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School Uniforms Have Sucked Me Dry

Thursday, 21 August 2008 13:02 by sara

As I mentioned, the Kindergartener started a new school this year.  It's a good school, where she has many friends and wonderful teachers.  However, we hesitated for a very, very long time before deciding to enroll her, and the number one reason for our hesitation was the "uniform dress" policy.

 

For the past three years (since she was about two), we've allowed our daughter to express her own creativity through her clothing.  She takes great pride in choosing her clothes (right down to the socks) and dressing herself.  She's worn Halloween socks at Easter, Christmas socks in the middle of summer, and dress shoes with shorts.

 

I know there are moms who would rather gnaw off their own fingers than have their children seen like this in public. I am clearly not one of those moms. 

Nonetheless, we're now attending the uniform dress school.  Granted, it's a little more flexible than a true uniform, because the kids can choose any solid-colored collared shirt, and they can choose from three colors of pants/shorts/skirts/dresses.  But I've spent the last couple of weeks explaining what a "solid color" is.   ("Yes, honey, pink is a solid color.")  To a girl who regularly mixes stripes and plaids with polka dots, it's a tricky concept. 

 

But the point of this whole post is this: I can no longer get excited about sewing. I'm having a horrible time looking at fabric and appreciating it. I can't even invision the wonderful things that could be made from it. Because right now, I can only think about solid colors. It's killing me. The navy, khaki and black are literally sucking me dry.

Even when I think about sewing, all I can think about it how to make a fun dress that won't get my daughter kicked out of Kindergarten.

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August 21. 2008 17:02

Are you kidding?!!! Your daughter needs your sewing now more then ever. After five days of drab clothes she needs something fun for the weekends. She is going to be crying out for fun creations. When she comes home from school with her blue polo on and khaki shorts tell her to go change out of her school clothes and have a fun new funky dress lying on her bed as a surprise. Now she will take greater pride in freedom of dress.

On a real side it would be hard for me to dress my daughter in fun creations all her life then suddenly switch to drab uniforms too.

Jennifer

August 21. 2008 17:42

I'm right there with you. My kids' schools have very strict dress codes right down to the type of socks they can wear. My kindie only wears a 3T and finding uniforms to fit her has been extremely difficult. I am sewing what I can,...khaki jumpers, navy jumpers...yawn...

micki

August 22. 2008 02:17

Being Swedish and in a country where we don't have school uniforms or strict dress codes in schools, this blows my mind. I can't really understand where the harm in colourful patterns and clothes is. Especially for little kids...

Hope you can find the inspiration to make clothes for your daughter to wear on the weekends and in the evenings after kindergarten.

Anna

August 22. 2008 23:30

I always liked wearing a uniform - probably because I could roll out of bed not fully conscious and still get dressed without having to think. Our kindergarten uniform is a lot more practical than my old one was, though - I grew up wearing a blouse and tie. Now I seem to be one of the few people around here who can tie a tie...

Lil' d

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