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As a parent I admit that I wouldn't mind paying for a uniform that costs like $100 total as opposed to some Express or Armani outfit worth $300. Kids know what is stylish, and we all know style and price go hand in hand in most cases. I say keep them in uniforms until maybe the end of middle school (k-8). After that just have school rules like skirt below the knee, wear a bra, cover the belly button, pull up the saggy pants, etc. That way the kid can get a job to earn the $$ in order to get the clothes they want. That would better prepare them for the adult world, where we have to work our assses off in order to wear the expensive clothes.
The fact is "clothes make the man (or woman)?" does have truth in it, as people are judged by how they dress. When they go out after high school to get a job wearing a suit from Mervyns or Walmart and they don't get a job, they need to understand why.
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