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tom
Uniforms definitely shouldnt be abolished because they help pride and discipline and reduce discrimination, as well as just being traditional.

Cat, From sunny Tiverton
I recon we should all be alowed to wear what we like to school

Vix from cully
Whats the point every one should be able to feel comfortable and be themselves!showing your personality is a confidence booster and makes you feel good for who you are be yourself its great and dont be shy of standing up for your comfort and right!!

Andrew Brown. Worthing
In many years of experience, I've observed that the level of a student's academic achievement and their behaviour both in and out of school is reflected in their appearance. Pride in wearing the uniform of their school indicates a pride in their school as a whole, and shows that the individual is able to integrate and contribute to the whole social group. A rare commodity these days.

Lisa
Well said! I agree

Sophie, Devon
Ther not so bad, makes non-uni days spec. an it meens ya dnt hav 2 decide wot 2 wear everyday. But the cud make the uniforms nicer..!!

JASON THOMAS
I think you should wear the school uniform on weekends as well, because I wear the full uniform all day Saturday, because it is comforable and I like the style of the school of the uniform

Nikki Brisbane
School uniform SUX!

mollie/sacramento
i dun't get it why is students are force to wear uniforms?!Wux the point of wearing it?Why can't we jux enjoy going to skool and not worry-n- boust wut we are wear-n-???Man,I HATE WEARING UNIFORMS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

nicole sexto from pompey wooooooooo
skool uni suks but i dnt wana get rid of it coz dat may cause bullyin but i do fink we shouldnt be as strict with our uni

Dave from Brighton
I went to Grammar school over 30 years ago, and left because my mum couldn't afford to buy me a school Jumper. She knitted one by hand but I was hauled in front of the head as it was the wrong shade of green. I made the decision to leave before my exams as it was the final straw in a long running battle over the cost of uniform. To this day, I will not take a job involving a suit or uniform. Lets have Freedom of expression, but also kids must stop teasing each other about labels in fashion. The people who buy labels are the mugs anyway. More money than sense. (By the way, I went on to become a Company Director without a suit.)

Nayajah, NY
Ok..1st of all why are all the kids writing about uniforms...when your not doing anything about it!?..Its about time someone does something because "uniforms"..are making us look horrible!.Kids should be able to wear WATEVA they want...Where I come from the uniforms are evreywhere and like I say I dont think its fair making us look like rejects walking around. The teachers at my school wear whatever they want..We should TO!!!!!!! I HATe UNIFORMs and will always hate them...and THAT is my opinion!!!!

Sarah p. Waihi N.Z.
I hate the uniform.

ROB G FULFORD
I REALLY HATE SCHOOL UNIFORM!!!

matchmakers in britain
we are the match makers and we are debating in a political conversation for the school debate to win we say that we shoulkd not wear school uniform as it makes us all look dull and plain we are not alowed make up or jewellery so we all end up looking the same girls anyway . we want to wear our own clothes because most people judge you for what you look like in your school uniform most people when not in school lookj totally different why do we have uniform any way its not like its a must have our own clothes would not be distracted of ouyr work we would still get the job done we as the match makers feel very strongly about non uniform and are trying our best to see that we make a difference thank you and goodbye

Dwayne Mullet from Springfield, Illinois
School Uniforms are so terrible!!! They show no disipline and are stupid! They should be burned and lost forever, or else!

Kristy from Beverly Hills
Clothes are a way of expression - how you feel, or simply who you are. When you take away your soul, there's nothing left, just your body, enslaved in a horrifyingly ugly uniform. Parents insist that it stops shootings and murders and drugs, etc., but it's never been proven to be true. So down with school uniforms!!!

Barbara from Plymouth
uniforms r alrite stop whining

Jorge Plymouth
ha ha we dont have to wear uniforms

Alistair , HK
I think wearing uniform is good..shows good discipline

Sinead
"...by having a uniform you remove the pressure to keep up with the latest fashions, that it removes the barrier between the classes and that it shows a pride in the school..." Few may realize it, but this argument to mantain school uniform policies actually has a few cons that need to be considered. In many schools, students are actually teased about 'how they wear' their school uniforms. Unless you have your tie really short, your shirt hanging out and your blazer's buttons perpetually undone, you'll get teased and mocked. Sure, school uniforms allow students to be indentified more easily if they were to become lost during a school trip, or be involved in a crime, but they usually tend to make the student wearing them uncomfortable and forbid expression of one's self. Also, parents would not have to fritter away all their hard-earned money upon frequently expensive items of clothing that are regarded as requisites. My own parents had to spend between 拢80 to 拢90 on my own school uniform! Consider this, some families may not be in possession of money needed to make such purchases. Often, they may have to buy second-hand school uniform items, and the wearers of these purchases may very well end up the victims of teasing and bullying. It's difficult to say whether the school uniform policy should be abolished. If it were to be maintained, then it might be a good idea to re-design school uniforms. They should be . Reasonably priced . Pleasing to the eye . Comfortable for the wearers . Should allow students to express themselves to at least 'some' degree.

rainbow, devon
i think we shud get rid of uniforms cos evry1 says they stop u from getting teased bout not being cool, but people get teased @ sch anyway, uniform makes no difference. there hav been studies dun 2 prove dat kids wrk betta wen theyre not in uniform and wen ur in college/uni ur onna hav 2 get used 2 wearing ur own clothes and being judged by wot u wear - at 16 u dont suddenly become responsibe enough 2 b confident bout ur appearance - why not spend ur whole childhood wearing ur own clothes @ sch, then it wouldnt b an issue ny more.

大象传媒 DEVION HOST
So Jim of Plymouth thinks that all youngsters are "foul-mouthed and ill-mannered, semi-literate".

Let's keep the tone of this message board friendly - but it would be good to see some reasoned debate as to why you think he is right or wrong.... over to you :-)

jim b - plymouth
What difference does it make whether you go to school at all, no matter what you're wearing? The exams are all dumbed down so you can all pass and beef up those phoney government education statistics, you're foul-mouthed and ill-mannered, semi-literate, and only capable academically of going on to "university" to "read" some Micky Mouse subject like David Beckham Studies or some similar nonsense. Dress in a bin liner if you like -it'll make no difference!

stacey wisconsin
i hate school uniforms because when your in high school you will not know what to wear on your first day of scool

niki deacon u.k
uniforms are o.k.every one looks the same and smart.it also shows what skol u come from.i like my uni

Jess, New Zealand
After reading meny of the comments I realised that most of u out there are just plain sulfish and rude. I personally think that uniforms are a good thing I mean it brings u ta gether as a school an every one feels as though they belong an also it gives u an da school an identy a placeing in siciaty. If we didnt have ta were uniforms the school would be shambles. My sister hated wereing a uniform so mush mom let her move schools. on her first day she came home crying cause she had no friends cause her cloths werent "of the right fashion" she blamed mom for not telling her that she needed to have labled cloths to be cool which got mom started an it all turned inta a heated arugement. She now spends round an hour to an hour an a half getting ready in da morning just so she dont get teased at school by the boys an the so called "populer rich kids" who can afford all the latest laybled clothing. I feel real sorry for her an others in that same situation. I think u all need ta have a good think about this cause i admit that i to thought uniforms sucked now i think they're great i take about 5 min to get ready in da morning. Haveing a uniform that may be a bit ugly or uncomfortable is a good thing if its goona help stop fights an teasing between students who dont have the "latest fashion" cloths. I would also like to say that our parents and there parents an so forth all had to were a uniform why should we not have to were one it would be destroying our heritage. So i agree with the uniform it makes u all feel equal that no one is better than the other. Go uniforms

KK ,from Nanaimo b.c.
I go to NDSS and i think that are school needs uniforms!!

Alfonso Vargas ????????????????
I think school uniforms suck because they make us look like retards and like we are from the old times! They are S-u-c-k Suck with a capital S!!!!!!!!!!!!

holly, nz
school uniforms suck, they make every1 feel the same i say we should get fid of them

Rhys from witham
I think it is a good thing not to have school uniform. It doesn't matter what you wear, people are still going to get bullied over "having their top button done up", or "having your shirt tucked in." At my school, The John Bramston School, if we doon't have our top buttons done up, our ties down to our navel or our shirts tucked into our trousers then we get detentions, but if we do have our top button done up etc. we get the mickey taken out of us. It's a lose-lose situation. If we have to wear uniform we either have to face our parents with a detention or get the crap beaten out of us. Uniforms are bad, full stop.

The Girls of St Wilfrids School, Exeter
Hi we are from St Wilfrids School, which is just down the road from you radio Devon! We have a horrible uniform! it is a purple shirt with a grey pleated skirt, green blazer, black tights and green and purple tie. All the girls have been trying to get a petitio 2 our head teacher to let the girls wear either balck or grey trousers but simply wont let it happen. we ahve been trying for years please help us!!!

kunal america
school is not for uniforms

Tina Australia
My daughter wears a uniform to school and I think it is great. Girls can be so compeditive about their looks and even though they still can make changes to personalise themselves it has to be more subtle than wearing the latest fashion and rubbing it in the face of the other girls. I think it is good to for the girls to wear a skirt as it gives them an identity different to the boys. Also I would much rather she wears a short skirt in a safe environment like school than to do it out of school when there may not by someone there to help her if the wrong guy gets the wrong idea

kate from totnes
i go 2 kevicc - ie the school thats got no uniform that this whole discussion is about. and basically it dont make one bit of difference, no one cares wat ppl wear, sum people go way OTT really caring wat they look like and sum dont. but no 1 says nethin and no one cares with just get on with school. ITS NOT A BIG DEAL! uniform or no uniform school is exactly the same as its always been no1 is that immature to let sumthin dumb like clothes b an issue. its not. get over it guys

Amy, Gateshead
I think that when you get to high school, you should have the choice of what to wear. When you are in primary school, it doesnt really matter what you wear because most children will wear whatever their parents put them in, but when you get to high school, you get your own identity and choose your own clothes. with all the fashions, and the fact that teens can only wear what they choose on weekends, i think it is a waste of money on fashions. if you could wear clothes that you choose at school, it would mean that more teens are free to follow the latest trends. It could also cause bullying though because if some teens have the latest trends and others cant afford it, they might get picked on for not having the "in" clothes. i do think that no school uniform is a very good idea though.

A Mum, Tamworth Sraffs
School Uniform should be smart,modern, comfortable, flattering, inexpensive, not intrusive to school activities. It should also be compulsary as It SHOULD enhance the teamspirit ethos of school life. Also it is easier to get dressed in the morning if you don't have to have long disussions about what to wear!

Megan
if you think that a school uniform takes away your 'freedom of expression,' then what you want to express isn't worth it. find some other way (ie. art, writing, music, math, science, etc) to "express yourself." what you wear doesn't make you who you are.

Lois-Plymouth
I think school uniform is a good idea as it stops us from choosing what to wear when we get up in the morning. Also, when we wear it we have to behave ourselves and set an example.

rosie from okehampton college
i think that you are all talking a load of rubbish.school uniforms are ment as a part of identie on who you are and where you are from.without them our schools would look tacky and disordaly. you ave to wear some sort of uniform wen u go to work so y not start the trend now!!!!!!!!!

sally - devon
school uniform in our school isnt worth having as people always wear jeans an stuf n e way even if they get in trouble.the 6 form dont wear uniform,an people still get picked on even though every1 wears the same thing.we should be allowed to wear what we like.

alex
what a load of brain washing

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would like school-uniform

Lisa, Texas
What you were expresses who you are. Uniforms takes away "Freedom of expressment" or "Freedom of Speech" i think that uniforms would acually cause more problems, and people wouldnt pay attention in school. they are are more worried about what they are wearing and how much they hate it, then what they need to learn.

Annie TGA NZ
school uniforms are not kool,we dont get to show our individuality and people still judge you by your uniform!

Emma, Ireland
Jodie wrote: >>i go to the 2nd highest school in England and the uniform is so inpracticle for the weather around the school! i have to wear a pleated skirt which wiv a tiny breeze blows up so imagine wat happens on an extremely windy day!? plus it is very cold in winter and the girls are not allowed to wear pants! whereas schools which arnt high up on a hill can where pants, personally i think that is extremely unfair and i know that other people agree too!! Melissa and Amber from Tgc, New Zealand
We think the uniforms are ugly and uncomfortable but if we didn't have them you would be spending just as much money on clothes that you are going to wear during the week because you won't want to be wearing the same clothes every day. Not wearing school uniform leads to fights and teasing between students because they might not have 'cool' labelled clothing that other students have. We agree with uniform and think it's radical.

Kassie 4m Louisiana USA
School uniforms should be banned. I am 14 and a straight A student. Uniforms don't do anything good for us. Since i have had to wear uniforms, things actually got worse. People still clown other people because not all uniforms are "cool". For instance, we can't ever wear pants with rivets. How is rivets going to stop us from learning???? If you like uniforms then wear those instead. Dont make everyone have to wear them. It takes away our individuality and freedom. Please consider everyones oponions. Remember, these are students and their parents opinions here!!!!!! thanks!!!!!!!!

REBECCA - V.W.C.D.- GUYANA
UNIFORMS SHOULD NOT BE ABOLISHED SINCE IT MAKES EVERYONE WHO WEARS IT FEEL APART OF A BODY. AND ALSO IT GIVES THEM A FORM OF IDENTITY.iT GIVES THEM LESS TROUBLE TO GET DRESSED IN THE MORNING HENCE WE DON'T GO TO SCHOOL LATE AND MISS OUT ANYTHING IMPORTANT IN CLASSES. AND ANOTHER THING IT MAKES THE STUDENTS WHO WEAR THEM FEEL EQUAL -- NOBODY'S BETTER THAN ANYBODY. IN THE CASE OF GUY. EVERONE WEARS UNIFORMS EXCEPT UNIVERSITY STUDENTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Courtz TGA NZ
Hey wat up all my m8s, i think uniforms are all gud bcoz then if you cant afford the l8est fashions or u hav a different style 2 everyone else then you cld get ridiculed and teased and thats not nice 2 face up 2 every day. However, i think that my uniform is to strict bcoz u cant wear extra jewellery or things like that so it cld b cool if it was lke black skirt, white top, black jersey or sumthin like that, not such a strict uniform

Danny from Plymouth
I think we should keep school uniform. Everyone looks quite smart and no-one is made to feel that they are not as well off as some others. It helps to make everyone feel equal, therefore avoiding some chances for bullies to get stuck in.

Alex - Devon
skool is there for kids to b disciplined and part of that involves wearing uniform if u guyz gotta a problem wit dat then mayb u shud opt for home tutorin?!?!?!

krissie tgc new zealand
wotz up all my homies from tp, there no teacher ova my shoulder so i can speak da truth. every one says you don't get judged when wearing uniform but that aint true theres always someone hu pionts out that, that person has a second hand uniform or there skirt is short or they have a long skirt or there jersey is all holey and then we are always being told by our teachers, deans and our dp's that were not wearing it properley. theres also all theres rules that come wif wearing uniform like if u have pe last u have to get changed into your skool uniform before you leave the skool grounds, and i'll rather be judge because of my own clotrhes than be judged because of my skool uniform. and mr liddle rocks he gave me back my fone!!!!!!

Jasmine from Guyana
i think school uniforms should be abolished because everyone should have the freedoom our choice to wear what they want.BUT they should put strict rules in place that would allow children to dress suitably and not too vulgar.

chin Whitesboro high
I dont have school uniforms but I've been doing som reading on them and it sounds realy stupid

Bernie - Japan
Here in Japan, schoolkids wear uniforms right through high school, until they're 18 years old. There is no rivalry between schools simply because of uniforms (differences of). But, across the nation, most uniforms have a similar look to them. There are days when kids can wear casual clothes to school, and at these times, the character of the kids seems to change. That is, they suddenly become class-orientated and it's an "I'm better than him/her because I'm wearing...." kind of attitude. I'm all for abolishing the uniform but with solid rules in place. Such as: girls cannot wear make-up and excessive jewellry, and definitely no mini-skirts or provocative clothing. (I fully understand the girls themselves, and indeed some boys, may not be promiscuous, but let's not tempt fate). Boys shouldn't be allowed to wear designer track-suits, especially in an age where this symbolizes thuggery or being a gang-member. Abolish it by all means, but put strict rules in place. Perhaps even have certain days when a uniform should be worn, so that a sense of respect - to school and attitude???, - is firmly established?

Stef NZ
i belieave that uniforms are good and bad in manny different ways because you dont have to wear normal good clothes to school and be bullied on what you wear but it denies the individuality that every person needs to have, it would if the uniforms were that you could wear what u want but it wasent allowed to be untidy and ununappropriate

laura from tgc
school unforms r ok but we need more mufty days and nicer uniforms

Alisia tga nz
I think that uniforms are not a good idea because as young women we should be able to show our selfs as individuals. Wearing uniforms does not let us express this. We are a democratic society and as this we should be able to have our say. I beleive that most of the school pupils that are forced to wear these uniforms most likely have perfectly good clothes decaying in their wardrobes. And they may make our school look tidy and resectable. But i reckon it makes us look like education slaves.

nicole bright tga
i think uiniforms sux they are dumbest idea eva who wants to wear a uniform cause i dont.they are so ugly and cost heaps teachers sould have to suffer and wear them also.we should also be able to pack on make up

Mary NZ
i dont really care if uniforms are abolished or not cheers

Samantha Tauranga girls college
Hello my name is Samantha i am new at Tauranga Girls Collage i think that the uniform suks compared to Te Awamutu Collages we were allowed to wear trousers black ones and here we are allowed to wear only stuiped stocking and they are not as warm as pants anyway I think that they should ditch uniforms all together or have more mufftie days thanks 4 reading.

cherie from T.G.C
I'm 14 and i go to an all girls school. We are forced to wear hideous uniforms and told constantly that we are not wearing our unifom correctly, i hate our unifom and i think if we have to wear uniforms so should the teachers.Our school has so many rules for students and i think its time to lay some rules down for the teachers.

Amanda NZ
i think school uniforms sux!!!!!!!!!!!! They cost way to much and it takes 4ever to get dressed in the morning i only have one t-shirt and one skirt it sux it costs up to $300 hurdred dollars for a brand spanking new uniform that you wear for 3 years then change to a new skirt wich cost $30 - 40 dollars for a new one it sux!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Also teachers are always telling us to keep our uniform stright. WHAT HAPPENED TO BEENING YOUR OWN PERSON. IT IS NOT NOMAL FOR US TO DRESS THE SAME.

klee from tauranga girls collage
I rekon that school uniforms are really 'not cool' because they are ugly and they cost alot of money. I think that we should where mufty and pay $1.00 to where a uniform which i doubt anyone will do.

Zoey frm tga nz
I dont think we shud have a uniform because they are sooooooooooooooooooooooo ugly!!!!!!!!!!! And they get worn every dae so thats just dirty. And wen u finish school u look bak and say oh my god i wasted my money on that stupid uniform!

Sarah-Lee, Tauranga
I think that uniforms are unexceptable. Most are ugly and can be uncomfortable. Wearing exactly the same thing as the rest of the school doesnt give people of our age to express how we feel or who we are as an individual through what we wear.They are expensive and most families dont have an extra $300 to fork out on hideous clothing only for school and which in a couple of years will never be worn again. Why not wear the mufti clothes we have while we still fit them?

saphire heather*Texas*
i think they should not make students wear uniforms. C i am from a small town named weatherford *all old folks*.we dont have a uniform problem here we only have 2 privite schoolshere in town but they do wear uniforms. There is brige and pass they also wear uniforms but here at whs we dont wear them but i think they should only have them at privte schools.

Priory High School Exeter
BAN UNIFORM as its a waste of money and humiliates people. School uniform does not effect your education in any way what so ever Same with jewellery. we think pupils should be aloud to wear what they are comftable in. PLEASE help us are schools not listening to us thanks Nula Clifford, Kasmira Trapp, Alex Macan and Hanna Bowen

tom adams from barlby in york
i just love uniform its my life and soul!!!!!!!!

Brittany, 14 from Tauranga New Zealand Tauranga Gi
I think school uniforms should not be abolished because if people wear what they want it can lead to fights and arguments. Everything turns into a fashion show, and instead of students paying attention to the school work they are looking at other people and either criticizing their choice of clothing or wishing they had it. When I lived in USA we did not have to wear any uniform and I thought it was great! But then when I came to NZ we all had to wear one and for a start I thought it was horrible, but now I agree with it. Having a uniform you don't have get up every morning wondering what you're going to wear. It's easier on parents not having their kids breathing down their necks about keeping up with the fashion. Yes, uniforms are very expensive but when you think about it in the long run, you would end up spending more on mufti, if you didn't have a uniform, than you would on a uniform. So all in all I think uniforms are a good thing to have.

Hayleigh NZ
I like we should wear uniforms but so should the teachers but we should have mufti once a week

Big Burtha
i think that we should wear abosolutly nothing because i like wear nonothing i prefer to be 1 with nature yea !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! nudity rocks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

katie taylor new zealand
i think that school uniforms suk coz the jerseys r 2 heavy and they r makin my shoulders deformed

lisa tauranga
yea sure i agree that school uniforms can be ugly and uncomfortable but if we diddnt have to get up each morining and put our uniform on then we would spend lots of time in the morings trying to deside what it is that we were going to wear. also there would be alot of pressure to follow the trends of clothing. because we are all wearing the same thing people are not being judged the same as if we were wearing mufti

k frm new zealand
Our school has to wear uniforms and i actually mind. everyone makes it out so bad but in a way they are actually a good thing! i wld hate to have to wake up everyy morning and chose what i wear! i mean it would be so expensive in the long run with all the trends and styles out there and we all no they have to be xtremly styly all in all i think u guys are jst big wimps and need hobbies lol

Tarsha New Zealand
i think uniforms are haydis and we shouldn't hav 2 wear dem if we dont want 2 but dey r sorta ok in da way dat dey r equelizers and u dont get judged 4 da clothes dat u wear but i still dont like dem and id rather wear mi own clothes 2 school if we could wear mufti id find it funny 2 c wot sum ppl would wear da day we hav p.e

nz_girl
School uniforms r kinda dumb coz u cant xpress urslf properly coz they'res all these rules and regulations saying "u cant wear this, u cant wear that" and more often than not the uniforms are really ugly but if ur poor u cnt afford the "latest fashions" then i spose uniforms r gud.

Yazmin from NZ
im 14 and i dont really care if we have 2 wear school uniforms or not. Its good 2 wear them beacause nobody gets judged on what they wear but they r dumb aswell coz they r boring and cold and they make u look fat.

Sam from N.Z
I am14 and I think that because we wear uniform we are all seen as equals and you don't have to worry about getting ready in the morning.

April from New Zealand
I think that school uniforms should be aboloshed because we can't express our individuality. Sure we could have uniforms but they are to restricting and even though we are wearing the uniform we have to wear it a certain way and i think that is wrong and they are expecting to much of us. We should be able to wear nail polish and jewellery. I mean what harm is nail polish doing. If were not allowed to wear these things then the teachers shouldn't be able to. School uniforms should be abolished.

Big Burtha
Im a 14 year old girl and I beleive that teenages have enough stress without the added pressure to look cool and worry about what other people think of your apperance although if you have a uniform you dont get to show ur inderviduality but it means less preasure and you dont have to worry about what you are going to wear and it becomes quite expensive in the long run because you will want to keep with the trends and be cool so yea school uniforms ROCK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

harpreet new zealand
uniforms are okay but sometimes they get really annoying and you just feel like wearing what you want.

Nicole NZ
School uniforms are a waste of time. People don't get to be themselves and show individuality.

harpreet new zealand
uniforms are okay but sometimes they get really annoying and you just feel like wearing what you want.

Chloe from Tauranga Girls College
School uniform is cool it saves having to go out and buy you a year of labelled gears, it saves money go the uniform!

KaLeia from Tahiti
When my school tried to enforce school uniforms we had a riot. I don't think uniforms are a good way to "control the classroom" because it did not work at my school.

Laura from Belfast
Im 14 and I think yes uniforms are completely pointless but the govenors seem to think its a good idea to represent your school and look "presentable". But in sixth year you get to wear mufti so i suppose if they abolished it they would think it's unfair. The teachers ALWAYS complain about the length of our skirts and the state of our ties and blazers, but there's a fad going round of putting paperclips and pins and badges on our sweaters and blazers to be "individual". We don't get treated as clones, but I still dont like it (especially the colour, its mingin! and expensive!)

Josh Hazlett
I think school uniforms are a bad idea because they ruin a person's personality. It also show's that a kid can not have rights like ever other adult.

Ashley, Lake Villa, IL
Hey, I really think that we don't need uniforms. I mean why does everyone have to be punished for one persons faults. So if anyone that is here from a school board PLEASE don't make the students were uniforms!!!! Thanks Your a Doll!

yo mama
school uniforms are really stupid. uniforms should only be for prisoners. and other companies would not recive buissness.

Danielle
I really think that school uniforms are stupid and I would hate to have to where the same clothes to school every day. I would like to be able to where what i want to where. I meen really would u want to have to where the same thing over again? School uniforms are terrible and I never want to have to where them!

Carol Metcalfe Essex
I hated my daughter's first day in reception when she went in like a little clone identical to all the others. Thankfully she came home covered in very individualistic paint splodges. As she and her friends do have very strong personalities the uniform has failed in its purpose to standardise the children. It is useful in that we have plain drab clothing for school that I don't mind getting dirty or stained. It seems to me strange that we tell them as teenagers not to follow the herd, to say No to drugs, drink, underage sex etc, having expected them to be like all the others from age 3 by wearing green gingham and grey trousers.

Jodie, Oldham
I HATE uniforms they are such a personality killer! how can u express ur personality or feelings if u look the same as everyone else!!!??? i go to the 2nd highest school in England and the uniform is so inpracticle for the weather around the school! i have to wear a pleated skirt which wiv a tiny breeze blows up so imagine wat happens on an extremely windy day!? plus it is very cold in winter and the girls are not allowed to wear pants! whereas schools which arnt high up on a hill can where pants, personally i think that is extremely unfair and i know that other people agree too!! if we culd wear more cumfey uniforms id be more happy but to not wear a unifrom at all wuld be gr8 i culd finaly show ppl who i realy am!!

elizabeth manchester
i think school uniform should be banned , coz its horrible to wear and its really uncomfy and i think if they dont ban it they shud give us a better one coz our one is mingin!

Laura, Ohio USA
Above someone said that most USA schools wear uniforms, which is very untrue-only SOME Catholic schools do. I for one am very glad that I don't have to wear a uniform because it takes away a sense of individuality -- if you want to be school spirited then buy less formal shirts that show your spirit!

Cyrina from Bellevue, Ohio
I think that school uniforms should be abolished because they take away from a person's individuality. I had to wear uniforms for 9 years while at a private school adn it was so hard to find the right kind of clothes that fit the dress code. They didn't save my parents any money either. People should be able to wear whatever they want as long as it is clean.

leniqua
I don't think we should have to wear them.the said ''if you look smart you think smart'' that not true i didnt't wear unforms and i make all a's and is ready fou tht 11th grade and is in 5th

sheena UK
i think school uniforms shuld be abolished coz i got 2 waer navy blue jumper trousers n blaazer or a skirt a white or blue trousers and a yellow n blue tie I MEAN IT CLASHES lolz i hate its a fukin stupid waste of time im in year 8 n im short i cant find uniform in my size wen i need it nad wen i firdt bought 1 for year 7 it almost came up 拢300

alice Feasey
i love school unifrom

katie .l from fulford school
i love uniforn! its great!!!!

andrew exeter
i think school uniform should be abolished bec in the summer wearing black trousers is really hot

Amanda
I think that school uniforms are good because they give you a sence of pride in your self. THey make you look smart.

Chad From Michigan, USA
I think that uniforms are horrible and ppl should beable to show and be who there are cause school s are makin kids be the same when all ppl aren't the same, let them dress how they will.

MR Barnes
i think students should wear school uniform as it shows that the students come from this school. its a proof of identity. but i rekon that they should be able to wear mufty once a week

x, from new mexico
Ed (above), u retard, let me use a quote"I find it ironic that following fashion is thought of as showing uniqueness by some people..."dude what the h*** is wrong with u, you obveously get straight A's and are as preppie as they get but uniforms are GAY and the prices are freakin outragious. now for my opinion (if your retarded and you havent already got it) i hate uniforms. THEY TAKE AWAY YOUR INDIVIDUALITY. its like taking away half of our freedom of speech. also id like to say hi to all my homies, nick, nate, nico, colin and whoever else i know, Peace out

3minem
ive submitted many comment and none actually made it, uniforms take all means of freedom away and really do very little to demote violence. Dont discriminate or u will be discriminated againsted, thats what ive learned in my from rap and hip hop.

Tru3 1_0ve, New york
uniforms do nothing but take away our right to freedom of speech and expression, uniforms are a punishment for other peoples wrongs thats about all i have to say, remeber ~~~keep your freedom~~~ cya, peace out

amanda wyoming, Mi
i am 15 and in 10th grade at wyoming park high school, and i think that uniforms are stupid. i am lucky enough not to wear one and i dont think anyone should have to. if your gonna have to pay for a uniform you might as well just buy real clothes that you like and can wear wherever and whenever you want!

Katie from Fulford school in York
I think school uniforms should be banned.

Alice Feasey from Fulford shcool in York
i think school unifrom should not!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! be band because it shows we represent are school. It makes me look smart i especially love!!!!!!! the top button done up and the blue, light blue and gold tie. Please take this sensibly. Thank you

Charlie Russel from Fulford school in York
I think school uniforms should not be banned because we look incredibly smart and intelligent especially when we have our top button up. Thankyou for my comment.

charlie witham from york
kids hate school as it is so making kids them wear school uniform five days a week will make them hate coming evan more kids need to enjoy school or they wont learn kids should comfortable at school and should feel like they can relax and chill in there lessons

lauren haynes from elvington
school uniform should not be banned because i love it to pieces and i love the top buttons and ties!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

emma pauw from york
school uniform is really bad. we shud get 2 choose wat we were 2 school!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Katie. L from York
i think school unifrom should be banned because we have our own personality or i think we should be able to design our own uniform and vote for the best.

Hannah A from york
I think school uniforms should be banned because everyone needs to express themselves, even though, some people say that people can be teased for what they are wearing people also say good coments about your clothes, not just bad ones.

Jessica
I'm 14 and i think that you should be able to where whatever u want. it should be up to u to choose and the right should always be open to u. if we all wear uniforms we wont have the chance to express ourselves and show who we really are. i definitly think we should take away the rule of having to wear uniforms

stephenie milner
I am 14 years old and I will have one next year at high school. i think that school should be allowed in school. school uniforms are cool!

Ray Carpenter from brigham city utah
iam a sopomore in high school and uniforms are a way stupid idea why arent kids allowed tho express them selves how ever they want. yeah so some of the out fits kids wear are pretty far out ther but for the most part every on else is pretty nomal

Brittany from Winnipeg
People have to waer them in the work place so why can't we have our freedom now

Devon U.S/ PA.
School uniforms are embarraing, you get made fun of from other kids from other schools and you are unable to show your indivuality.

Jordann, Rochester Hills, MI
I really don't like the idea of school uniforms. I have never had to wear one and I am glad. Two very good friends of mine moved away and ended up going to private schools and every time I talk to them they, in one way or another, complain about the uniforms and how tacky they are. Also, school uniforms take away our right to be ourselves and ware what we want.

james from usa
it sucks

Chris from Fresno,CA
i think that school unforms should B abolished because by wearing school uniforms we aren't able 2 show and exspress ourselves tha way we want 2. eventhough u will have 2 wear uniforms when u get older and get a job i still think we shouldn't have 2 wear them.

Lauren New York
It should be a law not to where uniforms... we are or own people and should where whatever we feel like it no matter what people say about you.

Harriet Jones 14, Farnborough England
I personally like, and although don't always enjoy, wearing a school uniform it really does make the early morning desicions much easier. Think of in the summer when you have seen your friends everyday and they have all seen every one of your outfits, of course completly expressing your individual self! I enjoy waiting to show my friends my new outfits and the excitement of a mufti day at school. From somebody who used to hate the idea of being conformed into a uniform I can see the advantages. And plus the old fashioned school boy caps and lovely private school dress codes are traditional and taking away the quaint british uniforms would be destroying our heritage and become just another state of america...

Sydney-from Frankton,IN
Obviously everyone has a different opinion and some people decided to choose to express it poorly on this subject. My opinion is that school uniforms create a since of conformaty but also a sence of belonging. It is up to you and your school as to which is more important.

Declan, Dublin
I think school uniforms are good as they help you to look smart. most boys and girls in Ireland favour uniforms. I am 15 and our class won the class prize for best uniform last year. We are really trying to win it again this year, 2004.

samatha california
no on should have school uniform

JUN
School uniform should be abolished b/c when u slept late u can just wear pyjamas to school n that may save alot of time.

cynthia miami , fl
i have been in schools with uniforms all my life and when i got to high school i felt so relief that i didnt have to wear uniform we still have a dress code but its better then tacky uniforms that dont match.the uniforms can damage your personality , becuase the way u dress is the way you act. I think that they should be abolished

Ursula, New York
I disagree with most of you who say that school uniforms should be abolished. I'm also wondering how old you are. Looking back at my experience, I went to Catholic schools from elementary school until high school where I had to wear uniforms, and at the beginning I hated it, but as the time passed I got used to it and was actually glad that I didn't have to find different clothes to wear every day. And if you think about it when you get older and find a good job, won't you also have to wear a "uniform" (meaning your business suit or what ever job you'll work at) And aren't you suppose to get to know a person for who he/she is and not for their clothes.

charlotte, newton abbot, devon
I think we should be able to make our won school uniform up, maybe have 3 different varaties to choose from then we can't complain. If we abolish the uniform then the poorer students may have the mick taking out of them

Brittani
Im 15 i think we should not have uniforms in school. I think students should get to wear whta they want. At my scool girls can wear skirt but boys can't wear shorts and then gils don't get to wear compear pants. that is why i think school uniforms should be abolished from schools.

samantha viper
i think school uniforms suck kids dont want to dress like every one else they should be able to dressthe way they like and if they make fun of the other kids than so be it we dont have to wear school uniforms but i just want everyone to hear how i feel about em students should not be punished like that.

oliver
it is so bad~!

olivia london
i like the school uniform beause no one can call u names but some school uniform are to out to were in the sun uniforms are ok and not ok it matters about how it looks like

Maria from Devon
I think school children should wear what they like to school.

darren devon
while i agree that uniform gives identity to a college or school, i also agree that casual-wear makes people more productive. so long as it does not detract from their education, i see no reason why students cannot wear what they like. It allows people to express themselves, providing it is within reason (e.g. tattoos; pierced noses etc). Freedom allows expression. Expression breathes confidence. Confidence gives results.

Demetria , bermuda
i think uniforms should be abolished because they r boring and we like to wear your own clothes that we brougt. WE SPENDT THE MONEY. WE SHOULDN'T LET IT GO TO WASTE.

nay from whitehill junior school
i think school uniform is rubish!all it dose it makes more washing for our mums&dads/ceares and plus if we wear or own clothes it will be wiked and all the kids will love it because i'm from white hill junior school and alll my mates hate it i wish we shouldn't wear school uniform

jon from malaysia
school uniform totally sssssuuuuucccckkksssss because U look so nerdy in them!!!

ZIY from MALAYSIA
Altough many people especially teenagers think that school uniform should be abolished,I still think that school uniform should not be abolished because it can demonstrate the identity of the students. School uniform can help students to concentrate on their work better as they don't need to think about how they look like in their clothes or what clothes they should wear because they wear the same uniform.Besides that, the uniform instils students with discipline.

sanna from Finland
i think school uniforms are great! in Finland we haven麓t ever had school uniforms (as i know). Some people wrote that it麓s expensive to buy all those trend+design clothes...excuse me..what trend+design?! in school you don麓t have to look like a filmstar...just like you! Or are we so different here in Finland? But uniforms creates somekind of connections between students. i know English schools from their uniforms :) but i can say that you who have to wear one -you know it best!

Michelle
I think that school uniforms should definetely be abolished. Im 15 and I think that its time that us teenagers are given a bit of freedom in school.

CHRISSYBIL BOULIN PEMBROOK PINES,FLA
i feel that all people should have the right to express who they are and what they believe in. wearing uniform does not help you express who you are at all. the usa says they don't want kids who can't afford good cloths to feel bad but that's just hiding the truth to people. life is hard and full of unfairness but hiding it to kids isn't going to make things better. besides even with wearing uniform if your overweight or don't have nice accessories to match you will be judge so all in all wearing uniform does not solve that problem

lorna from gravesend
You should have school uniform if you go to a trip & get lost youd be identified easily. You shouldn't have school uniform because it makes more washing for childs parents.

hollie wise- kent
i THINK SCHOOL UNIFORM IS A GOOD IDEA BECAUSE IF U WENT ON A TRIP AND GOT LOST THEN SOMEONE WOULD BE ABLE TO TAKE U BACK TO YOUR SCHOOL

Ricky&Ryan
we think that you should be able to were your own clothes and just were a badge with the name of your school.

jordan tulip-gravesend
i think we shouldn't have school uniform because it costs to much money for parents who have loads of kids! and it takes to long to find all the right uniform in the morning after the weekend and it is absoloutly rediculous!!!

Deyna and Jordon mercer engaland
school uniform is wrong because people like to wear there new disigner clothes and its to much for a parents to keep ironing and washing when she got for kids and the uniform is too expensive!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

naomi from kent
i think we shouldn't have school uniform because some people get picked on because of the uniform.

alison howse- kent
I think school uniform stinks, coz im in year 6 and our school uniform is rubbish. And if we got to wear our own clothes it would be fab! but our school head teacher wont even let us so its preety boring.

Ashley,Ohio
i think we should have school uniforms because people wouldn't get laught at because they are wearing the same thing

Marika
I go to a Private school but the uniform is really expensive. In the USA most of the schools wear uniform so why can't schools in England?

Rhea, Devon
School uniform may look bad but we all look bad together! its easiest in the mornings and a cheaper option. Uniforms should stay!

jess, london
I don't think that uniforms should necessarily be banned because they make all the students in school equal, and you don't have to worry about not having enough money to spend on the latest designer clothes. However, school uniforms could be made a bit trendier, so we don't feel like wearing one's such a chore.

Rik, Kent
I think that school uniform should be compulsory up to eighteen. Kids grow up too quickly these days and should be kept in their place!!!!

chris
uniforms are crap and they should be abolished

Amanda
hey...no offense to ya'll but i think that uniforms r good cuz then ppl dont make fun of u for the kind of clothes u can afford...cuz ur all wearin the same thing!!!

Zoe and lucy from okehampton
We are in year 11 at Okehampton College in Devon and although We do think that we should be able to be ourselves in school as well as out of school We think uniforms should be kept and not abolished as it would cost us and our parents so much money and some people who can not afford to wear their normal clothes will get bullied. Thank you for hearing our say.

james
scool uniforms suck so badley. they make people look fat and ....... well lets not get to far into this. also you get teased you your uniform is to short for you.

Sarah, USA
We are told to be indiviuals but that would be kinda hard to do if we had to wear uniforms everyday. I won't stop violence because its people who do the crimes not the clothing. Uniforms would make you look like someone else and can cost a bundle. Our parents pay for us to be educated through taxes, not to be told how to dress. As long as people stay decent and really close to dress code, we shouldn't be made to wear some uniform that the school faculty members picked out. My parents are for them; they think that uniforms will help lower the crime rate and save us some money. We may have to wear unforms to work in the future but we should be allowed to be young as long as we're toddlers on up to 18 year olds.

christy, England
i think that school uniform should not be abolish b'cos it represents the school you go to and acts as an identity just like in other jobs such as police,nurse etc. wearing school should be a previledge but not be undermined. it helps students from worrying about what to wear.

tyson moe kaitlyn
we think that school uniforms are bad. we dont like them. taking out advice is good. take it and dont jut read over it. we know what we are talking about. good stuff. school uniforms dont allow kids to express themselves as an indivual! what do you have to say about that? what now..see our advie is good! TAKE IT AND DONT JUST READ OVER IT!!!!!!

Aimee England (stockport)
im in year 8 at stockport school and i think we should keep uniform because everybody will get bullied due to desighner clothes and not having the write clothes to where i mean you parents will have to by you laods more clothes and spend lots more money whats the point when you can just by a full uniform and p.e kit for under 拢50

Pedro, Anderson
School uniforms are only for the lame.

Lily from Berkeley Ca
I agree with Diego umiforms do suck! You cant' express yourself in them and everyone looks the same. I would not want to go someplace where everyone looks like clones. and it doesn't express the real issues of equity/equality which are race and gender. uniforms are a bunch of bull crap.

Moe & Tyson
We think that school uniforms are pretty lame. It doesnt show any way to express yourself to anyone. Teachers can express themselves..why cant we? good question!!! ha got you there! Another thing is that you would have to spend alot of dough. For 2 outifts..no way on earth!!! only one type!! Thats our theory!!

carly hardwidge, cullompton
i think that school uniform should be abolished cuz its complete crap and most teachers wear whatever they like so why cant we. also kids in devon have the coolest dress sense

whitney frazier
i believe that kids should be able to wear what they want just as long as it is appropiate to their attire or shool dress code.This is also revealed in the 1st ans 14th amendment of the constitution.

Diego indiana
uniforms suck

jan form london
Uniforms help stop the divide form rich and poor being too obvious as everyone is dressed in the same way. They also provide a feeling of cohesion and that you are part of a group which must help discipline

Alex Escobar from Paramount
I hate the uniform school. I think not important. All school not did the uniform school. Al school must free dress every year. For uniforms school?

mrs. overwhelmed nancy
i think that school uniforms are a bad idea because, they "lead to ridicule and by abolishing uniforms it allows a sence of expression

Sandra, Frankfurt Germany
I think school uniforms are a good idea because you can't differentiate between the poor families and rich if kids are all wearing the same. I don't want to have to spend lots of money on the latest trend and designer wear so my kid can fit in at school.

bethany, naomi sa
i hate school, and da uniforms.

Tiana- Toledo,Ohio
I think school uniforms should be abolished because it lets us as students express ourselves. Everyone doesn't have the same style in clothing and some people rather dress differently to bring out "the true person in them." If we are all supposivly different, then why would anyone want us to act as if we are the same or are interested in the same type of clothing just for a few hours of the day?

LilRay @ Frisco Cali
School uniforms in a way is both good and bad. The good part is: kids wouldn't have to worry about what they'll be wearing or what brand is in style, students's won't be judged by their peers because of what they wear, uniforms can prepare kids for the work force. Most jobs requires you to wear uniforms anyway(police, doctors, sports player, cheerleaders, soldiers, firemens, lawyers...), so why complain. On the other hand, uniforms can be bad because it limits you from be an individual person, you won't be able to express yourself, and takes away your freedom. Schools already have dress codes so, no i don't think schools should force students to wear uniforms if they don't want to.

Felicity Schools from Blackpool
I think uniform should be abolished because I find it really uncomfortable to have to wear one! and at our school we have to wear our top button fastened on our shirt and if the teacher finds me with it undone I get nackered!!!

Jeremy , Melbourne Australia
As a year 12 student this year, therefore my last year of school ever, i think it is imperative to have a school uniform. I have worn a school uniform almost every school day of my life, and i know it saves having to think about what to wear in the morning. The occasional "casual days" that we have, make it hard enough for me to decide what the hell im going to wear. i cannot imagine what i would do if i had to make that decision everyday. I am friends with people who dont have to wear a uniform, and i feel kind of sorry for them. I enjoy the privelege of having a uniform, which is rare in many other places around the world. However, at my school, uniform is taken to an extreme. Having an untucked shirt, is like asking the teachers for a 45 minute detention. If my tie isn't done up to the top, there's another detention. Probably to your surprise, i go to a public school where i dont even have to pay school fees, and yet uniform is so strict. None-the-less, i do enjoy having my uniform. It makes me proud to be at my school. So lets keep scool uniforms. Peace out. Booyakasha

Shay from Indiaanpolis, In
Well, I believe that everyone is entitle to their own opinion. So, I believe that everyone should be able to express themselves in their own special way. Because when you get older nine times out of ten you want go into a work place that has a dress code that you don't like or agree with. That's just my own opinion

Bethany from Stuarts Draft, VA
School uniforms take away from the creativity, individuality, expression, and imagination that students express through what they wear. I thought that school was supposed to be about education. Now it seems that all it is about is getting money and fashion. This is not a fashion show, so stop trying to act like it is. Public schools get money from the tax payers. If the tax payers want the money for education, stop putting it more towards the fashion of boringness. School is supposed to be a place that the students actually enjoy coming. If uniforms are inforced, then I can guarentee that absences will increase by at least 25%. Uniforms are for the REAL workforce. This is just school. People need to learn to differentiate between the two.

Devon Maddox from crossroads
I think that school uniforms are bad for schools because some people will not dress like other people.

Kelsey California
I am moving to BAth, England this summer from berkeley, a very unique and liberal area and i remeber times going to england seeing almost everyone wearing uniforms. i could never begin to think of wearing one, although they may have positives in referring to peer pressure and price of clothing, the general outcome sucks. I myself am not one to constantly worry about staying with the "trend" and it seems that a major reason for uniforms is to resist bullying and pressure, so all i have to say is stop worrying, dude i mean who gives a crap, your you, wear what ever the hell you want, people shouldnt get so hyped in staying with the trend and crap. clothing allows me to express my individuality in another way and i would never want to have that taken from me, apart of me stands out with my clothing, allows me to protest my likes and dislikes, show people a bit of who i am, and i like that.

Travis
school uniforms r pointless because they suck

Anon. Windsor
Generally, i reckon that uniform is a good idea, i cuts out bullying especially from the rich kids in all their labels and then there is the others who get picked on for having HI-TEC, But, if the schools want us to wear it they have to at least make it look half decent, take ours, GREEN jumper, green ties, whats that all about. and whatever happened to individualty? stipped us of that havent they. even if u try to make it different the teachers will only say NO.

Becky im from the USA
Well, I think that school uniforms are a really bad idea because all your teachers in school say that its ok to be different but you cant be different when you all look the same. and normal clothes and the way you dress without uniforms show your personality. and when you have uniforms it doesnt show your personality. they will also keep from making friends because when your out somewhere after school and didnt get a chance to change then people will be laughing at you because you have to wear uniforms. when you first meet someone they cant guess on how your personality is because your not wearing what you want!!!!! so i think that school uniforms are a really bad idea, but thats just my opinon.

Zach the opinionated American (15)
In my opinion, school uniforms actually hinder you from making friends. When I go to school I look at peoples' clothes to see if I have common interests with them. That's how I made my friends. When I came to my current school, I had a hard time understanding other peoples' personaities because the uniforms did not show their personalities.

caitlin White Pigeon hs/ms White Pigeon Mi
I think we should be able to choose what we wear b/cuz they want us to be focussed on our work, And how are we supposed to be focussed on our work if we are worried about what we wear. and they tell us to be different not do drugs and stuff like that well we wouldn't be different if we all looked the same. That is just what i think and i'm sure that there are some good reasons why we should have to wear them but i think we shouldn't have to.

anthony pinnock
school uniforms are crap there worser than anything i think we shouldn't have i mean if america don't have it why should we?

Elysia from Barrow
I think some school uniform is a good thing because if you go on a trip and get lost and someone spots you they will know were your from and take you back there. but i feel sorry for some children because they have to wear horrible uniform.

natalie 16 from combe martin
school uniforms are a god thing. im quite lucky, my uniform is pretty good. its a polo shirt with a blue sweater. school uniforms are designed to make everyone equal. wouldnt you feel upset if your rich mates had all these great clothes and you stood there looking like a tramp? lol

Dshizznic
scool uniforms should burn in the underworld. I would say other things but the teachers watching me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Amy luton
I hate school Uniform it is ugley I have to wear a green tie GREEN im mean who picked out this dress code it is well ugley all the other kid,s in my school think it is ugley to give me your votes for my school

Brian JEROME ID
School Uniforms are not the answer because it doesn't change your behavyor or your personality eathier

unaimuse person
I really can't say but I do say this. Kids shouldn't be forced to where somthing they don't like!

Jessi from Springfield
I think that school uniforms are a good idea. I think that the dress code at my school is too strict, and it would be a lot easier to just not worry about if our clothes fit the dress code because we would be wearing what the school gave us that we have to wear, so our clothes WOULD fit the dress code.

Michelle B. Ravenna Michigan
I would never wear a school uniform because, most of the uniforms are UGLY and i like to have my own style my style brings out my personality. We as students need to express ourselves. Some people dont have enough money to pay for uniforms. Besides who wants to look like everbody else everybody is different. I wouldnt want to look like a billion other people, Would you?

moe from japan
i hate those uniforms i would never ever wear one . i would like to have my on style!!

kirsty
i can see why kids say they h8 uniforms but it looks smart and stops kids worryin bout avin brand names and new clothes to wear each week! its only at skool and its gud practice 4 a job! besides u wouldnt get mufti days then

Danielle Philadelphia
I think school uniforms suck and we look better and ourselves without them

Peter
school uniforms are a good thing: they are a symbol of standards (high not low), they distinguish between work time and play time (somthing that adolescents find hard to do). The represent your school (somthing to take pride in) and guess what when you go to work you will also have to wear a uniform just like these people; doctors, soliders, pilots, police, firemen, lawyers, company staff stop whinning, and start taking pride in whatever school you represent!

marjon, holland
schooluniforms are sucks!!!!

Lisa- Canada
I used to live in England (about a year ago i moved to Canada). I used to wear a uniform and i hated it, but than i moved here and it is such stress to get up every morning and have to decide what you are going to wear. When you wear whatever you want, you certainly can express yourself a lot more, but it also means that you have to spend more money on clothes and kids that can't really afford different clothes every day feel left out.

lu canada
uniforms the word makes me shiver in fear the only thing we have the choice of wearing in our backpakcs how lame is that tho uniforms are eualizers they are to much of one

charlie, 15
I have a strong view that school uniforms should be kept as they establish an infranstructure within the school. a uniform also affects the way people think and their concentration. A uniform is like a football strip. It creates a sense of unity within the school. If uniforms were abolishied, then this relationship would be tarnished

peter from Tavistock
Well, I think you young people should all be grateful for being obliged to wear uniforms. Left to yourselves, you have a brilliant knack of looking dreadful. You stick pieces of metal through your flesh, and have absolutely no sense of style in clothes. Wurzel Gummidge himself would laugh at you!

UnshakeableTeen
i think that school uniforms should be abolished. it limits our creativity and individuality. i believe that by having school uniforms we are causing people to have no sense of themselves. they'll grow up and be used to having decsions made for them and not know what exactly to do. if the only reasons they have for keeping uniforms is because they want to stop bullying and stop gangs they are sorely mistaken. we will never be able to stop bullying if they dont bully about clothing they'll find something else trust me. the gangs arent stopped either even though they cant express themselves through clothing they will express themselves through something else.

Gary Vine, Torquay
The army will next be turning up to work in Jeans and t-shirts. Uniform is a part of everyday life whether at school and should be kept in place for that purpose.

Aaron, St.Budeaux, Plymouth
I think that we shouldent halv to wear school uniforms as we have to wear them and we are not confie, this means that we can not contrait on work. I understand that people might not have the 'in' close but the minoritay is against them. Aaron From Tamarside C.C

Linda, Florida
I think school uniforms should be abolished because their stupid and there's no point. Adults say there goin to stop bullying and fights but most likely they'll start more. okay so they may stop gangs in school but then the students will just recruit more people and show their "gangs" outside of school. They'll also figure out some way that they can do it inside the school. Also, we'll all look alike and we'll feel like we're in the military or soemthing. Or a private or parochial school. Which sucks by the way! Yeah so that is my opinion on school uniforms!

shoulderbananas
ScHoOl UnIfOrM Is RuBbIsH! ItS ShOuLd Be AbOlIsHeD!

evan hernadez
i am a pro skater and i get home school gut i think studens should be able to wher thier regular cloths so they can exprss them self to evryone. i also thnk unifors suck

Paul Rodrigez
I Really think that unifroms suck and i really think that students should be able to express them selves i recomend every one just stays naked and there wouldnt be any discrimination with people and there brand name colths PS. Keep on Sk8ing

sara2
i think in uniforms you can sitll express yourself through jewelry and how you wear your uniform. Be creative... dye your hair or wear it differently... there are always ways to get around these things.

Ariel, from canada
school uniforms do suck. they eliminate the freedom for physicle expression.Grown ups have already taken most of our individuality away, just let us dress the way we want!!!

Deanna - Ontario Canada
scool uniforms are good. not only to stop the ridicule of those who would usually judge people by their clothing, it would also stop them from saying things like "you picked a crappy outfit". plus, there are some girls who like to wear skirts and such, but don't have ones that aren't like church attire, uniforms would give these females like myself a chance to wear dressier clothing that isn't too dressy.

Casper from SD California
i can see how schools would want uniforms, it makes the children all feel the same, and not have to worry about the latest trends. But my opinion is dressing in our normal clothes makes us individuals, to stand out, as long as our dressing doesn't show parts of our un seen but cracks than why the heck not? I believe the schools should just put some boundary lines on the dress code, not so much that every student must wear the same thing, just so many people can feel like themself when they step out of their house or onto a school bus.

tiffany beebe b.c mi
love school uniforms

bob
uniforms suck yes they suck very very much

peter from Tavistock
I never know what people mean by "expressing" themselves through their clothes. If you wear a green shirt, what are you saying about yourself - except that you're wearing a green shirt? And we can see that for ourselves!!!

Emma- autralia!
UNIFORMS SUCK, i agree with all of the stuff ppl say about N0T havin uniforms, we cant express ourselves! and show our persinalitly!

sam ,stafford
school uniform is rubbish because you can't express your indiduality

krystal alterado
uniforms suck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

zach MI
school uniforms are pointless and dont solve anything

Emma, Ireland
Maurice wrote: >>the discriminatory misery of schools encouraging bare legs for girls while forbidding them for boys, which is still the case today kevin spanky
the shcool uniforms suck because we cant experss our selfe and if we have to where uniform our teachers should to

Anna Sutton.England.
I think uniforms are good things because,1.Other peaple can tell if you are lost [on a trip ect]were to take you. 2.You can see your part of a group. KEEP THE UNIFORM!

Glitch
hi there i think the Truff Dress codes ARE GAY!!!!!!!!

Darren Canada
Uniforms suck

Dan Stoner from Brighton,UK
School uniform leaves no room for people to expand their individuality and become adults by being able to choose what you wear and especially when appropriate, abolish all school uniform and let people be who they wanna be!

maurice from south queensferry
I already have placed on record in a submission to a Scottish parliament equal opportuntiies enquiry, in 2001, that all uniforms or dress control are against international law on minority rights. this follows from the link, now scientifically understood, between skin sensitivity and active metabolism, that features in Tourette and Asperger syndromes and attention deficit disorder. As an adult I wear modest sensible shorts all year round, and while I'm no supporter of shorts uniforms, they are obviously cruelty to the majority who experience them, how ironic and stupid that I in the minority who would have liked it never had it. I was a victim of longs uniforms throughout school, 1973-85 era, and the discriminatory misery of schools encouraging bare legs for girls while forbidding them for boys, which is still the case today.

amber, az
they are stupid and shouldn't b allowed in school!!!!

grrr!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
school uniforms are boring and stupid!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Raven, California
I dont thinkthat kids should have Uniforms. ive been gointo a chritsian school for my whoe life. i really dont think that its neccesary for us to free dress just on fridays and we have to pay for it thats or re enroll because i wished i could wear my onwn clothes to school since kindergarden. beacuse everytime i go t a store i get made fun of even though your parents dont see it you know what people are laughing it gets kinda old after a while i just hope that when im in highschool i wont have to wear uniform or ill go crazy.

nida usa
school uniforms have pro's and con's i don't know exactly what i would perfer. I think school uniforms DO give kids structure but they also limit individuality. Basically I wouldn't mind either way but i like being able to show off my clothes.

Nick from Kent
I think that school uniform is probably a bad idea. It is almost definetely hard to play in it at play.but kids could get teased if they do not have the right stuff. It would be better to wear trainers at play times. At our school we get lunch time detention if we wear trainers to school. Also if we wear a cap to school. Own clothes can be more comfortable . I think we should be able to wear what we want to and what we think looks smart. Some school uniforms can cost a lot which is expensive for parents when children change school.

Diana H, Bromley, Kent
I think that uniforms are a good idea for a number of reasons: - 1. All children are wearing the same so it removes the competitiveness between designer labels, trainers etc. 2. Children look smart 3. It helps identify children who are not in school when they should be! 4. If trouble errupts at bus stops etc after school it is easier to identify where the children are from so the school can be made aware if necessary

Moggy
I really think school uniform should be abolished, and pupils should decide if they want to to Fitness in school, becauser its making children do things they don't want to change

viv from washington
I think that a school uniforms shoul bern. Teens already have a uniform--baggy pants, a T-shirt, and a baseball cap on backwords.

Alice n.ireland
Hey im a tomboy and i hate school uniforms they make me look fat but im very skiny and so is my friend Rosy.

tommy
School uniforms are dumb! i dont like them because you cant express your self and that your parents cant id there kids!!!!!

anonymous
school uniforms are piont less. People worry that childern may get bully over what they wear by other childern. On non urform days i don't hear or see any child getting bullied by any 1 over what they wearing.

harlod the hippo
my comment is taht school unifroms are one of the most ridiculus things.it makes children feel trapped that they cant express themselves. i believe the school would have a better atmoshpere if the kids were allowed to dress in what ever. They would not feel trapped or confined but free to wear what they like.

gay boy canada
no no no no no no no no no uniforms

Kay Kay Califorina
A quote from President Clinton, "If it stops teen-agers from killing eachother over designger jackets!" Well if they kill eachother, thats there problem, People know the diffrenc between Right and wrong, they just choose to do wrong. They could go work for the money. Ooh yah and School uniforms SUCK!!!!!!!!

ganea ,Benicia.CA
I kind of like uniforms I think it would make me feel better about myself it`s really unatural for someone like me but I don`t care I wouldn`t mind at all. I think that would be pretty tight

Adama ,colorado
school uniforms suck. u wouldn't want to be see the same pattern or color everywhere you turn.but also yes because you woulnd't have to pick out your clothes eveyday.but they still suck.i think it should be your chocie

Leonard Harley Oxon.
Uniforms do NOT prevent bullying nor harrassment. Uniform-enforcement IS bullying and harrassment, about personal appearance. Uniforms institionalise these evils and makes them systematic policy. The form of uniform (Collar/jacket/tie etc) expressses and replicates outmoded "white-collar, middle-class" prejudice. We teach children, through uniforms, HOW to be appearance -prejudiced. Then we ask them not to mind the colour of different people!! All the inconsistencies about uniforms disappear if you realise they are just middle-class white-collar prejudice. So NO clothes with manual work origins (Denim) and you must be in uncomfortable, old-fashioned "Sunday-best" so that you look as if you're to clever to be asked to do any real work. These attitudes belong to the 1920's. "study & play" are the activities at school and they are best done in comfortable clothes. (eg jeans & sweat-top) This 鈥渟chool-identity鈥� argument for uniforms is in the lead at the moment; but not because students crave an institutional identity. The creeping privatisation of schools means the school needs an identity to 鈥渂rand鈥� itself. Marketing to 鈥減arental choice鈥� means emphasis on image, brand-identity and packaging. i.e.Form over substance. Far from despising the 鈥渄esigner-label鈥� (mentality), schools rejoice in it, and model it. Each school wants to market itself as the local 鈥渄esigner- label鈥� school, and each child is forced to become a hoarding, and a label-bearer, in this campaign! To replace a 鈥淣ike鈥� label with a 鈥淪t.Toff鈥檚鈥� label reinforces the 鈥渓abel-mindset,鈥� instead of challenging it as education ought. The top-labels are private schools with their more 鈥渙ld-fashioned鈥� uniform image. This is what drives the current reversion to caps and blazers; it offers the 鈥減rivate-school-cachet鈥�, at your local comprehensive, now! And if this isn鈥檛 stopped we could all end up with 19th Etonian outfits! School have to claim to "cherish diversity" but they only teach grudging acceptance of imposed natural differances. (Colour, gender etc)"Because they can't help it". But no CHOICE of one's own personal appearance will be respected nor tolerated. This is a spirit that detests diversity. In fact uniforms are loved by all dictators because they express and facilitate the transformation of individuals into a mass that obeys. It is an evil an Draconian situation that compulsory state education means daily control of one's personal appearance choices by agents of the state. It would shock us except that we are so conditioned to it. Successful Education systems run without it, therefor it CANNOT be necessary, therefore these horrendous restrictions are unjustifiable

My name is Christy and I am form North America
I'm 12 and I said that students should wear uniform in school.Because in my fact, I have saw many kids calling their parents to bought expensive cloths and if parents don't,they are going to cried and do everythings that can make their parents to buy expensive clothes. Students should wear uniforms in school, because that could make them look more orderly and "cleaner",thy don't need to spend a lot of time on their dressing and save time,same money and learned how to make godd choice in our life.So this is what i want to say about the School Uniform and I would be happy that if on the voting Results i can see that the "Yes" can bit the "No". Thanks! 2004.2.22

BAM, Surrey
I've been at both types of schools, uniforms and no uniforms. It is my opinion that uniforms take away from an individuals personality. They are uncomfortable and expensive. Unless school govenors are willing to change the uniforms and bring them more up-to-date, comfortable, and affordable, I think uniforms should be abolished.

JJ California
I THINK THAT UNIFORMS ARE A WASTE OF TIME

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I think if the students wear hem the adults/teachers should too.

ceryn kapiti collage
uniform suxs no one should have to where it get rid of it

Jane from Canada
I wAnT uNiFoRm SoOoOoO bAdLy MaN!!

ALEX BENDER addison trail
The reason I think that school we shouldn鈥檛 have uniforms is because they are uncomfortable and very expensive. And the reason I know this for a fact is because I came from a school with uniforms and most of the kids there hated them .The main thing that bothered all of us is that the uniforms are very uncomfortable. Another reason not to have uniforms would be a waste because most of the kids would not apply to the dress code. The worst thing is the happiness level of the school would be even lower and I would guarantee the raise in dropouts.

josh
school uniform is so rubbish!!!!!!!!

Megan from Bay City
I think that uniforms are stupid because you don't get to wear what you want and you don't get to express yourself.

tay tay
I think that u should not to wear uniforms for @ school cuz that is so stupid

Daniel from NZ (again)
This is a really cool site! I didn't think that my post would get to the page. But it did! Uniform sucks! I don't see why we should wear it. If we wear it, then at least the teachers should have to wear it. And did you know, that if you press all of the arrow keys at once, your computer makes a funny sound, try it! Uniform sucks!

Nicola, Philippines
School uniforms are dumb they have no point. They make you look gay and funky. Regular clothes are usually wore by people who like something were a logo. I wear futbol' (soccer) shirts cuz I like um.

Anonymous from Jefferson County, TN
KIDS CANNOT BE FORCED TO WEAR SCHOOL UNIFORMS. THAT WOULD BE LIKE WEARING THE SAME CLOTHES EVERYDAY. TEACHERS PRESSUREUS TO BE INDVIDUALS, AND WE ARE. BUT NO THEIR TELLING US TO LOOK LIKE EVERYONE ELSE? OH YEA,THATS REAL INDIVUDAL. WEARING DRESS COLTHES EVERDAY IS RIDICULOUS. THE CLOTHES THEY ARE TELLING US TO WEAR WILL MORE THAN LIKELY INCITE A RIOT. I HOPE THEY KNO WHAT THIR IN FOR...

JACKIE, JEFFERSON COUNTY, TN
OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM IS DECIDING WHETHER TO USE SCHOOL UNIFORMS. I THINK THAT SCHOOL UNIFORMS DEPRIVE STUDENTS OF EXPRESSING THEMSELVES. ALL OF US HAVE OUR INDIVIDUAL TASTES IN CLOTHING. I BELIEVE THAT THE PARENTS OF THESE CHILDREN WHO DON'T ABIDE BY THE DRESS CODE NEED TO BE STRICTER ON THEIR KIDS TO BUY APPROPIATE CLOTHING. IT IS UNFAIR TO PUNISH AN ENTIRE COUNTY BECAUSE OF A FEW CHILDREN WHO REFUSE TO OBEY THE RULES. A SCHOOL DRESS CODE IS FINE, BUT NOT A STUPID SET UP UNIFORM FOR EVERY CHILD. I PLAN TO FIGHT UNTIL THE UNIFORM ISSUE IS IN OUR FAVOR.

Nicola, Philippines
School uniforms are bad. They make you look gay and funky. Kids should be allowed to wear what they like. Its called freedom which all kids have. SPEAK OUT againest school uniforms before they take over.

Ella, England
School uniforms are worn everywhere in England, and I personally think that they should be worn everywhere. Kids and staff at schools around the world should follow the example of the English.

buffy tyler
i love uniform, it makes me feel horny

dilila, malaysia
i agree when students was in uniform, but i wanna know should teachers wear uniform?

Daniel From NZ
Uniform sucks!

Lindsey P - Solon
I think that school uniforms in a way are good and bad. They are bad because it does not allow students to show their personality/individuality, and students should not be forced to wear something that they do not want to because it says in the law that every person has equal rights, and should be able to do what they want, if it is not illegal, and wearing what you want to wear is not illegal. School uniforms are good because if everybody wears the same uniform to school everyday, people could not make fun of other people's clothing, because they are being forced to wear the same thing. Also, it would make the classroom a safer place, and would have kids do better in school because they are not worried about the latest fashions, and how they look. Kids would end up being more focused on their studies if there were school uniforms. I have mixed feelings about them.

Amy
i dont like uniform

Katie, from Atherton, Australia
school uniforms are cool!!!

Aly-x, Toront
Uniforms are awful! They make you feel like everyone else! I wear a green uniform and feel like a leprechaun(Branksome Hall) I also hate the fat that on top of wearing uniforms we have to be soooooo neat, and all teachers do is tell us to clean ourselves up! Most girls at my skewl get detention for bad uniforms! Girls complain soooooo much and they arent so cheap! Also the ways girls find individuality with them is by adding their own sexuality which is annoying and reallyu boys find uniforms more appealing than regular cloths! Down with uniforms!

Peter Turner
School uniforms increase standards and improve behaviour.A school uniform also acts as a distinguishment between work time and play time. Pupils need to learn the difference between when to mess around and when to work.

h e roo
I dont think we should have school uniforms as they restrict our individuality.We should all be recognised for who we are and that means not wearing uniform.

tal, dallas tx
I think school uniform are so so so bad if u have a unifrom you cant wear what u want and plus say you want to wear a pair of pant u cant because u have to wear a uniform or a skirt you cant it gives u more freedom

Andrea
School Uniforms should only be used in big school, where they can be most effective. TO prevent violence and other bad things.

carly from sheffield
i think school is awaste of time and school uniforms suck there is no point of going to school to wear uniform.!!!!!

robin-bovey tracey
school uniform should be abolished because all teachers do is moan about it

HCC
Uniforms are perfectly resonable. If you don't like them, imagine how you would feel if you if your family was in a situation where you didn't really have a lot of money to by brand name clothing or fashonable clothing. If you have a problem with your school's uniform, maybe you have some readjusting to do and if you jst make fun of uniforms, MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS!!!!!! A lot of people think that people who wear uniforms are dorks. I would know, i wear a uniform. But u know what, i actually don't mind wearing one. I don't have to pick out an outfit everyday and it keeps offensive clothing ( showing midrifs, low cut pants, etc. ) out of my school. I can concentrate on my classes and not worry about making a fashion statement. Uniforms aren't for dorks, they're for people who focuss in school. I'm proud to wear my school uniform and if you think I'm a nerd, well, that's your opinion and i couldnt care less.

lily from norwich
hi i am 13 years old and go to sprowston high school the year 11 dont have to wher school uniform so i dont think we should it should be abolished now ! ! ! ! !

Emily from Sheffield
I think that school uniforms are rubbish mine is so bad ares is black sweatshirt black trousers and a white polo shirt, i want to express my image by being diffrent and not having to wear a uniform that makes us look like were going to a funeral everyday some schools have really bad uniforms and a friend of mine who goes to a diffrent school got beaten up because they looked rediulious with a green blazer and a black tie uniform kids need there own image !!!!!!!!!!!

Devin PA
I think we should not have a dress code becuase it retricts us from wearing what we want to. I like getting up in the morning knowing I can put on what I feel like putting on.It sucks. besides girls like to show off to the guys!!!!!!!!!

Pammi Yeung from Hong Kong
I think it's nonsense to have school uniform. School uniforms are often complained being inappropriate. In winter time, we still need to wear the Cheong Sam. The school blazer is mismatched with the Cheong Sam and doesn鈥檛 keep us warm. They are badly designed and cheaply produced for a captive market. We have no choice but to wear the uniform and to get a cold easily. If school uniforms are not adopted, we will be free to choose clothes to wear depending on the factors like the habitus of different people, weather and our everyday-different mood, etc. Moreover, the phobia of schooling in some students will be scribed off if school uniforms are not adopted. School will no longer be a formal and terrifying place. It creates a harmonious environment to study. Students may have lessons freely and enjoy them more. Lessons will be more appealing and students will be more concentrated on them. For instance, they may have more courage to speak up during lessons and find learning is fun. Both the atmosphere of learning and the effect of teaching will be better. Resources of schools and hence the government will be saved then. Without school uniforms, division between teachers and students will not be so obvious. They may make friends to each other, and the students will be more willing to share their feelings with their teachers and let the teachers understand them more. Relationship between them will be improved. Students will love their school lives, which is just like staying in a big family. Teachers are like their parents, schoolmates are like their brothers and sisters. Cases of truant will be solved more easily.

nerd from kansas
We don't have to wear school uniforms at my school but i beleive we should. School uniforms would end the discrimination against people who don't have the finacial ability to buy name brand cloths. Uniforms that are picked by the students for comfort and approved by the school board would be a great way to create school unity. Many of the cloths students wear(especially girls) are reavealing and morally degrading. Required school uniforms would end this thoughtless degradation of our young ladies by popular culture. School uniforms that are approved by both school boards and students are a solution to many of the problems in today's public schools.

Ashley, PA
Uniforms make everyone the same, an no one can appear to be richer, poorer, trendier, or anything else than others. There are many other ways to express yourself, it just takes some doing to find them. Don't be lazy.

stryder
school uniform is suckz and we should ban it

daryl (u.k)
I hate school uniform and i wish it would be ablished.

Enough of Exeter
Schools have a responsibility to society to educate their pupils on how to behave in public, particularly while going to and coming from school; travelling on buses, for example. Without uniform, it would not be possible to identify which schools were failing to uphold that responsibility.

Stephanie, N.Y.
Hey! i really think that it sounds like a good idea!! Although i am not wearing uniforms at this point, i used to :) !!

Lez from Australia
I like football so school uniforms are cool.

Diana chandler AZ
WE SHOULD NOT HAVE UNIFORMS BECAUSE IF WE DO WE CANT EXPRESS THE WAY WE REALLY ARE AND THE WAY YOU DRESS TELLS ALOT ABOUT YOUR PERSONALITY

Patricia (CANADA)
Well there should be and there should not cause if there is school steroetype will increse .If there is not then people will make fun of other people

fox
school uni form sucks we should be aloud to what ever we like

neddy2k4 uk
Hi my name is Nathan and I am here today to tell you why we should accept schools uniform and why it is so good for us. Many people think oh no school uniform and believe me I used to be one of them and yea when civvies day comes were all just like yippee because it鈥檚 a chance to come in and wear what u want. But school uniform when u think of it isn鈥檛 really all that bad. Some people don鈥檛 wear the same brand, make or design of clothes that others do because of this people would treat them differently from everyone else.

Amanda Buckner, Anaheim, CA
I don't think we should have uniforms because they are way expensive and they give you wegies!

amaya AUSTRALIA
i think school uniforms are cool and im a nerd

Montpellier, France
Uniforms express indiviuality, we will never be able to stop jelousy. that is the reason they want. EVERY ONE HAS A DIFFERENT STYLE. NOT ALL STYLES HAVE A HUGE BILL

Zoe, Northumberland
I think that everyone dresses different and that it shows our individualty so this is why there shouldn't be school uniforms. I understand they want us to dress sensibly but why can't we do that in what we want to wear.

Name: Staci From:Kentucky
School uniforms should be banned forever more!!! If our school had uniforms it would be WHITE POLO SHIRTS and KHAKI PANTS (or skirts for the girls) Ewwww...that's WAY gross. Plus...school uniforms don't give kids any choice or individuality! AND it's really really REALLY boring to go shopping!

Rose, Ohio
There are pros and cons to uniforms, but the biggest problem with it in my mind, is that the entire idea of erasing popular fashions, fads, and stereotypes by wearing uniforms-DOES NOT WORK. Teenagers always know who is in what group, and how much money each has. There's no pretending whether you're all wearing the same clothes or not.

susan hayden, u-town OH
I think god made us different for a reason not so we will be made to wear stupid uniforms. It takes our individuality away and thats something we need to have.

Sean Rea from Downpatrick
I don't argue with uniforms

chloe from plymouth
i dont think we should have school uniform because people feel more comfortable in their own clothes.

Donya (U.K)
I think that skool uniforms are a very good idea coz every morning you have to spend half of your time choosin what to wear 4 skool,and some people get bullied coz they dont keep up with the latest fashion!In my skool WE chose our uniforms!and it was a great idea.so please keep the uniforms.

ollie
school uniform should be kept and if they were a wearing what they want more people would get bullied from not wearing hip hop new clothes

Erlinda Bednar Dallas, TX
I think that school uniforms shouldn't be allowed anywhere. I feel that wearing uniforms doesn't let me express myself and I think that other people my age feel the same way.

em, singapore
i think school uniforms should be BANNED. i hate em. perhaps not all of em but mine, cos its a blue sleeveless pinafore which is totally HIDEOUS. uniforms r ok i guess, though wearing one 4 12 years can make a person sick. i

jimberly,KEVICC
we got rid of the uniform or 'dress code' as they liked to call it because no one stuck to it and all the teachers spent the whole lesson telling people to tuck their shirts in or change out of their trainers into their school shoes and no work got done and every one got annoyed,the no unifrom thing was to concentrate on the learning and it works.now there is no arguments about who should be wearing what and every1 works harder.its a bit of a hassle some mornings deciding what to wear but i wudn't go back to uniform. there isn't any bullying about what people are wearing there are divides between kids obviously but every school has that.

sasai
they shuold have uniforms in a school??????

kitkat-from texas
they r so boring

katharine gilbert
I hate school uniform it should be thrown away and we should wear our own clothes that we choose.

mobeen
school uniform sucksssssssssss!

Squeaky the space dog, jupiter
Us martians think that uniform sucks

A PERSON
School uniforms are expensive and don't help at all

boudreault, max ontario
uniform is ugly

jonny
uniform stinks

Andie WA
i dont have to wear uniforms but i like the idea of uniforms

Natally CA
I like school uniforms. so what it looks organize, It's all good

Samantha CD (Scotland)
School uniforms are a rip off! They are far too expensive just for school.I don't know about other schools but the ones around this area have absolutely minging uniforms! I would like to beable to wear what I want to school but if we totally lost them then pehaps others would be teased for not wearing things that are the fashion but if they made them beter looking and alot more comfy then more folk would wear them! But still agree they should be abolished

Jennifer - Geneva
When I first came to Switzerland many years ago I thought the school children looked so scruffy without uniforms and when my son started school I realized how expensive all those "scruffy" designer clothes were! Some even get stolen - and it must be even worse for girls. Keep the uniforms, they just need updating and should be made in comfortable, easy-care fabrics. I work in an office and it's so difficult to know what to wear ... when I'm at home I wear the same "uniform" each day : t-shirt and jeans (no designer labels)

jemma lewes
school uniform should be banned as children feel they are trapped in a psycho world on all different colours black white etc

Claire from toronto and brampton
skool uniforms are the best thing the skool district hav cam up wit but unfortunately they don't hav it in my skool. i wore skool uniforms for 7 years and i luved it but now i don't and i hate it bring bak skool uniforms 2 public skools

Lisa Ontario age15
I'm a high school student. I have to say that informs are stupid,but there is so many things that A LOT of students don't like. For one, you can not show who you really are when you were a uniform. If you had to go out in public after school, you are going to really stand out and no one likes that. I don't care what you teachers and parents think of what I as high school student is standing up for thoes who don't like uniforms at all! Infact they say that you don't have to pay as much for uniforms then for regular cloths, but that is NOT true. You are really spending more for the uniforms, and the prices for them have really gone sky high. Students that were the uniforms have more of a chance at being beat up then if your not wereing a uniform. School uniforms are UNCOOL! DOWN WITH SCHOOL UNIFORMS!!!

Jenn, Ontario Canada
Uniforms are so much easier, you don't have to think about what your wearing and what you'll look like coz everyone is gonna look the same.You get to waer your own shoes, bag,jacket however you want you hair and makeup(in most schools) I know I'd rather have uniforms coming from England where I wore a uniform for the eleven yrs I was in school there to Canada with no uniform it was different.I'm not saying it's not nice to wear your own clothes, coz it is nice to be able to wear pj's to school or shorts n t.shirts in the summmer. Uniforms do work tho and they are alot cheaper coz I know from my own experiences that people do get bullied coz they don't have a Tommy Hilfiger sweater or the latest football shirt.Uniforms are a good thing they don't discrimnate and hey its not a life sentence most schools give you more freedom in sixth form and its only for 12 or 14 yrs. Take pride in your uniform and school coz one day it'll be gone and your look back and wonder what all of the fuss was about and wish you hadn't got rid of those uniforms! :)

david from loughton
I find school uniform very uncomfortable to wear especially if you have to wear ties. I said ties because when you want to do something fun, it just gets in the way which gets really very annoying. That is why I think school uniform should be abolished.

Ariel Looper Texarkana, TX
I DONT THINK THAT UNIFORMS ARE A GOOD IDEA!!!!!! YOU SHOULD BE ABLE 2 EXPRESS YOURSELF!!!!!!!!

Me..Jersey
School Uniforms is a good idea..You girls and guys that think its for "dorks" and "freaks"..ur the ones who obviously are'nt "cool"..if ur so cool then u'll look good in anything u wear..so that shouldnt be an excuse cuz ur just wack if u think ur so cool and cant even make suttin look right..if u look good then wuteva u wear is ganna look good too..School uniforms are a great idea..its such ashame that kids make fun of other kids for what they wear and if everyone wears the same thing then they cant pick on them for that..and i know it would be a lot easier for me..cuz i wont have to worry about wut im ganna wear to school and i can sleep longer in the morning..i wish my school and all other schools would make students wear uniforms..and since students like to show off their new clothes then maybe they should pick one day out of the week where u get to wear wuteva u want..this way its fair for everyone..

Lily from VA
I think that it's hard for kids that have never had to wear uniforms to just swich and be ok with it. But over all uniforms aren't a bad idea but I, as a 13 yr. old personaly would not like to wear one.

shanu from Earth
Uniforms are chronologocally bad. I woodn't give up a penny for one! They have no sense of fashon. I'd rather buy a paper bag to put over my head!

Oraku, Texas
Scool uniforms suck! they r cold and dirty and uncomftable. and there expensive!

Im so cool
School uniforms rock! I love em.

John F. Miller from Germany
No state schools have Uniforms here in Germany.I go to a small private school in the black forest and I wish I had a unifrom. British Kids do not realiese how lucky they are. There is a lot of about who looks "in" and who looks "out" with a unifrom all this seperation would stop. You can still be "cool" after school if you want, we on the other hand have to pretend to be at least semi cool to stop us beeing bullied. Bring back school uniforms to german schools, keep uniforms at british school.

my name is yesinia diaz and am from south bend
I think uniforms are stupied and we should not have to waer them

Valerie Woodbridge, VA
I think That school uniforms are dumb, school is the time we have to express ourselves and if we have uniforms we wont be able to be who we want to be...or do waht we want to!

Katie, USA
Coming from a high school with no uniforms-I am actually in favor of uniforms. With the likes of Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera as "role models" in our country, many young girls are wearing pants that don't cover up their "crack." If we had uniforms, this unpleasant sight would not exits.

puggirl-maine
I am homeschooled,so I don't have to wear a uniform! I could do my school work in my P.J's if I wanted to. But If I did go to school,I would not mind having a school uniform.Because then I wouldn't have to take for ever trying to find a cool outfit.And If there was a uniform rule,then It woulden't take up half of my morning geting ready for school. Then again I would hate to wear a school uniform.I woulden't get to show off my own style,and what I like to wear out in publice!!! :)

tara from cornwall
i think that school uniform should be banne because schools shoulnt be able to ecie what you wear!!!!

samantha
if the schools have school uniform it should be what the kids wanna wear not what the school likes because it will be gay and out of style also. if the kids get school uniforms i thing they will do bad in school and still get made fun of because how they look in them and how they waer them too. so i thing school uniforms will not help the kids in school. thank you!

nicole
I think that we should have uniforms. Stundents will not be afraid 2g2 school

sam pa
i think we should NOT have school uniforms its bad enought that we have to wear clothes at least that us pick out what we wanna wear!!! and uniforms just are so god damn u-g-l-y!!so dont make schools have school uniforms!!!

Alex, Potters Bar
I think we should get rid of school uniform because we buy other clothes anyway and school uniform makes us pay for other clothes we wouldn't otherwise buy. I like my school but I would like it more if we could wear our own clothes.

Kate/Russia
I have been to uniform and no uniform school and uniform is better. In no uniform school kids compete to wear brand names (Nike, Tommy etc etc) which is expensive in my country. Don't give these people your money! Also in no uniform school girls can wear trousers. This is bad for the moral values.

Bernice
Yes, I think schools should have school uniforms because it is a better way to learn. Some believes that wearing uniform decreases amount of bullying. Studies have proven that school conformity does help decrease violence.

Darren from Tavistock
Hey Rebecca, have you missunderstood Wendys post? I thought she was having a go at people who think uniforms are for geeks. (She says: "And if you need to display your individuality through your clothes, you can't be much of an individual", which seems to favour uniforms. )Well, thats how I read it, have i missunderstood?

therese & emma co.down
school uniforms do nofing 4 our figures

therse magee
i lv uniforms and i lv school im just sooooooooo glad 2 be bac after the hols

Rebecca from north somerset
TO WENDY *VERY FORCED SMILE AS I STRUGGLE TO BE POLITE* Have you ever wondered what it feels like to be considered a "total geek"? We can't all be perfect. I am considered by most people in my school to be a freak mostly because i care about my grades, i do well in school, and i'm not a size ten. the only thing that keeps me vaguely anonymous is the fact that i where the same clothes as everyone else. i cannot afford the sort of clothes that would make me cool the eyes of people like you, or the body to go in them. i have no doubt that the comments, sideways looks and snide remarks my friends and i have to endure would be a million times worse if i wore my own clothes to school. i also do not see why i should have to be forced to worry that the things i like will not match up the standards of someone who obviously considers themselves above the rest of us. Think VERY hard about your own opinions before you mock others. No-one has any problem with you saying that you would like to see uniforms abolished, i agree that uniforms are often uncomfortable, but you have no right whatsoever to call the views of anyone else stupid. just bcause you hold a particular view, that does not make unquestionably RIGHT. Maybe you only call people geeks because you cannot be bothered to find out anything more about them.

Daddy's Girl
Well, i was in uniforms 4 2 years. But, my brother and sister wear it now and they hate it. Some little children be having big t-shirts. It wasn't that bad until if you didn't wear yours you'd have to put on one that the school provides.

jo from a little place in the country near tavisto
i don't fink skool uniform should be stopped, it means a bigger bill for clotthing for both kidz and parents and it also makes the skool look too scruffy. i hav to wear a blazer+ shirt+ tie, so i think skool uniform should be less tight and more comfortable

Stephanie from Van, TX
I was in school uniforms for 5 years before i went to public school...and before i knew how great it was to be able to express myself through my clothes i just thought they were something else my mom had to pay money for. In the Bill of Rights it says that we are allowed to express our opinion and well frankly uniforms take that away from you. Sailor shirts, plaid skirts, knee high socks, and closed toed shoes isnt exactly what i would say is being free.

Ben, Uk
Keep the school uniform. Its a part of school life, and socity. Maby a good compramise would be to let the pupils personalise there uniforms, allowing make up, patches on blasers, shirts to be hung out per haps trainers in stead of shoes. I dont see a problem as long as its non Offencive. But keeping the basics the same! Just an Idea

Wendy, BC
I love some of your comments, they're so-let me think-stupid. -uniforms are for geeks and dorks -you end up wearing the same clothes as a total geek!! -etc. And if you need to display your individuality through your clothes, you can't be much of an individual.

Dingo New England
I think that school uniforms should not have to be worn because children should be able to live their life and wear their own clothes because when they are adults they will have to wear uniforms, tuxes, dresses, and dressup clothes. So, they should be able to wear their own style of clothes while they can.

D'Angelo Andrews Lanham MD
UNIFORMS ARE THE DUMBEST THING I HAVE HEARD OF IN MY LIFE

Paola New York
I personally think that uniforms should not be abolished. First of all, uniforms make people in a sense equal, which means there would not be bullying. Second of all, uniforms just make you look smart and more organized.

Nicole, Zoe,Therese,Catriona,Amanda,Carole,Michell
we jus wanna say hi 2 every1 in portaferry...and uniforms are gay!!!!!!!!!!!!

nicole portaferry
uniforms are a mess..... they look rare ....

zoe faloona portaferry
hi wots da crac .... i hate uniforms

LiL cC
uniforms suck

Camerona
I think scool uniforms r good (no, not because im a swat!) but jst because you have to wear scool uniform doesnt mean u can't individualise it an make it look kool! maybe in private schools an stuff you HAVE 2 wear strick scool uniforn but in our scool, u can wear wot u like as long as u hav a scool badge! and wen ur outside scool u can wear all ur nice clothes!! every1 wins!!

donal portaferry
up da ports ...... skool uniforms r rubbish

Grace Smith Australia
Hi anyways i go to a private school and i wear uniform, i think it is good to wear uniform because people who have bullying problems, some take very long to choose clothes can just choose immiedialtey so that there wouldn't be any hasseling around. When the last day of school comes in our school we get to wear anything what we want but when everyone does that the school looks like a complete mess. School uniform is great for u. Have a g'day

Samantha Welch from North Carolina
i dont think yall need uniforms cause you never get to be comfortable and wearing what you want makes people express there selfs more freeley

daisy - alderman quilley
i love school uniform, it makes you look smart and it helps me learn better.

JAY 14 FROM EASTLEIGH
I think school uniform is just one of the governments plan to make teenagers feel depressed.If u think about it, when u wear ur own clothes, u act differantly. Plus, uniforms are for geeks and dorks

Danielle & Helen, Uk
School uniform should be banned because we agree with Tony it is restricting and you end up wearing the same clothes as a total geek!!Uniform is a waste of money and it doesn't let you show your individualality also teachers moan at you even if you have got uniform on!!We think the law should be changed and teachers should let us wear what we want to and not what the whole school (including geeks) wear

kirsty ,uk
I don't like school uniform but some people would get bullied for what there wearing because they might not have alot of money.They wont get bullied if everyones wearing the same so it's proberly best if we do have school uniform.

Sex god
I dont care wot i wear coz i look good in n e thing even a thong that ur mum wears

Jess from Eastleigh
Im 14 and i found that school uniform should and shouldn't be allowed.I think it should because you don't have to feel ashamed of what you wear and i don't because its annoying.

emma, eastleigh
i think it is ugly, because you look like people you dont like

wayne +darren
Hi we are from Alderman Quilly and we think that uniform should be abolished. It does not look good on many of us.

becy from hampshire
school uniform is rubbish it dosent matter if you have better clothes then some one else because at least your different

megan england
its crap i wanna wear what i want y would i want to wear the same as a freak

steve triggs, eastleigh
i personally want school uniform gone forever, cause i h8 it. you wear the same thing 4 day after day,week after week, and year after year for 13 years. i mean that sucks. school uniform costs a bundle to buy, making it harder for less fortunate families!

jt alderman quilley
i think school uniforms are a waste of giverment money which could be spent in better ways!!!

bob, mars
i come in peace

bob from netherlands
i fink shcool uniform is gay excuse da langauge!!!

Leah, Chicago
There are a lot of advantages to wearing uniforms. First, parents can save a lot of money, can reduce gang violence and equality. I don't think clothes don't express who you are I think the personality within should reflect matters.

peter wilkes from exeter
It's amusing to see young people complaining about school uniform, and then dressing all the same in their baseball cap, hoodie, joggers' trousers, and trainers! A kind of uniform for the uniform haters!!

Heather Mi
I think that it doesnt matter what we wear even tho it would be alot easier to have them because then we wouldnt have to spend so much time looking for what we are going to wear the next day. Well I dont know about all of you who read this but for most of the people at my school they do care what people think and care what they look like! I think it is a good idea but then what about the people who cant wear short skirts (their skirts have to be down to their knees) or other people who have to dress a way becasue of their religon. idk but i just wanted to say what i think like all of the other people have too!

nicole and zoe portaferry
we hate wearing a uniform ..... u shud be aloud to wear your own clothes then people wont treat you like the rest of the crowd at school cuz u look diffrent... but in a uniform every one looks the same

Beth from Central
I dont like the skirt... tooooo dammm long

Chelsea York, Pa
I think school uniforms are not good because it covers up peoples independence of who they are, but on the other hand kids dont get picked on for what they have on.

caitriona Ireland
i think u shouldn't have to wear ur school uniform cause everyone looks the same

Jose from Manchester,PA
It doesnt really matter kids. Both sides, if you think about it, has its pros and cons. The elan for wearing uniforms is ebbing, and at the same time rising. it is the same with those against it. Basically what this means i sthat there will always be schools that follow the unfirom dress code and others that don't. And that is just life as it unfurls.

Matt,Holland
No one argues about your way of clothing here at school and we don't use schooluniforms, so i think they should be abolished indeed.

Larissa from New York
I'm 13...and i went to a private school for about 4years of my life having to wear a uniform. Their not as bad as everybody says they are. When i started going to a public school i realized how unorganized the school was without them. I think we should have uniforms to prevent a lot of the problems forced upon students at school.

mm
i agree

lissette
school uniforms should be abolished. they dont allow freedom of expression, and dont allow children to be creative with what they are wearing.

Hugo Navarro
we think uniforms shoul not be used in the Se Sd

saunder
i think u should abolish school uniforms

amanda ireland
yes in a way i think that it is right to have to wear school uniform as if u didn't and u wernt as well of as others in ur class it could lead to bullying

Canada
I think,scholl uniform is good

Krystin, Iowa
I am also doing a debate in Speech about school uniforms. I am on the Affirmative side and i agree with haveing school uniforms because from what i have seen and heard they really do save money and there are many other points that i wont get into, but for people who say no to uniforms.....Is that all you can say? I mean seriously everyone that say yes for uniforms has something to back them up with but the ones that say no, all they can say is "They dont show individualality" BIG DEAL! Do you really want to be searching EVERY SINGLE MORNING for some "cool" clothes to wear. Think about that

kt from california
Our school has uniforms and they are sooo ugly! Why does the school have 2 try 2 control every part ov our life?

Paul from Stains
(East Stains massive!) Seriously though, I wore a uniform for two years in a college (thats like last 2 yrs of highschool for you Americans) nearby here, and while they do help people maintane a level of conformity, like people have said before, you always know who is who (who is a punk, who is a goth, who is a partier). I think while they have many benefits, the majority of the arguements fail (cost, not really cheaper since parents need to buy two sets of clothes) with a quick analysis of the end result. School uniforms (I think) are better at a younger age, (as kids don't honestly care usually through age 12/13) and then let people express themselves when they get up to highschool age.

Anonymous from Nowhere
Well....think about it. I'm for and against school uniforms. They restrict our indivual identities and it's annoying wearing the same thing over and over again, but on the up side you don't have to think about what to wear every morning (I always have trouble picking clothes), and sometimes school uniforms look better and cleaner and neater than regular clothes (Midriff baring tops...ugh!)

Melanie from Minnesota
I Don't think there should be school uniforms or school dress codes,I think we should be able to wear what we want!!!!!

john gotti new york
i am for school uniforms

The Irish One from Jersey
I read a lot of the previous comments before typing this (because I am bored) and I have to say that I am very disappointed at the stupidity of some of them. I am not from England and want nothing to do with it. I do, however, want school uniforms in my school. Almost everyone at my school disagrees with me even though I want something everyone would like (black everything). Don't get me wrong; I don't want to wear anything stupid (see picture above) and I don't wish bad clothing on even my worst enemy. I guess my whole point is "why am I commenting about something that means so little to me?"

Tamia
i don't think d uniforms should be abolished because it shows represents the school and shows a sense of dicipline and belonging . sometimes casual wear is just 2 inapropriate for school! After skool, we can wear wat we want!?!?

Jessica - Canada
Seems like pre-teen stupidity is global.

rachel colchester
i like school uniform because if you were on a school trip and you got lost people would know where you needed to be taken back to.

Tori from abilene
I think that school uniforms are out of style it's hard enough trying to fit in with others but uniforms make you complyed to be like everyone else.

Angela from Houston
Uniforms do not help with clicks or the opinions of other students. I wore a uniform to school almost my entire life and you can still tell who has the money because of the shoes, how clean their clothes are and the way they wear their hair. Uniforms are just expensive and make parents feel better, but really don't help.

Helen.....Devon
Hehe makes me laugh reading all the negative comments about school uniform....i left school a few years ago and i cant tell u how much i miss my trusty uniform.I'm now at college and the pain of deciding wot to wear everyday is tiresome.balancing up comfort verses style verses when u last wore it...or even if its clean!trust me school uniform has its advantages!

Cuz
I hate school unifoms

ames, brigg
school uniforms should be abolished because the way we dress has nothing to do with what we learn.plus it cost loads. Teachers dont have to wear them y should we!

amy,Brigg
i think school uniforms should be abolished cos the way we look has nothin to do wiv the way we dress and we dont get too express ourselves plus it cost loads to buy them.skool uniforms suck 4eva!

Sofie from Sweden
I'm 17 and have never used a schooluniform, since we don't have uniforms in Sweden. I think that it doesn't matter if you have a uniform or not, since we all look the same anyway. We all use jeans and a t-shirt in a fashion colour. But of course, I don't know how it's like to have one, so I can't say what's best.

Simon from Truro
i'm 15 and i hate school uniform!it is so uncomfortable and identical to every1 else.they are trying to teach us to be individuals but they wont let us if we can express ourselves which they are restricting!in one way school is like prison!!they both run on bells and they both require you to wear uniform. so essential school is a prison for us teenagers.although you have the problem with money and your clothes sort of shows your wealth and bullyin could increase due to the more or less money some has, it is the schools priority to prevent that. so they are putting us in uniform to save them less work.school uniform sucks!

tanya 12
i think school uniforms should be worn because it shows respect for your school.but i wouldnt like it if teachers wore uniforms because they do alot for the school.And my friends Katie and Anna got complimated by a women at nutgrove for wearing they uniform. now would the women have said anything if the媒 were wearing they own clothea

Nicole from Bath
School uniform gives people a sense of unity, saves thinking about what to wear each and every single morning, saves bitchyness, lets people concentrate on real things - and helps promote a common purpose for people at the school. I hate it when we have a no school uniform day. Then it seems all people seem to want to do is be horrible and pick holes in other people's clothes. It's bad enough deciding what to wear at parties! I have chatted with my friends about no school uniform days and they all agree that all they do is start fashion sense aguments. We even had two girls fighting the last time! People that don't like uniforms haven't thought it through and seem to think they will be wearing the lastest fashions all the time - but in practice they'll probably have to wear the same old clothes until they wear out wether they are in-fashion or not(parents aren't made of money). Also, there will always some rules on what you can wear. Restrictions (like a bare midrif)etc. So then it'll be who's the coolest and can stretch the rules the most. This is all STRESS! We have enough to bother about with exams! Anyway, that's my opinion!

Tony....Devon
so,where do you anti-uniform spouters leave your personalities when you go to school then? cos I work in our local High St and believe you me you youngsters have plenty of mouth on you when going too and fro school...not everything in life can be 'cool'.....it seems the favourite arguement is 'Judge the book by its cover'.......funny, thought twas what was inside that counts......but then again I'm only an adult'so what do I know,eh?........reaching out to the future rulers of this country...(God help us)

JEMMA 12
school uniforms make you look really big and people fight about what school they go to by the unifrom if they did not have the uniform we would see what school they would leave it and you go out after school and you have to go home to get changed where if no unitform you would not have to home to go to get changed and people get bully because they look big with out unitform you would not

katie dorset
i think all of these coments are great because im doing this in ict i personally think that school uniform ****

Ellis, From Great Yarmouth
I think school uniform is stupid there is no point wearing it because you are in school for 6 hours a day and who is going to see what you are wearing apart from teachers and other students and what has uniform got to do with your learning

TahShanda Watson I'm from Albany Ga.
I think studens should not where uniforms because they can where what they want.I'm not trying to say where any thing but they dont have to where uniforms. Plus you are waisting your money spening it on uniforms.When you buy regular clothes you can where them out on the weekend too!

A Smith Bournemouth
I agree with the person who stated that those who have posted here should concentrate more on their education than be concerned about school uniform. Proper use of the spellchecker would not go amiss. Uniforms are just that-- UNIFORM all are equal, no one need be frowned upon for not wearing the IN thing, whilst learning. You are in education establishments to learn, plenty of time for self expression after school. Do you think that the question of uniform should apply in all walks of life?

reg walker living in swansea
Judging by the quality of the postings, you young people would be better off putting all your efforts into learning the rules of spelling and grammar than into tedious and predictable messages which leave us no wiser than we were before.

marc
i like uniform

Rachael SA
Well School has nothing to do with what you look like or what people think of you! So why does it matter what you wear. So karla Graceran get over your self and stop trying to look good and learn instead of being stuck up. Thankyou that is all i have to say. Sorry for being rude.

carleymi
well my opinion is the kids should NOT have to wear the schools stupid uniforms because then that means that they dont have the freedom of speech to express their selfs

Sarah, CT
I think uniforms are good because that way you dont have to worry about being ridiculed and scorned for what you wear. I would rather be judged for who I am personally than what I wear. And what is with the BS about not being able to express yourself. Everything you do expresses yourself: the way your style your hair, what kind of jewelry (girls) you wear or ties (guys)you wear, etc. is enough to express yourself and individualize yourself. I am doing an essay on this topic for english right now and I have found that in schools where uniforms were introduced that overall school crime decreased 36%. So suck it up and quit the BS, the school district put the uniforms there for a reason, and it is NOT to make YOUR life horrible.

JLR
what are uniforms

hayley oz
school uniforms shouldnt be abolished they are there for a number of reason being school representation and the health and saftey of the students

Jessica Humpherson Australia
im doing a debate in emglish why we should wear uniforms. how can it take away your individuality its pathetic most public schools like someone said already most schools let you alter it to make you look different. and what would you do if some stranger was just allowed to walk into you school and do whatever. there was recently an incedent in another school , they dont wear uniform where a stranger from outside the school came into the girls toilets and malestered a young girl all because he was just able to walk in and not be reconised because he looked the same as everyone else. f*#k individuality think safety of your self and your peers and karla garceran, panama the guys can see your legs after school your there to learn not to be a skanky hoe and show off your 'sexy body'!!!!

Megan Mitchell Ohio
I hate uniforms they can't show poeple who we really are I think we express our selvs by the way we dress I have a friend that is pungk and how do i know that because the way he dresses and i don't care.

Pete - Totnes
Great - Best thing that could have happened - Uniform is outdated and for people in the services. Wonderful to see kids in colourful dress and relaxed. Move with the times UK.

Becki from yorkshire
I think uniform should be ebolished. My reasons for this are that it might be stressful for some people to keep up with the latest fashions, but what about us that do wanna keep up with the latest fashions and express our personality. Ebolish uniform!!!!!!!!!!!! ps. plz

Gina from the Big C
School uniforms are awesome! im so much more accepted for who i am.. because of me and not because of what my school uniform shows and dosent show...

Emma, Devon
School and education is about personal development, therefor personal expression should come from personality first and formost. Not wearing a uniform really shouldn't be an issue of expression.

karla garceran, panama
hi, i think school uniforms sucks. tey don't let me show my great body and the skirts are way 2 big.i know boys will love to seee my great legs, that why school uiforms sucks!!!!

nancy travis waynesboro
the uniform issue shoul depend on the type of kids eg: i came down here from ny a few years ago. there some of the shools were turning to uniforms because it kept the kids safe. they are not picked on because they cuold not afford the up to date fashion and on the other hand it keeps kids from stealing clothes or jewery from others

Annabelle from Cambridge
Just an example as to why uniform is necessary, seeing as so many people seem to disagree with a system that has worked for hundreds of years, in eg the army, and in schools. Imagine if football teams did not wear their own kit on the pitch - they would not be identifiable: every time a goal was scored, people would be confused about who it was for. The kit (as I'm sure many fashion-following people who buy football shirts know) represents the team, in the same way that a uniform represents the school. When the England rugby team goes abroad, the white shirts with the English rose are a symbol of the team, and their achievements. And if people have nothing more interesting to say then, 'UNIFORM SUCKS' maybe they could express their opinion somewhere else.

Eric/ St. Louis
I think that uniform are bad

garret from new york
school uniforms suck because we cant express areselves and they shuoldent move to public schools

me potown
their should be no unifoms because if i had to wear a uniform i would not go to school

Louise From Wisconsin
Hi, I think that school uniforms should still be worn. This is because if we all don't wear the same thing, then we will be judged. Not by the way we think but the way we style ourselves and the type of groups where in. So therefore, we should still have uniforms.

Pam MiIller
uniforms suk!!

sarah from toronto
im 15 and i am so tired of wearing such an uncomfortable uniform.we all look the same,there is no individuality. when think about my future i relize that my next couple of years will still be in that boring uniform.

robert duns
hi. i think that school uniforms are for losers & dorks.Down with uniforms!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

joe-boston
i think we shouldn't have to wear them because they show no indivuality

Danny lover from Ohio
School uniforms are soo stupid cause you have dress in certian colors and you wear the same things that everyone else does and you can't express youeself by the way you dress. This is why people should be able to dress the way they wanna dress for school.

Megan M. from Ohio
I don't think we should have uniforms becuase we should have a say on what we wear. no not things so you can see every thing just our tatest in clothes.

Ashton from Ohio
I think uniforms are stupid it just shows that all of us are prepes.

Megan M. from Ohio
I don't think we should have uniforms becuase we should have a say on what we wear. no not things so you can see every thing just our tatest in clothes.

Tina
I dont think that we should have school uniforms cause you cant express yourself and you will look like everybody else and I dont wanna look like everyone else. Thats why We should be able to dress any way we want to dress.

megan
I think school uniforms are dumb cause you can't express your self.hahahaha

catherine From Ohio
I think that school uniforms is not even cool.they are so out of style.We should be abie to wear what we want to.Its a free country so we should get to do what we want to.We should be able to wear what we want to.

dan luver
I think that school uniforms are stupid. You can't express your self cause some people express their self by the way they dress.Im glad my school does not have uniforms.

jim mcdoneld
school bad

RUSSELL WILLIAMS
I DO NOT THINK CHILDREN SHOULD HAVE SCHOOL UNIFORM BECAUSE THEY SHOULD HAVE THERE OWN RIGHT TO WEAR WHAT THEY WANT

Kerry-Plymouth
I am in year 12 and i have had to wear unitorm all my life!!! Now that i am in year 12 i dont have to wear one. I think that the uniform should be kept because it makes everyone the same and single anyone out.

jo from IN
We are doing a debate on school uniforms.There are alot of pro's and con's. I work on the pro's side and i think we should have uniforms. B/c it reduces violence and eliminates distractions so you don't have to worry about what your going to wear. Its proven that having uniforms raises test scores. It dosn't take away your individuality it opens more oppertunities to see things in a different way. There are more pro's than con's for school uniforms. These are just some of the pro's. I plan on taking this to present to our school board. I think we will be able to change some kids minds on the issue. That is what i am hoping. I would write more but it will take up alot of space. I feel very strongly about this. Thanks for letting me voice my opinion.

rhea
i am curently doin a speech persuading people against uniforms in english and there are many points either side of the argument but i have founs they are uncomfotable, have a lack of expression, ugli, costly, embarassing and can lead to bullying anway cuz there are lots of different ways a uniform can b altered with it still be accepted in schools.

ciara oklahoma city
i think that we should be able to wear whatever we feel like wearing, but not nothing hoochie,profanity on shirts,or any thing that would represent a drug. At hoover middle school we have to have our shirts tucked in, and it makes us not look like our usuall self. when i get home i have to change and thats a lot of clothes to do when its time to wash so i dont like the fact of uniforms.

D'arci from columbia CA
my school doesnt ware uniforms, but wat i have read , it sounds like they are bad. i'm doing an essay on pros & cons of unifoms.(im going aganist them) they take away your individualality.is that how u spell it? uniforms do not stop violence , or make you pay attension more to your work.well i have to go

brandon hall form virginia
I think we should get rid of uniform s it takes away r freedom

YOLANDA FROM B-MORE
YES STUDENTS SHOULD WEAR UNIFORMS THIS KEEPS THE FOCUS ON SCHOOL WORK AND NOT WHAT YOUR WEARING. CHILDREN CAN BE CRULE JUST BECAUSE ONE IS NOT WEAR THE LASTEST THE OTHERS FEEL LIKE ITS OK TO PICK ON OR TEASE THE OTHER CHILDREN SO YES I'M ALL FOR UNIFORMS

JESS - AUS
yer sure uniforms SUCK and yes i agree that the world is a free country and we should be able to do what we want but seriousally do you want to get ridiculed and judged by how you look! i mean if you wore the same piece of clothing for a couple of days in a row your peers would probally think oh shes to poor to a new outfit everyday etc.. sure you mite get teased bout your uniform but at least you can show others that you take pride in your school though wat you wear!

Rhode thomas,Philadelphia
Ithink that school uniform should be banned, because 1. the teacher's don't have to wear them.2. it deos not give us a chance to be ourselves! and anywho, parents spend more money a year buying uniforms. I don't really fancy looking like everybody else anyway !

lollypop laura
i think we should stick to uniforms so we are not judged by how we look also having no uniform means people getting bullied for not having top trends or expensive iteams.

Hannah from Totnes
I go to KEVICC's (the school that doesn't wear uniform) and I think it's great. The whole school looks more colourful and inviting. Some of the teachers have become more relaxed and have made the lessons more interesting and enjoyable to be in. Students keep to thier individual styles and any form of bullying because of fashion is non-existent (as far as I can tell). I think the rest of Devon should give it a go.

EMILY
CHILDREN SHOULD WEAR UNIFORM

jennifer spence,platt bridge ,manchester.
I definitely dont think that school uniform should be abolished, partly because school is somewhere to learn, not a way to show off the latest trends.Secondly because adolescent youths pick up on the smallest differences in their classmate's appearance and quite often use them as an excuse to make their lives miserable.the only people who would benefit from no uniform are the well off children who have all the latest trends.However on the other hand facial peircings should be personal choice,speaking as a person with facial peircings I dont see why they offend people, it isnt any different to dying your hair.Everyone has the right to look how they feel comfortable.As long as the student is sure that they want a peircing and they have their parents consent, which at their age is the onyl one that matters then that should be enough.they shouldnt have to have goverenment permission to look the way they want to.The nazi's tried to mold people into how they wanted them to look, seeing as the british government hated the nazi's way of rulership, its scary that im noticing similarities.

charlotte from newcastle
i think my school uniform is'nt that bad compard to other schools (black pants or skirt ,black blazer ,white shirt ,black shoes and a red and black tie) i dont like waering it but i prefer my own cloths better

Philippa from London
You are so wrong to think that you lose individuality by having to wear a uniform to school - especially a relaxed one like that at KEVICS! Uniform is a great leveller. It's lovely not having to think too much about what you are going to wear first thing in the morning and it allows you to concentrate on much more important things like your relationships with staff and fellow pupils and of course .... your work. Some of us are still wearing almost the same style of clothes we wore in the 6th form at Mansion thirty years ago (ie cords and a t-shirt) when we don't have to dress up. Why? Because they are practical and comfortable of course. And why do you think that denim jeans are such a success still? Surely the same reason plus the fact that we weren't allowed to wear them to school. Make the most of your schooldays -you are there to work towards a much more satisfying future - life is so much more than a just a fashion show.

Kari Smith, Illinois
I am currently a Senior in High school and I wish that our school would have a dress code. My high school is very concerned about what we are wearing. Clothes have always got to be the best and the most expensive. I am really sick of spending so much money on clothes. Truth be told i'd be happy to shop at wal-mart but at my school that just isn't acceptable. So i would like to have a school uniform, that way i am not constantly being judged by what i am wearing. High School is enough of a challange; I shouldn't have to worry about my clothes. That's just what i think!

Bev from HK
I think the best conclusion is that students get a choice. Optional Uniform!! Hahahah....

Katia Kurchatova (NJ0
yes school uniforms should stay because soo kids like every boy and girl soposed to wear same things soo other people wont make fun of another person wearing ugly or stupid clothes.

Liz
i think school uniforms are a waste of money and they are so ugly!! they should amke a law against them

Andy Hudson from Ronceverte, West Virginia
I think that school uniforms are kinda stupid.

Graham from Barnstaple
They did away with corporal punishment in schools and disciplin went out the door and children do what they like now, they seem to please themselves whether they learn or not or even bother to go to school, do away with uniforms and the kids might as well not bother with education at all, at least it might save the tax payers of this country some money

Schrappe--columbus, ohio
I think that school uniforms are a great idea! They take away pressure on the student to have the latest fasion and styles. They also offer the student an identity and let them be a part of something bigger. I only wish my home school would let us wear uniforms. Most teens, when they think of the idea of school uniforms, they only think of what they want. Yes, it has to do with the indiviual student, but it's not like deciding what they want for dinner. It's a serious question that deserves a lot of thought from every angle. Students need to consider the pros and cons of the situation and not just their own selfish desires!

james lee harbertonford
i think it is a good idea what we want to wear to school

Kaylea from Quakertown PA
you chinese ppl dont know what you are talking about...school uniforms are awesome!!!~~!!! if i didnt wear a uniform...i would be made fun of..bc all of my clothes are from salvation army!!

Hannah Wilson ~TN~
I wouldnt mind school uniforms, Maybe a cute skirt with the right top and i think they would be cute! But thats just my oppinion i think people should express themselves and their own feelings by what thye wear.. if someone dresses bad, then other kids shouldnt get punished for their mistkaes.. im happy right now , ive never had a scool uniform in my life and im just fine withuut them. i love ya!

Hans Wilson ~TN~
I wouldnt mind school uniforms, but i dont like the fact that youn cant express yourself.I mean its not fair.. Its a free country and it should be your choice not the schoolS, . tom bates - exeter expat in scotland
Dear K8/Taylor/Will Australia, Yes I do make sense. My posting stated clearly that if schoolkids put more effort into their schoolwork then exams would not be lowered in standard to match the lower academic performance of those schoolkids. You can disgaree, of course, but the statement still makes grammatical sense. What do you think DOESN'T make sense?

oliver dobson Isle Of Wight
In my school uniform i think i look more like a boo-bahh than a school boy but i admit i am a bit of a smelly teachers pet

Emma, PLYMOUTH
I used to go to SJH and I thought that the school uniforms looked smart and you could still mix fashion with them. Now I go to college i'm finding myself getting up earlier just to find something to wear. SCHOOL UNIFORM SHOULD STAY. It also shows that we can look smart and it makes British schools look better (although there the best anyway). I really miss wearing a uniform. KEEP UNIFORMS.

K8/Taylor/Will Australia
tom bates does not make sense. you complain about the exam results from everybody else, when your own comment doesn't make sense. 'If you lot put as much effort into your school work as you do into posting fatuous (look the word up) messages on this board, exams today wouldn't be the dumbed-down joke they are today. Thank you for your kind attention' worry about ur own exam result, before you worry about everybody else's.

Dave frim Australia.
I am 16 years old and I wear a school uniform. I like the fact that I can change out of my uniform when I get home from school, but all of the people that do not wear a uniform are basically still wearing their uniform when they get home. I don't believe that wearing a uniform restrict my personality or individualty. I just get on with my studies and show my individualty in this manner. My dad told me that he has been in the worforce for 35 years and has had to wear a uniform of some sort or another at the many companies he has worked for. So i guess wearing a school uniform will prepare anyone for wearing a corporate uniform when they start work.

Jena from Pennsylvania
If you all would stop complaining about uniforms maybe you would see the good in them. When you out into the world(if you can think that far ahead) then you cant go against your boss and say that you do not want to dress up, he/she is just going to find some one else to do the job. If you are really that much of an individual... express it some other way, through your writing or artistic ways. The clothes you wear are not a reflection of your personality... personalities should be strong enough that you do not need to use cloth as a facade.

Sarah Essex
I think it should be abolshed cos its old fashioned and really uncomfortable. We should be able to wear what we wont and feel comfortable wearing it.

Loz n' Jo
We are both currently in year 11 and debating this topic in English. The compulsory school uniform destroys the students individuality and freedom. Our school is very controlling over school uniform and we obtain more detensions from the way in which we wear our uniform than not handing in homework for a whole term. In compariison together the way in which our uniform is worn is a much bigger deal than bulling.

natile england
school uniforms are bad some people get teased for whearing stupit uniform so what i say to uniform its BAD!!!!!!!!!!!!

alex from leicester
i used to think that uniform was the worst thing in the world whilst i was at secondary school.but now im at college where there is no uniform.which can be great because you can create your own individuality, but it means that there's a LOT more discrimination against each other.u can get picked on by everybody else just for just dying ur hair a different colour or wearing something that u like but others don't.so i think its better to all wear the same rather than get picked on for what you wear.

sarah
school uniform should never be put in any kind of school even privite school uniforms are expensive and sometimes you buy one and find out that they are not the exact color they want so you can't wear them and you just wasted $30 on something your never going to wear again.

tom bates- exeter expat in scotland
If you lot put as much effort into your school work as you do into posting fatuous (look the word up) messages on this board, exams today wouldn't be the dumbed-down joke they are today. Thank you for your kind attention

DCW Dorset
I wore school uniform at all the schools I attended. It did not stop me from achieving the standards and results I needed for the rest of my life. Expression of individuality should be reserved for after school and for when one has completed the education necessary to succeed in life.

jane traf high vic
i think kids should were what they fell comfortable to school

sarah, surrey
our skool uniform aint 2 bad so i dnt fink it shood b abolishd. we jus hav a blak jumpa an blak skirt in yr 11 an blak skirt an blu jumpa in yrs 7-10 so we dnt hav a blaza or nefink an da colour iz neutral.however i can c sum ppl wantin 2 get rid of it if it iz real bad! but we hav loadsa mufti dayz when we r lowd 2 wear our own cloths neway.

Chris China
I think needn't on with the school uniform.In our China.The school uniform is ugly,bad and very expensive.In our China some housemaster unwillingness buy the school uniform.You can on with the sport suit.They are cool,good and not very expensive.

Sally from China
In our school, the uniform are black, and I think the best school uniform colour should be white and blue.In our school, only shirts are blue.

God
school uniform is so bad !Bad!Bad!Bad!Bad!Bad!Bad!Bad!Bad!Bad!Bad!Bad!Bad!Bad!Bad!Bad!Bad!Bad!Bad!Bad!Bad!Bad!Bad!Bad!Bad!Bad!Bad!Bad!Bad!Bad!Bad!Bad!Bad!Bad!Bad!Bad!Bad!Bad!Bad!Bad!Bad!Bad!Bad!Bad!Bad!Bad!Bad!Bad!Bad!Bad!Bad! Ha HA

Adonis
Students should not wear uniform because they鈥檙e a waste of money. What are you going to do with them after you are finished with them? The Average uniform cost seventy dollars. Each child needs at least four uniforms. School Uniforms have to be purchase at least three times in one school year.

nina from china
Hello!I'm a chinese girl.I want to know ,why we should not have to wear school unifrom?What do you think of wear schoolunifrom good or bad?

nina from china
Hello!I'm a chinese girl.I want to know ,why we should not have to wear school unifrom?What do you think of wear schoolunifrom good or bad?

Brian
I'm 13 and I find it really restricting to have to wear a uniform - we are all just clones of one another, it doesn't allow us to express ourselves. I think uniforms should be abolished.

Sally from China
I think school uniform are very restricting ourselves.Can't display our peasonalities.So I think School uniform is not good,and I don't like wears school uniform,I belive the students are don't like the school uniform very much!

Dawn from China
I think the best school uniform's colour is blue and white.Some school uniform's colour is black, I think it looks very dirty.And not very cool!

Bill from china
Why some people think that the students don't have to wear school uniform?

Angela from China
why we shouldn't wear school uniform?????

cool Andrew
I can't speak English very well,sorry. I don't want to wear uniform,because,it's so ugly

Linda
i think school uniforms are so ugly! And lots of students don't like wear school uniforms. But students must wear school uniforms at school i think !

Winnie
I think wear uniform is bad.

Sally from China
I think school uniform are very restricting ourselves.

pj spayde
i dont like uniforms cuz im to small

JORDAN willard ohio
School unirms are gay

brian mahl willard ,ohio
i think uniform cost more money and then we have to buy more cloths to wear out side of school and that cost our parents more money . so i dont think uniform are good

anon
After reading the comments on the noticeboard, I have come to one conclusion. I think some of the contributors should spend less time debating matters such as school uniform and more time working on how to spell and write grammatically correct English. I can only say I am shocked at how poor the standard is.

cole ny
school uniform is the gayest ever dark green blazer come on

chris young
they shuold be baned because they are boring and so horoble and in the summer time kids are geting to hot

Jessica; Columbus GA
I think that poeple should not have to wear school uniforms because they don't even show the students' indivudality and they shoulden't have to be forced to wear something that they really don't like. it is a FREE COUNTRY!!! We can wear whatever we want! so get rid of em'!!!

Samantha from Perthshire
i hink th@ uniform is ok. it saves many people being embarassed by wot they were cos they can't afford the coolest clothes. people complain th@ uniform is expensive, but isnt it even more expensive to buy "cool" clothes? - and then those who cant afford the "cool" clothes can be noticed, but wouldnt be if they all were wearing school. uniform.

Farooq or Faz Leeds
The school uniforms are just a waste of money just because of the logo they put 5 pounds to 10 pounds up

Kaleb Secor, Willard Ohio
i think that school uniforms i just dumd and stupid because i just want to show that im better than every one.

Mish Sussex
I think we should keep school uniforms! Some say that its expensive but it you wear it again and again until you grow out of it. If you didn't have school uniform then you would spend just as much money sometimes even more on buying your own clothes and getting the latest fashhion and any way, you should be concerntrating on your work instead of trying to impress everyone else!

Katie MA
I believe that uniforms are a good idea becuase we wouldn't have to buy another outfit for every day of the week and kids who has less money and could not afford expensive brand-name clothes would not feel out of place.

T Jang
I think we should keep school uniform. It's better than buy another clothes we need at each seasons.It's also look smart and neat but i tkink it's style is old.

Chris P. Bacon
School uniform is sad and no one likes so lets just get rid of it.

a hospital.
I think that the public schools should not have to force their students to wear uniforms because of the fact it takes away the individuality of the student. The students learn much better when they are comfortable and not when they are forced to wear something that they do not like. In some cases the parents can not afford or can barely afford the uniform and ends up waisting money on the uniform and not the supplies that the student will need.

mohamed from Afganisthan
Hi my name is Karin and I am from Afganisthan. I like wearing uniforms, because I don't look so fat in it and my favourite colour is blue - our school uniform is white. My dog likes it too. bye

michalea
no i dont think school uniform should be abolished

Ree/nc
I think they should abolish the uniform policy number one the we "kids" constantly grow making the uniforms smaller and the uniforms are too costly a pair of uniform pand costs about $ 20.00 down here and the shirts maybe about $ 10.00 a whole outfit $ 30.00 it espicially people who can't afford uniforms i feel very strongly about this maybe every 4 months or sprit week we have free dress days for people who cant afford uniforms it will be easy to just put on a pair of pants or sorts and a t-shirt and go people aren't being pick on about what they wear to the extreme but mostly people who wants uniforms are PARENTS at my elemtry school they sent home a paper about the parents had to vote if they wanted uniforms or not my mother & father voted NO because they said that clothes express how we feel that day and our personialty of course many parents didn't feel that way and voted YES. We come to school and all 1000 students are dressed just like you and i dont like people copying the way i dress and asking you were did you get you clothes from so they can go to the clothing store and get a outfit jus like it. Parents of the children sya the reason i voted for the uniforms because guess, this is good because they look "NICE" what the world because they look "NICE" if you spent $100 jus on 3 pair of pants and 4 shirts they better look like a million dollars you know and when you wash the pants and shirts after you wear them guess what they shrink but anyways i vote yes they should abolish this stupid rule

philippa havant
I dont like uniform i dont see why have to where it and i think that we should stop uniform amediatly

nicole (bradford)
yes because you should be able to wear what you want

Paige Georgia
I think we should not have uniforms because it keeps us from our freedom and what we like. This is a free country and we should be able to wear whatever we like and it should not be up to some one else. Some people cant afford uniforms and it would not be fair.

Jessie & Jessica, Lawndale, NC
We think uniforms are gay and they keep people from expressing their individuality.

amira mexico
NO NIO NO NO NO NO N O NO

Emma from Ireland
Hi Donna, I don't think it's bad that you have to wear a short skirt for school, it teaches you to be ladylike (for instance to sit with your legs together and bend down properly) and also get used to the cold on your legs (especially if you're not allowed 2 wear tights which we're not) which can be useful because you might get a job one day where you have to wear skirts.

Dottie from Bainbridge
I believe that the majority of you should put the uniform on and start worrying about your writing ability and speech problems.

Ruth, Bristol
I hated wearing school uniform at school and it wasn't even strict. I think it seriously affected me dropping out of school. I like college now I can wear comfy clothes and no one cares what you wear, at school probably because of the uniform, it was all about clothes! Now I can focus on the work. It may just be that uniform had negative connotations for me and putting it on therefore put me in a depressed mood. When I am down I wear bright colours to cheer me up and fix my hair and make-up nice, so I have confidence to face the world, in my school uniform I had less confidence and therefore I think my education suffered as a result of required school uniform. Btw I have no problem with dress codes e.g. no obvious labels and no skirts above a certain height and I suppose I would be ok with a system where you have some choice e.g. A particular style of V-neck in any colour. Also what is the point of school uniforms most of the time, most kids don't take pride in them so they look scruffy and once they finish school having worn a tie (if required) they will be very likely not to be required to ever wear one to work. Also at a time of growing childhood obesity shouldn鈥檛 children be encouraged to run around and play, how many 13 yr old girls (and other kids) are gonna do that in restrictive uniforms (e.g. skirts and tights and heeled shoes, white shirts and ties). And don鈥檛 get me started on PE kit no wonder some many people turn against sport!

Chris Fareham
School Uni should remain, providing it is comfortable and reasonably priced. Girls should be able to wear trousers, PE Kits should not embarrass the wearer. In many states in the USA S Uni is being introduced to prevent violence. If you have a personality, it won't matter what you wear!

April, Louisville,Kentucky
In my opinion I think uniforms SUCK!! We have to where hot clotes and we cant express ourself. Your still going to be made front of without wearing uniforms. I personaly want to wear what I fill comfortable in. Besides the schools worry more about our uniforms then work! At least at my school they do. Thanks for taking your time to read this!

Sam From Andrews, NC
School uniforms are for other people in school beside in highschool. Uniforms hinder growth as a teenager and causes problems for us in the future when we don't have to wear uniforms at work. One of the things people say for uniforms is that we will have to wear in work. More work places are getting away from uniforms.

Laura from Beer
We should not have to wear uniform.

harriet, dorset
i think that school uniform is stupid coz u should b able 2 express your induviduallityand not look like a sheep!!!

katie knott, student at keviccs
i think its ok, but i prefer to school uniform, because you dont have to think about what your going to wear!

Sarah, NY
I am for uniforms because it doesnt make anyone feel like they are being singled out and it is easier to get ready and be on time for school because u dont have to worry about what u are going to be wearing

bethan salendine nook high!
wht iz da point there nasty and uncomtable and ties do ma head in and traners a better and dont hurt your feet!!!! big up sally nook gyals!!

zoe from huddersfield
wot is the point in wearin uniform when its summer all your clothes stick to you at our school you cent even wear coats with writeing on them

Benedict Singapore
We go school to study but not to show off wat we have and how fashion we are.Why should uniforms be abolished? Pupils will feel outcaste.We should be contented cox in Singapore pupils are allowed to wear home clothes to school cox of some occassions.. where you know..Singapore is a multi-races country. In school we have our uniform on..if u really wan to express your own specialities and fahsion,you can do it outside school. Thats will be your own business then..No one will care and give a damn.

Joleen ,Singapore
School U is common in Spore..Its juz lik all have to wear daily..It doesn really matter if its being abolished. But It help us to build e sense of belonging..isn it? Ppl who came frm poor family will tense to build stronger jealousy when they saw ppl wif clothes better den theirs..Each are born to hav their own personalities and special.. we dun nid clothes to express our specialities..wats e big deal wif wearing sch u? It will look messy wif ppl wearing home clothes walking around e sch.Juz get use to it,it can be quite cool wif sch u! =)

Mathew, North Devon
I had to wear a uniform for 5 years of secondary school, it never ever bothered me. I think that uniforms are an essential part of the school experience as it helps to make you feel like part of the whole. Kids these days wear clothes that are way too mature for their ages anyway, not a good idea to take that into schools is it?

Sara Dorset
couldn鈥檛 care less im not bothered if we keep school uniform or not!

Jo Shropshire
i think that it should be abolished because it doesnt matter about looking smart its your attitude and the way you respect teachers and other people that count. it also makes learning sorta fun alswell????

Tiffanny from Carrollton
I'm 15 and I think we should have school uniforms. When students at school where their own clothes they go against the school dress code. Some students wear clothes to were a lot of their skin is showing sometimes way to much skin. We should wear school uniforms or inforce the school dress code and make it work.

jade from dorking
Hiya i think people should have a choice wether they where uniform cause some people may not fill comftable in them. have fun bye

james lee from harbertonford
i think it is a very good fromjames lee

HIYA+PLYMOUTH
NAH THAY SHUNT BE BANNED COZ CHWAP KIDS CANT AFFORD NAMED STUFF AND THEYED GRT BULLIED..I DONT THINK THAT IN SUM SCOOLS THAT GIRLS SHOULD WEAR SKIRTS

Josh Brooklyn
school uniform SUCKS. IT a band aid solution for massive problems. It doesn't help the children. We cannot express our self freely and our individuality.

Asma- South Africa
our government is in the process of getting rid of unifoms.here in south africa, all the schools have a uniform.i have two opinions on this topic. firstly i think that they shouldnt go coz the unifom indicates that you are part of that school and the pupils discipline just flys out of the window. then again i think uniforms should go coz the schools are to strict and the uniforms are too expensive.

Laura - Co. Durham
I think we should keep a uniform but i also think that a blazer is way to much, and at my school girls have to wear navy trousers which are just soo hard to find, while the boys can wear any they like.

Donna, Plymouth High
I have to wear a blue skirt which is quite short, I dont like to. The boys on the bus, keep looking at us, makes us feel cheap!

moey the lowie dic
mrs lyris made us wear ties for the whole yr she stinks and i also think that u cant pik up chiks wif skool uniforms

Charlie Stoke
I am sick ov skool unfrm its so old n borin y cnt we have our own clothes lyk but ccomprimise the skool unfrm is klyk maroon so gay plz plz stop unifrm its so old

dimi, sydney, australia
I don't mind having a school uniform because our uniform is quite nice. i think its good cause at friends parties we have a good time complementing each other on how nice we look.lol. itz cool cause if u didnt hav to wear a uniform during the week, u would have to wear someting new everyday.- n that could get expensive- as we girls cant be seen in the same thing twice

roman elpaso
uniforms suck im15 and single

matthew falconer, kelso high school, scotland
in our school all the teachers decided that we should wear school uniform because they thought that it would make us behave more. But they havnt even dicussed it with everyone in the WHOLE school! i dont think its fair that we dont get to make our own opinions on how we dress!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Taha hurstvill puibl school
i think kids should be allowed to wear what ever they want and some kids feel comforable in mufti why do the teachers get to wear mufti there not being fair so thats what i think about school uniform

KATHERINE SLOAN
I strongly believe in school uniforms, i live in usa where kids get beat up, even killed by bullies stealing their shoes etc. Only private schools over here wear uniforms and they are looked upon as the cream of the crop and the most educated pupils. It is fine for some kids whose parents can afford to buy "cool" clothes for school, but what about the ones who cant. IN school photos it looks so nice and orderly when wearing the school colours. Alot of schools out here are begging for the school system to regulate clothing and introduce uniforms. schools in new york have already instrumented this and everyone, including the kids are happy. keep the uniforms, its also a part of Englands pride.

keara
I REALLLY WANT SCHOOL UNIFORMS AND I DONT' HAVE THEM I WANT THEM SO BAD I WOULD GO OUTSIDE THE DRESS CODE AND SO WOULD MANY OTHERS JUST TO HAVE THEM.ALSO I THINK US GIRLS SHOULD WEAR SKIRT WE WOULD LOOK SO CUTE!!!!!!

Ruben Reyes/ from; South Bend IN
I think that we should all wear uniforms because of the fact that most of the kids are being discriminated for the close that they wear. Most of those kids are either mexicans or black

Erin, Invercargill
Sosome kids want uniforms and some kids don't, so why not let them have both. Then some kids whoz parents havent got much money don't have to worry and kids who hate uniforms can wear what they want. Still I think uniforms sux and I personly don't want to wear one

Robert
I think uniforms suck p.s Im 14 and love girls

Mike, Australia
I don't think a uniform is a big deal. Mine isn't bad although if you asked me in front of my friends or on TV I'd say I don't like it because that's what every one says in public but I like not having to worry will I look daggy if I have chosen something dumb

john invercargill
school unifoms sux !!!!!!!!!!

Tony invercargill
School uniforms ........ suck they should be banned uniforms don't let kids wear clothes that we like and some parents can't afford uniforms it isn't far get rid of them.

nadog, invaercargill
what are people talking about..... school uniforms suck.......the government/teachers are trying to make us look like weirdos....they should atleast ask the students for what they want and not what they think they want in a uniform. They should ask the students of what they want so they can get a general idea and make a uniform that the students like and also the government/staff.

marco
school uniforms ............ suck they should be banned!!!

Kane, Invercargill
School uniforms are very good. Poor kids would be bullied and chubby kids would wear poor clothesd to fit them. Imagine in PE when a fat kid would run in shorts or short-shorts. Run tubby tubby tubby!

michelle pearn from yelverton
My brother and I think that wearing uniform is very smart it is a very stupid idea to abolish it. School uniform should be worn as you are representing your school. p.s I am 9

macilamary LA
Yap i think school gals like us should wear skiirts............

Mary Beth Georgia
I DONT THINK SCHOOL UNIFORMS ARE GOOD BECAUSE I DONT WANT TO LOOK LIKE EVERYONE ELSE. I LIKE MY AMERICAN EAGLE AND HOLLISTER CLOTHES. I THINK IT MAKES ME DIFFERENT FROM EVERYONE ELSE.

Rhonda from Exeter
School uniform should stay We don't want our schools becomming like American ones where the children are labelled by their clothes and often bullied for them. Children take long enough getting ready for school without having to choose clothes every day. Parents' job would be a lot more difficult without it.

ken yorkshire
a a former school govener uniforms should be abolished, when i was child in the war we had free school dinners my dad had died not my fault , in then days thrombosis he was a miner, they used to call out your name and then say free dinners i did not answer so I did without, kids should be all equal if parents have money or not, NO CLASS DISTINCTION distinction

Rachel H. -Singapore
Well, I guess every single school in the world has its own different and unique set of cultures and traditions. Therefore, I think that it should be up to the authorities in charge of that particular school to lay down the pros and the cons about having and not having school uniforms based on the kind of students they have there (Rich, poor, boys, girls etc.)But then why blow up the fuss about uniforms? Is it like anyone is blowing up a riot over this issue? Whether or not we can or cannot wear school uniforms, the one thing is the same. Every school will have its rules, if sticks to uniforms, then there will be the routine checks. If you can wear "anything" you want (so to speak) there will still be rules about what you can or cannot wear. (That makes it worst in western countries where there are four seasons, here in s'pore its practically summer throughout...so we don't have to shop for wools).So basically, having no uniforms doesn't mean that one will have more freedom, yah, maybe to express the individuality thing, (In s'pore we do it with our personalities and lil' stuff like our bags etc.)there will be more restrictions and frustrations.You won't be able to express your individuality without breaking a few rules. In the end the one thing we all gain from both sides is-discipline

Chris from Cornwall
Ah, yes, they have abolished school uniform, but what 'rules' do they still have about 'appropriate' dress, hair, piercings, language,etc. Is it really such a reactionary move, or just a sensible way to save valuable staff time often wasted on needless uniform checks?

Anthony - Leeds
School uniforms are good in a way as long as they are not over enforced. I have to wear my school uniform after school as well as during the day.

torbay
there are two very strong sides to the argument so i think that schools should think carefully about the effects that removing school uniform will have on their specific school. keviccs is a very eclectic school and so will have less drastic effects as individualism seems to be more accepted.

Kat, Plymouth
There are good arguements on either side of this debate and some people have presented good arguements here. Many of them however are somewhat incoherant and one can't help but think that perhaps they should concentrate in schools rather than complaining about uniforms?

Mike '22, from Jansen's Cornell
dude... how unique can we be from wearing what we like? after all, we're all brain washed by what is advertised... do you really think you're special? now i don't think wearing a tie and a suit would make the next generation of kids do better in life, i don't think dressing alike would stop the fights or angry voices in our heads... if a school wants a dress code, then every kid should shave their heads... if we increase a kids efficiency, his creativity would decline... it's not by choice but by the environment given to him, integrated with his innate consistently changing function... maybe we should find a equilibrium between efficiency and creativity... maybe what our children really need is understanding of compassion and self-restraint, rather than pride manifested by the delusion of the exterior... "i look smart in my uniform," by now, we should all know, that we do more ignorant things than things we do that could be considered as intelligent... by now, we should all be aware of the fact that we make more mistakes than things we can learn... since we don't always learn from our mistakes, and we don't always see them... what are the problems we have today? lack of understanding lack of compassion lack of faith God is with us.

Tiger-H
I think School Uniform is a bravo idea. Not everybody in school is reach. There is poor people. You just don't know a bout them because they didn't show or tell you they are poor. Their parents have to use the only money to buy some cool clothes. So they don't feel embarrass in forn of their finds. You know as a American Citizen you really have to think about this.

Sharon O'Neill
As a mother i say yes to keeping school uniforms as ther will be too much competition. There are people who can't just go out and buy BRANDED gear, therefore the school wear stays.

Sarah, Swansea
My school uniform wasn't awful, it meant black skirt or trousers, white blous, black v-neck jumper and a red/black tie. It was comfortable enough and the only thing we had to complain about was the lenth of the skirts we could wear. Mufti days were always fashion parade and for children between 10-16 wearing the right clothes on these days was desperately important so having every day as mufti would be a nightmare for many. In 6th form we could wear our own clothes but by that age it seemed far less important to wear the "right" thing, so personally I feel that non uniform should be for the highest year groups in school.

Andrew ex King Ed Totnes
Keep it! King Eds is the only state secondary school for miles around, so is for rich, poor, cool, uncool. All wearing the same removes pressure on kids and parents to have latest and greatest. Come back school uniform second hand shop, where are you now?! Update uniform, definitely; remove, no!

Tripp, Aberdeen
At our school, our uniforms, meant to be - white shirt/blouse/polo, black cardigan or sweater with the logo, black trousers and black shoes with the school tie and most people do wear it. However some people i.e - rebels, goths, skaters, punks, moshers. etc (like me) don't. We wear blouses, jeans and trainers, all black but you can still tell that we're pupils. Yeah OK we might not look as smart as the uniform wearers but we definatly look better. I have many facial piercings like my eyebrow, nose, lip, labret. etc and I do get nagged sometimes by teachers who don't think it's part of school uniform but I'm just expressing my individuality. I hate the idea of everyone looking the same. Wear what you want to school and be proud to stand out, just prepare for comments from teachers/staff who don't have to wear crappy uniforms in the first place.

Krystal, Georgia
Hi my name is Krystal, and I'm in Highschool. I think that we should not have to wear uniforms to school. I mean yeah it will take the pressure off of the fashion, but then kids will find more personal stuff to pick on people about. They will pick on the things that we can't help, things we can't change. At least with our clothing, we can change what we wear. So I think that wearing a school uniform will only cause more problems.

william
No, I'm a student and I think that our school uniforms reflect our history.I don't think that we should rid our ourselves of them. They have to me always refected prestige and discipline. A seeming British trait. We're suffer extremely if the students are allowed to wear what they wish to our schools ( no matter how questionable the attire). I'm only 9 years old and I hope that my peers do not win this one.

Emma, Ireland
Hi, I don't agree that it's good to get rid of school uniforms and I *definitely* don't think it's sexist for schools to say girls have to wear skirts as part of the uniform, or PE skirts or athletics briefs for sport. I don't think schools should just help you to pass some exams, they are there to help you prepare for adult life. If you could wear whatever you wanted, most girls would wear jeans in winter and trakkie trousers for sports. But if they make you wear (like at my school) a skirt and just ankle socks, and PE knickers for sport, your legs get used to the cold. This i good because when you're older you can wear dresses or skirts without getting cold legs.

shaz for redruth
our uniforms not 2 bad as far as it goes but it is a pain i think we should be able to wear what we want because it costs our parents money to but when we could just wear clothes we already own.SCRAP IT.

Andy
I think school uniform should stay in touch with everyone because they keep away the intruders from other schools.

delia, Singapore
In Singapore, every school has its own uniform and that differentiates one school from another. I think we look smart in uniforms. With uniforms, one need not worry about what he/she will be wearing the next day or buy expensive clothes to keep up with fashion. Whether you are rich or poor, we all look the same in uniforms. Therefore, there is no discrimination aganist the poor. Hence i feel that school uniforms should stay.

The champ Rocky
i dislike school uniforms they arnt cool

David Vawdrey
school uniforms should be abolished because they arnt cool

SAMITA DHANAPALA
school clothes should be burned :)

Amy from Sweden
I live in a country where school uniforms do not exist and when I was a little girl I wished we would have school uniforms because then I would'nt have to choose what to wear. But is that reason enough? If there would be no uniform, some say that children whose parents cannot afford cool clothes will get teased. But children get teased for a lots of different reasons. If it ain't the clothes than it's the glasses, the nose, the accent or their bad spelling. The point is that it's always something. And that uniforms would improve children's behaviour, come on do you honestly believe that good behaviour's in the clothes? Children are children, with or without uniforms.

Clara S.
The idea of school unifoms is not the best idea because it doesn't really show safety or unity at school. it rather take aways the uniqueness of a person.

tom fisher
i think school clothes should stay

karly brogden
No school clothes should not be abolished because people will bring there really good clothes and get holes and dirt all on there clothes.

sam broadhead
I think that they should be abolished because people will get teased of what there waring.

Natarsha Quinlan
No school uniforms should not be abolised because there would be to much competion with the clothes.

jquayle
yes school uniforms should be abolished because there gay

sam r
its should be abolished because it would be easier to find your kids and it sucks

clare form torquay
i think that although the arguments for school uniform are very competent i think that school uniform should be abolised, although it may seem like a practical idea, when you are in the middle of winter with nothing but a pleated skirt and tights to keep you warm against the elements i think that you might change your ideas about it aswell.the matter about bullying is that i think tat peolpe underestimate childern, i can't denie the fact that bullying goes on, but wiether you are fat, slim, short or tall a bully will not stop bullying, the problem is with the child that bullies not with the victims clothing. i am a 14 year old school girl and i think we should get rid of uniform

Ed
While at school I was not keen on school uniform (all my schools had a formal uniform). But looking back on them with hindsight I would agree they are a good idea as they did create an instant atmosphere of belonging to the school and were quite smart. Also there was no distraction of the latest fashions from academic studies, or bully/victimising people who didn't conform to the latest fashions. As for the Individuality/Personality/Uniqueness argument, a persons clothing just shows their fashion sense/deepness of pockets, I think true personality is expressed by a persons actions. I find it ironic that following fashion is thought of as showing uniqueness by some people...

james quayle
it should be abolished because it sucks bigtime

Kali Brown
I think uniforms are a great idea. First they promote safety. It makes it easy for school adminstration to spot people who don't belong on campus. They promote a sense of belonging. Provide for less distraction in the classroom. Yes they are cheaper. Instead of buying an outfit for everyday of the week, an average student would only need three uniforms to rotate through each week. Parents and students would not have the "What to wear issues" in the morning. There are many other reasons that support uniforms, but here are a few to get started.

dawlish
NO school uniform should never be abolished , if you think bulling is bad now you could imagine what it would be like without a uniform think of the children who cant afford the up to date cloths what will they go through . anyone who say abollish school uniform is mad

Oliver from Bedfordshire
I think that uniforms are a very good thing. Where people say they are more expensive than brand clothes, that's comparing them to one peice of clothing! If you had to wear a different peice of expensive clothing each day, it would easily top the price of uniform. For lots of the people that think they're bad, you should see what its like without them. With uniforms, people are better behaved as it enforces discipline, the more they are enforced, the better. If they are not enforced well, then they arent very helpful. If enforced well, behavior and discipline, and therefore schoolwork ratings increase.

Sylvia Hungary
Here in Hungary we don't have to wear a uniform!But In my view wearing a uniform is very good thing!Because in my scool there are very rich and poor students too!And it is very annoying when the elit kids always say that the poor kids are so shabbily dressed!And for example if you wear a uniform there aren't a wild gap betveen the poors and the rich! I'm green with envy that you could wear a uniform!!!!

Alistair Myles from Totnes
As a former KEVICC student I was thrilled to hear that they had abolished school uniforms,I could never believe they were such a bone of contention for some less than reasonable teachers who quite literally would go bright purple and scream with rage if the code was deviated from. I see no reason to make people all look the same at such an early age,how much practice does it take to get into wearing a uniform for work for gods sake? certainly not 11 years. How about letting kids enjoy themselves and express themselves freely while they're still young enough to not have to worry too much about all the presures of adult life. And as for those people who are "furious" about this move I think I speak for the majority of fun and freedom loving individuals when I say "Get a life!" Well done Mr.Jones.:)

Karla - Totnes
So Stephen Jones feels that uniform is a British institute, I have no problem I am proud to be British. So children should have the right to show individuality through clothing - does this mean the Armed forces should also have that right. Are big business like Marks and Spencer going to still employe these children when they refuse to wear the company uniform because Stephen Jones has taught them they have a right. I find it interesting Stephen Jones is still wearing his uniform - suit and tie a very British costume for a British headmaster!

Rowan Hodgson-Newton Abbot
I go to Coombeshead College and although our uniform is better then most its about time it were removed. The reason every time is that children from less fortunate backgrounds would feel pressured into having to have the latest brands. This has no standing because the price of uniforms today is almost double what brand names are. Also these less fortunate people have a life outside school anyway and would wear brand names. It would be great to do away with uniforms just so I don't hear another teacher say 'Why are you wearing trainers'.

spongebob sqaurepants
my school uniform is much more wierd than all of yours as mine is sqaure shaped so you lot better stop complaining or i will clog up this whole page full of pointless letters about nothing in paticular so shut it by by

Johnson
I love uniform actually... That was the sign of school and student...

Steve - Okehampton
Uniforms give a sense of achievement and of 'belonging'. I was proud to proclaim that I was good enough to make it to my Grammer school in Surrey but the most wonderful moment was having my RAF pilots 'wings' pinned to my uniform - linking me to people like Douglas Bader, Guy Gibson and the 'few' who fought the battle of Britain. A uniform should be worn with pride - and respect for those who have gone before.

carla santa cruz
i think that we dont need uniforms

Misty Melhorn - Florida
If you ask me,I think that the school should take uniforms out and let the students wear what they please. I mean if they want us to be individual and unique then they should let us ware the cloths that presents our personality, but when we have to wear uniforms that takes our privaledge away. So I would think if they took the way we want to dress away then they shouldn't be able to ban peircings. I do believe that it shouldn't matter what we have peirced just as long as we attend school. That is not really the school's right to say what we can have peirced, it is our parents choice and not the schools.Yes the school may have anavtages of what we ware to school, but they shouldn't have the authortiy on what our parents allow their children to get pierced.To take you to where I want to go in this message,is if the schools take our rights to wear the cloths we want to present our- selfs then we should at least be able to show our personality through the way we look and that would be by the peircing we may have.

dan from south brent
Totnes is a top place, i had many happy years there. School uniform should stay there is far to much darck sarcasm inthe class room

scott from plymouth
skool uniforms are crap we shunt have them

Tooba USA
I think school uniforms are a drag... don't Americans always say that America is the land of the free? well, then freedom of expression is something they should be able to accept and respect. I think making students wear such hideous uniforms takes away a students uniqueness. Why should students have to wear uniforms and not teachers? if your gonna make a rule then I think everyone should abide by it.

stacey, paignton
i dont think uniform should be banned,the reason being is that, if you get lots of kids dressed in really nice clothes and one or two people cant afford nice clothes then that can cause bullying. anothe reason is that if you are wearing school uniform it advertises the school, even if the jumpers are a pain to wash, as my mum knows from washing my old jumper.

Matt from Georgia, USA
As a person in the USA who has attended one public school, three private schools and going on to a fourth for my post-seconday education, I have experienced that dress does play a vital role in learning. To say that dress does not matter or have an affect on behavior and the progress of a school is to reject the practice of business, and church dress. It does have an influence on the mind both subconsciously and obviously the conscious. Here over the Atlantic, most Public schools do not have uniforms, but they are becoming more and more popular. However the word 鈥榰niform鈥� is not as precise, as Americans tend to do to words. Anything which limits the wardrobe to a certain brand or certain assortment of colors or styles is deemed a uniform. The lack of that structure obtained through a uniform or a dress code (more common) does contribute to the general failing of the public education system in the USA While attending public school for my first seven years (k-6) clothing did become an issue and somewhat of a competition. At the private schools a dress code did make a difference since I was more accustomed to wear t-shirts and jeans all the time and it did improve my grade and transition into more difficult work. In my first year in high school the dress turned into just khaki trousers, dress shoes, and a collared shirt. We would walk the campus with some of the teachers commenting on how we were all school clones. Indeed, he was correct, we were more of a unit than individuals and I personally felt the atmosphere created by the strict dress code hindered creativity. Of course I could continue, but who wants to hear another American ramble eh?

david thomas glassgow
itsgay

cara,brighton
i think school uniform is ok, but it is uncool

chris Glasgow
I just left school, but i wore a white shirt, school tie, blazer, black trousers, black shoes, we also had a school polo shirt but i hated that, school uniforms are cool, they are nice, comfortable, i wore them all the time, even after school.

Jason Evens, Leeds
I have just returned from a 2 week visit to us schools where they have no uniform - all students were well behaved and motivated and I believe the idea that a uniform creates discipline and good standards is a complete fallacy. What I have learned in the USA is that the way to obtian good standards and good behaviour is to treat students with respect and as individuals, to provide them with the best faciloities and a wide range of extra-curricular opportunities. That way they actually want to be at school and have plenty to keep them occupied rather than resort to misbehaviour to entertain themselves and enliven their otherwise dreary school experience. i know that following fashion trends migfht be a concern but this only tends to be the case on non-uniform days which are something of a rarity. Make non-uniform standard and students will soon tire of dressing to impress everyday.

mike hunt
its very itchy and red i tried talkin to the teachers about it but they could help, i would like it to be gone, why must i have it, other people dont

Dan
hi im 12 and i go to oakmeeds in burgess hill i think that school uninform sucks and it is ichy and far to expensive and it is very hot in the summer but now its is time for me to say goodbye i am curently in IT in b9 and we are stuying school uniform ha what a coincedence and the time is 9:24:36 and its is thursday the 26th of june 1934

ben dover
school uniform is gay i would rather wear a slimy banana skin

Tillikrante
i think that school uniform is a marvoulass idea as you can tell which school you go to but i think that it is also a very bad idea because its ichy and not in fashon. but those people who think that school uniform sucks are very very very very very very very very very very very very silly.now a little bit about me i am 5 years old and i go to siliasn school in sri lanka.we dont wear school uniiform because non of us can afford it bye.

daryl page
school uniform is so boring and pointless i'd rather wear a tesco shopping bag

paul
im 12 and go to oakmeeds in burgess hill and i think school uniform sucks and we all look the same so we called our friends names

Jade
I don't like scool unform because people stare at us when we are coming out of school and it spooks us out because wer only in year 7

ponarnie
school uniform sucks teachers dont have to wear any uniform atall

amy
i dont like our school uniform because its plain and boring!

sexy becca
i think that skool uniform should go!!!!!!!!!!1

Rob
I was proud to wear a school uniform and it was good to be associated with the school I attended. Now that my children are about to start school, I am pleased that they too will be wearing school uniform for a number of reasons. Firstly, I believe it gives pupils a sense of identity and association with their school and the community that that brings. It also helps distinguish between school-time and home-time, something I can associate with each even when I replace my suit with jeans and t-shirt. The occasional dress-down day then becomes more relaxed and fun. Finally, it is one less pressure on parents and children when uniforms are worn - keeping up with the Jones' tends only to lead to frustration and upset for all concerned. I am in favour of school uniforms!

Richard
Mr Stephen Jones, the Principal of King Edward the Sixth Community College will have from September 2003 one less problem to worry about; No School Uniform. Perhaps the "good atmosphere" is a reflection of the School having a uniform, but only time will tell if his decision is correct. The "Uniforms" greatest asset to a School is uniformity. If that is not a future requirement for King Edwards' then Mr Jones' decision is acceptable. The other strong asset of "Uniforms" is the automatic reference one has as to what has to be "ready for school".This applies in future employment as well,just take a look at the Nurses, Police, Banks, Supermarkets, factories and production centres. This discipline is therefore not wasted on young people at school, as the majority who advance their educational qualifications will encounter uniforms for the rest of their working days! The universities and colleges will be the "zone" free from uniform, where their individuality and personal skills become the important issues for their future. It's quite obvious why a school will drop the uniform if young teenagers are given the opportunity to make comments and decisions on this subject. It could be compared with young recruits joining up in the Army, Navy and Airforce and being told that as this is a "very happy atmosphered" ship or squadron, that they would be free to dress as required as their individuality can come through as necessary. A Parental ballot/referendum would be another important indicator as to whether the decision made by Mr Jones is for the better or worse of King Edward the Sixth Community College.

Shannon
I am doing a Debate in school and it has tought me alot.When I started this project,i didn't want uniforms,but as i learned more i noticed that their are good and bad things about uniforms for example,a bad thing about it is that with uniforms it takes away a uniqueness in a person they need individuality to express themselves.a good thing is that no one gets made fun of because of what they wear...if you have any questions on uniforms please e-mail me xolildancinangelxox@yahoo.com

Lauren
i a also doing a debate on school uniforms and i think that when parents make their kids wear something that they want them to wear then the kids dont get a sence of style and that they are copying other people.

BOB DYLAN
I LIKE SCHOOL UNIFORM IT IS WICKED GUY

Brent
I think uniforms should be gone FOREVER. Uniforms take away a person's unique characteritics. These characteristics are what distinguish us from other people.

louise
there are good and bad things about wearing uniform and I think that we should be able to choose the next school we go to only after we have seen the uniform and not have to go with what are parents want

Scotty
I am doing a debate at school I find that school uniforms limit self expression and for this reason I THINK THEY SHOULD BE ABOISHED!

Holly De Havilland
I am doing a debate at school and the topic is "school uniforms should be abolished" i am on the negative and apart from just saying that i strongly believe that school uniforms should NOT be abolished i am only 11 and already i see that importance or them. i peronally don't really like wearing a uniform but the good points sure outway the bad points. like i mean what about the equality and simplicity that they provide and don't forget the safety and security! like take bullies for instance BIG problem ultimatly no-one can wipe it out but they can help decrease the number of children being bullied because their clothes aren't the latest or they don't have 1,000,000 pairs of shoes what about all this money where does that come from?? like i know a girl who is in this position and every day she comes home more and more miserable that also affects grades. what time would it take to choose what to wear everyday?? don't you already waste enough time on the weekends. what about the wear and tear on all your favourite clothes. soory for taking up so much time but i had to tell someone my opinion.

Hayley
I think that wearing your own clothes to School each day would lead to bullying. Quite a lot of parents can only afford to buy one item of expensive clothing. With the child wearing this same item every day wont they get bullied?

Ian
Uniforms give students a sense of identity and pride in their school and community. It also saves perhaps less well off parents from being embarassed by the inevitable expense of teenage fashion.

Craig Hooper - Bournemouth
I think everyone has the right to express themself.i understand,as with work you need to be professional.this may include wearing a uniform.however, your hair style and the choice to pierce yourself should be acceptable!it is a part of the individual's identity.i am currently trying to put this oppinion accross to the work environment and employers.but i alone am just a small voice.

Vicki
I think its sexist that girls have to wear skirts, so I think if schools insist on enforcing a uniform they should allow us girls to wear either trousers or skirts. What do other girls think?

Fatimah
Yes, I believe that School should consider wearing Uniform. When i was in high school, it was all about fashion ans WASTE parents' money on new and expense clothes. I wish we had school Uniform. Now that I am an college student, in my current shool we do wear uniform and I LOVE it. it is easy, you do not have to worry about who will look HOT....COOL....or what ever, because we all feel great...free...and happy...to wear our uniform.

ashley from singapore
i think school uniform should never be abolished,because it enhanced one's sense of belonging to school and we should integrate and not stand out from the rest.

NIKKY
I believe that school uniforms should be DEFINATELY abolished for they don't make students feel confident and free.Abolishing them would be well appreciated by fellow students of our schools

ry
they should be abolished because they are plain and are irritating wearing them every day.

lucy Smith 28 Polperro
As a parent i find school uniform very costly and struggle to keep up with the everchanging uniform codes therefore i believe uniform should be abolished (american high schools cope!!!)

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Ally
I think that school uniforms should DEFINATLY be abolished! In school, I was taught to be an indidvidual! And then other schools obviously don't care about individuality. Also what if someone can't afford it? And I don't think that clothes have a special power to magically make children get better grades!

Simon from Tonbridge
I attended a school where there was a strict - but sensible - attitude to uniform and I have taught in a school where there is a similar attitude and at a school where there is no uniform. I have no hesitation in saying that pupils have a better attitude to their work, a greater pride in their school and behave better when the school has a strict uniform policy. Is not following fashion a voluntary act of wearinga uniform?

Katrina
I went to KEVICs and the uniform there is already really relaxed, no ties are worn (unless you want to!) and you basically just have to wear dark blue with a light blue shirt; it allows for a broad level of individuality, which anyone who has seen a KEVICCs student will already know. The uniform doesn't differentiate between girls and boys and no stupid and unnecessary sportswear is pressed on students anymore (unlike the ridiculous briefs that were worn there a few year ago). Basically, the way I see it, all the bad points against having a uniform (no individuality, expensive, restrictive, sexist) have already been removed but all the negative and obvious points against not having a uniform remain.... KEVICCs is a school to be proud of and I know I was pleased to show I was part of it. Plus it saves a lot of time in the morning! And to Janie Rezner: er, no. Do you think a person can only be unique through their clothes? Oh dear.

Rebecca
Regards all this stuff about 'individuality', people won't actually dress any differently and will still look like clones. Look at students, and sixth formers. Most of them are in identical clothes. Also, uniform is good for discipline, cheaper than having to buy brand new clothes all the time and also prevent bullying about clothes, which is bad enough in schools as it is.

Carlyn, Age 11
I think that uniforms should be abolished becuase aren't we supposed to be unique.

Sara
I dont mind my school uniform, however when my school insists I wear a gym skirt for pe, I believe we should be allowed to wear what we like for sports.

Mike
Take pride in your school by being identified. We live in Canada and it is the exception rather than the rule to have a school unifrom. I read about not being able to afford the uniform and not being able to express oneself. Please be assured, that although the initial expense is high, in the long run it works out less expensive simply because after the uniform is purchased, you go into a maintenance mode. As for expression, does one need cloathing to do that. It is my experience that it is the person that stands out and not the cloathing they wear that makes them what they are. Stay with the uniform. PS I like Kerrys comment re uniform update.

rosy
School Uniform should be worn as u are respenting your school. Some people can't afford to buy clothes and maybe bullied.

Janie Rezner
I'm amazed you still make children wear uniforms--you must be back in the dark ages! Always diminishing the uniqueness of the person--yes?

laura gallagher
i think that uniforms or good in school as they dont identify not so wealthy families and not giving them the opurtunity to get bullied

Kerry
If a school is considerng abolishing their uniform, perhaps an update on the style would be more appropriate than totally losing it. And after all, where is the fun in destroying your favourite top after your last exam? 10 years on I still have the shirt my friends and teachers signed on my last day, complete with my tie glued and stapled to it!

Kerry
School uniform should not be abolished. Some families cannot afford to dress their children in the latest fashions, therefore adding another level of bullying if some children are not "appropriately" dressed. A uniform cuts out this sort of discrimination.

linda
my official school uniform had to be bought from a specific - expensive - outfitters which my family could not afford. but we were not poor enough to get any grants. I stuck out like a sore thumb in my 'not quite right' uniform. Out of school I dressed rather outlanishly - in retrospect a sort of rebellion.

Tony from Dawlish
I'm 15 and I find it really restricting to have to wear a uniform - we are all just clones of one another, it doesn't allow us to express ourselves. I think uniforms should be abolished.