"On the other hand, at least the US kids don't have to wear uniforms."
Oft repeated, but not true. School uniforms are mandated by school districts all over the United States. Perhaps 25% of school districts had some kind of school uniform back in the late '90s and early'00s, the last time it peaked ... it seems to be rather less than that these days.
Just now, on the SF Bay Area Channel 7 news broadcast (variously KGO TV, ABC 7 News), they mentioned that many school districts across the country are mandating kids wear their school uniforms even while "distance learning" from home. As I predicted three months ago.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
