School Uniforms On The Skids

[Mulboyne]

[dimwit]

Wot! You mean you can't use the ones you buy at the local s/m store?:)

[Catoneinutica]

[Doctor Stop]

PS: The need to cross one's legs when standing still seems to be hardwired in the J-girl's neural circuitry.

It keeps the flies out.

[Marked Trail]

It keeps the flies out.

Notice how "loose socks" are never seen anymore.

[GuyJean]

It keeps the flies out.

It also makes them look more svelt, averting your attention away from their 'daikon-liciousness'..

GJ

[Behan]

Catoneinutica, my wife and I were watching the news here in Japan when the news of her husband broke out. He said something like 'I used to be gay.' in a news conference.
It looked like he was out for her money. They stayed together for at least a while after that and maybe are still married

[Catoneinutica]

Catoneinutica, my wife and I were watching the news here in Japan when the news of her husband broke out. He said something like 'I used to be gay.' in a news conference.
It looked like he was out for her money. They stayed together for at least a while after that and maybe are still married

Thanks for the info. The Yuko Arimori/gay American husband story was one of those over-the-top Japanese media freakouts in around 1998. I remember thinking what a shame is was that such a babe was wasted on a gay guy. He said he "used to be gay"? What kind of BS is that? Did Scientology "cure" him, like it did Tom Cruise and John Travolta? ("Curing" men of their gay-osity is apparently one of its selling points.)

[Doctor Stop]

Oot aixelsyd sih deruc ti dna, pey!

[kamome]

Notice how "loose socks" are never seen anymore.

It's a crying shame. Loose socks were the bomb.

[maraboutslim]

Yuko Arimori is/was a babe? I'm not seeing it, man. She's some sort of goodwill ambassador type these days, fighting the good fight...

[Mulboyne]

Yomiuri: School uniforms get hand-me-down treatment

Schools and parent-teacher associations across the nation are devising programs to collect and offer hand-me-down school uniforms and gym clothing to students who need them. In particular, middle school students often face the problem of outgrowing their uniforms during their three-year school period. New uniform items are expensive to replace, as a school jacket alone, for example, costs about 20,000 yen. So a number of PTAs and schools have begun to collect used clothes and provide them to students in need. Such activities are becoming popular as more people realize the benefits.

Each year at the municipal Tamaho Middle School in Chuo, Yamanashi Prefecture, teachers ask parents of graduating students to donate their children's used uniforms and jerseys to the school. This year, about 50 items were collected. Teacher Yuko Baba, who is in charge of the collection efforts, said many donors dry-cleaned and made necessary repairs to the used clothes beforehand. When the school offered the batch of used clothes to its student body in mid-July, nearly half of the items were claimed. The school intends to offer the remaining items if individuals request them after autumn. "School uniforms and jerseys are quick to wear out because students wear them on a near-daily basis. I assume many parents are bothered by the cost," Baba said.

At the municipally run Shimura Daini Middle School in Itabashi Ward, Tokyo, the PTA is taking the lead. In late March every year, parents of the school's graduates donate uniforms that are not in use any more. This year, 10 pairs of pants and five stand-up collar jackets were displayed during a school athletics meet in May, and all of the items were picked up. New versions of the school's stand-up collar jacket for male students are priced from 19,500 yen to 26,000 yen. Winter pants cost from 9,660 yen to 13,650 yen, and summer pants cost from 8,295 yen to 10,500 yen.

A PTA board member, who received a school uniform from an acquaintance for her son before he entered the middle school, said, "If the trend of distributing unused uniforms expands among the school community, more families could save money." The PTA is considering offering used school uniforms at a new student orientation meeting in February, in addition to its athletics meet.

Similar activities also are taking place in other prefectures, including Kanagawa and Fukuoka. According to a fiscal 2008 survey on children's educational expenses by the Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technologies Ministry, spending on school uniforms at public middle schools was 20,547 yen a year on average. The spending is particularly high, at 48,637 yen, for first-year students, as they must purchase their first set of uniforms. The ministry said there was no guideline set by either the central or local governments regarding the price of school uniforms, and that in principle, each school has discretion over the matter.

An administrative worker at a public middle school in the Chubu region said: "When schools select their school uniforms, they don't pay attention to prices as much as to the design. Once [the prices] are set, it's unlikely they'd be revised later." Toshie Takeyama, who heads a study group of school administrative workers and is well versed on the topic of school-related expenses, said, "Amid the stagnant economy, many families feel that the burden of buying school uniforms is increasing. It's also expected that the efforts to reuse used uniforms at the school level would deepen the bonds within local communities," Takeyama added.

But the price problem still remains. Takeyama said: "Schools should consider reducing the burdens while listening to parents' opinions. It seems reasonable that students should be allowed to wear shirts and sweaters bought at discount stores, not only school-designated shops."

[Typhoon]

The need to cross one's legs when standing still seems to be hardwired in the J-girl's neural circuitry. Fear the dreaded O-legs, girls!

One of the things that defy a rational explanation: wear as short a skirt as possible then spend lots of time and energy fretting about maintaining one's modesty.

In the West, swimsuit, lingerie and Playboy models used to almost always cross their legs.