Comment on Why this school will ditch a shirt, tie and blazer from its uniform
blackn1ght@feddit.uk 2 days ago
I’m still in favour of ditching school uniforms entirely and just mandating that they can’t have any branding on their clothes.
If schools want to have a uniform, they should pay for it and not charge the parents.
tetris11@feddit.uk 2 days ago
I agree that schools should pay for it, but not that they should be ditched.
I didnt realise how rich some of my friends were until I went to their house. The uniform made us all equals in the classroom
MBech@feddit.dk 2 days ago
There was no doubt in my school in NZ who was poor and who wasn’t, based on how someone’s clothes fit them or how worn they were. The youngest in a poor family would have some very worn clothes that had been passed down from their siblings. Often 2 sizes too big or too small.
tetris11@feddit.uk 2 days ago
right, which is a real issue for the parents having to buy the uniforms every year. Im wishing for an ideal scenario where the school is tasked with trading in/out uniforms year after year and the parents just wash them
HumanPenguin@feddit.uk 2 days ago
Will not stop wealthy parents buying new.
Will just take burden of poor while continuing to hilight the difference in quality.
thehatfox@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Uniforms have never done that in my experience, because there are plenty of wealth signifiers outside of uniforms kids will still notice (pencil cases, bags, PE trainers, mobile phones etc), and even the uniforms themselves are not worn equally. The rich kids have clean uniforms that get regular replaced each term, the poor ones had dirty and ill fitting hand-me-downs.
tetris11@feddit.uk 2 days ago
Yes but thrse will be minor differences (check out my clean school mandated tennis shoes) as opposed to major ones (check out my £3,000 nikes)
piccolo@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Can you even tell the difference between a $50 pair of shoes from $3k? I sure cant.