[joeysteele]

Originally Posted by _Tom_

I disagree. If there was no school uniform at all and everyone came in with their own clothes everyday, bullies would have so much more ammunition. Sure, bullies will always find reasons to bully someone - but someone coming in wearing cheaper brands, or coming into class with the same outfit more than once a week for example would make them a much bigger target than their peers.

I can see what you mean but I still think bullies would only use fashion as an excuse to bully someone the way they would use any other reason.

I have seen lads bullied for actually having more costly items than others, just as the other way round as well as for cheaper.

Bullies don't really care for the reasons they do it, they just want to make someone's life hell if they can get away with it and will hide behind any excuse to do so too.

This issue is not about cheaper brands however, we have no idea what the offending type of shoes cost anyway.
I doubt the shoes would make for any bullying since they were black ones anyway, in line with the colour code of the school.

However this headteacher,could well have made these pupils open to some abuse in the future for singling them out like this on this issue.