Comment on Parents in England skipping meals to afford school uniforms, survey finds

oeuf@slrpnk.net ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

When I was at school we had one logo patch that got transferred to new blazers as we outgrew them and two ties - one for the first 4 years and another one just for year 11. That worked out at about £5/year, for ‘branded’ items. And there was even a monopoly on these patches and ties, which was the haberdashery on the high street.

[…] more than a quarter (29%) said they had forgone food or heating to pay for uniforms.

[‘The Spirit Level: Why Equality is Better for Everyone’](en.wikipedia.org/…/The_Spirit_Level_(Wilkinson_an… shows that in unequal societies people will priorities things which communicate social status over basic needs.

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