Student ignores uniforms

Good. It's about time somebody stood up against this bullshit. Naturally it ain't in America, where everyone's been browbeaten too much to fight.

A 15-year-old high school student in the Australian state of Tasmania is engaged in a battle against school uniforms. In at least one Australian state - Queensland - uniforms can't be required in state schools (which are what we call public schools). In Queensland it's because of a directive by state education officials. Tasmania, however, seems to have no such wide-reaching safeguard.

The student in this story hasn't worn her uniform in over 2 years. She simply refuses. The attire is uncomfortable, pointless, and fails to enhance academics.

The school has retaliated by barring her from field trips and gym class. (Of course, I'd say being banned from gym class is more of a reward than a punishment.) This retaliation has prompted her to seek help from education officials, who agreed that she was being discriminated against by the school for not wearing the uniform.

But when they took the case to a parliamentary committee, right-wing politicians blasted the student's claim.

Just think if enough people in the United States did what the student in this story is doing!

(Source: http://www.news.com.au/mercury/story/0,22884,23924564-3462,00.html)