What is your opinion of school uniforms?
Cheryl Hannigan
22 years ago
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Comments (19)It will be interesting to see the outcome. I can see both sides of it. I see how it can be a really bad idea to promote segregation, but I could also see how it may help the high drop out rate. If that many kids are dropping out of school, it can become a major problem later. While US schools aren't "officially" segregated, segregation sometimes just happens based on the communities where the schools are located. If you walk into any school in north Seattle you will see almost all white kids. If you walk into any school in south Seattle, you will see predominantly African American and Asian students. If so many kids of African or Caribbean descent are dropping out of the mainstream schools in Toronto, they will naturally get lower paying jobs and move to more affordable areas of town, which will in turn cause a natural segregation in those communities. If these kids stayed in school, went to college, and get good paying jobs, they will be creating more ethincally diverse communities in the higher socio-economic areas. If the school is open to all, but has a focus of trying to arouse passion of learning for these kids, I say give it a shot....See Moreoh great now --school uniforms!
Comments (29)My 2 girls have attended schools with & without a uniform policy, but always under a dress code. When they first started wearing uniforms (at a public charter school) it was harder to find them locally and they were priced very closely to other clothing on the racks. So at the time it WASNÂT less expensive. My mom was kind enough to make them some & fabric is MUCH cheaper. And this was before Target & Walmart started carrying a good line of uniforms. One of the first batches of uniforms I purchased almost fell apart after a few washings. I spent a LOT of time volunteering at the school where they wore uniforms & although all the kids wore them, there was still a neatness issue. I personally despise seeing uniforms not neat, shirts pulled out, etc. - if you're going to have a uniform policy, neatness should follow. (Too long in the military I guess). And IÂm not saying they should be pressed, just that the teachers began spending way too much time tucking shirts in. My biggest problem with uniforms was when my oldest was in a phase where she didn't want to wear dresses or skirts. This was fine when it was warm enough to wear the shorts, but not when it did cool off. I did love that they could just roll out of bed & it didnÂt matter what they wore. My kids are going to a small school district (our town's population is currently 11K & going at 44%). Last spring before school ended, the middle school had a meeting at the school for both the parents & the students. What was neat about it was they had several 7th graders present wearing examples of what not to wear. The kids wore some of the frequent offenders - t-shirts with the arms torn out, too-short skirts (well above finger-tip length), and mid-drift showing. It was effective in that both the kids & the parents got to see actual examples. They also make it very well known that they (the school) will call the parents to come up with a change of clothes for the kiddo. I do feel that the individual school should be making the decision on uniforms. And hope that they are including parents and other community members in their decision. Otherwise it'll cause friction & dissention between the school, the school district and the parents. IÂd rather them figure out why our kids canÂt learn science or how to read than be bogged down with the uniform issue....See MoreSchool starting times (very interesting opinion!)
Comments (1)Are you supposed to support why school should not start an hour later? Call your school bus transportation department and ask what the later hour would do to the school district's bus schedule. Talk to coaches and ask them what that would do to game schedules, practice time, and how much class would athletes miss on school game days when they must travel to a game site away. Talk to working parents or teens who babysit an elementary student and what this new schedule will do to their child care plans if they use high schoolers to babysit....See Morehigh school graduation opinions please
Comments (22)geez, you get an apology, even saying your son "deserved better" than he himself had done, which is certainly placing all the blame for the incident squarely to the his own shoulders--exactly what an apology should do. But somehow that's wrong too? (you wrote: "It really seemed to be insulting towards himself." -- what did you want him to do, make excuses?) I have to say that I think it's churlish in the EXTREME to criticise someone for their APOLOGY. He even went to lengths to make sure the letter would be the sort of thing your son could keep in his files and show to someone as a letter of recommendation, etc. I'd call that a pretty graciously written letter. And yet you can still criticize it? He wrote the letter without prompting from you, right? You bet your bippy you should give him credit for doing that. Some people wouldn't bother with the letter. He made a MISTAKE. I for one do not believe that he'd deliberately leave your kid off for mention because of something that happened between you and the principal *9* years ago. Or even 2 years ago. Teachers and principals are capable of separating parents from children, and they see the children so much more clearly than they see us. Plus in the intervening 9 years, I'm sure he's had more parents than you say worse things to him--why would he remember with any strength? It's obvious you're determined to hate this guy, since even the appropriate gestures he makes are met with such scorn. I wasn't there 9 years ago (which is a long time to hold a grudge on EITHER side), and I don't know all the other incidents--maybe he is a crumb, or maybe he's just sort of easily confused. But I'm sorta feeling sorry for this guy--even when he DOES do it right, he's in the doghouse. I'm w/ Arkansasgardenboy: I hope you will find closure to this and not hold a grudge any longer. I suppose my comments won't do anything to further that, and I'm sorry if I've chosen wording that's harsher than I intend....See Moresealegs_islandtelecom_com
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