Thugs in school

[El Blanco]

Uniforms don't work, they are a psychological pleasantry for parents and staff. I've known too many thugs and drug dealers who went to private Catholic schools, and when those uniforms come off, they are just like verybody else their age. They don't wear the uniforms when they're buying drugs on the corner, they're not wearing uniforms when they're parents aren't home to care,

I went to Catholic school and we had those problems. And yes, as soon as they leave the school and peel off the uniforms, they go to being criminals.

As soon as the uniform comes off. They aren't dealing the drugs during class, they aren't toting pistols in plain sight. They kept it out of the school, which is my primary objective here.

Another thing is that the school considered any violation in a uniform, whether on school grounds or not, their problem. When you are in uniform, you represent the school. And the community knew this. Some morons got into a fight in the local McDonalds and forgot to take off their sweaters. They were suspended for a week.


And honestly, do active drug dealers and wannabe gangs really belong in school?

Kids find ways to make uniforms unique, too. How long is the skirt? What about hats? What about patches?

none of that in my highschool. Skirts were the same lengths( I have ugly knees anyway), no hats (I have never seen hats in a private school), only the school patch on the left breast.

The girls were pretty much stuck to the exact same thing most of the year. They got the short end of the stick on that one.

Guys got to wear kahkis and ties and thats where the individuality ended. White shirts, same sweaters etc

No jewlery or any of that crap and hair had meet certain standards.

80% of our seniors went to college.

Uniforms are not the solution, but they are a step in the right direction.