re: #260 Hecuba’s daughter

My sister was a HS math teacher in the 1970’s. She witnessed a significant deterioration in attitude and behavior when schools abandoned dress codes; she would favor uniforms. In my opinion, the option for girls would include pants as well as skirts.

I grew up in the 70s and 80s with no dress code. My high school graduating class pulled in the most scholarship money ever at the time, and that still held when my sister graduated five years later.

I haven’t seen a lot of need for uniforms in schools (couldn’t stand them in the military). A lot of people who I talk to like uniforms not because they minimize fashion arguments, but because it’s another way to punish kids (and, as pointed out in Harry Potter, uniforms don’t keep the poor from being picked on by the rich about clothes).