Reply #25: In favor of uniforms...

[Davis_X_Machina]

...having taught in schools with and without them, and having been a student in schools with and without them.

If uniforms are just another way to prepare young America for a life of conformity, how does that differ from the conformity that mandates the purchase of this year's must-have logo? (Last year it was Aeropostale, before that, Abercrombie & Fitch... I go all the way back through Benneton to LaCoste) I'll take my coercion naked and undisguised, thank you, than insinuated by a hundred messages every day.

I have seen far more hurt done by no-dress-policy dress policies, that in effect require each student to publicly declare his or her socioeconomic status every day, than any harm done by stifling adolescent self-expression.

I would have the teachers wear a uniform, too.

Common enterprise, common goals, common clothing.