Because it isn’t the 1800s anymore? Why are schools pushing so far backwards now. When I went to school it was a jumper with the school logo on it, quite a bit cheaper to buy than the kinds of stuff schools are insisting on these days.
You could even buy your own plain jumper in the right colour and sew the badge on it.
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.
thehatfox@lemmy.world 1 day 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.