What do you think of school uniform?

I never had to wear a uniform in school, I am glad too that would drive me insane having to dress just like everyone else.

When I was going to school we never had to wear a uniform since it was public school. I told my parents if I ever had to wear one I would be very upset and hate it a lot. The only time we had to wear something uniformed was for PE in high school because people won't dress the way they where suppose to so the school passed that we all wear the same thing for that time and had to go to the school store and pick them up. Where I live in the US most schools if you go to private school you have a uniform not many public schools do uniforms.

Here there are uniforms for the children in primary school and high school. And it is bad that most of the school uniforms have a terrible design and therefore actually children don't like it. But they have to wear uniforms anyway. I am not interested in the school uniforms. Besides the design, its material is also not so nice. It is hot in summer and cold in winter. I will try to wear my own clothes in the moment I am not forced to wear the uniforms. I love China

My Goodness! I should have words with that head teacher! Do not clothes still maketh the man? My primary school was a public school. There was a distinct uniform with huge logos, but the only day on which it was "compulsary" was school photo day! The success of such a policy can easily be seen on all those photos today with about half of the class not wearing a uniform! One-upmanship was rife. Brand wars were a part of daily life, as was being beaten up for your clothes & many a "christening" for your expensive pair of new sports shoes. In secondary school, the uniforms for physical education & daily fitness were completely different from the regular school uniform & changing at fixed times was essential. There were very strict rules on precisely which brands & which shades of colour must be worn & exactly how they were to be worn. Everything was to be tucked in at all times unless in the physical act of exercise or sport. Such policies ensured there was no discrimination on the basis of clothing nor on one's ability to afford it. From year eleven onwards, I had to pay all of my uniform costs plus all school fees as well as boarding costs out of my tiny government allowance. I was at the time about 15 years old, walked to and from school many kilometers each day & from that time onwards, was living not less than 1.5 hours drive away from my parents farm. I think the discipline involved in the process did benefit students there enormously & we all stood "head & shoulders" above the other schools throughout rural South Australia.

Oh! I loved my school uniform a lot. It was a sky blue color top, a dark shade skirt in blue with red tie which had a school logo and two diagonal stripes indicating the house, as I was in sapphire house I had blue stripes. Other stripes were green for emerald house, orange for amber house and white for ruby house. We used to wear black shoes with white socks and hair accessories had to be white as well. Blazers and cardigans were of navy blue color. Blazer also had a school logo on the left upper pocket. I wore the school uniform from LKG to 12th standard. School uniform make all the students stand equal in school. No one make out whether you are rich or poor, so I personally feel it is very good.

When i was a child until i graduated from college i was wearing uniform all along, because the school i went through is strict on uniforms. I think they are good, it symbolizes your school and the capabilities of your school, which will either make you proud or something but for me, It is okay, it would not be too costly after all.

I've got mixed feelings about the school uniform. Sometimes I like it and sometimes I don't. Growing up, I was always excited about my uniform even when it was practically difficult to do certain things sometimes. One of the kindergartens I taught at didn't have a uniform and the kids could wear anything they wanted as long as they were comfortable. The present school I am working at has a uniform for kindergartners too and I find that they are not comfortable doing some of the activities in the uniform. Having said that...as a parent, I feel that uniform is welcome. There is no headache of figuring out what the child wants to wear each day. When my younger son was at kindergarten which didn't have uniforms, I made my own uniform. He had a set of comfortable pants and colourful plain T-shirts and I would mix and match. Worked out well for us.

well, i live in a large city and some schools have them and some do not. personally, i don't really think they are a bad idea. it really saves having to think about what you are going to wear in the morning! as for me, no, i never had to wear a uniform to school, nor have my daughters. in the city i live in, the uniforms are mostly in the Catholic schools

At primary school I did not wear any uniform as far as I could remember so whenever I see little ones in uniform I really do like it so because I missed wearing one when I was their age. I got to wear uniform when I reached high school. It was navy blue skirt and white colored blouse with blue necktie bearing our school name and logo. In college I also wore uniform if was just a straight cut light old rose dress with maroon belt. I never really liked the cut of those school uniforms that I wore but somehow I was thankful because at least I did not have the trouble of thinking what clothes to wear each day. Even if indeed school uniform had not made a better pupil, I believe it gives a student a better look.

In my country the students don't wear uniforms and I have naver worn a school uniform. Some people want to introduce school uniforms in the Danish schools, because they think that it would prevent the rich children from bullying the children who can't afford expensive clothes or the "right" brands. So far the suggestion has been rejected every time, and I don't think that we will get school uniforms in the future either. I was happy that I was able to wear my own clothes when I was a student, but I never thought must about it, it was a natural thing for me wear my own clothes since no one wears school uniforms in my country.

When I went to primary school we never had a school uniform. They did introduce a school logo and you could buy tops with the logo on them, but it was not compulsory. Then when I started secondary school, we never had a uniform at that school for the first year I was there either. You just were not allowed to wear large company logos or prints, your clothing had to be plain. Small logos were OK though. But in my second year, they introduced a uniform. It was still pretty relaxed compared to most schools though. You could buy and wear any sort of clothing as long as it was grey pants or shorts and a blue shirt or top. So I wore a soft polo shirt most of the time instead of the proper school shirts that felt like wearing cardboard. These days though, all schools have a uniform and they have to wear hats to school. If they have no hat the kids cannot go outside to play. I did not like the idea of compulsory school uniforms at first when my kids started school, but I like the idea now as most uniform clothing can be bought fairly cheaply compared to other clothes that they would normally be wearing out while playing everyday.

Yes i used to go school wearing specified uniform, it is light sky color frock, white salwar and white dupatta, dupatta covers the chest portion, salwar is kind of pajama .. From uniform we can know who belongs to which school, each have their own.. Happy posting, cheers. Kalyani

Hello maximax8, when I was in grade school I think school uniform is not required, they just allow used to go to school and can wear anything as long as its comfortable. When I was in high school I always wearing maroon shirt and white blouse paired with flat black shoes with white sacks, that was the first time I wear uniforms and I found it more comfortable too. But when I was in college my uniform was all white since I am nursing student paired with black shoes but without sacks. I love my uniform in college because it looks like very fresh and clean but sometimes I get irritable during rainy seasons because for sure even how hard to prevent to get dirty I cant controlled it.

Hi friend, i like my school uniform, in my childhood days i had a school uniform of sky blue color shirt and navy blue color trousers. Now my kids are going to school and they are wearing green color checked uniform.

I didn't mind the one in primary school so much as it was blue shirt and grey skirt - when I went to high school it became a burgundy swaeter and white polo with black skirt and after one year they changed to allow trousers for girls so that was good!

Hi Maxine, I think school uniform is necessary to keep uniformity among the students. Students come from various level of society. Rich parents children likely to wear fashionable dress. The children of poor or middle class parents likely to wear ordinary dress. Considering this the conception of wearing same school dress is followed. To prevent discrimination among the school students it is a good system.

That's a tough question. I never had to wear a school uniform when I was in school as I went to a public school in the US. This year that just past I put my children in a private school for the first time and at that school they are required. My oldest kids (14, 12) were not use to wearing them nor did they like the experience at first and couldn't wait to get home and get out of them. Now they don't mind them as much cause they know they will be home and out of them. I really don't see the point in uniforms because making everyone dress the same has no effect on grades or behavior. Sadly kids will still be bullied even if their clothes match.

I think uniforms are kinda unnecessary and a waste of patents money. Of course this is just my personal view. I have been through public school where I'm required to wear uniforms but now I'm homeschooled where I wear my pjs to study. Hahaha . School uniform, according to my teachers will teach us disciplin, and it is also for our safety because they would be able to recognize students with outsiders. Well I think having uniform is uncomfortable and a lot if of us gets irritated and start to go mad at whoever invented the rule to have uniforms. Secondly, if they are really trying to keep students safe, why not just get them a name tag...