Uniforms for Chennai

I read this article a few weeks back and it got me thinking about school uniforms in Chennai and how most of them do not make sense considering Chennai's weather. The school I went to had a pink(yes! but it wasnt bright pink) pinafore worn with a white shirt. (Can you believe that even our school bus was painted pink? ). The rest of the uniform consisted of white canvas shoes, divided skirts for sports(yes, pink!), black ribbons, and hair plaited in to two separate braids. I used to dislike plaiting my hair this way because I used to think I looked stupid (later I came to realize i looked stupid in whatever hairstyle. Okay I am kidding :-) or maybe not). Anyways, each strand of my hair is really thin and I do not have too much of hair on my head. Its alright for those girls with thick hair to have two plaits but on me, it looked liked two black wires hanging on either side. Okay, I am exaggerating but you get the picture. Even wearing a collared shirt in Madras is an ordeal thanks to the humidity, now imagine a thick pinafore on top. Our was not the only school which had the pinafore as its uniform. There were also some schools which had the half-saree. Now in my opinion, the half-saree is an extremely sexy dress and I am not sure why its considered appropriate by the moral police. I do not have anything against it but only against those in power who seem to have decided that sleeveless tops and low waisted pants should not be worn. If you ask me, the best kind of uniform would be soft cotton pants or shorts and soft cotton sleeveless tops :-). Salwar kameezes would be nice too.
It will happen soon, when I start my own school!

p.s: My write-up (i can hardly call it a review) on Ah Aah did not show up on technorati. hmm..I wonder why? I need to start tagging my posts soon.