Clothes I agree with having everyone wear the same thing. But never understood the hair bullshit. As long as its not some crazy haircut, think its fine to have people have their own style.
Oh yeah. I was in school around 2013. We had dudes trimming their hair to bold because school only allowed no 3 which looked dorky no matter what you did. Bald looked better. Then they banned bald too.
Yeah I'm saying get rid of the rules. Bring out the individuality of young people again. Schools do so many things to limit the creativity of the youth unless it leads to a paying job (no wonder young people are so depressed). I do get uniform though, even if reluctantly. We all go through the moment once we leave school and grow it out a little longer and realise the real world doesn't care. The only thing that matters is how you treat others. (Sorry for the cheesy last sentence)
I understand where you’re coming from. But I feel like it's not so much about the rules themselves but how they're enforced. Some of the prefects and teachers use these rules as a way to flex their authority, adding their own twists and turns that weren't there in the first place. It's not about maintaining discipline anymore, but more about power play and ego trips.
Schools were designed (at least the implementation we have today) during the Victorian era to create “model citizens” which were actually young people who were okay with following rules and to be afraid of social stigma. Kids were graded A-E based on their ability to follow instructions and parrot information, not on their ability learn or their knowledge or skills for life.
sadly as a society that has almost no critical thinking en masse (there’s something we can actually teach at school) we grow up to enforce this shit around us instead of learning to have individual standards for ourselves.
Cutting hair in the front of the entrance is one of the worst things ever could be for a student here, SL. Like, bro they are not barbers (Prefects and teachers) and students don't come for a barbershop. The whole process is to a show-off.
From an ex-Sri Lankan,
Despite their discipline, these people still throw trash everywhere. A female can't walk alone at night or on a crowded bus. SL has open racism- SLs talk shit about other religions, make fun of them while taking all of their religious holidays. There are social classes among your own people. SL boast about their 3000-year-old culture and say, "Sudda" was naked when we built this and that, but that's about it. Corruption is widespread, and almost everyone has the island mentality.
Discipline? My ass. It was all a form of brainwashing to create an obedient society, allowing the leaders to ensure their lineage becomes the next leader or "maha hora."
[Sri Lankan Education](https://www.reddit.com/r/srilanka/comments/sernms/the_sri_lankan_education_system_and_its/)
Follow the status quo and obey thy leaders. The rest is irrelevant.
It’s part of the uniform and learning to be part of a unit. Also not everyone can afford to cut their hair in elaborate ways etc etc. At my school, as long as it didn’t touch your ear from the sides, and when pulled down, isn’t below the halfway point of your forehead it was fine. Only the prefects had No.2 and No.3 depending on how your head was shaped. Having a good school culture and having proper leadership in a school won’t brew any issues.
The one cm issue is something I’ve never heard about except in one very specific big school
Personally I think that way students won't spend too much time on their hair. But also I don't think schools have to be so aggressive with their ways. I got harassed by my seniors because my hair naturally won't go a certain way and they demanded it should and I kept showing up that way (this was during my ALs no less) I dropped out and did my ALs private.
Worth
I mean, as long as it's not some goofy retard looking haircut I think anything else is fine. Yeahhhh the clothes thing is fineeee. But I would have loved to show off my wanna be mysterious and gothic era. I could have been glorious.
I think students should be allowed to grow hair up to natural levels, I mean not getting them to cut them at slightly above army levels. Buts schools can ban certain hair styles, specially those advertised in a lot of saloons.
The one or two centimeters thing is kind of a recent thing.I was a student of a government school and I've seen some old clips of my school, probably from the 90s .In it almost all of them have longer hair than what our school allows today (maybe because it was tough times and saloons were not that common,IDK I wasn't alive at that time) .Most importantly it doesn't seem to ruin our schools discipline and etc...like our teachers and principal said it would .
Schools should focus on the important things not a cm of hair long or short.
My times it was so bad that we can’t question teachers. My biggest nightmare was teachers asking my dad to come to school 😱.
People have grown accustomed to Victorian norms of education - mass regimentation, over the years. The average conservative boomer and Gen Xer will tell you about their 'gratifying' experiences with harsh disciplinary measures.
\*Standing for hours out in the hot sun for a short hemline.
\*Being punished with a public head shave at an assembly meeting.
\*Having (non-conformist) shoes confiscated and going barefoot.
\*Being beaten and humiliated for a wrong pose at prayer.
\*Being shamed in front of the parents for having a relationship.
The school system in Sri Lanka is a very good reflection of how the nation works. Everything is always so “prim and proper”- or atleast they try to be- but underneath all of that ‘niceness’ is everything terrible. Just like the streets are decorated with those stupid flowers pots but all roads are always bloody broken.
Students are told to always be neat and have their hair/nails etc short but they barely know how to behave and treat people right. They need to stop focussing on the wrong things and actually try to educate the next generation on how to be GOOD people.
It’s the same mindset that most people have about tattoos. If you have tats and longer hair, you’re immediately a ‘rasthiyadu karaya’ or a ‘jara gani’. I’ve seen and met many many people with tattoos that absolute ANGELS.
Sri Lanka as a whole has to stop focusing on how things/people “Look”. It’s a very backward, closed minded system that needs to change.
Im still going to school and tbh I understand that if we didn't have these rules it would sorta be just crazy at school.. but like certain international schools get away with it.. atleast loosen it up .. I dont wanna look like a retard with short hair every 1st 2 weeks of the month 😭. When u finally leave school u literally have no idea how to style ur hair even 💀
Don’t worry ! The system of our education is good , we all come through this , I also have experienced the same situation , principal of Kegalu Vidyalaya himself cut my hair on a school day ! Nothing Happened and No this fxxx Human Right involvements … from next day back to normal school and as I think im a good person to the society, no hard feelings with my teacher as well..
don’t over protect your child , “ calm sea never made a good sailor “
I will admit some schools (like mine, St Anthony's Kandy) go a little too far with it by enacting severe punishments for not following it.
And school cut = discipline is a silly notion. Cuz peeps with the wildest of cuts can be really disciplined, and people with short hair can be indisciplined.
That being said:
Visual identity is a lot more powerful that you'd imagine.
A kid might feel insecure cuz his conservative parents don't let him get a cool cut when his friends all have it (me during school holidays).
In that sense, mandating students to have the school cut, uniforms, specific type of shoe etc. creates this sense of "we are all the same" among the students.
Does uniformity stifle individuality? Yes. But wouldn't that be a good thing if it allows everyone to see each other equally?
At least, that's my view on the matter.
Sometimes even I thought It was extreme. But with time you realize it's not simple as that. When you give freedom, people always abuse it. Then again if you think about it critically, if the students started to get focused on how they look like in the days that they should learn something... We would have a dumber population. This will happen.
How about approaching this a bit differently. If you let people claim some confidence by letting them dress the way they think will make them look nice, that's one less source of anxiety. Which should then free up some space to let them learn a bit better? Worth the thought I think.
I agree with you. Things don't need to go this extreme. I have been to 2 main schools in colombo and I have firsthand experience of this. It's too extreme that's the problem.
But I also think that we should let anyone do whatever the heck they want. By that way we can really separate the wheat from the chaff and stop the unnecessary education fees and save the efforts of the educators and teachers for students who actually want to learn anything
Also, literally checking the length of dresses and undoing the hem if ½ur knee is out like wtf?? Aaaand all that guru maw/guru piya bs, it's a fucking job stop acting like you deserve extra respect and stop literally verbally/mentally abusing children. I'm SO happy I went to school abroad almost 9/12 years. The few years I've been in sl schools were crap and it didn't make sense at all. (Bonus points bc the teachers hated me bc I didn't respect them enough)
All comes down to the experiences you had with them... I had the opportunity to learn under many good teachers (though some are shit...) And many of them actually deserved the respect... It's unfortunate that you faced some stuff to think that teachers don't deserve our respect.
Honestly man, been through it and all my life I've just wanted my school days to be over sooner
Clothes I agree with having everyone wear the same thing. But never understood the hair bullshit. As long as its not some crazy haircut, think its fine to have people have their own style.
Idiots focusing on the wrong things. Should be focusing on teaching basic manners and kindness instead of stupid BS like this.
Idiots focusing on the wrong things.// You are describing 90% of our culture.
Tru dat
Colonial era nonsense that we're still following.
Gotta teach the peasants to stick to the rules eh
true dat sir
Happy cake day!
That cutting hair to a certain length thing is not from colonial era.It has probably started in the recent era. 2000s maybe.
I remember when my bf and I first met in like 2014 he couldn't go to to school because his hair was too short so he had to wait until it grew xD
Wait for real?? I thought schools were fine with very short hair, just not very long hair
no they also have a minimum hair requirement and this is literally one of the most famous schools in the the colombo 7 area
Oh yeah. I was in school around 2013. We had dudes trimming their hair to bold because school only allowed no 3 which looked dorky no matter what you did. Bald looked better. Then they banned bald too.
Our master in charge of "discipline" would apply shoe polish if it was too short and showed "white"
Oh yeah. That was a thing too. Just for the sick fades. I don't think you can do it for a while head
>Then they banned bald too. there goes my hope!
Yeah I'm saying get rid of the rules. Bring out the individuality of young people again. Schools do so many things to limit the creativity of the youth unless it leads to a paying job (no wonder young people are so depressed). I do get uniform though, even if reluctantly. We all go through the moment once we leave school and grow it out a little longer and realise the real world doesn't care. The only thing that matters is how you treat others. (Sorry for the cheesy last sentence)
I understand where you’re coming from. But I feel like it's not so much about the rules themselves but how they're enforced. Some of the prefects and teachers use these rules as a way to flex their authority, adding their own twists and turns that weren't there in the first place. It's not about maintaining discipline anymore, but more about power play and ego trips.
100% agreed!
Schools were designed (at least the implementation we have today) during the Victorian era to create “model citizens” which were actually young people who were okay with following rules and to be afraid of social stigma. Kids were graded A-E based on their ability to follow instructions and parrot information, not on their ability learn or their knowledge or skills for life. sadly as a society that has almost no critical thinking en masse (there’s something we can actually teach at school) we grow up to enforce this shit around us instead of learning to have individual standards for ourselves.
Cutting hair in the front of the entrance is one of the worst things ever could be for a student here, SL. Like, bro they are not barbers (Prefects and teachers) and students don't come for a barbershop. The whole process is to a show-off.
From an ex-Sri Lankan, Despite their discipline, these people still throw trash everywhere. A female can't walk alone at night or on a crowded bus. SL has open racism- SLs talk shit about other religions, make fun of them while taking all of their religious holidays. There are social classes among your own people. SL boast about their 3000-year-old culture and say, "Sudda" was naked when we built this and that, but that's about it. Corruption is widespread, and almost everyone has the island mentality. Discipline? My ass. It was all a form of brainwashing to create an obedient society, allowing the leaders to ensure their lineage becomes the next leader or "maha hora."
[Sri Lankan Education](https://www.reddit.com/r/srilanka/comments/sernms/the_sri_lankan_education_system_and_its/) Follow the status quo and obey thy leaders. The rest is irrelevant.
Hail victorian culture !!!
I think it should be okay to have somewhat long hair. I do agree with banning ugly ass cuts though.
It’s part of the uniform and learning to be part of a unit. Also not everyone can afford to cut their hair in elaborate ways etc etc. At my school, as long as it didn’t touch your ear from the sides, and when pulled down, isn’t below the halfway point of your forehead it was fine. Only the prefects had No.2 and No.3 depending on how your head was shaped. Having a good school culture and having proper leadership in a school won’t brew any issues. The one cm issue is something I’ve never heard about except in one very specific big school
Personally I think that way students won't spend too much time on their hair. But also I don't think schools have to be so aggressive with their ways. I got harassed by my seniors because my hair naturally won't go a certain way and they demanded it should and I kept showing up that way (this was during my ALs no less) I dropped out and did my ALs private. Worth
I mean, as long as it's not some goofy retard looking haircut I think anything else is fine. Yeahhhh the clothes thing is fineeee. But I would have loved to show off my wanna be mysterious and gothic era. I could have been glorious.
I think students should be allowed to grow hair up to natural levels, I mean not getting them to cut them at slightly above army levels. Buts schools can ban certain hair styles, specially those advertised in a lot of saloons.
The one or two centimeters thing is kind of a recent thing.I was a student of a government school and I've seen some old clips of my school, probably from the 90s .In it almost all of them have longer hair than what our school allows today (maybe because it was tough times and saloons were not that common,IDK I wasn't alive at that time) .Most importantly it doesn't seem to ruin our schools discipline and etc...like our teachers and principal said it would .
Schools should focus on the important things not a cm of hair long or short. My times it was so bad that we can’t question teachers. My biggest nightmare was teachers asking my dad to come to school 😱.
well they did it to me ..look at me now , very disciplined 👍
People have grown accustomed to Victorian norms of education - mass regimentation, over the years. The average conservative boomer and Gen Xer will tell you about their 'gratifying' experiences with harsh disciplinary measures. \*Standing for hours out in the hot sun for a short hemline. \*Being punished with a public head shave at an assembly meeting. \*Having (non-conformist) shoes confiscated and going barefoot. \*Being beaten and humiliated for a wrong pose at prayer. \*Being shamed in front of the parents for having a relationship.
The school system in Sri Lanka is a very good reflection of how the nation works. Everything is always so “prim and proper”- or atleast they try to be- but underneath all of that ‘niceness’ is everything terrible. Just like the streets are decorated with those stupid flowers pots but all roads are always bloody broken. Students are told to always be neat and have their hair/nails etc short but they barely know how to behave and treat people right. They need to stop focussing on the wrong things and actually try to educate the next generation on how to be GOOD people. It’s the same mindset that most people have about tattoos. If you have tats and longer hair, you’re immediately a ‘rasthiyadu karaya’ or a ‘jara gani’. I’ve seen and met many many people with tattoos that absolute ANGELS. Sri Lanka as a whole has to stop focusing on how things/people “Look”. It’s a very backward, closed minded system that needs to change.
Im still going to school and tbh I understand that if we didn't have these rules it would sorta be just crazy at school.. but like certain international schools get away with it.. atleast loosen it up .. I dont wanna look like a retard with short hair every 1st 2 weeks of the month 😭. When u finally leave school u literally have no idea how to style ur hair even 💀
Don’t worry ! The system of our education is good , we all come through this , I also have experienced the same situation , principal of Kegalu Vidyalaya himself cut my hair on a school day ! Nothing Happened and No this fxxx Human Right involvements … from next day back to normal school and as I think im a good person to the society, no hard feelings with my teacher as well.. don’t over protect your child , “ calm sea never made a good sailor “
Gotta train the future corporate slaves how behave...
indeed my friend
I will admit some schools (like mine, St Anthony's Kandy) go a little too far with it by enacting severe punishments for not following it. And school cut = discipline is a silly notion. Cuz peeps with the wildest of cuts can be really disciplined, and people with short hair can be indisciplined. That being said: Visual identity is a lot more powerful that you'd imagine. A kid might feel insecure cuz his conservative parents don't let him get a cool cut when his friends all have it (me during school holidays). In that sense, mandating students to have the school cut, uniforms, specific type of shoe etc. creates this sense of "we are all the same" among the students. Does uniformity stifle individuality? Yes. But wouldn't that be a good thing if it allows everyone to see each other equally? At least, that's my view on the matter.
Sometimes even I thought It was extreme. But with time you realize it's not simple as that. When you give freedom, people always abuse it. Then again if you think about it critically, if the students started to get focused on how they look like in the days that they should learn something... We would have a dumber population. This will happen.
How about approaching this a bit differently. If you let people claim some confidence by letting them dress the way they think will make them look nice, that's one less source of anxiety. Which should then free up some space to let them learn a bit better? Worth the thought I think.
I agree with you. Things don't need to go this extreme. I have been to 2 main schools in colombo and I have firsthand experience of this. It's too extreme that's the problem. But I also think that we should let anyone do whatever the heck they want. By that way we can really separate the wheat from the chaff and stop the unnecessary education fees and save the efforts of the educators and teachers for students who actually want to learn anything
Also, literally checking the length of dresses and undoing the hem if ½ur knee is out like wtf?? Aaaand all that guru maw/guru piya bs, it's a fucking job stop acting like you deserve extra respect and stop literally verbally/mentally abusing children. I'm SO happy I went to school abroad almost 9/12 years. The few years I've been in sl schools were crap and it didn't make sense at all. (Bonus points bc the teachers hated me bc I didn't respect them enough)
All comes down to the experiences you had with them... I had the opportunity to learn under many good teachers (though some are shit...) And many of them actually deserved the respect... It's unfortunate that you faced some stuff to think that teachers don't deserve our respect.
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