[Liam-]

Originally Posted by Blurryface

It's not about being a 'fashion show', it's about expression. We are growing up in a changing world where it's increasingly becoming normal to be different - and we are forcing kids to dress identically and by the book?

And 2/7 days to wear their own clothes is hardly enough time to develop their individual identity

They can express themselves through their work, you have your whole life to develop an identity, you need to be able to wear joggers and a tank top to develop yourself.

7 days a week if you consider after school!

It gets them prepared for the real world where there are still rules and regulation about what you can and can’t wear in the workplace.

[Morgan.]

Originally Posted by Liam-

They can express themselves through their work, you have your whole life to develop an identity, you need to be able to wear joggers and a tank top to develop yourself.

7 days a week if you consider after school!

It gets them prepared for the real world where there are still rules and regulation about what you can and can’t wear in the workplace.

Yeah I mean that ones a grey area anyway. We finished at 3pm but I attended a club that went until 5 and my bus didn't get me back until 5, and by time I've had dinner, played on my phone a bit and bathed/showered, there's really not much time left in the day.

And I get there's still rules in the workplace - but they're not as strict in terms of hair, piercings, tattoos, colour of socks, length of ties etc that schools are.

[Liam-]

Originally Posted by Blurryface

Yeah I mean that ones a grey area anyway. We finished at 3pm but I attended a club that went until 5 and my bus didn't get me back until 5, and by time I've had dinner, played on my phone a bit and bathed/showered, there's really not much time left in the day.

And I get there's still rules in the workplace - but they're not as strict in terms of hair, piercings, tattoos, colour of socks, length of ties etc that schools are.

In that sense I agree with you, socks and stuff isn’t a major issue, the headmistress of my high school used to hand out black socks to those wearing coloured ones

Hair I don’t have an issue with people experimenting with, that’s fair game, as well as peircings if you’re of the age to get them, but uniform for me is a must.

[Morgan.]

Originally Posted by Liam-

In that sense I agree with you, socks and stuff isn’t a major issue, the headmistress of my high school used to hand out black socks to those wearing coloured ones

Hair I don’t have an issue with people experimenting with, that’s fair game, as well as peircings if you’re of the age to get them, but uniform for me is a must.

For us if you had coloured socks, boys had hair lower than a 2 guard, you had the wrong tie length, you had piercings anywhere other than ears, no tucked in shirt, non-smart shoes it wasn't isolation automatically until it was fixed.

And even the poorer kids, one I remember was a boy who's shoes broke on his way in, was in isolation for about a week and a half until his parents could afford new smart shoes.