Why I asked was because in British schools the wearing of the turban takes precidence over every other headgear or none !
Even our policemen who are Sikhs are allowed to wear the turban instead of a helmet. Hell...it is compulsory for all motorcyclists to wear a crash helmet but Sikh's are allowed to wear their turban instead.
I believe that dreadlocks are a compulsory religious wear for all true Rastafarians.
Let's see the school authorities get out of THAT one.
My school made us wear uniforms which was kl cos it means i didnt have to bother thinkin bout what to wear all the time. And - we were allowed 2 wear our own clothes once a year for charity and on that day kids were bullied for what they were wearing - i kno kids who used 2 hate that day. Maybe that was just my school...
But my school really irritated me because white students werent allowed dreads but black students were irrespective of religious belief.
Originally posted by finti
Whats next no one with red hair is allowed in school?
Then I'd be screwed...
I don't really care either way about uniforms. I went to a public high school, no uniforms, and frankly, with my school I almost think we would have been better off WITH uniforms. At my school we actually did have kids get picked on because of their clothing; half of the kids were from rich families and always had the nicest and most in style clothing, and the other half of us (the half I was in) were from normal families and just wore normal clothes.
But not allowing people to have piercings, that's stupid, I think.
Originally posted by lil bitchiness
Just because you sulred racial insults, it certainly does not mean every has. I have never argued or insulted anyone based on their race or their country of origin 😱...If you find that hard to gasp, then thats too bad, and very very sad.
in that case....neither have I. I don't make racist comments to peoples faces.
But i do find it VERY unbelievable that you have NEVER uttered any form of insult behind closed doors in the comfort of your own house.
Even if the person wasn't there to hear it...
Originally posted by Linkalicious
in that case....neither have I. I don't make racist comments to peoples faces.But i do find it VERY unbelievable that you have NEVER uttered any form of insult behind closed doors in the comfort of your own house.
Even if the person wasn't there to hear it...
Since there is no such thing as ''race'' in reality, no i have not! Originating from another country myself, it would be rather hypocritical of me.
I dont like people condeming me for something I cannot change, therefore I do not condem anyone else for it.
I do condem people for ignorance and arrogance, however.
Originally posted by lil bitchiness
I think i have concluded that it is the fact that those people who complain about it never went to school with Uniform. I have, and if i didnt have, the id probably complain too.I didnt mind it, like you said, i know exactly what im wearing each day, dress up each morning with out thinking 😄
To be frank... Bollocks. My school is a school with uniform, and I think the entire idea is just fundamentally stupid. There's no reason for it. Okay, so maybe a couple of people would get bullied for it, in maybe one or two schools. I have never been(or seen someone) insulted for what I was wearing, except by that group of people known in England as charvers/townies/pikies/scallies. But then again, those people are ****, so noone don't listen to them. If someone is insulted by friends for what they're wearing, then they should get new friends. It's easy enough. Just go to a different place at break, and you'll get some new friends.
On non-school uniform days, people are never insulted for what they wear, except maybe by friends, but that's only teasing. More often it helps people to make new friends.
Originally posted by Papaumau
As has been said before, if all of the pupils in a school are made to dress the exact same way then their attentions are not distracted towards individuality and they will then be expected to concentrate more on their studies.
This is also bollocks, no offence. IMO the uniform makes it just slightly harder to determine what kind of person someone is. If they're a skater, and you're a goth. Or they play rugby, and you play basketball, and you want to make some friends when you move to a new school, you have a big chance of sitting with the wrong 'group'. Then, the people who you actually wanted to sit with, they think you're not one of them.
I still have arguements with people I don't like, insult people that are nasty to me, and take the piss out of people. The uniform doesn't change a thing.
Hm. Good question.
On one hand: School uniforms changes schools from teen-age fashion-contests to places of education. Imagine being picked on, simply because your parents can’t afford the latest D&G outfit?
I once spend a year in an American high-school in Atlanta, Georgia, and many of the girls there spend more time putting on make-up in class than actually reading what was on the black-board and showing off their latest mall-conquest.
So – in that regard school uniforms are ok. Earrings and piercings fall under that category as well. You’re not in school to express your teen-age individuality – but to get some knowledge into your head.
ON the other hand: There must be a better way. School uniforms sounds like something from the past (no offence to the British). So Sue wants to show everyone her latest piercings - which she might’ve gotten simply because the other girls started having piercings (and will later join the ranks of, how do I mend the holes in my body, as people now line up to get tattoos surgically removed with lasers).
It’s HER choice – or that of her parents. Parents are responsible for bringing up their kids to be decent human beings. It’s not the job of the schools – so schools shouldn’t start the uniform dress-code to avoid unpleasantries because Sues parents never taught her not to be a b***h.
I really don’t have a definite answer here…
Ugh. You'll find that the girls who did that in America, the same group of girls in England would just gossip and the ask those who were listening for the answers. Happens in my school.
I also spent a day at an american school where I didn't notice any sort of bullying because of clothing. Just a lot of flirting.
Re: Is this right?
Originally posted by silver_tears
I go to a catholic high school in a little suburb of Toronto.So we have an enforced uniform policy in our school.
Dress pants, shirts, kilts, dress shoes, etc..
No hats are to be worn inside between 8:40 and 2:40 too.Do you think it's right that the school put into the policy that no piercings that are un natural are allowed? I don't mean the plain ears, double holes thing, I'm talking about eyebrow, lip, nose, etc....
Do you agree or disagree with it?
silver tears just one question...does your school allows casual fridays? A casual friday means that you get to dress up in your own fashion and not in uniform. In my job, I have to wear a uniform. But on Fridays I could wear regular street clothes. So do you think that your school would allow a casual friday?
I strongly disagree with uniforms. I hate it when people blabber about "Education Only - - Education Only". I like wearing what I want and the way everyone is diffrent in my school. Picking on people? Yes, it happens, but that's because most of the time, the type of clothing equals what you are or try to be. You won't see nerds wearing Abercrombie and Fitch at our schools, and that is NOT because they aren't rich, it's just they way they choose to live life. If a girl puts on make up and doesn't learn, it's going to be bad for her in the end and she knows it, so I say, let her do it! I totally admit that I tend to stay in one group and make friends in that group, but that's not based on clothing, but as previously stated, lifestyle. In 6th grade I had a friend who'd sit in front of the computer all day and was the ultamite nerd. In 7th grade I realized his intrests were diffrent then mine and now I'm not his friend, but if he talks to me, whether it be in front of new friends or not, I'm not going to pretend I don't know him. Now THAT would be bad. 😬