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Friday, 24 January 2025

Uniform

 


Uniform

We’ve got it arse about face in the UK

School kids should attend in their own clothes

University students should require a uniform

Why make them wait for a cap and gown?

Teenagers shouldn’t be cloned drones in brown

but unique sorts with critical thinking skills

savvy about finance and money,

responsible about relationships.

If they get to University then they have earned the right

to wear a uniform to let them stand out.

They can carry their student debt about their neck

on a chalk board

Anybody would think that

 "Schools teach against the individual"

“You need to fit in rather than stand out”

The ones who survive into adulthood

are the canaries they sent down the coalmine.

They still sing and dance and express creatively

but behind closed doors.

You’re top of the form

if you wear a uniform  

but your job 

(which you know)

is to rebel.

         


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