Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Uniforms
I had an interesting discussion with some friends about making uniforms mandatory in all schools. All but one of us agreed that it would put all the focus on learning versus who looks hip or not. One person disagreed because they thought that uniforms were too expensive and not as durable as jeans. Then, I suppose the $150/pair of Nike's is a bargain, the humiliation and teasing some kids face because they aren't "cool" enough is worth it????
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where I am uniforms are mandatory in all schools, kids, however, still find a way to tease and hurt and make those not cool enough feel awful.
Uniforms are cheaper on the parent though and take away some of the materialistic emphasis that pervaded American life but would it be America if it weren't so unashamedly materialistic?
ps about the photos on my blog, the answer is yes, here's the link
http://www.soaphoto.com/album/my_album.asp?uid=littleb&aId=8673&aType=20&altitle_vc=Life%%in%%the%%Tropics
I'm also from a mandatory-uniform country, and I do think that uniforms help tremendously- but human nature remains what it is.
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