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[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 months ago (15 children)

All those are perfectly good reasons for school uniforms in general.

And then your school implements a uniform policy that requires you to buy a blazer for $225 that your child will wear three times a year, and monogrammed socks that are 3 pairs for $45.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (2 children)

That’s some serious graft. But nothing to do with uniforms as a policy. My daughter’s public school has a uniform of sorts but it I just color and style based, not specific required brands

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Uniforms as a policy enables the graft. It has everything to do with the policies.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Try and have a logical discussion. Graft is the problem and a system that allows it will produce it however it is easiest to express.

A uniform is just an idea. It can be an excuse for graft, or it can just be a simple dress code with multiple competing vendors. I’m sorry your system is corrupt but many aren’t.

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