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Do you support school uniforms?

What is your stance on School Uniforms?

  • Yes and the school should offer them at no extra cost.

    Votes: 20 18.3%

  • Yes and the parents should pay for them.

    Votes: 40 36.7%

  • They should be optional for students who want them

    Votes: 2 1.8%

  • There should be school uniforms for specific activities only

    Votes: 3 2.8%

  • We should leave it to the parents to decide if the school should have uniforms

    Votes: 10 9.2%

  • We should leave it at municipal/state level

    Votes: 10 9.2%

  • We shouldn't have school uniforms at all

    Votes: 24 22.0%

  • I like the current way things are.

    Votes: 5 4.6%

  • I hate uniforms

    Votes: 9 8.3%

  • I'm a potato.

    Votes: 13 11.9%
  • Total voters
    109
Henrin said:
Not ugly? How are they not ugly? There is a difference between restrained in style and blowing style the **** up in an attempt to make all the girls unappealing.
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Right, because your average high school student dresses so nicely... sweatshirts, baggy pants with underwear showing, t-shirts. :roll:
 
ChrisL said:
I believe most schools in Japan utilize a uniform. Maybe that's one reason why their kids are so far ahead of ours academically. When the kids are looking at school as a place to make a fashion statement and look like something out of a fashion magazine, that is going to be distracting not only for them but also for the other kids IMO. I think it also contributes to creating cliquey type atmospheres.
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They all wear a uniform. We have exchange students from Japan every year and they come in their uniforms. Our country has uniforms as well in all public schools and New Zealand is also rated higher in education that the USA. South Korea too...
 
Bodhisattva said:
Right, because your average high school student dresses so nicely... sweatshirts, baggy pants with underwear showing, t-shirts. :roll:
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Don't forget tramp stamps and belly button rings! :2razz:
 
ChrisL said:
Don't forget tramp stamps and belly button rings! :2razz:
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I think Chris should model a Catholic girls' school uniform:mrgreen:

I went to a prep school

boys, in jackets and ties
girls in navy or light blue (winter vs spring) knee length skirts and white blouses. if it was below 20 degrees they could wear slacks. on fridays they could wear dresses or dressy pants. we guys had to wear ties all five days

this policy ended about 20 years ago. the lower school has uniforms, the middle school limits kids to collared shirts etc, the upper school prevents stuff like bike shorts and spaghetti straps
 
Bodhisattva said:
Right, because your average high school student dresses so nicely... sweatshirts, baggy pants with underwear showing, t-shirts. :roll:
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Some reject this in favor of Goth, all black, black lipstick for the girls, oh, so stylish.

And don't forget the baseball caps. Bill to the back, or bill to the side? It's so individualistic, you know.
 
ChrisL said:
Look at the suffering these children are going through. They are just distraught about their uniforms. I think their lives actually might be in ruin now. Henrin you must save the children from such oppression! Oooooh the humanity!

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Goddamn...someone needs to control themselves when using the ugly stick. Anyway, Japan is like the hub of school uniforms and all of them are ugly as sin.
 
Henrin said:
Goddamn...someone needs to control themselves when using the ugly stick. Anyway, Japan is like the hub of school uniforms and all of them are ugly as sin.
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Oh come on Henrin! They aren't that terrible and you know it! :2razz:
 
Bodhisattva said:
It has everything to do with your argument which is about suppressing individuality. Everything I posted is 100% about your glaring contradiction. See above post to vesper...

It is no more personal than me telling your kids or to tell students when they can and can't talk of eat while they are at school.
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It has everything to do with nothing. When to be in class, where to sit, when it's ok to talk, and when to eat have to do with order and making things run smoothly. If someone is wearing baggy pants or not has nothing in common with this.
 
Dittohead not! said:
Some reject this in favor of Goth, all black, black lipstick for the girls, oh, so stylish.

And don't forget the baseball caps. Bill to the back, or bill to the side? It's so individualistic, you know.
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hats indoors too ...
 
Henrin said:
It has everything to do with nothing. When to be in class, where to sit, when it's ok to talk, and when to eat have to do with order and making things run smoothly. If someone is wearing baggy pants or not has nothing in common with this.
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I showed why you are contradictory... you are just a very sore loser.
 
ChrisL said:
Actually, I always thought the hats indoors rule was kind of stupid. Why can't you wear a hat indoors anyways?
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It was a sign of respect. Take you hat off in the presence of a lady... indoors, at church. Tip your hat to another man. Women never had the rule of taking off hats. Double standard but one that I agree with.

See Henrin. I just admit that I have a double standard. That I contradict myself with an illogical stance. I don't care. Why should you? Justify away buddy boy...
 
Bodhisattva said:
It was a sign of respect. Take you hat off in the presence of a lady... indoors, at church. Tip your hat to another man. Women never had the rule of taking off hats. Double standard but one that I agree with.

See Henrin. I just admit that I have a double standard. That I contradict myself with an illogical stance. I don't care. Why should you? Justify away buddy boy...
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I guess I'm just from a generation where hats are not really considered disrespectful, either inside or outdoors. I wonder who decided that it was disrespectful and why?
 
Bodhisattva said:
I would post pictures from our school of kids in their uniforms but I don't want to post were I teach... as above, our kids are dressed well, are comfortable and as far as I have ever heard have no problem with uniforms.
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Japan? Makes perfect sense. Just a couple of days ago it was reported in the news that Communism is making a comeback in Japan.

Communist Party makes a comeback ... in Japan

So there you go, collectivist minds have "group think" down pat! Brahahahahahahahah
 
ChrisL said:
I guess I'm just from a generation where hats are not really considered disrespectful, either inside or outdoors. I wonder who decided that it was disrespectful and why?
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Not totally sure but it is in our European heritage when knights had to remove their helmets when greeting the king because to not do so was a sign if disrespect. It transferred to in church very quickly and then to formal occasions and around women. Women never had to do this because they were never knights. Wearing hats and hoods ever since in those occasions has been seen as disrespectful. I agree with it 100%.
 
vesper said:
Japan? Makes perfect sense. Just a couple of days ago it was reported in the news that Communism is making a comeback in Japan.

Communist Party makes a comeback ... in Japan

So there you go, collectivist minds have "group think" down pat! Brahahahahahahahah
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You are an intellectually dishonest debater and I am not gonna waste much more time with you... I clearly showed you wrong and you avoid it. Well done. You are in a select group.
 
ChrisL said:
I guess I'm just from a generation where hats are not really considered disrespectful, either inside or outdoors. I wonder who decided that it was disrespectful and why?
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Orthodox Jews consider it disrespectful not to have one's head covered
 
Dittohead not! said:
So do Muslims.

Why? Tradition, of course, no real reason for it.
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don't forget Sikhs as well

An orthodox friend explained it was a sign of humility towards God
 
Bodhisattva said:
I am writing off both he and Henrin...
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I think "he" is a "she" who got quite angry when I called her a "dude" before. I could be mistaken on the poster's identity though. :)
 
ChrisL said:
I think "he" is a "she" who got quite angry when I called her a "dude" before. I could be mistaken on the poster's identity though. :)
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C'mon dude, that is no reason to get angry!
 
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