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School Uniform: Time for a Re-think

Posted on January 3, 2024 by odeboyz

Causation means that a change in one variable causes a change in another variable. Correlation means there is a statistical association between variables.1 In Britain school uniform is a quasi-religion. Not wearing it can be punished by exclusion from school. Why? What’s … Continue reading →

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School uniform as a fetish

Posted on July 25, 2022 by odeboyz

The recent heatwave1 revealed problems with school uniform. Schools, however, have devoted huge emotional capital to student conformity and they didn’t like seeing their efforts going down the drain. This insight produced an intellectual meltdown but they couldn’t prevaricate because … Continue reading →

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