Hey, I am an Australian, completed all my schooling in Australia, I see alot of sitcoms about your two countries and wondering, why since you both were also ex-british colonies, that you don't have uniforms like both Australia and New Zealand do? what was the story behind being able not to wear them? please explain? I was talking about the government/public ones, obviously the private ones.
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Uhm I don't know any specific "stories" of why we don't but not all schools don't. Especially private schools. (which you have to pay to get into.) Maybe it's because of being low on the school budget. But some schools do and some don't. I think a lot of students and parents got to vote on it not be or to be. And I know for a fact that a LOT of students don't want that. Opinion matters a lot here.
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Public (goverment) school students in the USA have traditionally NOT worn uniforms. That changed somewhat in the past decade or two to reduce conflicts caused by competion over designer clothing, and in some cases by competing gangs (that identify themselves via colors). However, uniforms are still the exception for public schools. It's not a protest or reaction to the norm in the British school system. It's just the way things have been.
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