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There is a big difference between dress code and uniform, at least in the sense that you seem to be using them.

Are they? I mean, they are both saying what you can and can't wear while attending the school, but a uniform is specific to distinctive clothing while dress code is more flexible.

You just made a statement about a specific uniform your brother had (it involved a mandatory blazer, so I get the sense it was more than just a dress code) and then acted like people complaining about it were complaining about all dress codes?

Saying "you can't go into school like you're going clubbing" still leaves room for a lot of independent expression.

Oh, I see, no, I must have phrased it badly. I mean, I feel like a lot of people complaining about dress codes don't know how lucky they are. They see it as authoritarian to be mandated to a certain skirt/short length and not be allowed to show shoulders or whatever. When I compare this to my brother's situation, it just seems ridiculous to me.

Yes, but that's never the problem I see people complaining about. Perhaps I am just on the worst side but all I see is 'They told me my skirt/shorts were too short/I was showing too much skin and they punished me'. IMO, school is learning environment, the students are being prepared for a working environment and they should dress smartlyand formally.

ohhhh. Yeah, I totally agree that complaining about a basic dress code is dumb, and I understand what you're saying now!

idk, I sort of get the idea behind having kids dress formally at school, except...that's a lot of maintenance for formal clothes to have to be constantly in formal all week. I think there should be ways to have a balance. And most people I know are generally pretty down with the idea that some work environments will expect formal dress, that's not going to be a hard concept for most people to grasp once they start working.

In my city, right before I entered high school, we didn't have a "uniform."

When I entered high school, we got one...but it was basically a polo shirt and some kind of slacks. Depending on the school, it could be white/plus what ever other school color shirt. Pants can be khaki, blue, black.

The shirts could be long sleeved, turtle necked, collared, or short sleeve button up/polo.

There was NO rule to what you could wear so long as it followed that. And the thing was? These uniforms were added to the city to stop "gang clothing/class based clothing/etc."

BULLSHIT. It didn't fucking work. Cause anyone who's parents had money shopped at places like the mall dept stores or at The Gap or Banana Rep. You could TELL who had the better clothes. and shoes were still what ever you wanted to wear. The poorer people? Wal-Mart brand clothing that was usually ill-fitted and shit. And anything that could represent gangs symbols? were added to the accessories.

I fucking hated it. None of those pants fit right, I preferred my jeans, wanted my t-shirts, etc.

If we'd gone straight up uniforms, it might have been different, but I've heard of so many schools with them that everyone will do something that makes them unique with how they dress and over all, I find them stupid and unnecessary.

Hell, I still hate uniforms. I technically have to wear uniform pants for my work, but they have never fit me right. So I buy work pants off the web that fit me right cause fuck that noise.

Of course, kids will find anything to separate people and pick on people, and if the dress code isn't policed properly it's not going to work, like any policy. If you don't punish kids for not doing homework, a lot of them aren't going to do it either.

Yeah, my middle school did the pseudo-uniform thing, where the rich kids got nice tailored khaki or navy blue slacks/skirts and white shirts, and everyone else got wrinkly, easily stained, badly fitting polyester. I wish the school had just bought the same uniform for everyone, but we couldn't have that. There wouldn't be an obvious enough way to distinguish who got mocked for their poverty and spending money on poor kids=socialism. I did a bit better than a lot of the kids because I hit puberty early and knew how to hem stuff, it meant I could sort of make adult business casual stuff fit me. Yay thrift stores.

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