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Originally Posted by Mojo_PeiPei
The idea is about solidarity and enviroment, you are at school to learn, uniforms are one less thing to worry about. You guys will say "It won't help solve anything", maybe it won't. However it could be a start because public schools in this country are fucked up, especially if you break down minority test scores and graduation rates.
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From everything I've read lately about our test scores I can't disagree with you on that. It would seem that uniforms would be a desparate thing to try to rectify them though.
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As for our kids scoring so much lower than the rest of the world: I wonder how bad it really is. We seem to turn out quite a few talented and gifted students here. A pimply faced Billy Gates squeezing basic to fit into 4K memory and going on to found Microsoft. Jobs and Wosniak screwing around in the garage with phone dialers and computer stuff and going on to found Apple. I wonder just how important these test score comparisons are in predicting future success. Maybe drive, determination and just plain curiosity mean more in the long run.