School tie/shirt trauma

[Mrs Magpie]

even so it's not really givnign hima chance to rebel and therefore to go beyond his parents and become himself... the old if you meet your parents on the road to enlgihtenment thang...

I don't think this is about rebellion. It's about self-preservation, not sticking out like a sore thumb and not being picked on by the other kids. No-one wears their shirts tucked in. I have a child in a London Secondary and he'd really suffer if he tucked his shirt in.

 

[the B]

When I was at school (not that long ago)

All the kids would wear a long coat since it was freaking cold so it didn't matter if your shirt was in or not. Or how long/short the tie was.

Come summer, everyone went shirts out because the school allowed it anyway.

Or

 

[Kidda]

she cut his tie for flip'sek

anyone would think stobbies been smoking crack with little kevin

kevin will find his own ways to rebel.

*sends him introduction to anarchy leaflet*

 

[GarfieldLeChat]

I don't think this is about rebellion. It's about self-preservation, not sticking out like a sore thumb and not being picked on by the other kids. No-one wears their shirts tucked in. I have a child in a London Secondary and he'd really suffer if he tucked his shirt in.

but the thing is that he would untuck it as soon as he was out the door and round the corner but that would be his actions which did it rather than his mums (thus a minor act of rebellion but an important one) I have no doubt that kevin would do exactly the same regardless of PBP insistance he didn't or perhaps int he face of it... that what growing up is all about innit

 

[_angel_]

eek! Does this shirt/ tie out/in thing really matter?


My high school had no uniform and no one seemed to get too upset about what you did/ didn't wear. I must have been the least fashionable kid there and no one (the kids) seemed to give a toss...


(except when I wore white stilletos - but that was deserved)

 

[Pickman's model]

(except when I wore white stilletos - but that was deserved)

do tell!

 

[_angel_]

do tell!

No the shame is too much even today.


(it was the eighties tho)

 

[sojourner]

It's not so long ago that parents had to save up for new school clothes and shoes in order to present the image !

Eh? Not so long ago? Try NOW - I have had to save for my daughter's uniform EVERY YEAR! £150 all in on Saturday for our uniform shop

 

[Phototropic]

The short tie thing is weird. Only the sports freaks who were trying to look messey did it. The rest if us schleppers just had the knot half way down our chests. And oh and shirt always untucked and top button undone.

Have to agree with others though can't beleive you cut his tie "aww mummy's little rebel' seems just as cringeworthy as 'mummy's little angel'.

 

[Solarblast]

if he's smart he'll go out the door looking presentable and as soon as you're out of sight look how he wants... give him the chance to rebel instead of handing him his scruffyness on a plate.

word.

 

[pogofish]

My high school had no uniform and no one seemed to get too upset about what you did/ didn't wear. I must have been the least fashionable kid there and no one (the kids) seemed to give a toss...

I have to say that was my experience as well. The school I attended that was least in the grip of fads/trends/fashion etc & was also the most inclusive was indeed the one that had no uniform policy.

Hmmm!

 

[oneflewover]

The rest if us schleppers just had the knot half way down our chests

At the daughters school, Temple Moor in Leeds, this is now an offence marked by a negative comment. All tie knots must be within the V of the jumper, which incidentally must be worn at all times.

 

[Stobart Stopper]

You think that's bad, my brother in law kicked out a fee paying pupil for refusing to cut his hair! Wouldn't let him back in either. I think that's outrageous. The kid was well behaved, clever and never caused trouble but because he wanted his hair long he was told to leave.

 

[citydreams]

You think that's bad, my brother in law kicked out a fee paying pupil for refusing to cut his hair! Wouldn't let him back in either. I think that's outrageous. The kid was well behaved, clever and never caused trouble but because he wanted his hair long he was told to leave.

That happened to a friend of mine too.. He was accused of having dreads, but really he just had very thick curly hair. On expulsion he lit up a spliff and sat there waiting to be physically removed. Legend.

 

[mr steev]

It was white socks that were hated by schools in my day!

White socks were almost compulsory in my day, grey or black socks (the actual uniform) were very uncool. As was wearing your tie the fat way, so almost everyone wore it the thin way (it was cool to tuck it in too irrc) so you cut the fat bit off because it was more comfortable with it shoved down your front.
Tucked in shirts and top buttons done up were also the sign of a 'square'.

but the thing is that he would untuck it as soon as he was out the door and round the corner

Yep.

School isn't just about disipline, it's also about social interaction and finding your place with your peers.

 

[Stobart Stopper]

He's had a good day today, in a class with most of his mates from his old school, spent too much on food but is not too pleased that he has 3 lots of homework each night, starting from next week.
They all went back to their primary school afterwards which is apparently a tradition on the first day back around here.

 

[Hellsbells]

Well when I was at school (5 million years ago ), everyone wore their ties with the thin bit at the front and very short, and the fat bit tucked in through one of the holes between their shirt buttons, so it was completely hidden. Fat, long ties were a big no.
And skirts had to be either very long or very short. No inbetweens.
White socks were crap. You had to wear short black socks or black tights.

 

[Trufflepig]

You think that's bad, my brother in law kicked out a fee paying pupil for refusing to cut his hair! Wouldn't let him back in either. I think that's outrageous. The kid was well behaved, clever and never caused trouble but because he wanted his hair long he was told to leave.

I was told to shave off my beard when I went into the sixth form, despite having it uncontested since about 15. So I told them I was obeying sharia law When my ignorance of Islam was revealed I shaved an inch wide strip on my chin leaving the most rediculous sidies ever...

still not sure who one that little spat.

 

[kea]

is anyone else reminded by the first couple of posts on this thread of

and the smelting stick?!

 

[Epico]

Pig's post was like reading from the Hate Mail's letter page.

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

make him wear a sailor fuku that'll sort him out


personally i managed toavoid all school uniforms by going to non uniform schools so i have managed to avoid ties not that i hate ties .... wearing t-shirt and shorts so far has non turned me into a yob..... i think

 

[Nemo]

he has 3 lots of homework each night, starting from next week.

If that's true, I'll eat my old school tie.

That happened to a friend of mine too.. He was accused of having dreads, but really he just had very thick curly hair. On expulsion he lit up a spliff and sat there waiting to be physically removed. Legend.

ROTFLMAO!

 

[citydreams]

Who was that dude that posted on here a while ago that went into school dressed as a woman?

 

[happytobe...]

Well it was my first day back today, (year 11). When i first started at my secondary school I remember that it was seen as really 'uncool' to have a big knot in your tie. It was called a Swot Knot.
Nowadays no one really cares how you wear your uniform..that's in my friend circle anyway. People that do still have a 'dress code' are only the chavs really and they all look..well...like chavs. Oh and the 'popular' girls..who incidentally aren't really that popular anymore,who all have the same hair,same coat and same orange faces from wearing too much foundation.

 

[Ich bin ein Mod]

Who was that dude that posted on here a while ago that went into school dressed as a woman?

eellison or something, didn't dress as a woman, wore a skirt though iirc

 

[Nine Bob Note]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/3796163.stm

 

[Ich bin ein Mod]

Kudos to that guy anyway

 

[longdog]

....messy , undressed , untidy and undisciplined youth that slouch into their new schools every year. No wonder we have a yob problem in this country. If you don't respect yourself how can you learn to respect others ?

All of that without a hint of irony

 

[Mrs Magpie]

Actually in the flesh he's definitely Mr Irony...you don't get the sardonic eye-twinkle on the printed page.....

 

[Relahni]

ah man - I've just had a horrible de ja vu thing........