Private Schools vs. Public Schools

JLM

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" "You are not allowed to dress like that because I don't like to see it," " - You didn't get that from me, Einstein- get some reading tutoring.
 

Niflmir

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I think they are smart and efficient, and the character of each student will be
come out, irrespective of what they wear, but some 'bimbo' teenager, at least
will have to keep her thong hidden, and her breasts where breasts belong, and
not up under her chin.
And the guys will have to keep their 'butt crack' to themselves.

Good for you Talloola- schools aren't the place for exotic fashion statements.

I understand all that - I'm not a frickin' moron. (I wasn't referring so much to cleavage, which I don't mind at all, so much as the butt end crack, which I find uncooth and unsavoury.

" "You are not allowed to dress like that because I don't like to see it," " - You didn't get that from me, Einstein- get some reading tutoring.

You have the short term memory of a pigeon. Let's lay out the continuity for you:

1. talloola expresses that showing ones butt crack in school should not be allowed (as a desirable consequence of uniforms).
2. You approve of doing away with the fashion statements mentioned by talloola.
3. You clarify that you are only talking about butt cracks and point out that your reasons are for its uncouthness/unsavoryness.
4. You deny that you ever indirectly showed support for banning certain fashion statements or that your reasons were for the uncouthness.
 

talloola

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But forcing someone to not dress like this is just unnecessary in all but a few areas of human society. "You are not allowed to dress like that because I don't like to see it," is an absurd reason to take away someone's freedom of expression. You might as well have said "You are not allowed to say those things because I don't like to hear them."

The subject is uniforms, 'IN THE SCHOOL', what people want to do
outside of the school is their choice, and I couldn't care less what they wear,
but inside the school, in the school room, is not the place to make your
bodily statements, just wear the uniform, wash it once in awhile, and learn
something.
So, lets not spread this subject around the world, and I'm not criticizing
cleavage, or butts or whatever people do, outside of the school, that is
their choice, and hopefully with some input from their parents.
 

TenPenny

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The subject is uniforms, 'IN THE SCHOOL', what people want to do
outside of the school is their choice, and I couldn't care less what they wear,
but inside the school, in the school room, is not the place to make your
bodily statements, just wear the uniform, wash it once in awhile, and learn
something.
So, lets not spread this subject around the world, and I'm not criticizing
cleavage, or butts or whatever people do, outside of the school, that is
their choice, and hopefully with some input from their parents.

What about hair? We'll have to set rules on hair lengths and styles, too.
Can't allow anyone to use hair styles to make a statement.
 

L Gilbert

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What about hair? We'll have to set rules on hair lengths and styles, too.
Can't allow anyone to use hair styles to make a statement.
... or colors? How about shoes? Pens? Pencils? Calculators? Notebooks? Locks on lockers? Perhaps ze color of tissues to vipe noses should be uniform, too. Und maybe you zink marching in ze hallss shouldt be the way to get from klass to klass. Und efferyvun eats exaktly the same foodts the exakt same vay in ze kaffeteria. Und so on und so forth. :D
 

talloola

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What about hair? We'll have to set rules on hair lengths and styles, too.
Can't allow anyone to use hair styles to make a statement.

That's your choice, if you are concerned about hair styles, go for it.
I'm only in favour of uniforms for students, it's pretty simple, has nothing
to do with hair.
 

JLM

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You have the short term memory of a pigeon. Let's lay out the continuity for you:

1. talloola expresses that showing ones butt crack in school should not be allowed (as a desirable consequence of uniforms).
2. You approve of doing away with the fashion statements mentioned by talloola.
3. You clarify that you are only talking about butt cracks and point out that your reasons are for its uncouthness/unsavoryness.
4. You deny that you ever indirectly showed support for banning certain fashion statements or that your reasons were for the uncouthness.

Geez- you are THICK. I agreed in principle with Talloola that fashion statements were out of place in schools. YES
NO WHERE did I say anything should be banned BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO SEE IT.

ANOTHER THING EINSTEIN- I can agree with anyones point of view I want, BUT that doesn't make it my point of view necessarily.
 

talloola

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Sexist too, I see. The point is, cleavage doesn't make somebody into a bimbo. I don't think you understand what real sleaziness is. You are not open minded at all, you see revealing dress and you automatically judge that person to be somehow inferior. Judging a book by its cover is the exact statement of closemindedness.

As for the uniforms, which is not the point of this thread, (although it seems to be going in that direction) you don't really understand the point some of these people are trying to make if you think that they can do it outside of school.

The need to express one's self is omnipresent, and is a basic human social need]

They can express themselves in many ways in school, and if clothing makes
such a difference to how each student sees another student, the ones who
suffer are those who cannot afford to keep up with the fashion plates.

INSIDE THE SCHOOL ROOM ONLY, is my point. Dont take my statements and spread
them to society as a whole.
I don't think showing a lot of cleavage, and ass for either sex, IN SCHOOL, is
the right way to go. If uniforms were worn, then those particular students
who wish to expose there body parts, whatever parts they want, can do that
away from school, which is most of their day anyway, and week ends. Come
to school with a little more focus on learning, and not competing with others
in the fashion department. Uniforms stop that foolishness.
I really like the uniforms, I think they look nice, that is my opinion, and
the connection to the 'point of the thread', is that the private schools usually
have a school uniform, which everyone wears.
 

Niflmir

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They can express themselves in many ways in school, and if clothing makes
such a difference to how each student sees another student, the ones who
suffer are those who cannot afford to keep up with the fashion plates.

INSIDE THE SCHOOL ROOM ONLY, is my point. Dont take my statements and spread
them to society as a whole.
I don't think showing a lot of cleavage, and ass for either sex, IN SCHOOL, is
the right way to go. If uniforms were worn, then those particular students
who wish to expose there body parts, whatever parts they want, can do that
away from school, which is most of their day anyway, and week ends. Come
to school with a little more focus on learning, and not competing with others
in the fashion department. Uniforms stop that foolishness.
I really like the uniforms, I think they look nice, that is my opinion, and
the connection to the 'point of the thread', is that the private schools usually
have a school uniform, which everyone wears.

That money will make a difference in choices of dress is a fact of life that children should not be shielded from at school age. As I said, they need to learn social skills in a real social environment, even emotional skills such as being able to accept their own financial situation. Are you implying that they should not be learning social skills in school? In fact uniforms exacerbate the issue, as then money makes the difference in accessories, which is certainly frivolous enough that only the well off will be able to afford the best of.

I didn't "take [your] statements and spread them to society as a whole." What I said was that their expression through fashion needs to be made inside the class room as opposed to outside of it. This is what I said you don't understand, and you are confirming it by missing the point. Here it is again, for emphasis, "You don't really understand the point some of these people are trying to make if you think that they can do it outside of school."

Uniforms do nothing to stop some student's lack of focus on studies associated with preening their self. I think that liking how a uniform looks is a terrible reason to take away freedom of expression. I do not see what is wrong with showing cleavage (of the breast or buttocks variety) in school other than your discomfort that would endorse uniforms . In fact, I think your discomfort is the perfect reason to allow such state of dress, as per my comments above equating such reasoning with "I do not like what you are saying so I will forbid it."

Freedom of expression is a very fundamental right and you are forwarding some very shallow reasons to take it away.
 

Niflmir

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Geez- you are THICK. I agreed in principle with Talloola that fashion statements were out of place in schools. YES
NO WHERE did I say anything should be banned BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO SEE IT.

ANOTHER THING EINSTEIN- I can agree with anyones point of view I want, BUT that doesn't make it my point of view necessarily.

Whatever. Say that it is acceptable to show cleavage and butt crack in school then. Your statements clearly imply that you do not believe this statement to be true.

What you want to say is that accepting someone's point of view is not the same as agreeing with it. Agreeing with something does make it your point of view. If I say, "Showing cleavage should be banned in schools," and you say, "I agree," then that means you agree that showing cleavage should be banned in school. If I say, "I think that showing cleavage should be banned in schools," and you say, "Okay," then that means nothing. Of course even with acceptance, many people will just assume (due to the context) that you agreed with them.

You just fail at logic, JLM. That or you just do not understand what words mean.

Here are some definitions for you, so you can learn:
agree: to concur in (as an opinion) : admit, concede <agrees that he is right> b: to consent to as a course of action <agreed to sell him the house>
accept: : to endure without protest or reaction <accept poor living conditions>
 

talloola

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That money will make a difference in choices of dress is a fact of life that children should not be shielded from at school age. As I said, they need to learn social skills in a real social environment, even emotional skills such as being able to accept their own financial situation. Are you implying that they should not be learning social skills in school? In fact uniforms exacerbate the issue, as then money makes the difference in accessories, which is certainly frivolous enough that only the well off will be able to afford the best of.

I didn't "take [your] statements and spread them to society as a whole." What I said was that their expression through fashion needs to be made inside the class room as opposed to outside of it. This is what I said you don't understand, and you are confirming it by missing the point. Here it is again, for emphasis, "You don't really understand the point some of these people are trying to make if you think that they can do it outside of school."

Uniforms do nothing to stop some student's lack of focus on studies associated with preening their self. I think that liking how a uniform looks is a terrible reason to take away freedom of expression. I do not see what is wrong with showing cleavage (of the breast or buttocks variety) in school other than your discomfort that would endorse uniforms . In fact, I think your discomfort is the perfect reason to allow such state of dress, as per my comments above equating such reasoning with "I do not like what you are saying so I will forbid it."

Freedom of expression is a very fundamental right and you are forwarding some very shallow reasons to take it away.

um hmm, the school has the right to set rules, inmates shouldn't be running
the institution. (boy won't you have quite an answer for that statement) this
is getting to be fun.
Who are ('some of these people'). I am talking about students who are trying to
grow up, and need the guidence of shool and parents, and on many occasions
'my opinion' is that some students don't make very good choices, and need
that guidence.
What you give me are your opinions, not what is necessarily right, and my
opinion differs with yours on many points, so kind of a dead end to keep
throwing it back and forth.
I haven't missed any points, I just haven't agreed with yours, that's just the way
it is.
There's (and I said it before) lots of social skills in school other than 'what
one wears'.
Uniforms are not worn with accessories, other than 'perhaps' earings, that are
not big and gaudy. The uniform comes with a dress code, and would take in
students trying to make a 'costume out of them'. As I said before, there are
many many ways of expressing oneself, and making 'what one wears to school'
the utmost important way of doing that is silly, and putting all the students
in the same uniform doesn't take away from the character and personality of
the individual, it just brings the group together, like a team, it's cool.
Of course uniforms don't make anyone smarter or study harder, I wouldn't think
that has to be explained, it just takes the focus off of each students outfit,
as something to chat about in a negative or positive way.
Students can accept or not accept their own financial situation in whatever
way, the seem to have to do, but it doesn't have to happen in school, in
school they shouldn't have to think about it at all.
OK, I'm off now, have to change into my supper uniform, just an apron, but
definitely makes a statement. (I know how to cook)