Why Are Schools Doing This?

[renegadefm]

Just had my partners daughter ring her in tears because her daughter, partners granddaughter was susspended from wearing the wrong type of trousers. This I should add is secondary school. 

This is just messing with the child's mental health. Besides the trousers she had on we're trousers of the right colour, and not leggings as the school was suggesting they are. 

 

This isn't the first time I have heard of issues like this at secondary schools around here. One particular indecent was where the child was given detention for wearing the wrong brand of trainers, apparently it should have been shoes. 

 

It beggers believe why are schools doing this to our children. No wonder they are growing up bitter and twisted or are suffering mental health issues. 

 

Surely they are there to learn and get an education, it shouldn't matter what they wear. 

 

 

[Canary42]

My school did pay for Friday uniforms, but that's because they were military (Friday afternoons = Combined Cadet Force) and were only loaned.

[Peter Pedant]

The school would have made your family aware of the requirement months ago

agreed, and today is not even the first day of term

[sandyRoe]

Are grants for school uniforms still available?

When children are all dressed the same the opportunity for bullying because of one's clothes disappears.

I'd say that's a good thing.

[bednobs]

looked after children and those entitled to pupil premium get help i thinl

[zebo]

*According to her daughter this isn't the first time they have had issues with clothes.*

This child obviously thinks the rules don't apply to her and is supported by her family.  Maybe when she starts working and her employer has some kind of corporate dress code or provides a uniform she can also complain, see how long she'll last there.

In employment, 'mental health' for many is the 21st century version of a 'bad back'.

[zebo]

//Schools should focus on education and behaviour rather than something this trivial.//

I'm sure they would be delighted to be able to concentrate on just education but the realism is that schools are expected to be social workers, marriage guidance, police, parking wardens etc etc.. They are expected to sort out arguments among pupils caused by their dozey parents allowing them unfettered internet access, all under the spurious heading of 'safeguarding', something that many parents fail to do.

 

[smurfchops]

Messing with the child's mental health?  Don't make me laugh.  Conform with the school rules or the child never will. Rules are not made to be broken, the 'child' should be taught that, so should the parents.