Makes it easier to identify the poncy grammar school kids and give them a good hiding.
Maybe we should have all kids wearing exactly the same uniform, no matter which school they go to?
I guess there maybe some schools that insist on specific blazers and badges that are exclusive to some suppliers and are expensive.Not most mainstream schools though
The former, generally.
The poor ones can be identified by having no coats, holes in their shoes but having the latest phones and their parents smoking 200 fags a day and having a 75 inch plasma. It's all about how they prioritise their enormous benefit cheques........Are these kids who wear the same uniforms as everyone so they don’t feel poor allowed to have different (less expensive than the other kids) phones? What about bags and cold weather coats, are they all the same as well?
Arguing that the same uniform for all children eliminates the poor ones being picked on is bollocks as phones/bags/coats etc can be used in place of clothing.The poor ones can be identified by having no coats, holes in their shoes but having the latest phones and their parents smoking 200 fags a day and having a 75 inch plasma. It's all about how they prioritise their enormous benefit cheques........
It also cuts out the keeping up with fashion stigma on those that can't afford to.Majority of schools are uniformed, regardless in the UK.
Gives kids a sense of identity and pride.
My three nieces are Belgian and when they were in school, there very much was a culture in the school of kids having the designer labels.Does it REALLY?
If you'd hold a referendum among students in the UK, would they decide to do away with it you think? Or vote for it?
I'm asking because we Belgians don't wear school uniforms since like decades ago and everybody here seems to be of the idea "uniforms sucked".
And especially in terms of identity ... it's kinda conformist isn't it? Aka don't stand out?
My three nieces are Belgian and when they were in school, there very much was a culture in the school of kids having the designer labels.
There was a stigma on those that couldn't afford such things.
If he got in with a landslide majority, do you think it is more or less likely that the UK would leave with NO Deal?
Haven't got a fucking clue.
Anyone else got any thoughts?
Authoritarian instruction, needed for the days when we fought wars all over the planet. Uniform wearing at school, paved the way for uniform wearing in battle. A natural progression for a nation intent on imperialistic conquering of the planet. The freedom of expression is muted and the typical British stiff upper lip mentality is imbued into the pupils at a very young age. It is the mental conditioning need for a war like nation. Now it is more tradition and the British love a bit of tradition as it is largely a small c conservative nation.
A school uniform is also indicitive of the British class system and the old school tie network is still at large. State schools are deferential to the old Public Schools and try to emulate them by having uniforms that help create their own alma mater. Many things in British life hark back to the days of deference to the Lord of the Manor. Even some simple things. When Capability Brown the great landscape gardener started create gardens at the great country houses, the working class in their deference to what is called "front of house" would highly polish their front door steps as they saw it is a sign of nobility.