Comment on Most English schools handing out clothes and food to children
thehatfox@lemmy.world 1 year agoI can’t say I’ve ever seen uniforms do anything to combat the class divide. Better of kids had clean, well fitting uniforms and poorer kids had ill fitting hand-me-downs full of holes. Then there is bags, pencil cases, football boots and all the other bits and bobs that go along with school. If anything it’s a just a myth that certain people keep telling themselves to pretend the class divide doesn’t matter in education.
Lmaydev@programming.dev 1 year ago
I think really it’s to prepare them for wearing a uniform at work more than anything really.
As you say it doesn’t really help the class divide at all.
thehatfox@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Which is itself a bit anachronistic now. Dress codes are much more casual in today’s workplaces, especially for more modern companies. Even those that do have uniforms are often a lot simpler.