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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My dd had navy bottoms and white tops since age 4 at two different schools. I am so glad she's now at a non uniform school--and even when we were at uniform schools, I found myself inerpreting that to mean, "something white and blue somewhere on her body," by June.

[b]Everyone brings up brands and class and how uniforms get rid of that. But they dont.[/b].. unless they are also so strict as to dictate your child's backpack, shoes, and outerwear--in which case, good luck with that. I don't want to send my kid to a school that micromanages my choices and theirs to that extent.

My own childhood: non uniform schools all the way. You know where class snobbery factored in? The quaker school where I went to high school, where everyone had to have guess jeans, tretorns, and those firenze sweaters. Public school on the other hand? We were wearing pajama tops and fifties cocktail dresses. And it was fun.

School uniforms are one of those well-meaning but thoughtless inventions that end up being a source of stress more than they help if you want to dress your kid in white and navy, go for it. If not, whatever. I will say that both public schools my daughter went to didn't really care. There was no penalty for not wearing the uniform. If you have to do it, this is the way to go.[/quote]

You fundamentally confuse the concepts of "eradication" and "mitigation".  I reject the underlying premise implicit in your post that an idea that doesn't everything fails to solve anything.  [/quote]

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