• bouh@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Maybe instead of throwing money for uniforms it could be used to hire teachers, repair the building, or buy furnitures? Just a couple of ideas you know…

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      8 months ago

      Do the whole pay for the uniforms? Here in Australia parents do, and it’s ridiculously expensive.

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        8 months ago

        There’s no good option for it : either the parents pay for the uniform and it’s a tax fir the poors, or the government pay for it and the money would be far better spent on teachers and stuff.

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        8 months ago

        Ridiculously expensive? I’m in Australia too, how much do you think they cost?

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          8 months ago

          Primary is affordable cause you just go into bigw

          Secondary, the blazer alone is like $400 and there’s only one store where you can get it. Eventually he’ll lose it and we’ll have a big discussion about money.

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              8 months ago

              Mate, welcome to port Melbourne college. I may be off with the exact number on the blazer but a basic set of uniform with 3 shirts, pants an single blazer was close to 1k . Nitpick as much as you want but I have the receipts and they are hurtful.

              Add to that a laptop, because port Melbourne primary used iPad but nooo, not enough for college.

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      8 months ago

      You’re missing the point. None of those things would help poor kids not appear poor and get bullied.

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            8 months ago

            In what way? Poor children wouldn’t afford the same attire as rich people, no matter with or without uniform. You can still have more expensive and therefore bully those that don’t have the expensive ones. You can still bully a kid for having a cheap Android phone and not the latest Big McChicken Pro Max™ iPhone; you get the gist.

            Uniforms just hide the issues of classism and never deal with them directly or even attempt to solve them at all.

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              8 months ago

              i know? thats why i said it makes them Look the same. in my country we only have one set of uniform, not multiple.

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      8 months ago

      Pretty sure they do those things already. No mention of those things being lacking in the article.

      Amazing that some random guy on the internet thinks he knows better than an accredited and experienced headmaster.