Should Public schools switch to uniforms?

ninerbuff

Lol, kids can't match clothing (assuming it wasn't a parent). Some funny mismatched colors (brown pants with grey shirt).

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BeachGingerOnTheRocks

My daughter has worn street clothes and uniforms. From experience, kids find ways of mocking even uniform brands. Uniforms without the ponies, etc. They figure out how to mock each other one way or another. :ohwell:

ninerbuff

My daughter has worn street clothes and uniforms. From experience, kids find ways of mocking even uniform brands. Uniforms without the ponies, etc. They figure out how to mock each other one way or another. :ohwell:

No doubt. The one thing I like about uniforms is that it's not an argument in the morning when kids are dressing up for school. No "you can't wear that" or "you never let me wear anything" arguments.

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kenzietate

Kids are going to find something to tease and make fun of regardless of clothing. It is part of growing up. Learning to deal with teasing in a constructive way is also part of growing up. I have always been a bit of a geek. I played competitive sports but I always had straight A's and loved to learn. I was teased for that. I was teased for not caring about makeup or finger nail polish. I learned to ignore the teasing and get along with them anyway. I didn't depend on someone else for my self worth. It is a very good lesson that needs to be learned. Bullying has become and issue lately b/c parents are so much worried about it now. They don't want their kids feelings to be hurt! If you look into your past you most likely got bullied at some point in your life. It hurt, you learned from it, you moved on. Let today's kids do the same. Bullying hasn't changed in the last 20 years, people's reaction to it has.

Cost wise school uniforms might be good for a lot of people. But making the government in charge of something else right now is probably a bad idea right now. It won't work the way it is supposed to work I can tell you that!

ahviendha

i wish we had uniforms in high school.