). Really i hated school and everything to do with it (I loved collage and uni though). for me school uniform were clothes i put on to be bullied in although it dropped off bit in year 10 it was still there until I left actually kind of until I started my Btec at 18 (I screwed up my GCSE's so had to spend 4 year at collage to get to uni but I still got there so it all turned out ok in the end.)