OT: Public Schools

[bboyminn]

No: HPFGUIDX 187841

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> zfshiruba: 
> It shows just how much of an American I can be sometimes that I really didn't pick up on the "stone wall" connotation until the prison comparison.
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> In the States, or at least, my part of the States Stonewall High would just mean that its in the south and your school teams are probably the Generals.
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> Do comprehensive schools wear uniforms then? Speaking of Dudley's uniform, I can understand the Dursleys' blindness but is everyone who goes to school with him blind too? Or does pride in tradition overrule basic embarrassment? Is tradition or going against tradition more common in the books?
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bboyminn:

Agreed in the southern USA a Stonewall High is likely name after a Confederate General. But in the San Fransisco or New York, it is far more likely to be a gay high school. And, yes, they really do have gay high schools. 

As to the odd uniform, you have to consider that there are a lot of schools in the UK, and each is determined to have its own UNIQUE uniform. Well the oldest and most prestigious schools got all the good uniform, and likely the newer less prominent schools were left to fight over the scraps.

Once all the basic muted solid colors are used up, then you are left with stripes, then you are finally left with the brighter less dignified colors.

I imagine a new school trying to conceive of a truly unique yet still conservative and dignified color scheme would have a very difficult time of it. 

Steve/bboyminn