[Salvation]

They would do a lot more thinking for themselves if they weren't constantly worried about what everyone else was wearing. School uniforms work.

It can be a casual one such as the one for a middle school here. Kids can wear navy, forest green, yellow, khaki, or white pants and matching shirts of the same colors. Or they may interchange the colors. Of course, the girls can also wear skirts of these colors.

Less distraction, less hanky-panky,less noise in the halls. More school work, more courtesy, more congeniality towards other students.

If you aren't a teacher and have not experienced it.......then don't criticize.

School uniforms work.

[E Rocc]

If you aren't a teacher and have not experienced it.......then don't criticize.

As one of the people paying the bills, I most certainly will criticize what I see as an objectionable policy. All those effects you describe could also be achieved by drugging all the students. While certain teachers and administrators might support this idea, the drawbacks are clear.

Likewise "uniforms". In my view, they are an example of neo-collectivist regimentation and suppression of individual expression and individual perogatives. Combined with some of the other leftist nonsense going on in the schools, I smell an effort to replace individuality with a "group" identity. It jibes very nicely with the Hillaryesque "village" mentality.

In an era where the business world is becoming less rigid vis a vis "appropriate" attire, it also seems odd to go the opposite direction in the public schools.

-Eric