Figure 1.--Here a boy vat a day school wears his blazer for a game of football (soccer). You would not see this at a boarding school where the boys put away their blazers. |
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Normally at school the boys did not wear their blazers during the day. Here this varied somewhat depending on the school. Boys rarely wore their blazers at boarding schools during the day. The schools had the boys put away their blazers. The primary factor here is financial. If the boys wore their blazers all day long, especially the younger boys, they would quickly become worn out and soiled. It is more practical just to have the boys wears shirts and jumpers, especially given the cost of the blazer. At day schools wearing blazers was more common, especially at state secondary schools. This is in part because of the different outlook of boarding and day schools. The boarding schools operating under the thesis od en loco parentis took responsibility for hhow the boys cared for their uniforms. The day schools tended to see care of the uniform to be the responsibility of the boys and their parents.
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