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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If the dress code is gonna be a problem, just make everyone wear a school uniform and be done with it.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

School uniforms are a waste of time.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I taught in a really low socio-economic area for a few years. The uniforms served 2 purposes:

  1. Stop gang affiliation shit
  2. Inexpensive for families on very, very tight budgets.
[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago

Inexpensive for families on very, very tight budgets

This is what I don't trust will happen. Jostens or any number of other shitty companies will happily sell overpriced uniforms that cost hundreds of dollars and partner with school districts to ensure a captive market to pay their insane markups

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not only that, but it can help to minimize prejudice by both students and staff with regard to students' socioeconomic status.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No it doesn't. You can easily tell which dtufent have the nice, new uniforms and which have the ill fitting hand-me-downs. Besides, status is not just conveyed by clothing. It's also accessories, phones, etc.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

"Help to minimize," not "eliminate."

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)
  1. Two approved colors, red and blue, are generally gang colors.

  2. No, they're not. You generally can't buy then second hand. I've never seen uniforms at a resale store.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Huh? Second hand uniform sales are massive in the UK. Every school has one. Maybe not in the states? Don't know why..

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

It was definitely a thing where I worked in Los Angeles county.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Both of those points do not match the experience I had.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
  1. Stop gang affiliation shit

You should workshop your standup in person probably