Nobody Cares: PRS

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

 

[Arkady Arkright]

... that the school must derive some benefit from the arrangement.

That's the bit that makes me uneasy, I'm surprised it's legal.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

That's the bit that makes me uneasy, I'm surprised it's legal.

I have no idea. Perhaps it's simply the price you pay for having a school uniform -- it puts the parents and school at the mercy of people prepared to supply them.

"If you want us to supply your unique items (blazers, sweatshirts with logos etc) by post, and handle all the admin for you, then you have to take our generic items like black trousers and skirts as part of the deal. If the pupils' parents want to get their skirts from Asda, they can try getting the blazers and sweatshirts from them, too".

Or maybe it's the school being petty -- I dunno, not having kids, I have no idea what's expensive and what's not, so I compared their prices with Azda, and was quite shocked.

Presumably no one would pay those prices if the school didn't insist, so I was simply speculating about possible reasons for the school taking such a bloody-minded and petty stand.

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

Psycho gunman alert

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Thread about MLK and socialism:

 

[Arkady Arkright]

Presumably no one would pay those prices if the school didn't insist, so I was simply speculating about possible reasons for the school taking such a bloody-minded and petty stand.

It seems to me to be a form of extortion for private profit - especially for publicly-funded schools. I wonder if it's ever been challenged in a court of law ?

 

[bubblesort]

It seems to me to be a form of extortion for private profit - especially for publicly-funded schools. I wonder if it's ever been challenged in a court of law ?

You're right. I went to a private catholic schools, in America, in the 90s. We had uniform requirements that were basically dress shirt, tie, dress pants and shoes, and we had to shave. I was always getting in trouble for not shaving. It wasn't business formal, but it wasn't business casual, either. Kinda business formal without the jacket. Keeping your zipper and buttons in a straight vertical line was not strictly required, but our director of student conduct would jokingly lecture us about that in the hallways, even though we would not get written up for it (I think that's called a bunt line? Maybe?) We did not have a specific supplier that we were forced to buy uniforms from.

I'm pretty sure the girls could buy skirts from whoever they wanted, but it had to be the right type of plaid, which I think limited their options. I'm pretty sure there was variety in the pleating on the skirts, so I think that probably meant there were multiple suppliers of the skirts. I don't think they were told that they had to purchase skirts from a specific company, though.

I think what happened is that public schools got defunded, so these uniform companies came in and offered schools kickbacks for requiring students to wear their gear, and only their gear. At best, it's a school tax that only parents have to pay. At worst, it's an abuse of power, and a scam to profiteer off of government power.

Uniforms are stupid, anyway. The studies saying they help students learn were all funded by uniform companies.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

It seems to me to be a form of extortion for private profit - especially for publicly-funded schools. I wonder if it's ever been challenged in a court of law ?

Google suggests that it's lawful but the law is in the process of being changed

Schools accused of uniform profiteering

Financial Mail discovers that many schools stand accused by parents of profiteering by insisting uniforms are bought from a sole supplier

www.thisismoney.co.uk

School uniform costs in England - House of Commons Library

Concerns are regularly raised about the cost of school uniform - this briefing introduces the rules and policy discussion in England, and sets out the support available for school uniform costs across the UK.

commonslibrary.parliament.uk

CMA advises schools and suppliers over uniform prices

The CMA has written to head teachers, governing boards and suppliers urging them to make school uniforms available at the best prices possible.

www.gov.uk

Government backs proposal to cut the cost of school uniforms

Ministers say they will support private member's bill which will require 2013 guidance to be put on a statutory footing

schoolsweek.co.uk

 

[Argent Stonecutter]

We had to wear school uniforms, and there were pretty tight requirements for the color and length, and we needed both short and long pants, and blue and white shirts, for different seasons and occasions. Apart from the socks, I don't think I ever had a new uniform, we always bought used from the parents-run used uniform sales held every term.

 

[Arkady Arkright]

Google suggests that it's lawful but the law is in the process of being changed

Thanks - it's a long time since I was involved in buying school uniforms...

 

[Free]

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell Says Bed Bath And Beyond, Kohl's To Drop His Products; Dominion Voting Systems Threatens To Sue

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell said in an interview Saturday that Bed Bath & Beyond and Kohl's are among the retailers that will stop selling his products due to his continued support of conspiracy theories related to President Donald Trump's election loss.

minnesota.cbslocal.com

Bed, Bath and Beyond is definitely an Antifa operation.

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

 

[Sovereignty]

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Trump Panicking After Realizing Fingerprints All Over White House

WASHINGTON—Feeling agitated and desperate with less than 24 hours on the clock, President Donald Trump was reportedly panicking Tuesday after realizing his fingerprints were all over the White House. “Oh God, I touched everything—there’s no way we have time to get this whole place cleaned,” said...

politics.theonion.com

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Boris Johnson announces that UK residents will only be allowed to leave their homes to colonize a sovereign nation

LONDON, UK - Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced that, as a measure to combat the new strain of COVID-19, residents of the United Kingdom will only be permitted to leave their homes for the purposes of colonizing a sovereign country.

www.thebeaverton.com

When asked if colonized peoples would be allowed to move to Britain, Ms Clarke shouted that immigrants cannot be trusted to respect English culture and stomped off down to the street to look for an Indian curry takeaway.

 

[Katheryne Helendale]

I think the angle is that a full-length skirt is too Muslim.

That's pretty much the only explanation that makes sense to me. I hope the family involved fights it.

 

[Katheryne Helendale]

So apparently northern Japan has been seeing a record amount of snowfall this season. Snowfall in the Aomori Prefecture, where I was stationed in the early 2000's, is usually pretty heavy on normal years, and my impression of Japanese drivers during snow events is that they really know what they're doing. I'd never heard of any major traffic accidents around the area while I was there. So I was quite surprised when I read about a 130-vehicle pileup on the Tohoku Expressway yesterday. It has to take some extraordinarily bad weather to cause something like that!

Japan: One dead as snowstorm causes 130-vehicle pile-up

One person is killed and at least 10 are injured after vehicles collide on the Tohoku Expressway.

www.bbc.com

 

[Free]

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

 

[Free]

The "journalist's" tweet of it is a fun reply ride.