Geek Rock

Last year sometime (close to winter) I was walking in the shops, when I saw a rack of some of the most beautiful looking scarves. I obviously went over (like a moth to a flame) and looked through the selection. They had virtually every colour. I had just got birthday money or something but I knew it was my money. I was about to by the beautiful purple scarf when I noticed a white scarf. I reminded myself that I would most likely want to wear this to school. Purple or white. In the end white won. I could wear it with anything but mainly I could wear it to school, which was very important. The following Monday I wore the scarf to school and was gloating when I was very rudely interrupted by someone telling me that it was lovely, but I would have to take it off soon. BUMMER! I found out later that the reason was that our principal had banned white scarves because so many people wore white scarves with different colours in it (like purple or pink). This sucked! I did wear the scarf though with other outfits and Jessica made me a black scarf (once I paid R25 and bought my own wool but anyway).

The reason I was remembering this story was because our new school uniform is coming in. Lots of children have it. It’s a very preppy school uniform and it reminds me of a boarding school.

The colours: Mustard and blood. (We call it this. Obviously the school try something a little more up beat like Friendly Yellow and Cheery Red). Instead of our less obvious main colour grey, they’re using black.

Girls Old Uniform (Summer): Red and white checked dress.

Girls New Uniform (Summer): Pleated, plaid/tartan skirt (in our south westerly) and un-tucked golf shirt with plaid/ tartan around the collar and sleeves.

Girls Old Uniform (Winter): Grey skirt with tucked in long sleeved shirt with tie/ Grey skirt with short-sleeved shirt with no tie. Long grey socks.

Girls New Uniform (Winter): Pleated, plaid/tartan skirt (in our south westerly) and un-tucked golf shirt with plaid/ tartan around the collar and sleeves. Black stockings.

Boys Old Uniform (Summer/Winter): Grey long trousers/short grey trousers and tucked in shirt.

Boys New Uniform (Summer/ Winter): Long grey pants/short grey pants with un-tucked golf shit with plaid/tartan around the collar and sleeves.

Extras: Jersey (black with tartan around the collar. Loose and not very pretty with the shirt), Beanie (special FHPS school beanie), Scarf, rain jacket.

Sports Uniform: A new black and red unisex sports shirt (which just looks bad on boys. I’m sorry!), with unisex black shorts. Miranda pointed out very well that a 7 year old white boy does not have the same shape butt as a 12 year old black girl

Problems with the new uniform:

They said that the uniforms would be ready in So Many Months. Once that’d past it was Next term, then the next until it finally came out about 6 months AFTER it was said to.

It cost over R1000 to get the whole thing (not including the extras). I am yet to see a parent to buy an extra.

The school skirts are made in an odd fashion. If they fit you around the waist they don’t fit length wise and vice versa.- Someone went to the Echo and complained and the school then hastily replied that they were changing it.

Our skirts won’t stay down in the wind

Our skirts won’t stay down in the wind so they said girls may wear shorts of the appropriate colour under their skirts*

How come we have to buy a whole NEW set when the boys have to buy a shirt and a jersey???

We can’t go to Pep and buy a cheap shirt, we have to go to the ONLY supplier and get the custom-made school shirts…

Unisex sports uniforms- Miranda pointed out very well that a 7-year-old white boy does not have the same shape butt as a 12-year-old black girl.

There’s only one supplier- The board of governor’s shop…  

I think they’ve stuffed this up royally.

*This is what made me think of it. It doesn’t matter it the shorts are hidden. I could have bright neon green shorts. Because I thought that it was of appropriate colour. Or I could wear black shorts with bright hot pink polka dots because the majority is black!!!

I might have offended someone or many people with this blog post so…

In my opinion I say all of the above.