tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274291.post111169967888346262..comments2023-10-30T09:45:32.994-05:00Comments on The Musings of Kev: What's That Under Your Pledge Pin...A Uniform???Kevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01433235586096305061noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274291.post-1111776255842048862005-03-25T12:44:00.000-06:002005-03-25T12:44:00.000-06:00"How can you tell the difference between the jocks..."<I>How can you tell the difference between the jocks, the nerds, the goths and the invisibles?</I>"<BR/><BR/>I know that was said tongue-in-cheek, but Benjamin Dover brought that up the other day--making everyone look alike actually hinders administrators in keeping an eye on the Trench Coat Mafia and so on. Granted, you can't always judge someone by their appearance, but sometimes it's a good start in situations like that.<BR/><BR/>Those who support uniforms probably hope that changing the <I>outside</I> appearance of the kids will somehow change them on the <I>inside</I>, but it just seems like they're putting a pretty face on certain problems in the hope that they'll go away.<BR/><BR/>"<I>My response is to set and enforce a dress code with some minimum standards of decency, but not to punish the 95% of familes who are involved and don't create the problem. </I>"<BR/><BR/>I couldn't have said that better myself. That's one of the reasons that I never became a traditional classroom teacher--I can't fathom punishing an entire group for the misdeeds of the few.Kevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01433235586096305061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274291.post-1111755097854910492005-03-25T06:51:00.000-06:002005-03-25T06:51:00.000-06:00I understand why uniforms may be needed, but I don...I understand why uniforms may be needed, but I don't think they're the right solution. How can you tell the difference between the jocks, the nerds, the goths and the invisibles? Seriously, since school is a simulated microcosm of the outside world, do we really think that everybody wearing the same thing is the way to educate kids? Eventually kids will have to realize that people wear different clothes to express his/her personality. The more you repress in the educational infastructure, the more things are shocking when one is out of the infastructure (ie, graduates and gets a job). <BR/><BR/>As for gas, I filled up at one of the cheapest places I drive by on a regular basis: $2.05. My car is filthy and is screaming for a car wash, but I didn't want to pay more out of my nose. I hope some rain falls down this weekend . . .Eric Grubbshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08237140729566147948noreply@blogger.com