AIBU to think schools should not allow students to wear black trainers all day, every day?

[Lilyladles]

My child's high school is allowing students to wear black trainers all day. I think this is bad for their feet, more expensive for parents, and a drop in standards.

AIBU?

Trainers are much better for feet than “school shoes” especially when they’re still growing.
I’m glad my DDs are allowed to wear black trainers

Trainers sound more practical, I tend to wear them for work. They don't have the office look, but schools maybe (hopefully) are moving away from just going for an ethos.

Wouldn’t go down well in our family. We are a a Dr Marten book family. Eldest wears hers all the time unless she’s at a hobby that needs a trainer. Youngest has a selection of trainers, boots, converse etc but wears DMs for school.

Trainers should not be allowed in schools.

What about for PE?

I posted earlier and am leaving teaching mainly due to stupid entitled parents. How the hell does the fact that I’m wearing black trainers and am comfortable affect you?

In more than 3 decades of teaching, I have seen so much change, much of it forced onto me like Gove’s ridiculous curriculum changes. Having a relaxation about footwear for staff is something that has helped keep an experienced teacher there a bit longer. Surely what and how I teach are far more important that wearing clean trainers on my feet!

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Why not? Please provide reasoning that isn't just about appearances, and explain why young people in most of Europe manage without uniform.

Plimsolls should be worn for PE. Or football/hockey boots or other specialised footwear. But definitely not TRAINERS as they are the worst.

Are you a footwear expert? Because that is a statement that requires substantiation. Unless of course you're just wittering on about appearances again.

Why do you think every professional and amateur athlete in the world wears trainers, rather than plimsolls?

I'll give you a clue: it's because plimsolls are really, really bad for your feet. They don't have any support or shock absorption in them.

It would be fucking negligent to make kids do sports like netball, athletics, basketball, tennis or rounders in plimsolls.

Any sports coach, physio or podiatrist would tell you that plimsolls aren't suitable for sports. Maybe for a 7-year-old jumping about in a school hall, but absolutely not once they start doing actual sports and proper running.

Hockey, football and rugby need boots with studs, obviously, but for other sports, trainers are wholly appropriate.

Not least because lots of offices now allow trainers anyway!

Well it's all very well making those sort of statements, but why? How does what you have on your feet affect teaching and learning?

What utter nonsense!

Plimsolls have no substance to them, no cushioning or arch support. My trainers have some ankle support which really helps me as I have a metal plate and screws in my lower leg/ankle.

If you have professional qualifications in orthotics, podiatry or the like, I am concerned about your seriously outdated knowledge. Otherwise, the 1950s would like their views back

Has Oona visited us from the 1940s?

Its all very Enid Blyton

Oona also thinks it's jolly bad form to hang your pants outside to dry.

I thought Oona was on a wind up. Maybe I'm wrong.

Bad for their feet? What utter nonsense. 😂super smart decision from the school

Their language skills would benefit from it, so why not.!

Our school has strict uniform. The head wears a skirt and blazer. They start uniform aged 2 and the girls wear knee high white socks until 14. Boys in shorts and shirts, no trainers, no silly hair cuts. They look incredibly neat and well presented. The parents wear dresses / chinos and shirts to sports day/ prize giving/ the Christmas concert. You can see everyone understands that how your present yourself reflects your attitude.

When I see children in trainers, half shaved heads, parents in tracksuit bottoms etc. It just gives of a sense of not caring. You don't carry yourself the same way or show discipline and hard work when you look scruffy.

I hope your DC never end up working in something like software development or any other tech business. They'd die of shock.

Sounds appalling to me.

Nike Air Max?

My kids school allowing this too.
The other option was equally expensive.

Don’t think shoes and coats should be constructed part of the uniform

Im not sure who you think you are? Teenagers wear what they wear. I’m 30 now. I went to a school that decided I have to wear black underwear to which I replied “you gonna pull my skirt up and check”?
yoh don’t get to decide what kids wear after 7/8 years old. That’s where you allow the kid to develop a personality and hope that the world (I.e. you.) don’t beat them down at every turn. They are already being told in how many ways by their peers that their body/style offends them. As long as it’s not skimpy skirts and low cut/crop tops, why are you bothered?

YABU.

What a load of rubbish. Are kids buying their own clothes from 7/8? With what money?

As long as they are at school they should obey the school rules in terms of clothing, and as long as they live under their parents roof, they should obey their parents in what they wear.

Clothes are not a substitute for a personality. Those that think they are generally have no personality.

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What a load of nonsense