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Re:Tokyo public schools will stop forcing students to dye th... by ogogmad on Sunday January 24, 2021 @12:53PM (#25894018)
Is the point of school uniform to squash individuality? Is this how we want to prepare children for adulthood? I doubt that conformity, submission to arbitrary rules out of fear, and not standing out are good things to teach children, at least if you don't want them to become a bunch of zombies as adults.

Also, given the choice, who wants the sort of job that mandates a uniform?

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Re:Tokyo public schools will stop forcing students to dye th... by Symbiote on Monday January 25, 2021 @01:13PM (#25906573)
A more recent justification was to remove the chance for rich children to "look different" to poor children -- everyone is equal by wearing the same.

Of course, it doesn't work that way -- the poor children have second-hand clothes or the cheapest clothes from Asda, and the rich children will spend money on whatever they can -- fancy shoes etc.

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Re:Tokyo public schools will stop forcing students to dye th... by heavyset_go on Sunday January 24, 2021 @01:37PM (#25894458)
Arguably, this is the point of school, even if I disagree with it.
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Re:Tokyo public schools will stop forcing students to dye th... by elric on Sunday January 24, 2021 @12:59PM (#25894073)
Uniforms are a big thing in the UK. Many jobs require them, even places where it seems entirely irrelevant. Hell, many non-customer facing office workers get a very strict dress code (black shoes, black trews, x/y/z colour shirt).

I never understood why that was a thing.

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Re:Tokyo public schools will stop forcing students to dye th... by cbozeman on Sunday January 24, 2021 @01:51PM (#25894578)
The point of modern Western education was to create factory and low-level office workers.
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Re:Tokyo public schools will stop forcing students to dye th... by Noumenon72 on Sunday January 24, 2021 @01:40PM (#25894490)
I regarded a uniform as one of the reasons to choose a factory job over an office job, since I would not have to make any clothes purchasing decisions or wear out my own stuff. Remote work is even better -- I got to have my cake and eat it too.
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Re:Tokyo public schools will stop forcing students to dye th... by jelliclesfarm on Sunday January 24, 2021 @01:34PM (#25894422)
I wore school uniforms for 12 years in school. I don’t consider myself a conformist.
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Re:Tokyo public schools will stop forcing students to dye th... by h_anna_h on Sunday January 24, 2021 @12:55PM (#25894033)
A lot of people decide to become pilots or work for the army.
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