Comment on Why this school will ditch a shirt, tie and blazer from its uniform
tetris11@feddit.uk 2 days agoI 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
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
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.
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)
Can you even tell the difference between a $50 pair of shoes from $3k? I sure cant.
i cant either, but my 16 year old material obsessed cousin definitely can, and he’s way more representative of the population than I am
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.
tetris11@feddit.uk 2 days ago
I agree it wont place a top cap on wealth displays, but it will raise the bottom cap
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
If the school are providing it then that sets a lower floor for how bad it can be. Currently poor kids will just keep wearing it until there are too many holes for it to work as clothing or they run out of siblings to pass it down to.