Title: FUN TUESDAY (SCHOOL)
created on 17 Aug 10

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1. polenta wrote:
 I couldn't help drawing the traditional Uruguayan public school uniform: white "tunic" or coat with navy blue ribbon around the neck. A photo is in the Forum, Channel Baldur
2. polenta wrote:
 My mother always said it would have been better if the "tunic" was navy blue and the ribbon white. LOL She was right, white gets dirty very quickly.LOL
3. indigo wrote:
 Nice uniform and pic polenta! I think I like this better than the navy blue tunic and white blouse I had to wear. I also attended public school no uniform required.
4. polenta wrote:
 I forgot to say that children wear their own clothes under their "tunic" or smock.
5. Lizzi wrote:
 Interesting picture...Isn't the Uruguayan climate a little warm for so many layers of clothing? And just out of curiosity, did they make the little boys wear a white coat, too?
6. polenta wrote:
 Lizzi, we have four seasons and children go to school nine months and there are vacations in summer. We are in winter now and it's very cold but not freezing. You need some sweaters, a scarf, gloves, coats etc. As for boys, it's true, the model of the coa
7. polenta wrote:
 coat is like a doctor's coat and is buttoned in the front but still white and with a navy blue bow or ribbon. Thanks for asking.
8. polenta wrote:
 Lizzi I posted a pic of boys and girls in their coats in the Forum, Channel Baldur
9. clorophilla wrote:
 In Italy is just the same uniform for the girls, the boys instead have blue coat and white ribbon - it was expected the boy get dirty more quickly...
10. clorophilla wrote:
 anyway, those uniformes are less requested today
11. Normal wrote:
 Like the uniform idea, but think white is the worst possible choice, regardless the gender of the child!
12. polenta wrote:
 thanks for all your comments. It brings back memiories of my childhood... I even remember mothers starching(?) their children's coats so they looked and felt stiff and of a blue-white impeccable color. Sweet memories!!!
13. polenta wrote:
 Clorophilla, maybe they took the idea from Italy. Half our population must be of Italian origin. And NORMAL, my mother would agree totally with you.
14. Shanley wrote:
 nice drawing
15. magdop2 wrote:
 cute!!!

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