«School uniform: in Great Britain, in the USA, in Canada and in Russia.»

A uniform is a set of standard clothing worn by members of an organization while participating in that organization's activity.

School uniform

The word “uniform” means “having the same form”. So a school uniform means that every child in the school wears the same clothes.

Good things about school uniform

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Having a school uniform gives you a school identity. It means that you belong to that particular school.

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You don’t have to worry about what to wear on a school day.

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The clothes are usually practical and comfortable to wear. Uniforms can be handed down to other children in the family. With a uniform you don't need many casual clothes. It reduces class differences because everyone has to wear the same.

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Uniform is usually cheaper than everyday dress.

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Wearing a uniform helps to prepare students for the world of work, where uniforms are often worn.

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Schools with uniforms have better educational results. This is because there is better discipline.

Bad things about school uniform

Making everyone wear the same school uniform goes against our rights. Uniform is often not practical or pleasant to wear. Designs are often old-fashioned and ugly. Forcing children to wear uniform can ignore their religious and cultural needs Wearing a school uniform is not good preparation for working. Only a few jobs require uniforms, and many of these are low-paid service jobs

School uniform in Britain

. Pupils at most secondary schools in Britain have to wear a school uniform. This usually means a white blouse for girls with a dark coloured skirt and pullover.

Shirts and blazers are also common.

School uniform in Britain.

Boys wear a shirt and tie, dark trousers and dark coloured pullovers. Pupils also wear blazers – a kind of jacket – with the school badge on the pocket.

School uniform in Britain

Young people in Britain often don't like their school uniform, especially the hats and shoes. Sometimes they do not wear the right clothes. Schools will often give them a warning the first time that this happens but then will punish them if they continue not to wear the correct uniform.

In some schools pupils also wear blazers with the school badge on the pocket. They often have to wear some kind of hat on the way to and from school – caps for boys and berets for girls. Shoes are usually black or brown. And no high heels.

The question of school uniform

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Uniform is also required at almost all schools in Japan .

In other countries, particularly in continental Europe, Canada , the USA and uniform is very rare in state-funded schools, private schools may have one.

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Japanese school uniform

School uniform in the USA.

During the 1990s state schools in the USA began to adopt uniforms. At first uniform rules were seen as a way of stopping children dressing in gang colours in troubled urban areas. Later, claims that introducing uniform leads to better discipline and educational results encouraged other school districts and schools to make a change.

Uniform for girls in the USA Today, most schools require girls to wear skirts, others allow girls the choice of skirts or culottes and trousers.

Some schools have unisex uniforms—a shirt, a sweater or blazer and sometimes trousers of a given colour.

Boys’ uniform in the USA

Boys typically wear a collared shirt, tie, and slacks of required colors, although polo shirts have to some extent replaced dress shirt. Both sexes usually wear a sweater or blazer (or both) when required by regulations or weather.

Uniforms may vary according to the time of year.

At many schools, students wear lighter uniform clothing during the hotter months of the school year. However, at some schools students have to wear long sleeved shirts, ties, wool sweaters, blazers, wool skirts or jumpers, and knee socks or tights in any season and weather.

School uniform in Canada.

A kilted skirt is sometimes worn, especially in schools with predominantly Celtic student populations. In some parts of Canada, the skirt has been modified to include an attached pair of shorts beneath, for modesty called a skort. Bike shorts are often worn under girls' skirts or jumpers for modesty.

The Catholic school uniform in Canada

consists of a pleated plaid skirt or jumper (a sleeveless dress), Mary Jane or saddle shoes, a blouse, and a sweater, for girls; for boys, a button-down shirt, a necktie, and dark pants. Actual school uniforms vary widely by location and individual school. Nearly all Roman Catholic schools have some form of dress code, and most of them (especially those with students in the lower grade levels) have a mandatory uniform policy.

In Russia, school uniforms were cancelled after 1917 revolution, but were re-introduced in 1948. Wearing uniform was made obligatory and pupils were punished for not following the rules

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The style of Soviet school uniform was modernized in 1962 and since that time was modified each decade. Boys generally wore dark blue trousers and jackets, girls — brown dresses with black aprons and black bows (on special occasions, white aprons and bows were worn).

The members of the Young Pioneer organization, wore famous red neckties and badges. Badges were also worn by October children and Komsomol members.

In 1992, compulsory school uniforms were cancelled. Today, there is no unified standard uniform in Russia, however, many gymnasiums and lyceums, especially prestigious ones, as well as certain schools may have their own uniform that students are required to wear. Educational institutions without a uniform may also have a certain dress-code.

There is also modern-day tradition for girls to dress into brown Soviet-style school uniform for their graduation ceremony.

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