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As far as i know, main motivation is to reduce mobbing but it doesn't work like that.

But it seems school uniforms do happen more in more authorithan countries. But that can be a side-effect too.

Honestly I kinda liked our school uniforms when I was a kid. Course for us it was just like jeans and a solid color Polo. Maybe khakis were allowed as well, I don't recall. Made things easy made things simple.

No, it is not all these words.

When all the kids are dressed equally, they are (partially) freed from the pressure of modern fashion life, vanity, comparing their parents' money etc.

Things a common grade school essay question which I think we’re helping OP answer

I’m very anti-authoritarian, but man I wish we had uniforms in school where I grew up. At the time I would have hated it, but in hindsight it would have saved me a lot of bullying. Equality != authoritarian in this case.

I was vaguely aware of them being a thing elsewhere as a kid. Back then someone even thought they were cool because of Harry Potter films. Never thought of it as authoritarianism, just pointless.

But now that you say it, placing restrictions to make people look the same is kind of authoritarian.

My view is the right to dress or undress as one desires is a right of basic human expression so yes I would describe this as a minor form of authoritarianism.

No not authoritarian

I agree completely.

Equality is NOT the same as teaching people to be the same as everyone else. From what I understand, the intent is to discourage bullying, because: How can you make fun of someone for their clothes, if you're wearing the same thing? But as soon as they leave school and there is no global dress code, they are pre programmed to consider anything outside the norm as "wrong" or "punishable".

The ONE argument for uniforms I could get behind is that they ensure that the poor kids are dressed just as well as the rich kids, but as far as I know, those uniforms aren't typically provided to the students, and you'd still end up with some kids in designer uniforms, and others in thrift store finds and hand me downs.

Fortunately they didn't start doing uniforms where I was until after I left school. The reasoning our school district used was that income disparity was a form of bullying and kids whose parents couldn't afford designer clothes and shoes should not be constantly exposed to kids whose parents never had to worry about a paycheck as evidenced through their kids. Of course, they also didn't like certain T-shirts (like those featuring bands like Metallica, Megadeth, and Iron Maiden).

It's fine if the school provides the uniforms and offers a subsidy on their care and upkeep (or covers it entirely, like uniforms are traded for clean ones at the end of each week). Less so if the parents have to actually buy them. Because then the problem is being shifted, since the rich kids will have the same uniform but in higher quality. Income disparity can't really be hidden and I don't really think that was the actual goal (though some PTA mom probably brought it up, making it a convenient excuse).

Yes. Even though it has nothing to do with the government. It's also fascist.

Yes, as is a lot if stuff schools do