Which is fine when kids have confidence, parental support and aren’t living in provincial towns still stuck in the 1950s.

Er. As I recall, having a new uniform and/or new shoes was not desireable. It made you look like a third former. And if you…

I didn't look at the stats, but if you're looking around the classroom and you're dressed the…

yep. and parents supported the board of trustees on that.

I remember the rich kids still found ways to mark themselves out (optional blazer rather than jersey, allowed earrings being solid…

"petty-minded authoritarianism". Punishing kids for breaking stupid rules teaches them to NOT respect their school.

That matches my daughter's current experience at Wgtn High, where she started this year.

One of the kids on her school sports team identified as male last…

And as someone who went to a no-uniform school (Wellington High, mid-90s), I can tell you that's the exact opposite of…

Roflnui.

There’s only one place where I have a serious problem with this whole thing: it’s not compulsory. The schools who will do this will…

:-D

Boys and men playing netball wear trackies. I've never understood why women don't also.

The ban against wearing shorts under the netball tunics. Never got it. Many of the girls would be playing with one hand holding down the edge of their tunics. There was a minor revolt, with many of the girls wearing black knit shorts or boylegs under…

Thanks TracyMac...I thought I was imagining it.

The absolute horror of impending mufti days at the all girls school. We could not afford the necessary clothes....and for god's sakes it shouldn't have mattered to the girl....but it did. (She had an…

Sure, sex with boys for me was adequate in terms of getting off, but it would have made the eventual cluehammer about my actual leanings a bit…

I'm always rather reluctant to write on trans* and intersex issues because they're not my issues. But…

Nope I don't. Sorry but I went to such a school. There was angst but no more than my friends had who went to uniform schools.

Perhaps we could trust kids to learn to cope with angst

Later on, I didn't have to wear a uniform, and choosing what to wear was the least of my worries. Believe me.

Those stats on trans kids are enlightening. I'd have thought uniformity (neutral or otherwise) was…

It was cheap (let's face it, high school kids keep changing size), there were several places you could…

My son goes to a non-uniform school, my daughter to a uniform school, and we think that it is marginally more expensive for my son's school clothing needs.

When I went to high school in the 80s…

Here in Japan the kids tend to like their uniforms. I was quite surprised when I first heard the girls saying their uniform (that I thought was hideous) was cute. In fact at…

That justification came from a teacher, that they wouldn't be able to stop the kids fighting over gang colours if they weren't made to wear a uniform.

My children have been to schools with uniforms, and without. I went to a…

Weather appropriate, easy wash and dry, non-iron, hard wearing and reasonably priced. Not only convenient, but avoids the stress of Young Person's angst if they do not own the latest 'must have' fashion garment.

Believe me, this is a huge issue in some schools.

Looking at…

If only they made warm clothes that weren't part of a uniform ... oh wait.

As for angsting about "what to wear" – yeah some days it happened – sort like real life that we all have…

I am quite serious about the warmth issue though.

My kids went to non-uniform high schools, and that was way more convenient. I didn't have to worry about having uniform clean and dry in the mornings, and they just got dressed, like they did every other day.

Oh and I went to Green Bay High School when it was uniform-free. None of the claims made about lack of uniforms in schools were apparent to me…

It’s all about indoctrinating kids into subordination for the sake of it.

(The only…