put good for concept because I can believe the idea of levelling the playing field in terms of outfits could work, avoid too much extra bullying around whoās wearing better clothes, who has worse style etc
but never actually checked any studies on this (if they even exist) so also very happy to accept iāve just bought into a narrative there, and obvs the financial side can be a real unneccessary strain
but even that version should at minimum be more generous with what counts as uniform, more forgiving to kids, maybe just a colour scheme rather than set branded items etc etc
was nearly suspended in both year 10 and 11 for accruing what they told me was the record for āyellow slipsā - warnings given out for infractions of the uniform code. mine were all for having my shirt untucked. remember my mum being called in for a chat with the headmaster about it and she was like āyouāre going to take him out of school because he has his shirt untucked lol, gtfoā.
Voted unsure on the view of concept, but thatās not true, I just land pretty neutral.
My memory of school is that I didnāt like wearing uniform and that my secondary teachers were unnecessarily anal about it.
As a parent, I see the value in knowing in advance what my mids will be wearing each day. Also think it is probably a good thing that discrepancies in clothing budgets between families are not apparent in branded clothing.
This is the guidance at our kidsā primary school. Got some branded polo shirts for kid 1 P1 but quickly moved to unbranded when we realised it was an option.
Hated every second of wearing a uniform as a teenager. Just felt horrible every time I had to put it on, really hurt my self-esteem and self-confidence knowing I looked like fucking shit every day. Still hate putting a shirt on to this day, genuinely feel awful at the thought of it.
Yeah this is the thing, kids just bully each other for their shoes and bags and clothes and hair and every fucking other thing anyway. Little bastards.