I wore uniforms in high school...at first I was sure I'd hate them, but I very quickly came to appreciate the "I don't need to figure out what to wear outside of 3 or 4 shirt/sweater/socks/tights combos, depending on the season).
Although I am very, very glad it was brown and yellow that was ruined for me for life, instead of colors I like, like blue, green or black. ;P
And even with it being a "uniform", we still had class lines drawn from the clothing worn...because the sweaters (either yellow or dark brown...the boys could wear plaid sports coats and or pants...it was very unfair, lol!) could be from Land's End/LLBean (expensive) or from somewhere else, not so much...and the leather shoes we were required to wear could be Bucks or Timberlands or PennyLoafers (dear GAWD, I'm dating myself! ;P But again, expensive) or the cheaper versions sold at wal-mart or wherever.
But our winter (girl's) girl's uniform was a tweed, knee-length skirt and we could wear wool/cotton dark brown tights, and since there was no waiting for a bus, it wasn't so bad. And they've since changed the uniform since I was there, and I think that the girls are allowed to wear pants (hopefully NOT brown tweed) now in the winter.
Basically, I ended up being glad for my uniform (pretty quickly too). It did take a lot of the pressure off having the majority of the clothing pressure negated in high school. I currently send my son to a private school, and I'm rather annoyed that the principal is anti-uniform (though there is a dress code), because I'd love for the kids to be in uniforms.
There are pros/cons to both sides, but when 3/4' of your wardrobe is already decided for you, it is much easier to just focus on boys and school, especially in high school. ;P
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Date: 2010-08-07 03:13 am (UTC)Although I am very, very glad it was brown and yellow that was ruined for me for life, instead of colors I like, like blue, green or black. ;P
And even with it being a "uniform", we still had class lines drawn from the clothing worn...because the sweaters (either yellow or dark brown...the boys could wear plaid sports coats and or pants...it was very unfair, lol!) could be from Land's End/LLBean (expensive) or from somewhere else, not so much...and the leather shoes we were required to wear could be Bucks or Timberlands or PennyLoafers (dear GAWD, I'm dating myself! ;P But again, expensive) or the cheaper versions sold at wal-mart or wherever.
But our winter (girl's) girl's uniform was a tweed, knee-length skirt and we could wear wool/cotton dark brown tights, and since there was no waiting for a bus, it wasn't so bad. And they've since changed the uniform since I was there, and I think that the girls are allowed to wear pants (hopefully NOT brown tweed) now in the winter.
Basically, I ended up being glad for my uniform (pretty quickly too). It did take a lot of the pressure off having the majority of the clothing pressure negated in high school. I currently send my son to a private school, and I'm rather annoyed that the principal is anti-uniform (though there is a dress code), because I'd love for the kids to be in uniforms.
There are pros/cons to both sides, but when 3/4' of your wardrobe is already decided for you, it is much easier to just focus on boys and school, especially in high school. ;P