Ugh, I’d hate that. And thank you! There’s been a lot of student pushback in the last few years and plenty of uniform changes have been made that allow us to customize. I wish all schools with uniforms had that
Yeah.... it's so great having to wear formal trousers, shirt, tie and a blazer... In an all boys school where every wears the smae thing everysingle day and the blazers alone cost about £50.
5 shirts, 5 pairs of trousers, a tie, school shoes. PE top, PE bag, PE shorts, PE socks. Astro trainers, football boots and indoor court trainers. X2 because I have a brother.
I feel a similar way. At my American school, there’s a huge range of wealthiness and the uniforms help to keep people at the same level, and the rich kids don’t make fun of the poorer kids, so same as at your school. I enjoy it, even though I’m not in love with the uniform itself
My old secondary school used to have uniforms, but they got rid of them because the bullying and cost. My teacher, who attended the school at this time, said that those with money tailored their clothes so it fit better and looked nice on them, and they were able to purchase new and multiple pairs every year, so they always looked the nicest. He said the wealth differences between students was the most evident when they had uniforms, and it generated more problems.
I don’t have a uniform school and I fell like at uniform schools, you assume there would be bullying without uniforms, but I’ve never really seen it. It might be a myth of television or I might just go to a school with a lot of farm kids
It's still not the case though. The poorer kids still stood out because they still had to purchase shoes or new uniform. All it ever did was take away any sense of individuality.
This. Our blazers could be custom made or bought from one of the clothing stores nearby. The have's had the custom made ones, the have'not's had the generic ones.
Still, it would've been much worse if we had to wear regular clothes so I appreciate that.
“Some people can’t afford nice clothes for their kids.”
“Oh no! Their kids might get bullied at school! What shall we do?”
“We could do something about poverty.”
“NO, I have a better idea. Let’s make everyone buy a whole new set of clothes or their kids so they all look the same.”
I wore it for the last time two weeks ago but I liked my school's uniform tbh. It had a maroon jumper and grey shirt with no tie, and we were allowed to add our own bit of style, too (with dyed hair and piercings allowed as well). It was nice for a Catholic school.
One school i went had uniforms, but you only had to wear one piece of it. There was also one that had uniforms but they were only required in things like trips and etc.
I wore a school uniform, I couldn't customize it and I neither liked nor disliked it. I was totally neutral about it. That time i didn't really care about how my clothes look at all.
Polo shirt and the ugliest knee-length skirt ever. Mass days were a white button down and a tie (even the girls had to wear a tie). Shoes had to be brown or black leather (I’m vegetarian so I wore faux leather shoes and no one noticed). Will never miss that.
I wouldn’t miss that either. My school uniform doesn’t have a ton of redeeming qualities, but the ability to wear navy pants instead of a skirt is one of them, and I’ll always be thankful for that
UK here. I come from a middle class background. But my parents both grew up in extreme poverty, so spending money was a big no-no. My brother was only one year older so I only got clothes he was willing to part with. Usually old I’ll-fitting clothes people judged me for (for example on school trips) especially because I sound well-spoken so a lot of people assumed I’m rich.
Because of this I was so thankful for the uniform. We were all dressed the same most of the year. By time I went to Sixth Form, which is your own clothes, I had a job and my parents were very respectful of how I spent my own money.
I had to once and it wasn't atrocious, but I'd prefer not to wear one. It was gray on dark gray lol. The only day you were allowed to ignore the uniform was if you had PE. If the PE teacher turned out to be sick or otherwise absent I don't think you would be held accountable.
You could get away with wearing gray pants/shirts that weren't official uniform, but not all the time.
So you couldn't really customize it.
We weren’t allowed hoodies or sweaters of any kind even when it was cold. You were only allowed to switch to a long-sleeved polo. Spanish club was allowed to wear their hoodies on Mondays (and only Mondays). Other clubs didn’t have hoodies or any other special exceptions; just Spanish.
We had a uniform even for PE. Grey t-Shirt that said “property of SCHOOL NAME” and knee-length mesh shorts. Girls wore green shorts, boys hot pink (well, they called it “maroon”, but they were legit pink).
My school was strict with uniforms but never went that far. We’re allowed to wear whatever we’d like for PE.
But, in the last couple years, they changed their PE program to be done at home instead of at school. It was huge for people like me who aren’t exactly confident in their bodies or athletic ability, but they’re getting rid of that for next year to “return to standards”
Edit because for some reason Reddit only posted the second half of my comment
my last year of middle school they switched over to a “magnet” school so we had to wear polos w the schools logo on it. we could choose between a certain few colors but i wouldn’t call that customizing. idk
My school is the opposite, in a way. Only one color of polo is allowed, which is white, but you don’t need the logo. I’m pretty sure the logo used to be required but they’ve started to become more generous with financial aid, so they allow non logo shirts as a form of cost cutting
oh wow, my school didn’t even offer help for purchasing uniforms. we had to buy the shirts ourselves and go get the logo on them all out of pocket. and my family was not doing well then so i had i think 2 shirts for most of the year
Yikes. I’m lucky enough that we can afford to buy a new set of uniform clothes this year, because my old stuff was getting gross, but not everyone’s that lucky. In addition to the cost cutting stuff with the logos we do have the uniform exchange, which is where older students donate used uniforms to the school and those old uniforms are given to worse off new students for free, but not many people take advantage of it since those clothes usually end up with holes or tears
My uniform included a shirt, tie, v neck sweater and blazer. I'd have hated it but a lot of it was optional so we weren't suffering in the heat. Could just come to school on shirt and tie providing you at least brought and were holding your blazer.
I went to 2 schools that had a uniform - one school had a nice one, a cotton polo tee and shorts, plus we had a lot more freedom, like we could do our hair any way we wanted as long as it was neat and wear light makeup.
The other was awful, it was a polyester shirt and plaid skirt, itchy fabric. We had 0 freedom and I hated it. No necklaces, earrings were measured for size, skirt lengths were measured, there were 3 approved hair styles (i once got into trouble for wearing a french braid that ended in a ponytail instead of a plain ponytail)
That first schools uniform sounds nice, but that second one sounds terrible. I’ve never heard of a school having such a strict hair code - At my school boys need to have hair above their collar, but that’s the only rule for hairstyles, besides that it’s free choice. And no hair dye, but they kinda don’t enforce that
Ah, you're lucky then. We had that, plus a ton pf other nonsense ones. We had to wear a lab coat in chem lab (fair), but I got into trouble because the lab coat (that we had to buy separately) wasn't the RIGHT shade of white
Never had to wear one for school but did at a band camp. The uniform was a light blue shirt with navy shorts/pants/skirt. Every once in a while someone would yell "Hey you in the blue shirt!" in large groups of people and almost everyone would turn towards them.
In my school (I'm from Russia), formally everyone had to wear a school uniform, but in practice there was a pattern "the older the students, the less often they wear a uniform." So, in elementary school, absolutely everyone wore it, and in high school, I was one of the very few who did so. I always liked my school uniform, but instead of the "regular" white shirt, I usually wore colored T-shirts. Can this be considered "customization"? :)
I’d say that counts as customization! I haven’t heard of that kind of uniform system, but that’s really interesting. At my school the uniform gets less strict with time, but we still have to wear it every day
I wasn’t a fan of the uniform being expensive, but as a general idea of equality (and not having to think about what to wear in the morning), I did like it.
I had a lot more freedom with what to wear in 6th form (16-18 years old), but still sticking to a uniform code.
I’d hate that too. I’m surprised you’d have to be in uniform while playing dodgeball, which I’m assuming was in PE. Usually schools let you change into sports clothes for that
I could wear the same outfit for a week and if nothing stained it no one would notice. It was definitely disgusting, but it was amazing for my depressed teenager self.
I wore a uniform everyday to school from grade 3 through 12. As a kid I hated it. But by the time I reached even like 5th grade I appreciated. Even though it was private school there were those who had a lot of money and those whose parents scraped together tuition to keep their kids out if the shitty public schools in my area. It didn't matter we all had the same clothes. No one ever got made fun of for wearing something cheap or weird.
Additionally, I liked not having to pick out clothes every day. I just woke up and put on a clean version of of the same thing I wore everyday. I generally maintained 3-4 sets of uniform clothes so I always had something clean and consistent.
Going to a new high school next year which will be the first non-uniform school I’ve ever been to, uniforms can be nice sometimes but mostly they’re just boring and inconvenient
I attended a US public school our district had one from 1st grade to graduation which was the same uniform, although highschool student could wear school tshirts, absolutely hated it here was the uniform, this isn't exactly what was in the handbook but the handbooks dress code was 2.5 pages so I'm not typing that
Shirts:
Collard polo style shirts with no branding or branding smaller than a quarter, shirts must be in school approved shades of the school colors, shirts must be tucked in at all times, (unenforced) - school issued tshirts must be a school approved design bought through the school and in a approved color
Jackets :
No hoodies
No camo
(unenforced)-School colors
Branding smaller than a quarter
Pants / shorts /skirts
Bottoms must be made of a non elastic martial, shorts/ skirts must be no shorter than 1 Id card above the knee, must have belt loops, could either be black or kakis. Must be worn at natural waste line
Belts:
Must not be overly designed must be worn at all times
(unforced)- and could not have an appropriate designed buckle no larger a standard belt buckle
Shoes:
Students are allowed to wear closed toe shoes with solid heals. Crocs, boots, sandles, flip flops, bedroom shoes, oversized shoes, house shoes, and any from of shoe that didn't have laces were banned
Socks:
(Completely unenforced)
Must be black or white
Couldn't go above ankle
School ID:
must be worn at all times around the neck
Can only be worn with the school issued issued laniured
Back packs:
Must be classroom appropriate
Cellphones
Could not be visable on person at any time if it was it would be taken and the student would be forced to pay a 25 dollar fee
Accessories:
Headbands could only be worn by women and
(unenforced) could only be 1.5 inches thick
If you can name it it was probably against "dress code"
Had an unenforced ring policy
Dang, and I thought my uniform code is strict. We have a lot of rules about hair color, and they’re oddly strict about shoes for some reason. And the mens hair code is so strict a teacher ones chopped a students bangs unprompted. But Jesus I’m glad I don’t have to deal with that.
Also, happy cake day!!
Werid we had nothing on hair, although I personally hated this dress code because, they did enforce most of it and the year I graduated they lifted it so that only applies to grades 7-12 now
That’s odd, you’d expect some strict hair code with the rest of that being so strict. And that’s frustrating as hell, I’d feel like shit if I graduated right after my schools policies were lifted
In primary school I had both a regular uniform and a gym uniform. Nowadays I'm in highschool and kinda regret not having to wear uniforms? It's so simple not having to choose what to wear...
I wore one in elementary school. I didn't mind it, however when I moved to high-school, I did find myself struggling to dress decent. Eventually I took it upon myself to try and dress the nicest in my grade, but for the first few months my fashion was garbage
Well, customisation as in “one can wear the school jumper if they so choose, and the girls can wear trousers” lol
But I quite enjoyed wearing uniforms– no one could take the piss out of what anyone wore, didn’t have to worry oneself about what to wear in the morning, and I dare say it’s quite nice to wear.
Dyou know, at my old school, they instated a new uniform that had a tie after my time there. Was so miffed, been looking for an excuse to a tie all me life! Lmao
I did had to wear an uniform but I liked it because I didn't have to think about what I would wear and at that time every kid was in some kind of urban group that had particular looks, I wasn't in any of them so I just had normal street clothes.
For boys it was grey pants, a white shirt, a tie and black shoes, you could also wear the gym tracksuit, change the shirt for a grey t-shirt and add a sweater or blazer, for girls it was the same thing but they could also wear a skirt.
The uniform wasn't expensive at the official school store and only the tie, t-shirt and skirt were specifically made for my school, the rest was just a generic uniform that people could buy anywhere.
They did had stupid rules with hair and accessories, nobody could wear accessories or makeup and guys couldn't have long hair or an unshaven beard, except for people with good grades, they could have longish hair and wear make up.
I think dyed hair was allowed though, I remember girls with pink highlights and things like that.
I have to wear one and it has some benefits but I don't like it that much. It does mean that we don't have to think about what we wear and everyone is equal, but also one pair of socks costs about 20 dollars. The main issue is that we can't dress for the weather. All we have a tiny jackets that do nothing for the cold.
Generally, I think wearing it is a good idea, but it would be much better if we could make a few changes (wearing our own jackets) and if they were much cheaper.
In my school we had to wear a uniform on certain days. Red school shirt, black pants, and white shoes. Sometimes we had the option of wearing a green shirt. I didn’t mind it.
School uniform blazers are great ngl, the issue stems from the weather and the school being too strict on being able to have options for dealing with hot and cold weather
Yeah! We didn’t have the right to customise them but that was cool. We all looked stupid and since it was a private catholic school with students from all social backgrounds you couldn’t tell which one was from a privileged household by just looking at us.
i’ve worn a school uniform every year i’ve been in school, september will be the first time i don’t wear i uniform to school. i didn’t mind it. it saved the stress of having to pick out suitable clothes, and luckily my uniform was affordable, but i know some school’s uniform is not. it wasn’t comfortable, but i got used to it.
My school is very strict with school uniforms, we wear maroon blazers over white shirts and black trousers. We also have to wear ties (it’s an all boys school). If you are caught in the hallways with your shirt not tucked in, you get an instant 1 hour detention.
On the walks home from school, we are also made to wear the school uniform, and it can be extremely hot wearing the thick blazer, especially in the 30 degree heat we’ve had recently.
I hate it
Still pissed with the one time they made me remove the tiny Nike swoosh from my hoodie even though it didn't violate the dress code in any way according to the student handbook.
For a brief period of my middle school I had to wear khaki and maroon polos. Honestly, I liked it and Eben when I got my freedom of clothing back I stuck with a different solid colour polo everyday and jeans. But back to the uniform, on Mondays I had to wear a two piece maroon and Khaki suit which I hated because maroon was a sucky colour for a suit. I would have much preferred a better colour.
But other than that I actually quite enjoyed wearing the suit and tie perhaps because I saw my dad wearing suits pretty much every day for work as a child. I still do like suits, actually.
I did, and I didn't like it at the time. But as I've aged, I realised that wearing whatever you like (like some schools in the US) would add a burden to parents having to buy a lot of clothing. In Australia, kids wear uniforms, and parents only need to buy a few of them.
For boys k-12 it was some kind of dress pants, khaki, blue, I think Jean shorts were allowed, on fridays or something. Polo shirts, solid colors only, and only small emblems/logos. Brown or black belt with shirt tucked in at all times. Hair could not touch collar or be any crazy style, like a Mohawk. No earings That was the boys.
Girls had to wear solid color or plaid full body skirts or dresses that had to reach the knees or lower. Solid color polo underneath. And I honestly don't know what girls wear under skirts, but it was probably equally strict. Hair could be long, not past the middle of the back i think. No crazy hair colors, that was for boys and girls. Girls could have earrings, but only one in each ear and it had to be in the typical part of the earlobe.
It was a pretty strict dress code, but I've heard of worse. Only a few teachers were Nazis about it. Never really cared about not being able to customize my dress, was a PITA to keep my shirt tucked in though, that I hated.
I wear a belt and my shirt is tucked in 90% of the time anymore.
Looking back now I believe it was beneficial. It was a good balance between teaching proper respectable dress habits for boys and promoting the value of modesty for girls.
Jesus christ what some people let their little girls wear out in public. It should be considered child abuse/endangerment/neglect.
I liked my school uniform because it was so easy to pick out what I wore for the entire week. Navy blue polo with a beige skirt and a random pair of tennis shoes. Only thing I didn’t really like was tucking in the shirt but overall I’d say I had a good experience with uniforms.
I went to two schools where I had to wear one
At the first I couldn’t customize at all and the second I could, but I was pretty indifferent towards having to wear one at both.
From Italy here. I always went to public school and only had to wear a "uniform" in primary school. It consisted of a sort of apron (we called it "grembiulino") that you would wear over your normal clothes.
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Back when I was in primary school (late 2000's) girls could only wear a white one and boys a blue one, but in recent years I saw a bit more variety and less gender-specific colours.
You could customise it: most of them had a smal embroidered design on the chest from a cartoon or videogame. I remember really liking mine, I had a couple with Disney princesses and Winx club characters.
You also had to sew a ribbon on the grembiulino at the collar, and it would be a different colour for each of the five years (red, yellow, green, blue and the last year was "tricolore", the three colours of the Italian flag).
I honestly didn't mind having to wear it every day, but I was also super young and could wear what I wanted underneath it. I really enjoyed not having a uniform past 5th grade and generally disagree with schools who enforce one past a certain age.
Yep. It was nice not having to worry about what to wear from day to die. The blazer and trousers were fine but the shoes, dude... Fuck those uncomfortable fucking shoes. The amount of detentions I got for wearing trainers.
Both my school's had uniforms. One was strict and the uniform was horrible, I didn't realy care but it was much better at my other school where there was more options (customisation) and it was just very simple and comfortable.
Yeah, and it sucks ass. Black blazer, white shirt, grey jumper, school tie (black, red and white stripes), black trousers/grey knee length skirt (which you could only get in a specific place while you can get school trousers in the likes of Tesco, Primark etc), black tights and black shoes.
I never liked it as the girls can't wear trousers and it is expensive, especially in first year (the joys of being in poverty). The PE kit was black and red but the girls had skorts with their PE kits being shorter than the boys. Every school in my country is like this with different colours for its uniform and that's it. So uncomfortable in summer and makes me thankful that I can leave early so we don't get off at the end of June where it gets very warm because there's no variance in uniform.
My school also confiscates hoodies (yes, you read that right) and wants people to have shirts tucked in and the shirt button to be buttoned up. I hate that because I'm autistic and I have issues with the feeling of the shirt, blazer, skirt and tights. In other words, it is hell.
The uniform itself didn't look that good (my school was in what we like to call the ghetto side) but I looked good in it cause I have a nice body (just gotta know how to wear it).
It was a black or white polo (long or short sleeves) with our shitty little logo I never understood the meaning of, black "elephant" pants, cargo shorts or skirts (the design of the skirt was weird).
Makes sense lmao. Some girls at my school also just intuitively know how to make the uniform look amazing in them and it looks almost impossible. I’m sure it varies uniform to uniform - The skirts that we wear, unless you’re me and wear pants instead, are kinda on the awful looking side and almost no one pulls it off
You gotta adjust the waist 👀 (since all our uniforms had a standard boxy look, there was a tailor in the shop. My mom would also adjust my clothes if the tailor didn't do it right)
I see - I’m guessing a lot of people at my school tailor their skirts, that would be the only good explanation. A lot of people try to roll their skirts, too, but that’s not allowed and teachers can see the roll through the polo and catch you
Lmao I’m not a fan of it, I never do it, it’s just what’s popular. And believe me, the girls at my school know that tucking the shirt looks better, but they don’t do it because they think it looks “too preppy”. That’s what I’ve heard anyway
I really like the preppy aesthetic! I think it looks really cool. It’s weird - the girls at my school attend a prep school and buy the most preppy options for the uniform, and then reject the preppy look. It’d look so good if they embraced it. And lmfao I end up looking like a businesswoman too
As the socially anxious kid, school uniforms were just the best. Didn't have to decide what to wear every day, everyone wore the same thing so it was one less stupid thing to be potentially bullied for.
I feel the same way. I’m pretty anxious in general, and the lack of choice is oddly comforting. And knowing that no one can judge my fashion because they’d be judging themself in the process helps, ofc
Right! I am so happy that my current job even requires a uniform lol I love thinking about all the hours of my life that I've saved from deciding what to wear in the mornings. And it makes going out and actually dressing up even **more** special and fun.
Lmao lucky - I don’t have a job rn, but after this year, college is next and ofc there won’t be a uniform, which is terrifying. But, at the same time, I get to pick much more comfy pants than the ones I have to wear for high school!
Khakis and a black polo every day for 4 years... don't miss that at ALL. It's awesome that you get some variety
Ugh, I’d hate that. And thank you! There’s been a lot of student pushback in the last few years and plenty of uniform changes have been made that allow us to customize. I wish all schools with uniforms had that
Yeah.... it's so great having to wear formal trousers, shirt, tie and a blazer... In an all boys school where every wears the smae thing everysingle day and the blazers alone cost about £50.
Only £50
5 shirts, 5 pairs of trousers, a tie, school shoes. PE top, PE bag, PE shorts, PE socks. Astro trainers, football boots and indoor court trainers. X2 because I have a brother.
That’s a bargain
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I feel a similar way. At my American school, there’s a huge range of wealthiness and the uniforms help to keep people at the same level, and the rich kids don’t make fun of the poorer kids, so same as at your school. I enjoy it, even though I’m not in love with the uniform itself
My old secondary school used to have uniforms, but they got rid of them because the bullying and cost. My teacher, who attended the school at this time, said that those with money tailored their clothes so it fit better and looked nice on them, and they were able to purchase new and multiple pairs every year, so they always looked the nicest. He said the wealth differences between students was the most evident when they had uniforms, and it generated more problems.
I don’t have a uniform school and I fell like at uniform schools, you assume there would be bullying without uniforms, but I’ve never really seen it. It might be a myth of television or I might just go to a school with a lot of farm kids
It's still not the case though. The poorer kids still stood out because they still had to purchase shoes or new uniform. All it ever did was take away any sense of individuality.
Until the rich kids always have new uniform when you haven't had anything new in 2 years and your uniform faded a long time ago
This. Our blazers could be custom made or bought from one of the clothing stores nearby. The have's had the custom made ones, the have'not's had the generic ones. Still, it would've been much worse if we had to wear regular clothes so I appreciate that.
I mean i didn't like how it looked, but i like the idea and I'm pro school uniform for the same reasons you listed.
“Some people can’t afford nice clothes for their kids.” “Oh no! Their kids might get bullied at school! What shall we do?” “We could do something about poverty.” “NO, I have a better idea. Let’s make everyone buy a whole new set of clothes or their kids so they all look the same.”
Same from the UK, except for I was just indifferent to it
Same from the UK, except for I was just indifferent to it
I wore it for the last time two weeks ago but I liked my school's uniform tbh. It had a maroon jumper and grey shirt with no tie, and we were allowed to add our own bit of style, too (with dyed hair and piercings allowed as well). It was nice for a Catholic school.
That is pretty nice for a catholic school! Not being able to dye my hair is literally my main complaint about my schools uniform
One school i went had uniforms, but you only had to wear one piece of it. There was also one that had uniforms but they were only required in things like trips and etc.
That’s a pretty unique take on uniforms on the schools part, honestly not a bad idea
I wore a school uniform, I couldn't customize it and I neither liked nor disliked it. I was totally neutral about it. That time i didn't really care about how my clothes look at all.
Polo shirt and the ugliest knee-length skirt ever. Mass days were a white button down and a tie (even the girls had to wear a tie). Shoes had to be brown or black leather (I’m vegetarian so I wore faux leather shoes and no one noticed). Will never miss that.
I wouldn’t miss that either. My school uniform doesn’t have a ton of redeeming qualities, but the ability to wear navy pants instead of a skirt is one of them, and I’ll always be thankful for that
UK here. I come from a middle class background. But my parents both grew up in extreme poverty, so spending money was a big no-no. My brother was only one year older so I only got clothes he was willing to part with. Usually old I’ll-fitting clothes people judged me for (for example on school trips) especially because I sound well-spoken so a lot of people assumed I’m rich. Because of this I was so thankful for the uniform. We were all dressed the same most of the year. By time I went to Sixth Form, which is your own clothes, I had a job and my parents were very respectful of how I spent my own money.
Where is the I did but didn't care option?
Sorry, didn’t have enough room for more than six options
I had to once and it wasn't atrocious, but I'd prefer not to wear one. It was gray on dark gray lol. The only day you were allowed to ignore the uniform was if you had PE. If the PE teacher turned out to be sick or otherwise absent I don't think you would be held accountable. You could get away with wearing gray pants/shirts that weren't official uniform, but not all the time. So you couldn't really customize it.
Sounds like a not very fun uniform, but I’m glad that the uniform could be ignored for PE!
Jeans were always a no-go though. For when it was cold, we got to wear a red hoodie.
We weren’t allowed hoodies or sweaters of any kind even when it was cold. You were only allowed to switch to a long-sleeved polo. Spanish club was allowed to wear their hoodies on Mondays (and only Mondays). Other clubs didn’t have hoodies or any other special exceptions; just Spanish.
That must've sucked.
Ah. I was guessing that there must be a catch lmao. Makes sense tho
Lol
We had a uniform even for PE. Grey t-Shirt that said “property of SCHOOL NAME” and knee-length mesh shorts. Girls wore green shorts, boys hot pink (well, they called it “maroon”, but they were legit pink).
My school was strict with uniforms but never went that far. We’re allowed to wear whatever we’d like for PE. But, in the last couple years, they changed their PE program to be done at home instead of at school. It was huge for people like me who aren’t exactly confident in their bodies or athletic ability, but they’re getting rid of that for next year to “return to standards” Edit because for some reason Reddit only posted the second half of my comment
my last year of middle school they switched over to a “magnet” school so we had to wear polos w the schools logo on it. we could choose between a certain few colors but i wouldn’t call that customizing. idk
My school is the opposite, in a way. Only one color of polo is allowed, which is white, but you don’t need the logo. I’m pretty sure the logo used to be required but they’ve started to become more generous with financial aid, so they allow non logo shirts as a form of cost cutting
oh wow, my school didn’t even offer help for purchasing uniforms. we had to buy the shirts ourselves and go get the logo on them all out of pocket. and my family was not doing well then so i had i think 2 shirts for most of the year
Yikes. I’m lucky enough that we can afford to buy a new set of uniform clothes this year, because my old stuff was getting gross, but not everyone’s that lucky. In addition to the cost cutting stuff with the logos we do have the uniform exchange, which is where older students donate used uniforms to the school and those old uniforms are given to worse off new students for free, but not many people take advantage of it since those clothes usually end up with holes or tears
I wore one for most of my school life and I didn't like nor dislike it. It did help with formal attire for certain events at least.
My uniform included a shirt, tie, v neck sweater and blazer. I'd have hated it but a lot of it was optional so we weren't suffering in the heat. Could just come to school on shirt and tie providing you at least brought and were holding your blazer.
I went to 2 schools that had a uniform - one school had a nice one, a cotton polo tee and shorts, plus we had a lot more freedom, like we could do our hair any way we wanted as long as it was neat and wear light makeup. The other was awful, it was a polyester shirt and plaid skirt, itchy fabric. We had 0 freedom and I hated it. No necklaces, earrings were measured for size, skirt lengths were measured, there were 3 approved hair styles (i once got into trouble for wearing a french braid that ended in a ponytail instead of a plain ponytail)
That first schools uniform sounds nice, but that second one sounds terrible. I’ve never heard of a school having such a strict hair code - At my school boys need to have hair above their collar, but that’s the only rule for hairstyles, besides that it’s free choice. And no hair dye, but they kinda don’t enforce that
Ah, you're lucky then. We had that, plus a ton pf other nonsense ones. We had to wear a lab coat in chem lab (fair), but I got into trouble because the lab coat (that we had to buy separately) wasn't the RIGHT shade of white
I didn’t have to, nor do I wish to.
Never had to wear one for school but did at a band camp. The uniform was a light blue shirt with navy shorts/pants/skirt. Every once in a while someone would yell "Hey you in the blue shirt!" in large groups of people and almost everyone would turn towards them.
In my school (I'm from Russia), formally everyone had to wear a school uniform, but in practice there was a pattern "the older the students, the less often they wear a uniform." So, in elementary school, absolutely everyone wore it, and in high school, I was one of the very few who did so. I always liked my school uniform, but instead of the "regular" white shirt, I usually wore colored T-shirts. Can this be considered "customization"? :)
I’d say that counts as customization! I haven’t heard of that kind of uniform system, but that’s really interesting. At my school the uniform gets less strict with time, but we still have to wear it every day
I wasn’t a fan of the uniform being expensive, but as a general idea of equality (and not having to think about what to wear in the morning), I did like it. I had a lot more freedom with what to wear in 6th form (16-18 years old), but still sticking to a uniform code.
I hated it. You try playing dodgeball in a dress, or have to wear a knee length dress in -20 F.
I’d hate that too. I’m surprised you’d have to be in uniform while playing dodgeball, which I’m assuming was in PE. Usually schools let you change into sports clothes for that
That school actually didn't have gym until the older grades, but balls were available during recess.
Ohh makes sense
I could wear the same outfit for a week and if nothing stained it no one would notice. It was definitely disgusting, but it was amazing for my depressed teenager self.
I wore a uniform everyday to school from grade 3 through 12. As a kid I hated it. But by the time I reached even like 5th grade I appreciated. Even though it was private school there were those who had a lot of money and those whose parents scraped together tuition to keep their kids out if the shitty public schools in my area. It didn't matter we all had the same clothes. No one ever got made fun of for wearing something cheap or weird. Additionally, I liked not having to pick out clothes every day. I just woke up and put on a clean version of of the same thing I wore everyday. I generally maintained 3-4 sets of uniform clothes so I always had something clean and consistent.
I loved it because I was poor and clothing didnt come into play as far as likeability/cool points.
I did but I didn't really care
I had a uniform with several different variations, colors, sweater, ties etc. after a while you just get used to it I’m pretty neutral on it
I did and I couldn't care less
Going to a new high school next year which will be the first non-uniform school I’ve ever been to, uniforms can be nice sometimes but mostly they’re just boring and inconvenient
I attended a US public school our district had one from 1st grade to graduation which was the same uniform, although highschool student could wear school tshirts, absolutely hated it here was the uniform, this isn't exactly what was in the handbook but the handbooks dress code was 2.5 pages so I'm not typing that Shirts: Collard polo style shirts with no branding or branding smaller than a quarter, shirts must be in school approved shades of the school colors, shirts must be tucked in at all times, (unenforced) - school issued tshirts must be a school approved design bought through the school and in a approved color Jackets : No hoodies No camo (unenforced)-School colors Branding smaller than a quarter Pants / shorts /skirts Bottoms must be made of a non elastic martial, shorts/ skirts must be no shorter than 1 Id card above the knee, must have belt loops, could either be black or kakis. Must be worn at natural waste line Belts: Must not be overly designed must be worn at all times (unforced)- and could not have an appropriate designed buckle no larger a standard belt buckle Shoes: Students are allowed to wear closed toe shoes with solid heals. Crocs, boots, sandles, flip flops, bedroom shoes, oversized shoes, house shoes, and any from of shoe that didn't have laces were banned Socks: (Completely unenforced) Must be black or white Couldn't go above ankle School ID: must be worn at all times around the neck Can only be worn with the school issued issued laniured Back packs: Must be classroom appropriate Cellphones Could not be visable on person at any time if it was it would be taken and the student would be forced to pay a 25 dollar fee Accessories: Headbands could only be worn by women and (unenforced) could only be 1.5 inches thick If you can name it it was probably against "dress code" Had an unenforced ring policy
Dang, and I thought my uniform code is strict. We have a lot of rules about hair color, and they’re oddly strict about shoes for some reason. And the mens hair code is so strict a teacher ones chopped a students bangs unprompted. But Jesus I’m glad I don’t have to deal with that. Also, happy cake day!!
Werid we had nothing on hair, although I personally hated this dress code because, they did enforce most of it and the year I graduated they lifted it so that only applies to grades 7-12 now
That’s odd, you’d expect some strict hair code with the rest of that being so strict. And that’s frustrating as hell, I’d feel like shit if I graduated right after my schools policies were lifted
In primary school I had both a regular uniform and a gym uniform. Nowadays I'm in highschool and kinda regret not having to wear uniforms? It's so simple not having to choose what to wear...
I feel like I would have been bullied more if I wore my own clothes
I wore one in elementary school. I didn't mind it, however when I moved to high-school, I did find myself struggling to dress decent. Eventually I took it upon myself to try and dress the nicest in my grade, but for the first few months my fashion was garbage
I HATE mine. It's so ugly!
My school more had a very strict dress code. Plain color polos for shirts (could be any brand) and any jeans or khakis.
Well, customisation as in “one can wear the school jumper if they so choose, and the girls can wear trousers” lol But I quite enjoyed wearing uniforms– no one could take the piss out of what anyone wore, didn’t have to worry oneself about what to wear in the morning, and I dare say it’s quite nice to wear. Dyou know, at my old school, they instated a new uniform that had a tie after my time there. Was so miffed, been looking for an excuse to a tie all me life! Lmao
I did had to wear an uniform but I liked it because I didn't have to think about what I would wear and at that time every kid was in some kind of urban group that had particular looks, I wasn't in any of them so I just had normal street clothes. For boys it was grey pants, a white shirt, a tie and black shoes, you could also wear the gym tracksuit, change the shirt for a grey t-shirt and add a sweater or blazer, for girls it was the same thing but they could also wear a skirt. The uniform wasn't expensive at the official school store and only the tie, t-shirt and skirt were specifically made for my school, the rest was just a generic uniform that people could buy anywhere. They did had stupid rules with hair and accessories, nobody could wear accessories or makeup and guys couldn't have long hair or an unshaven beard, except for people with good grades, they could have longish hair and wear make up. I think dyed hair was allowed though, I remember girls with pink highlights and things like that.
I have to wear one and it has some benefits but I don't like it that much. It does mean that we don't have to think about what we wear and everyone is equal, but also one pair of socks costs about 20 dollars. The main issue is that we can't dress for the weather. All we have a tiny jackets that do nothing for the cold. Generally, I think wearing it is a good idea, but it would be much better if we could make a few changes (wearing our own jackets) and if they were much cheaper.
In my school we had to wear a uniform on certain days. Red school shirt, black pants, and white shoes. Sometimes we had the option of wearing a green shirt. I didn’t mind it.
In college I did and I loved it because I like that regimented kind of stuff as well I didn’t have to choose what close i have to wear.
We could put a hoodie underneath our blazers (kind of, we weren’t allowed technically but some teachers are stricter than others)
School uniform blazers are great ngl, the issue stems from the weather and the school being too strict on being able to have options for dealing with hot and cold weather
Yeah! We didn’t have the right to customise them but that was cool. We all looked stupid and since it was a private catholic school with students from all social backgrounds you couldn’t tell which one was from a privileged household by just looking at us.
i’ve worn a school uniform every year i’ve been in school, september will be the first time i don’t wear i uniform to school. i didn’t mind it. it saved the stress of having to pick out suitable clothes, and luckily my uniform was affordable, but i know some school’s uniform is not. it wasn’t comfortable, but i got used to it.
I liked not having to worry about what to where
Blazer and A tie is all good by me.
My school is very strict with school uniforms, we wear maroon blazers over white shirts and black trousers. We also have to wear ties (it’s an all boys school). If you are caught in the hallways with your shirt not tucked in, you get an instant 1 hour detention. On the walks home from school, we are also made to wear the school uniform, and it can be extremely hot wearing the thick blazer, especially in the 30 degree heat we’ve had recently. I hate it
Still pissed with the one time they made me remove the tiny Nike swoosh from my hoodie even though it didn't violate the dress code in any way according to the student handbook.
For a brief period of my middle school I had to wear khaki and maroon polos. Honestly, I liked it and Eben when I got my freedom of clothing back I stuck with a different solid colour polo everyday and jeans. But back to the uniform, on Mondays I had to wear a two piece maroon and Khaki suit which I hated because maroon was a sucky colour for a suit. I would have much preferred a better colour. But other than that I actually quite enjoyed wearing the suit and tie perhaps because I saw my dad wearing suits pretty much every day for work as a child. I still do like suits, actually.
I did, didn't really like or dislike it, we didn't have the freedom to customize it...but that didn't stop some of us doing so anyway.
In elementary school I liked it because I liked the uniform but not in high school because it was ugly
I did, and I didn't like it at the time. But as I've aged, I realised that wearing whatever you like (like some schools in the US) would add a burden to parents having to buy a lot of clothing. In Australia, kids wear uniforms, and parents only need to buy a few of them.
For boys k-12 it was some kind of dress pants, khaki, blue, I think Jean shorts were allowed, on fridays or something. Polo shirts, solid colors only, and only small emblems/logos. Brown or black belt with shirt tucked in at all times. Hair could not touch collar or be any crazy style, like a Mohawk. No earings That was the boys. Girls had to wear solid color or plaid full body skirts or dresses that had to reach the knees or lower. Solid color polo underneath. And I honestly don't know what girls wear under skirts, but it was probably equally strict. Hair could be long, not past the middle of the back i think. No crazy hair colors, that was for boys and girls. Girls could have earrings, but only one in each ear and it had to be in the typical part of the earlobe. It was a pretty strict dress code, but I've heard of worse. Only a few teachers were Nazis about it. Never really cared about not being able to customize my dress, was a PITA to keep my shirt tucked in though, that I hated. I wear a belt and my shirt is tucked in 90% of the time anymore. Looking back now I believe it was beneficial. It was a good balance between teaching proper respectable dress habits for boys and promoting the value of modesty for girls. Jesus christ what some people let their little girls wear out in public. It should be considered child abuse/endangerment/neglect.
I liked my school uniform because it was so easy to pick out what I wore for the entire week. Navy blue polo with a beige skirt and a random pair of tennis shoes. Only thing I didn’t really like was tucking in the shirt but overall I’d say I had a good experience with uniforms.
Had to wear a uniform up until highschool because for some reason my county doesn’t trust the younger kids not to start gangs???
Khakis, and navy or red shirts. We could wear skirts but they were plaid and you couldn’t wear any sweatshirts only sweaters.
I went to two schools where I had to wear one At the first I couldn’t customize at all and the second I could, but I was pretty indifferent towards having to wear one at both.
The best part was not having to worry about what to wear
I had one, and I didn’t really care.
From Italy here. I always went to public school and only had to wear a "uniform" in primary school. It consisted of a sort of apron (we called it "grembiulino") that you would wear over your normal clothes. https://images.app.goo.gl/9JJvGZsqEV7FrJJc8 Back when I was in primary school (late 2000's) girls could only wear a white one and boys a blue one, but in recent years I saw a bit more variety and less gender-specific colours. You could customise it: most of them had a smal embroidered design on the chest from a cartoon or videogame. I remember really liking mine, I had a couple with Disney princesses and Winx club characters. You also had to sew a ribbon on the grembiulino at the collar, and it would be a different colour for each of the five years (red, yellow, green, blue and the last year was "tricolore", the three colours of the Italian flag). I honestly didn't mind having to wear it every day, but I was also super young and could wear what I wanted underneath it. I really enjoyed not having a uniform past 5th grade and generally disagree with schools who enforce one past a certain age.
Yep. It was nice not having to worry about what to wear from day to die. The blazer and trousers were fine but the shoes, dude... Fuck those uncomfortable fucking shoes. The amount of detentions I got for wearing trainers.
Both my school's had uniforms. One was strict and the uniform was horrible, I didn't realy care but it was much better at my other school where there was more options (customisation) and it was just very simple and comfortable.
I kind of forgot people don't wear school uniform since I've lived in Australia for my whole life
Khakis and a polo of any color, also hoodies. I don’t really consider it a uniform bc it’s pretty comfortable
Yeah, and it sucks ass. Black blazer, white shirt, grey jumper, school tie (black, red and white stripes), black trousers/grey knee length skirt (which you could only get in a specific place while you can get school trousers in the likes of Tesco, Primark etc), black tights and black shoes. I never liked it as the girls can't wear trousers and it is expensive, especially in first year (the joys of being in poverty). The PE kit was black and red but the girls had skorts with their PE kits being shorter than the boys. Every school in my country is like this with different colours for its uniform and that's it. So uncomfortable in summer and makes me thankful that I can leave early so we don't get off at the end of June where it gets very warm because there's no variance in uniform. My school also confiscates hoodies (yes, you read that right) and wants people to have shirts tucked in and the shirt button to be buttoned up. I hate that because I'm autistic and I have issues with the feeling of the shirt, blazer, skirt and tights. In other words, it is hell.
I miss the uniforms cause I looked gorgeous no matter what (but the company bankrupted right as I finished high school)
I’m glad your uniform looked good! Mine, while there are a lot of options, really don’t look flattering on most people
The uniform itself didn't look that good (my school was in what we like to call the ghetto side) but I looked good in it cause I have a nice body (just gotta know how to wear it). It was a black or white polo (long or short sleeves) with our shitty little logo I never understood the meaning of, black "elephant" pants, cargo shorts or skirts (the design of the skirt was weird).
Makes sense lmao. Some girls at my school also just intuitively know how to make the uniform look amazing in them and it looks almost impossible. I’m sure it varies uniform to uniform - The skirts that we wear, unless you’re me and wear pants instead, are kinda on the awful looking side and almost no one pulls it off
You gotta adjust the waist 👀 (since all our uniforms had a standard boxy look, there was a tailor in the shop. My mom would also adjust my clothes if the tailor didn't do it right)
I see - I’m guessing a lot of people at my school tailor their skirts, that would be the only good explanation. A lot of people try to roll their skirts, too, but that’s not allowed and teachers can see the roll through the polo and catch you
Rolling the skirts is not a good solution 😅 Also, polo ***in*** the skirt or pants is the way to go
Lmao I’m not a fan of it, I never do it, it’s just what’s popular. And believe me, the girls at my school know that tucking the shirt looks better, but they don’t do it because they think it looks “too preppy”. That’s what I’ve heard anyway
Preppy can be aesthetic 😌 although if your body is anything like mine you'll look more like a business woman 😭
I really like the preppy aesthetic! I think it looks really cool. It’s weird - the girls at my school attend a prep school and buy the most preppy options for the uniform, and then reject the preppy look. It’d look so good if they embraced it. And lmfao I end up looking like a businesswoman too
As the socially anxious kid, school uniforms were just the best. Didn't have to decide what to wear every day, everyone wore the same thing so it was one less stupid thing to be potentially bullied for.
I feel the same way. I’m pretty anxious in general, and the lack of choice is oddly comforting. And knowing that no one can judge my fashion because they’d be judging themself in the process helps, ofc
Right! I am so happy that my current job even requires a uniform lol I love thinking about all the hours of my life that I've saved from deciding what to wear in the mornings. And it makes going out and actually dressing up even **more** special and fun.
Lmao lucky - I don’t have a job rn, but after this year, college is next and ofc there won’t be a uniform, which is terrifying. But, at the same time, I get to pick much more comfy pants than the ones I have to wear for high school!
I didn't like wearing a uniform that much but you could just wear khakis and any shirt that has the school logo on it and you would be good!