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Re: A different bend on uniform
Ron Leedy (rleedy@US.ORACLE.COM)
Fri, 5 Mar 1999 06:06:11 -0800
This same topic came up with my own children. My son will be going into
third grade next year and will be required to wear a uniform. I am
animately against uniforms in public schools; private I do support. I
believe as long as the person is clothed cleanly and appropriately (all
underpieces in place) then the color and type should not matter. My
wife being a public school teacher is animately supportive of uniforms.
But the school is very lenient about the overall apperance of the
students as long as they are in uniform. All the arguments to support
uniforms have counterpoints which I used in speaking publicly at the
school board meeting against uniforms.
In Scouting (and other private orginations), I am animate (proud,
honored) about wearing my uniform. Each meeting I wear the full uniform
and make sure it is always clean. It shows I belong to BSA and proud of
it. In public scenarios, I am proud of wearing my boots and western
style shirts because that who I am. I have shirts appropriate for every
occasion with jackets and are clean with good appearance.
It is not the clothes that make the man, its the pride of which he
wears them.
Allen Maddox wrote:
>
> Our 16 year old daughter, a junior, was all up in arms about this. "What
> about individuality and self expression" where her arguments.
> A couple days later, her and her friends were walking through the
> house. I observed that they were wearing some form of "kaky (?)" with
> cargo pockets and either a blue, gray, or close in color type of t-shirt.
> Add to that all had similar hair styles.
> I almost gave myself a hernia trying not to laugh out loud.
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