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By Judy Ramsook
Jan. 8, 2006 I wore school uniforms throughout elementary and high schools, something I and my schoolmates had grown accustomed to as time wore on. In fact, after a while, those uniforms became an important part of one’s school life. Some wearers of such uniforms took great pride in them too. If, for example they spilled a bit of food on a piece of the garment during the school recess or lunch break, they would set about removing such a stain rightaway. Plus those uniforms defined who you were and what school you attended, something strangers who saw you say after school hours came to associate you with. If they happened to spot you, the student, who were seen hanging out or loitering where you should not have been after school hours, those individuals could at once tell what school you were attending. Most times, as a result, by word of mouth, the school would get a bad name. Especially if you happened to be at a place that was deemed inappropriate. It had its good momets too. Say your school sports team won some game or match. This would make you, a student from the same school all the more proud to be a student from that school. Especially if you happened to be walking down the street on the way home and people who knew about your school’s recent victory happened to spot you, a student wearing that same school uniform. Another thing is, once you became accustomed to seeing your fellow classmates in their unifroms and then you saw them all dressed up in the civilian clothes, you noticed how different they looked. Maybe wearing school uniforms is not a bad thing, it kind of breaks the monotony of looking the same way you looked at school and after school hours. Students who knew better and did not want to get caught doing whatever, or bring shame to their school, became sort of creative. They would take a civilian set of clothes to school and would change in the school’s restroom before embarking on whatever social activity they wanted to be a part of without being found out in their school uniform. Today I have observed how some students who are now required to wear school uniforms complain about such a matter. They complain because the ones who are required to wear such uniforms can no longer keep up with certain trends. You know, some of them might not be able to wear the low rise jeans, pumps or those tank tops to school. They now have to dress in a more conservative way, for it is less distracting to their fellow students. As for me, I wore the uniforms as long as I had to and when it was over, I was glad to be finally rid of the uniforms, for I was able to wear all the regular clothes I wanted. Just like everything else, the wearing of school uniforms will also pass. Look at it this way, once you graduate from high school, you are free to wear whatever you like, no uniform required. ------------ About the author Judy Ramsook: My first book titled: "Karen's Adventure" which is about two young girls who go in search of their missing parents, is now available. I was born and raised in Trinidad & Tobago, then in the mid eighties I came to the US where I attended San Antonio College and The University Of Texas At San Antonio. Visit: http://www.authorsden.com/judyramsook www.publishedauthors.net/g2rdy Email: j2rdy@hotmail.com Comment on this article here! ------------ All articles are EXCLUSIVE to Useless-Knowledge.com and are not allowed to be posted on other websites. ARTICLE THIEVES WILL BE PROSECUTED! |
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