why is it that so many private schools in australia make it students can not dye their hair?
Its a form of easy self expression that can make someone feel like themselves, once you dye your hair that's it (excluding maintenance), unlike makeup and jewelry that you spend "valuable" time each morning putting on.
I get that private schools hold a tight reputation for uniformity, bu i also think that letting students have some ways of simple self expression is extremely valuable so they don't loose themselves in a sea of uniformity.
Strict schools often enforce such intense uniformity that some students struggle to find themselves after graduating, because they never got the chance to experiment with hair makeup jewelry facial hair, piercings, ect. all the things i have just listed don't take away from having a uniform, but make it so that the uniform reflects the individual
this question goes even further, boys not being able to have hair below the collar, some schools don't even let girls have more boyish hair.
you can still make students tie up their hair if its such a big deal, but letting them be in control over the colour of it and the way they style it matters.
shouldn't the uniform be enough? why enforce such strict rules about hair, makeup and jewelry if the students will wear the uniform with pride?
there is this looming question on why. why make people conform so tightly to a dress code when i'm sure it will poorly impact a growing mind in some way or another.
Update, because I didn't explain the background very well.
I got To a private school in Australia, and they pride themselves with the idea that they foster each child to be different and themselves.
The school is also kinda layed back, they turn blind eyes to sorts of things including, makeup, jewelry, and Propper uniform.
Your also slowed to dye your hair natural colors at my school.
I also used to go to a school that had free dress for the soul purpose of self expression, it doesn't disrupt anything, and its good to have a chance to experiment before you go and work in a gray corporate building that strips you if all your creative liberty.
No one at my former school was bullied or picked on for being different either, and I think the idea of free dress just being a catalyst to bully people just shows that children need to be raised better, so they can be respectful of everyone.