Mandatory school uniforms
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Originally Posted by jimdandy
I'm for the uniforms. Cost savings to parents,
Yeah. That uniform is saving us all kinds of money. NOT!!!
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Originally Posted by tcbofade
Cost savings???? My girlfriends daughter attends a private school with mandated uniform wear. Can only be purchased from a certain store. $384 dollars for HALF of the clothing this child needs.
Yeah. That uniform is saving us all kinds of money. NOT!!!
Yeah. That uniform is saving us all kinds of money. NOT!!!
How much would she spend on regular clothing?
Does she attend school board/administrative meetings to question the costs?
Did she know the costs when she enrolled her daughter?
Privates schools usually have fewer students than public schools, so the private school would not have the advantage of quantity purchasing.
She has the choice of changing to another school if there is a price diference in uniforms.
One example does not mean anything to the overall picture. jd
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Granted, one individual case does not mean the same applies everywhere.
I can outfit both of my children for public school for a school year for a lot less than $384. (I think it was 2something last year...)
My girlyfriends daughter attends a private Christian school. My girlyfriend and her ex decided it was worth the $$$. ...and it may well be...but we'll be looking at nearly $800 to purchase the clothing the child is required to have. That's nuts.
I can outfit both of my children for public school for a school year for a lot less than $384. (I think it was 2something last year...)
My girlyfriends daughter attends a private Christian school. My girlyfriend and her ex decided it was worth the $$$. ...and it may well be...but we'll be looking at nearly $800 to purchase the clothing the child is required to have. That's nuts.
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at least regular clothing can still be worn around normally where as a uniform, a person would look like a dope wearing it around outside school hours.
i went to a private school one time when i was in first grade because my parents were not going to have me bussed to the other side of town to go to school in the ghetto.
asking my mom, she said she bought me 3 sets of uniform to wear and spent more on that than all my other clothes, they automatically wanted way more money for them at the stores just because the stores knew it was a uniform item.
thats why i said if there ever was a uniform type policy, it should not be so much uniform as a business casual type dress. it still allows for some individualism, looks good, and can still wear to other things, plus with the wide array of brands and selections, would be cheaper.
i went to a private school one time when i was in first grade because my parents were not going to have me bussed to the other side of town to go to school in the ghetto.
asking my mom, she said she bought me 3 sets of uniform to wear and spent more on that than all my other clothes, they automatically wanted way more money for them at the stores just because the stores knew it was a uniform item.
thats why i said if there ever was a uniform type policy, it should not be so much uniform as a business casual type dress. it still allows for some individualism, looks good, and can still wear to other things, plus with the wide array of brands and selections, would be cheaper.
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Originally Posted by Greg 79 f150
Beth's parents are low income though, she cannot go to school in designer jeans...
current tuition at the catholic highschool my wife went to: 4,095.00 this does not include uniforms, books, or lunches.
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Uniforms....
Great. Let's also mandate a required term of seven years in military service once they graduate, or if they fail to meet military requirements have them perform voluntary service for the local government.
Voters rights contingent on performance in either capacity.
It has the flavor of socialism, if not worse.
Great. Let's also mandate a required term of seven years in military service once they graduate, or if they fail to meet military requirements have them perform voluntary service for the local government.
Voters rights contingent on performance in either capacity.
It has the flavor of socialism, if not worse.
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Lets see now, 40 years ago I watched the catholic school students go to school daily, in their neatly pressed blue and white uniforms. Most of those catholic school kids in my hometown back then, grew up to be professionals and good parents, that now have great, responsible grandchildren. ...
To date, I have not seen a red flag with a sickle on it, in any of the yards of these "uniformed as kids", adults ...
Thinking ahead now, one will see in 2008 the greatest opportunity for a prez candidate to give us a socialist government. School uniforms socialistic? I respectfully disagree.. jmo
To date, I have not seen a red flag with a sickle on it, in any of the yards of these "uniformed as kids", adults ...
Thinking ahead now, one will see in 2008 the greatest opportunity for a prez candidate to give us a socialist government. School uniforms socialistic? I respectfully disagree.. jmo
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Originally Posted by Greywolf
Uniforms....
Great. Let's also mandate a required term of seven years in military service once they graduate, or if they fail to meet military requirements have them perform voluntary service for the local government.
Voters rights contingent on performance in either capacity.
Great. Let's also mandate a required term of seven years in military service once they graduate, or if they fail to meet military requirements have them perform voluntary service for the local government.
Voters rights contingent on performance in either capacity.
Shoot, I'd be willing to grant citizenship to illegal immigrants in return for a few years' service.
Nomex undies on; flame away.
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please oh please do not force people to serve in the military..................
i want people who want to be there, not who have to be there, it was bad enough working with people who volunteered and did not want to be there.
plus the military has plenty enough people, just poor personnel management, especially on the ground pounding side, to many in the rear with the gear types for every front line type.
the Navy right now is trying to lose people.
mandatory community volunteering? stupidest thing i have heard, we do not need a ussr 22nd april here.
our military is one of the most efficent and combat ready forces in the world, we need to keep it that way, throwing in millions who do not want to be there will just swarm the training centers, lower standards, suck needed money away from more vital programs, etc etc... all while not doing anyone any good.
i want people who want to be there, not who have to be there, it was bad enough working with people who volunteered and did not want to be there.
plus the military has plenty enough people, just poor personnel management, especially on the ground pounding side, to many in the rear with the gear types for every front line type.
the Navy right now is trying to lose people.
mandatory community volunteering? stupidest thing i have heard, we do not need a ussr 22nd april here.
our military is one of the most efficent and combat ready forces in the world, we need to keep it that way, throwing in millions who do not want to be there will just swarm the training centers, lower standards, suck needed money away from more vital programs, etc etc... all while not doing anyone any good.
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I don't care what anybody says - FORCE ADULTS to wear uniforms, and see what kids might think!
YEAH, IT IS THE SAME!
What makes you think it is any different? All they reallly are is younger people than we are....
One day they will all be grown up - and remember it. And hate it, and rebel against it.
They may very well consider it socialism, and might not be wrong.
"Thou shalt conform - SLAM!"
"Thou shalt be as we are - SLAM!"
And you will do as you are told, until the rights to YOU are sold.
YEAH, IT IS THE SAME!
What makes you think it is any different? All they reallly are is younger people than we are....
One day they will all be grown up - and remember it. And hate it, and rebel against it.
They may very well consider it socialism, and might not be wrong.
"Thou shalt conform - SLAM!"
"Thou shalt be as we are - SLAM!"
And you will do as you are told, until the rights to YOU are sold.
Last edited by Greywolf; Oct 22, 2007 at 09:16 PM.
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Seems to me the kids already wear uniforms, of a sort. Shorts and tees in fashion, everybody wears shorts and tees. Mini skirts in fashion, everybody wears mini skirts. Low waists and belly shirts, everybody follows suit. Pants below the butt with the underwear showing........and so on. jd