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I'd also add that as yet I haven't had a job where I didn't have to wear a uniform... And again I prefer it that way for convenience sake. No wondering what to wear or digging about for clothes... Just "Is uniform washed and dried? Yes. Done."

I don't need to be trying to pick out clothes every day! Yawn! Who has the time .

I also find it sort of worrying that the only way "kids these days" know how to express or individualise themselves is through fashion choice. Ffs. "I am me because I have this hairstyle and I wear this jacket and that tells you what you need to know about my identity". Nooo. In fact one of the major benefits of a school uniform is that it makes kids LESS likely to "tribalise" and "stick with their own"... It promotes integration, and lets people get to actually know each other, and for their individuality to shine through their personality and not their t-shirt slogan.