To Chiu Hsin-min, you publicly shared your views on the issue of uniform fees on Facebook, mainly questioning “Can you believe a $9219 uniform fee?”.
🙅 Practical clothing is functional and shouldn’t be lumped together with other items.
First of all, you shouldn’t include practical clothing in your criticism. If you don’t wear the required uniform for practical training, what’s the point of studying? Practical clothing is functional clothing, and its role is definitely more important than you imagine. If clothing manufacturers knew you were criticizing even practical clothing, they would definitely feel like they’d been shot in the knee.
💰 Uniform Costs Are Actually Affordable
The standard uniform cost is NT$6704, broken down into winter and summer, with each season costing NT$3352. Over three years, that’s NT$1117 per six months. There might be room to cut costs, such as shoe covers, but even from my own family, I don’t find the uniform cost expensive; it might sting a little at first.
As for your argument that this is a burden for low-income families, you’ve forgotten your glasses. The unit price of the clothes is actually cheaper than market prices. Do you really think low-income families have to wear hand-me-downs? Whether the school should subsidize uniform costs for underprivileged students is another issue. Personally, I prefer to include it in the budget to support those who need it.
👔 Wearing a uniform is also part of learning
Addendum: Some netizens suggested I respond to another statement you made, it seems you once said you didn’t want to wear a uniform you were forced to pay for, right?? Actually, this is a very cute teenage rebellion mindset. I think you must also be unhappy about being forced to pay for knowledge, for example, your least favorite subject. You must really want to skip class and get a refund, right??
Actually, wearing a uniform is itself part of school learning, which is quite common in high-level education systems in Europe, America, and Japan. However, I think modern Taiwanese young students have many of their own ideas, which is also good. You will definitely become incredibly innovative and successful adults. So personally, I actually support you not wearing uniforms.
(So, without a uniform, you can’t be innovative or successful? This way of thinking is baffling, even the US president and Einstein are baffling.)