I'd choose the school with the uniforms because it's easier for me to shop. My children's school has a dress code. Polo shirts of school colors with navy/khaki pants or shorts. I wouldn't send them to a school that went as far as dictating hair styles, piercings, or what color socks you can wear (unless I had to). But I love the basic dress code my kids school has.
My kid's school doesn't have any stipulations regarding anything other than top and bottom. Though I do make my son get rid of his summer mohawk before school starts. I'd like him to learn that people will judge you based on how you look (regardless if it's right or not). My husband most likely wouldn't have his job if he showed up at his interview, or met with new clients, with a mohawk and some teachers may not take my son seriously if he had one.
I went to a middle school with uniforms (hideous skirts, and ONLY skirts too) and my freshman year in high school we had uniforms.
One problem that we did have is that in the event of violence, everyone looked the same. The discriptor "A black male with a white shirt and blue trousers" seriously fit 98% of the male student body and made it pretty much impossibly to track someone down based on appearance alone.
I prefer dress codes that are enforced. yes, a uniform policy that dictates hair length and piercings goes to far, especially for high school students.
The whole point of my former high school getting uniforms was because "We want to know if people are wandering around on campus who aren't from the school." Okay, yes, we went to school in a downtown area that wasn't exactly crime-free. But what if someone IN the school shoots someone else?
"Oh it's the kid in the polo wearing the khakis!" Whoops, EXCEPT THAT'S 100% OF THE POPULATION. -headdesk-
Exactly, but I think it's one of those things that a lot of people don't even think about. People want the happy "everyone looks the same so everyone is happy and can't be teased" but sometimes you relaly want someone to be able to stand out.
Yeah, and like everyone else has pointed out, it's REALLY easy to tell who spent $50 on a pair of khakis and who got them from Walmart. There is still superiority in where people buy their clothing, unless they purchase the uniforms through the school.
Kids are still teased for being poor. And like several have said, it's not like uniforms cover appearance - you can still see who is heavier or skinner, you can still see acne - nor do they cover personality. I don't understand the point of uniforms.
It was always easier as a child going to schools with uniforms, but things started getting more strict after I graduated and there were limits imposed (without a grandfather clause for people it already affected) that dictated things like hair colour and piercings. I would not be OK with that, and as a parent I would defend my child's decision to keep those things.
I'd choose non-uniforms. I'd still have to buy every day clothes for the kid on top of the uniforms too ... that would also create more laundry because kid would most likely change right out of the stupid uniform as soon as they got home from school.
My sister went to a catholic high school just when they started uniforms. Picture the usual white button down shirt and kilt combo for girls ... isn't that one of the ultimate fantasies for guys ? There was actually a LOT of debate over that one when the school proposed the uniforms. And they were bloody expensive too ... we had to travel across the city to the only store that carried them and pay out the ass for 3 'outfits' ... most of which we had to special order because there wasn't enough stock.
Well, for laundry, we only had to wash shirts for my uniforms. The skirts got dry cleaned about once a year. I have more laundry as an adult than I did in high school with uniforms.
I'd prefer them to not wear uniforms. I'm homeschooling, but hypothetically if I was going to send them to school I'd rather choose one without a uniform
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Well, it makes sense that your kids don't really care what other people are wearing, then - most kids under the age of 10 don't. What about middle-school and high-school aged kids? Uniforms or not, they seem to care AND notice what other people are wearing, although how much they care and what they say about it depends a lot on how they are raised.
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I went to a middle school with uniforms (hideous skirts, and ONLY skirts too) and my freshman year in high school we had uniforms.
One problem that we did have is that in the event of violence, everyone looked the same. The discriptor "A black male with a white shirt and blue trousers" seriously fit 98% of the male student body and made it pretty much impossibly to track someone down based on appearance alone.
I prefer dress codes that are enforced. yes, a uniform policy that dictates hair length and piercings goes to far, especially for high school students.
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The whole point of my former high school getting uniforms was because "We want to know if people are wandering around on campus who aren't from the school." Okay, yes, we went to school in a downtown area that wasn't exactly crime-free. But what if someone IN the school shoots someone else?
"Oh it's the kid in the polo wearing the khakis!" Whoops, EXCEPT THAT'S 100% OF THE POPULATION. -headdesk-
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Kids are still teased for being poor. And like several have said, it's not like uniforms cover appearance - you can still see who is heavier or skinner, you can still see acne - nor do they cover personality. I don't understand the point of uniforms.
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It was always easier as a child going to schools with uniforms, but things started getting more strict after I graduated and there were limits imposed (without a grandfather clause for people it already affected) that dictated things like hair colour and piercings. I would not be OK with that, and as a parent I would defend my child's decision to keep those things.
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My sister went to a catholic high school just when they started uniforms. Picture the usual white button down shirt and kilt combo for girls ... isn't that one of the ultimate fantasies for guys ? There was actually a LOT of debate over that one when the school proposed the uniforms. And they were bloody expensive too ... we had to travel across the city to the only store that carried them and pay out the ass for 3 'outfits' ... most of which we had to special order because there wasn't enough stock.
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My kids are 6 and nearly 3.
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