Uniforms for Public Schools

It is the back to school time again. In fact today happens to be the first day of school for my daughter. So the whole hustle and bustle in the morning trying to get to school on time started again. As it is, it's very hectic in the mornings doing even the simple things like brushing teeth, eating breakfast, combing hair and few other simple chores to get ready for school. Add to this chaos the dreaded "no uniform" anything goes dress picking in the morning. It throws the whole equilibrium out of whack. All the other chores take predictable time, but not the dress picking.

So it brings me to this question, as to why do public schools do not enforce uniforms for children? Why is that only private schools have that privilege? It beats me. There are so many advantages to having a school uniform.

These are 5 reasons why we should have school uniforms for public schools.

1. Focus will be on education and not clothes.
   
   
   Whenever I see those advertisements for "back to school" on television, newspapers or anywhere else for that matter, all they talk about is the clothes, the shoes, how cool they are supposed to look and all that non-sense. Never once is the focus on the real thing, "the education". So if we bring back uniforms for all schools, regardless if they are public or private, we will indirectly help children focus on education and not so much on looks.
   
   
   
2. Everybody will be "uniform".
   
   
   So there will be no distinction between the poor and the rich kids. Since everybody wears the same clothes, they all look the same. At least children won't be checking out each others clothes and shoes, which is a big positive.
   
   
   
3. It saves money.
   
   
   We don't have to buy so many clothes for school. We can buy a few pairs of uniform and we are good to go. That definitely saves a lot of money (who doesn't want to save money in this economy?!!!).
   
   
   
4. It saves time.
   
   
   You don't waste all that time in picking clothes to wear to school. If it is an uniform it becomes that much easier. It is a no brainer.
   
   
   
5. We can identify the child's school.
   
   
   So if somebody is either cutting classes or doing some unruly stuff (like graffiti which seems to be common problem here), the least we could do is complain to their school Principal, since we know which school they belong to.
   
   
   

These are just my reasons for having a school uniforms for public schools in America. I wish our current president, Mr. Obama does something about this.

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School Choir.

Since the beginning of this school year my daughter has been missing her music class the most. That's because this year she started going to a public school and since the funds are low, music has taken a back seat at public schools.

My daughter has been telling me all along that she is really interested in a music class especially a class where she can sing. So just today we found out that her school was offering a beginner choir class for first graders. The music teacher was willing to take just the first 30 students. I was afraid that we may be too late and may not be able to get her enrolled in the class. To my surprise my daughter was the first one to get registered for the class. That was a relief. In fact they already had their first class today. The music teacher is great and my daughter loved the class.

The music teacher told us about the K8 Kid Tunes where she gets all her songs for the music class.

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