Butrflynet wrote:I think a dress uniform would go a long way in solving many of the problems in schools today ranging from the wearing of gang colors to the mugging of peers for their designer clothes to the osterization of kids for the way they dress.
I don't know how far uniforms can go to address this, though. Kids are really, really good at signaling things to each other that go under adults' radar. Colors of ponytail holders, or bracelets, or socks -- whatever little thing they can do.
And ostracization is gonna happen no matter what, even with uniforms. For their shoes, for their hair and hair styles, for their makeup, for their freckles, for their early development, for their late development, for their height, for their weight... it's just the nature of the beast. I have seen uniforms exacerbate this problem rather than solve it.
Not sure what I think, myself... passionately argued against uniforms when I was in school, as part of a formal debate. Now, a bit more torn.