Ban the School Uniform!

School Uniform. Who actually likes school uniform? Nobody. Nobody in their right mind wants to wear exactly the same clothes that hundreds of people are wearing at the same time, in the same place. Why do people wear school uniform? Because they have to. There is no law saying people have to wear school uniform, so who says you have to? Governors, head-teachers, your parents? They all say “wear your school uniform” And why? Because they were told to wear uniforms when they were at school. It’s not because they like school uniform, or that they think it makes you look smart like they always tell you- it’s because they want revenge. That’s all. They just want to get their own back on their governors, their head-teachers, their parents. They just can’t get over the way they were treated at school, the fact that they were made to wear school uniform.

On average 90% of Britain’s school children are FORCED to wear a school uniform. 90%. And this number is always increasing. Think how many people that is. Hundreds, thousands, millions of kids walking about dressed exactly the same, like identical robots.

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Also think how much time is wasted on the uniform. Going out and buying it. Time wasted by you getting dressed into the uniform with a thousand layers-the kind of layers that keeps you roasting in summer and does bugger all in the winter-, time wasted by parents washing the uniform and ironing it continuously. Don’t forget the uniform has to be worn 5 days a week, so it’s not just a case of wash it Saturday, iron it for Monday………it’s more like wash it Tuesday, iron it Tuesday, wash it again Thursday, iron it Thursday and then wash it for Monday again on Saturday. It’s a never ending cycle.

Not only that, teacher’s time is being wasted by having to CHECK that you wearing the goddamn thing.

“Why haven’t you got your tie on?” - The tie you can’t even see

“Why have you got your trainers on?” – What difference does it make what shoes you wear? Expensive time is being wasted on this pointless matter: time which could cost your child those marks to get a better exam level.

Uniform are restrictive, and in a recent survey 99% of people feel uncomfortable in their uniform. This causes them to fidget and lose their concentration. Concentration which is already at a low level.

Nothing bad can come out of banning school uniform. Nothing. People will argue that too much pressure will be put on parents to buy designer clothes for their children, but I disagree. Clothes that people own now would be worn and there was no pressure on buying these so there should be no pressure to buy new clothes. Pressure is already on parents to buy the school uniform so this is a pointless point.

We have to ban the school uniform for people’s individuality. If we don’t people will dress exactly the same all their lives, until we become one world of uniform wearing, identical robots.

It’s been said that somewhere in the world there is someone who looks EXACTLY like you. Imagine if there were a billion people look exactly like you?

So people, join me in saying “Ban the uniform, ban it now before it is too late!”

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