re: #289 Colère Tueur de Lapin

re: #277 Hecuba’s daughter

It may depend on the community in which you lived. My sister taught in schools with diverse populations and in inner city schools. When I suggested to her that attire doesn’t matter — after all those of us in computer-related fields have been notorious for our support of the most casual garments , she always retorts that she was there and I wasn’t.

That is the same argument that police use when discussing abuse of alleged criminals. Not to suggest that your sister is beating her students (she wasn’t, right ;-) ) but being close to an issue tends to cloud ones perspective on the correct approach. She see’s choice in clothing as the problem, therefore a uniform is her solution. The clothing issue may or may not be the problem, but since she has decided it is, the solution is obvious to her.

re: #298 allegro

I might argue that she is distilling major social changes that affected beliefs and attitudes into simple dress code. Relaxed dress codes were a result of those changes, not a cause.

re: #299 Belafon

The thing to watch out for though is human bias. It would be just as easy to decide they’re unruly because they’re no longer wearing uniforms, and go look for evidence, and find things that were always going on.

You weren’t there.

You were there.

You’re too close to it.

You’re too far from it.

No wonder I don’t know what to think any more. I don’t even know where I am.