Never had to wear uniforms & I’m glad. Students should have the freedom to express themselves with their outfits.

Also how does it work? You have to wear dirty clothes if you don’t wash your uniform every day? (Which is pretty unreasonable to wash it every day)

And also the freedom to be comfortable with what they wear

in my school skirts got banned bc all the gals would come in really short ones :skull:

queens of grimsby

No one would feel comfortable with what they're wearing if they get bullied for it.

:skull:

You say that, but I work in a school; there are uniforms (blazers lined with the house colours and a white shirt, or polo shirts in the house colours), both the with school crest; also available are the supermarket versions which are allowed, but they're clearly obvious which is which, and that has the same effect as wearing cheap clothes.

For them, I loved my uniform and agree with many things said in here about potential bullying and ridicule for poorer pupils.

my school has a winter jacket that has the school crest on it, it's compulsory that we wear it but ah never even bought it WHEW :dazzler:

anytime somebody comes into school with their own jacket, it gets confiscated and it makes me fume WHEW it happened to me and my 86 dollar jacket once and ah nearly ripped Janice's hair out WHEW :oh:

i literally dislike you

it's NOT THAT DEEP!!! 12 year old Henry is gonna be conformation in black trousers which are less restrictive than any skinny jeans his mum's bought him from Primark!! AND WHAT DID YOU MEAN "EXPRESS THEMSELVES"!!!! WHAT'S THERE TO EXPRESS??? THEY GO TO SCHOOL WEARING JEANS AND A TOP ON NON-UNIFORM DAYS THEY'D JUST BE EXPRESSING THAT THEY'RE BASIC!!!

my coat got stolen in primary school i was crying so much

a guy got excluded for like a day cuz he wore a skirt in favour of girls being allowed to wear trousers

I also think having a school uniform encourages students to be more kempt which is good preparation for the workplace. I know not all jobs require you to dress smart, but most interviews do.

You'd be surprised at how many young people just throw on the same sweaty trackies or sloppy jeans and then when it comes to dressing for an occasion, they'll shy away/feel uncomfortable because they've never worn a suit or shoes that aren't trainers before.

Having a uniform with a tie can be useful, I didn't know how to tie a tie until I was about 21, and I've always had the attitude that there's only two good reasons to wear a tie; I reluctantly add a third which is "interviews", but I manage to get away with not wearing one in my current workplace.

I’m indifferent when it comes to school uniform but I’m leaning more towards the ‘for’ side of the argument. (I misread the poll and chose against don’t kill me :skull:)

There’s no dress code in sixth form but I always hear people passing judgement on what people wear and some even get bullied for it. School uniforms promote kids to represent their schools and no one would get ostracised for the clothes they wear. For that simple reason, I’m all for it but I’m not against it. :p

Our ties were clip on but everyone would remove the clip and unravel it so they could wear it short

For.

For. Makes everybody equal and stops the worry over what they're going to wear each day.

Where in "uniform" did you get 1 shirt and 1 pair of trousers?

I'm sure they're capable of buying more than 1 set of clothes that adhere to uniform standards.

If you "express yourself" via some shirt or something then you're probably not very interesting. :hee:

Normal to be different?

:fan: A lot of people like to think they're "different, unique, special" etc but you're really not. :smug:

As for "forcing kids to dress identically". No, there's a uniform to wear for school, wear whatever the hell you want outside of it.

I’m for them as it reduces bullying BUT how strictly they are regulated is ridiculous.

I always had 5 shirts and 2 pairs of trousers

Having worn uniforms for most of my school life, I am for school uniforms as you can just wear them in the morning, without any fuss of choosing an outfit. It also maintains professionalism?