Change out of uniform to keep safe, pupils told

Evening Standard (UK) ^ | 07/28/08 | time Ross

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Schools are telling children to change out of uniform to avoid being attacked on their way home, a government adviser revealed today.

[ ED: Liberalism at its finest in the UK ]

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How the Brits are not addressing the "yob" problem.

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LOL! The uniforms were put in place to cut gang activity, weren’t they?

I mean, if you can’t wear gang colors you can’t be in a gang, right???

[MaineConservative]

hmmm... Change out of uniforms into what? Why not sent them to a SAFE SCHOOL??

[50sDad]

Why not provide handguns for the kids who might get knifed?

[naturalman1975]

LOL! The uniforms were put in place to cut gang activity, weren’t they?

Not in the UK, they weren't, no. School uniforms have a long tradition in Britain that considerably predates any concern about gangs in schools - yes, in the US, some places have introduced uniforms for that reason, but that's an American phenomenon, not a British one.

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Good point.