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I Had Or Have To Wear A School Uniform

Parents in the UK are being ripped-off by being forced to buy over-priced, often poor quality, school uniforms from schools or school approved suppliers. Some impoverished families have to choose between buying food or buying a school uniform - so their children can make use of a, so-called, "free" public service.

This is an intolerable state of affairs that must not be allowed to continue. I implore all UK citizens to sign the petition to abolish school uniforms once and for all.

The petition is here -
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/end-and-permanently-abolish-school-uniforms-in-the-united-kingdom

Other countries manage very well, in most cases better, without school uniforms, there's no reason the UK shouldn't do just as well.

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NakedExperiment · 51-55, M

I don't want to head back into the anguish of kids choosing what they wear for school, what's trendy, what's not etc. Uniform is cheap in comparison.

Also, having seen what the girls wear on own-clothes days, I don't want my daughter being encouraged to dress like that (split mini-skirt with crop-top and bare midriff).

Sharon · F

@NakedExperiment Uniforms could be cheap but too many schools use them as cash cows by forcing parents to buy them from "approved" suppliers and forcing suppliers to pay large bribes to be approved. It one gigantic scam.

Boys and girls will go over the top on mufti days simply because they rarely get that freedom. It doesn't happen in schools that don't have uniform and, incidentally, provide a much better standard of education.

NakedExperiment · 51-55, M

@Sharon The limiting of suppliers should be outlawed. That's obviously wrong.

It's been proved repeatedly that uniform has no impact whatsoever on quality of education (parents are the biggest factor there), but kids that don't wear uniforms don't perform as well in early careers (probably because so many businesses have some sort of dress code or uniform and compliance with that (and all the other rules) is required to keep your job).

Sharon · F

@NakedExperiment Children who are forced to wear uniforms have difficultly with dress codes because they have no experience of thinking for themselves.