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A major reason why I'm for uniforms. Take all that petty cool clothes envy out of the equation.

• sneak 11y ago
  Clothing is protected expression. Being "for [mandatory] uniforms" is being "for censorship".
  • function_seven 11y ago
    That's a kinda blunt equivalence. What school children wear is so rarely about expressing ideas that the censorship potential of such a policy is tiny. Besides, censorship in the classroom is hardly new, nor is it controversial.
• benihana 11y ago
  If it's not clothes, it'll be watches, shoes, smartphones, underwear, hats, notebooks, whatever. Uniforms aren't going to stop teenagers in the midst of puberty from competing with each other for status.
  • agumonkey 11y ago
    If every material thing get removed, you think it will end up as a competition through physical and intellectual qualities ?
    • sukilot 11y ago
      Or arbitrary social bullying, like we have today.
• Surio 11y ago
  I agree. At least it takes "one" of the things out of the equation.