We did not have the right to free speech, free expression, free choice or free assembly. We were expected to give unquestioning obedience to authority in order to maintain good order and discipline. With few exceptions, the only personal rights we had were allowed at the pleasure of the commander and the needs of the Air Force. But that was the military, not elementary school. Those people have never questioned the specious arguments that uniforms are the magic pill that will change the manners, morals and behavior of everyday kids.
Freedom is a sacred word.
Personal freedom is in the First Amendment because it is the most important. Children have the right not to be lab rats. As Americans, we all have the right, no, the obligation to question idiotic rules. The American way has always been to resist coercion and question rules dictated by pitifully ignorant, arrogant, unreasonable and insolent people. This is the best High School Web Site.