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I Had Or Have To Wear A School Uniform

I spent my career as a teacher. I believe that a smart school uniform is extremely important in creating discipline and the right atmosphere for learning. I would strictly enforce school uniform standards.

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NortiusMaximus · M

We keep falling further and further behind the rest of Europe but, rather than learning from their system, we insist on doing the opposite because "we're British".

All school uniform does is make children from poorer families stand out more, making them targets for bullying.

MartinII · 70-79, M

@NortiusMaximus Actually, there has been some recent improvement in English educational standards, I believe, which has coincided with a greater emphasis on classroom disciplne, including uniforms. Of course, there are lots of other explanations, and there's a long way to go.

NortiusMaximus · M

@MartinII I think it is just co-incidence. The rest of Europe is well ahead of us with far higher educational and behavioural standards. Is that in spite of or because they don't waste resources enforcing school uniforms and other petty rules? We have long way to go to catch up so we should take note of what those schools are doing and learn from them.