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From: mlp5j@curry.edschool.Virginia.EDU (Monica Lynn Parson)
Subject: Re: Uniforms in schools
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	I enjoyed reading the reply sent to these particular
individuals who discussed struture and unififorms.  I liked the
points made about students being so very
different today, and about the questions posed to students,
where are you going to college versus if you are going to
college.  You're right about kids being very different today. 
I went to a public high school, and I returned and
taught in the same school. The difference between when I went
there and returned to teach is phenomenal.  However, kids basic need
for structure is the same.  Kids haven't changed that much in
the past 10 to 20 years, but the thing they deal with on a
daily basis has!! Guns, violence, and such.  The problem is that just
because they are wearing the same clothes isn't going to
eliminate the behaviours they show in their disrespecting each other, and
basically being rude to each other, and generally finding a way
to put some one else down, while covering for the insecuries
they experience while growing up.  That is why young people
have to conform; its basically a self acceptance self discovery issue,
they are discovering who they are, what they are about and how
to deal with each other.  So the underlying issue isn't
clothes per se, it's deeper than that.  If this underlying
issue isn't understood, then the person addressing the clothing
issue isn't in touch with the youth of today. 
