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Just curious as to what others thought about school uniforms. AFAIK the
plusses are that there's no social stratification and nobody worries about what they're wearing to school, so it relieves a lot of social pressure. The downside, IMO, is that it represses the individualism which is natural to teenagers. Do any of you have kids who have to wear uniforms to school? What do you think of them? Other comments? -- ColoradoSkiBum |
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"ColoradoSkiBum" wrote in message ... Just curious as to what others thought about school uniforms. AFAIK the plusses are that there's no social stratification and nobody worries about what they're wearing to school, so it relieves a lot of social pressure. The downside, IMO, is that it represses the individualism which is natural to teenagers. Do any of you have kids who have to wear uniforms to school? What do you think of them? Other comments? -- ColoradoSkiBum I went to school in England and loved wearing a uniform. I didn't have to worry about what I was wearing, I liked my after school clothes better too cos I didn't wear them all the time, they lasted longer, kids can express themselves through those clothes. Even still, there was competition among girls with the uniform - who had a shorter skirt, tighter shirt, etc...Lol. My kids do not have a school uniform, wish they did. They do go to a Department of Defense school so mom or dad (or both) is military and the kids have to get past them first anyway - lol. My husband wears a uniform and I like that - less laundry |
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In article , ColoradoSkiBum says...
Just curious as to what others thought about school uniforms. AFAIK the plusses are that there's no social stratification and nobody worries about what they're wearing to school, so it relieves a lot of social pressure. The downside, IMO, is that it represses the individualism which is natural to teenagers. Individualism isn't natural to teenagers. Banty |
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: My husband wears a uniform
: and I like that - less laundry ROFLMAO!!! -- ColoradoSkiBum |
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: Individualism isn't natural to teenagers.
Yet I see more expressions of individualism in the public high schools where I've taught. Wonder why that is. -- ColoradoSkiBum |
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ColoradoSkiBum wrote:
Yet I see more expressions of individualism in the public high schools where I've taught. As opposed to what/where? -- iphigenia www.tristyn.net "i have heard the mermaids singing, each to each. i do not think that they will sing to me." |
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"iphigenia" wrote in message ... : ColoradoSkiBum wrote: : : Yet I see more expressions of individualism in the public high : schools where I've taught. : : As opposed to what/where? Sorry, that should have been "many" expressions of individualism. When a kid comes to school with an entire deck of playing cards stapled to the front of his shirt, that's pretty individual (ized? istic?)...then again we did think he was a bit nuts.... G -- ColoradoSkiBum |
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In article , ColoradoSkiBum says...
: Individualism isn't natural to teenagers. Yet I see more expressions of individualism in the public high schools where I've taught. Wonder why that is. But how much of that is really group identification? Like, the umpteenth Goth that tells you she's expressing her individuality. Shyaaah, right, like she came up with black lipstick thang. It's really rebellion that's being expressed. The clothing styles are really about which crowd they're identifying with. *Conformity* Sure, you'll see some true originality with some truly creative kids, but by and large there's not that much actual individuality and creativity to be lost by going to school uniforms. And true creativity will out in other modes of expression. Not that I think school uniforms are a panacea either. I just dont' buy the 'suppressed individual expression' argument against it. Banty |
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On Mon, 6 Oct 2003 19:30:12 -0600, "ColoradoSkiBum"
wrote: Just curious as to what others thought about school uniforms. AFAIK the plusses are that there's no social stratification and nobody worries about what they're wearing to school, so it relieves a lot of social pressure. The downside, IMO, is that it represses the individualism which is natural to teenagers. Do any of you have kids who have to wear uniforms to school? What do you think of them? School uniforms are pretty much compulsory in most schools in Australia. When I went to school the restrictions were pretty tight (only certain styles of shirts and pants, stockings or socks but not both, etc) but they seem to have loosened off a lot now. The only things that are definite are that shoes have to be made of leather for science, wood/metal work and home science classes, and that the individual pieces of clothing have to be uniform colour. Generally there is plenty of scope for individualism (or herd mentality) with the shoes alone, then you have the wide variety of types of school coloured shirts, school coloured pants, jumpers and socks etc to factor in too. I love uniforms, when DS#1 started preschool this year I bought what amounted to a uniform for him so that I didn't have to label every piece of clothing he has, so he couldn't argue with me about what clothes to wear to preschool, and so he would always have _some_ clothes that weren't covered in paint or starting to wear in spots from playing in the sandpit. When my children are all in school my life will be much easier, I'll be the only person in the house who doesn't wear a uniform -- Cheryl Mum to DS#1 (11 Mar 99), DS#2 (4 Oct 00) and DD (30 Jul 02) |
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Banty wrote:
Not that I think school uniforms are a panacea either. I just dont' buy the 'suppressed individual expression' argument against it. The "individual expression" argument is only ever voiced by people who have never been in a school uniform situation. Kids express their individuality through their personalities and their interactions with other kids. My kids have had it both ways, and I have found that there is ZERO loss of individual expression when going to school uniforms. If anything, school uniforms force kids to be more genuine and more creative in their individual expressions. |
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