| ▲ | RA_Fisher 5 hours ago | |||||||||||||
False rigor is common among societies that are economically behind. Same reason poor schools mandate uniforms. | ||||||||||||||
| ▲ | licnep 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |||||||||||||
Usually the main reason to mandate uniforms in poor countries is so that the poorest kids won't be ostracized for not being able to afford trendy clothes. | ||||||||||||||
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| ▲ | haunter 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||||||||
> Same reason poor schools mandate uniforms The top 6 countries in the annual PISA test are all asian countries where uniforms are mandatory in public and private education (China, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Singapore, HK) | ||||||||||||||
| ▲ | igleria 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||||||||
> Same reason poor schools mandate uniforms Nah. In Argentina, public primary school kids have a white uniform to imprint a sense of being among equals, no matter their families social standing. | ||||||||||||||
| ▲ | hardlianotion 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |||||||||||||
Characterise false rigour? Do you mean something that purports to be rigour but is not? | ||||||||||||||