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Expensive school uniforms don't make kids better at maths, so why are schools so focused on them? (www.abc.net.au)
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[–] dan@upvote.au 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

If I remember correctly, my high school let Year 12 students sometimes wear casual clothes, but everyone else had to wear uniform. This was at a public school, not a fancy private school.

I'm in my 30s so that was a while ago. I'm not sure if it's still the same these days.

[–] ajsadauskas@aus.social 2 points 9 months ago

@dan @thehatfox I moved schools during high school.

At the first, they had a special senior student uniform for year 11 and 12.

The second allowed casual clothes for year 11 and 12, but it had restrictions on what you couldn't wear (so no spaghetti straps — shoulders had to be covered, no bare midriffs, no jewellery aside from earring studs, etc.).