SCHOOL UNIFORMS: Yay or Nay?

[Luke]

I'm all for them. For the reasons why, I'll explain later, but I was interested if you guys and gals were for or against standard uniforms for both public and private schools.

What say you?

[noiseredux]

inb4 Catholic schoolgirl talk.

EDIT: Also inb4 Luke posts this pic:

[Menegrothx]

I think it's a great equalizer (provided all schools use the same uniform), poor and rich kids wearing the same clothes. It'll also teach people to respect the inside. I mean it's easy to claim you're an individual by dressing up in some fad (goths, rappers, punks etc). But when every one looks the same, you can't express your "individuality" in a superficial way.
Oh and not having to worry about what to wear sounds good to me. I'd like to wear the same clothes year round. I'm all for them.

[Luke]

EDIT: Also inb4 Luke posts this pic:

Paragraph four on page twenty-six of the Bel-Air Academy rule book states that "All students must wear a jacket and tie". Ahem, but it does not say where they must wear them" (white students loosen ties).

Too bad Cornflake didn't get enough air time on that show.

[dsheinem]

nay

[RyaNtheSlayA]

As a current student. NAY.

[Jmustang1968]

Nope, as a kid I wouldn't have wanted to wear them. Uniforms are most likely long pants and possibly sleeves. Wearing that down here before october and after february would be extremely hot.

[Luke]

How many of the "Nay-sayers" have kids?

And what reason would you have to say "Nay"?

[Ivo]

I understand there are good reasons for uniforms, but overall I think the negatives outweigh the potential positives. I don't think they should be mandatory, or at least they should be such that you wear a part that is uniform but can have other parts below chosen by the individual (e.g. a uniform jacket or overcoat or such, but the rest is not uniform).

I think it could be like at the academic level nowadays in many places, where at the university level there is a designated academic dress (which is the same for everyone at a particular level, ideally should be durable and cheap but often is actually rather expensive). But it is (mostly) not compulsory unless you want to participate in specific ceremonies.

[Luke]

I understand there are good reasons for uniforms, but overall I think the negatives outweigh the potential positives. I don't think they should be mandatory, or at least they should be such that you wear a part that is uniform but can have other parts below chosen by the individual (e.g. a uniform jacket or overcoat or such, but the rest is not uniform).

I think it could be like at the academic level nowadays in many places, where at the university level there is a designated academic dress (which is the same for everyone at a particular level, ideally should be durable and cheap but often is actually rather expensive). But it is (mostly) not compulsory unless you want to participate in specific ceremonies.

Again, do you have kids?