Uniforms

[Recury]

Originally posted by 240Z freak

2. Social-Believe it or not, for me anyway, uniforms make it easier to make friends. You do not have to worry about what "clique" they are in, because without clothes to differentiate them, they do not exist.

Exactly what I was trying to say when I said it gets kids to think less about image. Much better way of putting it.

 

[TurboSmoke]

we all wear uniforms from time to time...

if you wear a suit to work its says someting about you...
if you wear shorts and a basketball shirt it says something about you
if you wear a t-shirt with a band on it, it communicates a message..

they are all uniforms in some far off part of the imagination..

we can all say that we are not forced to wear these clothes....but perhaps we are forced to wear them by other less obvious pressures.

 

[Rumple Foreskin]

No uniforms at any schools around here. You could wear anything, and I mean ANYTHING to school as long as it didn't have 1) nudity and 2) swearing.

I regularly went to school in my pajamas and slippers while walking around with my coffee mug and having pillow marks on the side of my face. I saw kids come to class wearing a pair of track pants and a housecoat before!

We had kids with chains and spikes and mohawks, kids with 'wifebeater' tanks and sleeveless tees. Girls wore skirts so short that they couldn't bend over without giving everyone a show. Tight tops, leathers, jeans, cargos, shorts... we had it all.

I don't like the idea of a uniform because what I wear does show who I am and being forcd to wear what someone else wants me to wear does not appeal to me. If I feel like rolling out of bed and coming into class in a pair of boxers I should be allowed to. I pay my taxes, I help keep that school running, I should be able to come to school in a pair of jeans if I want to.

And yes I really did go to school many times in my pajamas. A nice sexy pair of flannel pants and a button up flannel top accompanied by my fuzzy grey rabbit hair slippers. I really didn't give a care what anyone thought of me... and no one really cared because we were all allowed to do the same thing and express ourselves freely.

 

[Mopar Muscle]

Originally posted by milefile
I bet you call every authority figure you encounter a "fascist", too.

No, I don't call authority figures fascist. I Just think the idea of a democratic govenment's public schools telling kids what they can and can't wear is a little contradictory to what a democracy stands for.

But, I actually got my thoughts mixed up, I was thinking about uniforms in public schools, which, to the best of my knowledge, does not exist.

 

[Sage]

Originally posted by Rumple Foreskin
No uniforms at any schools around here. You could wear anything, and I mean ANYTHING to school as long as it didn't have 1) nudity and 2) swearing.

I regularly went to school in my pajamas and slippers while walking around with my coffee mug and having pillow marks on the side of my face. I saw kids come to class wearing a pair of track pants and a housecoat before!

We had kids with chains and spikes and mohawks, kids with 'wifebeater' tanks and sleeveless tees. Girls wore skirts so short that they couldn't bend over without giving everyone a show. Tight tops, leathers, jeans, cargos, shorts... we had it all.

I don't like the idea of a uniform because what I wear does show who I am and being forcd to wear what someone else wants me to wear does not appeal to me. If I feel like rolling out of bed and coming into class in a pair of boxers I should be allowed to. I pay my taxes, I help keep that school running, I should be able to come to school in a pair of jeans if I want to.

And yes I really did go to school many times in my pajamas. A nice sexy pair of flannel pants and a button up flannel top accompanied by my fuzzy grey rabbit hair slippers. I really didn't give a care what anyone thought of me... and no one really cared because we were all allowed to do the same thing and express ourselves freely.

Sounds exactly like my school, except that the administrators don't even seem to care terribly about swearing... I saw one kid come to school with a shirt that had a picture of Bin Laden on it, and the words "(Fudge) You, Bin Laden!" In big, bold, red letters (but with the actual word, and no asterisks or anything), and AFAIK, nothing happened to him.

Lots of people come to school in pajamas here too.

 

[milefile]

Going to school in pajamas is ridiculous. It's the parents' fault. I would never let my kid go to school in pajamas. But then I bet some law says that's child abuse.

 

[nk4e]

i think its child abuse when u actually hurt the child not when u tell them what to wear

 

[Rumple Foreskin]

Originally posted by milefile
Going to school in pajamas is ridiculous. It's the parents' fault. I would never let my kid go to school in pajamas. But then I bet some law says that's child abuse.

I was in highschool. It was my choice to go to school in pajamas.

 

[sn00pie]

At my school everyone is free to wear what they like, but you shouldn't be surprised if you get beat-up for wearing something stupid. Our highschool culture is sick like that.

Going to school in pyjamas? Isn't that waayy cold?

 

[ExigeEvan]

I'm just waiting for Rumple to post a picture of him in his PJ's so we can all point and laugh...j/k

still waiting....

 

[Rumple Foreskin]

Originally posted by ExigeExcel
I'm just waiting for Rumple to post a picture of him in his PJ's so we can all point and laugh...j/k

still waiting....

Oh, it's coming... don't you worry, it's coming.