School shirts are one of the means by which the Ministry of Education has tried over the years to create visual equality between male and female students in educational institutions, in order to blur the class gaps in Israeli society.
If you will, give everyone an equal starting position by wearing equally.
True, in practice the gaps have not been reduced, but as in many other issues in education - here too the visibility and personal example are a fertile pad on which to lay a broader educational infrastructure.
According to this policy, every year during this period hundreds of thousands of parents from all over the country are required to report to the clothing store closest to their home, to order school shirts for their children.
Even during the corona period, and until a closure is announced here, the queues seem like more homework that falls mostly on the parents.
By the way, at this point it is important to emphasize that if you do not want to stand in the long queues at the store, you can order the school shirts on the store websites, in the desired quantity and size.
Some sites provide delivery service at no additional cost, subject to conditions.
Worth checking out the Yellow Pages website.
How much does it cost to print school shirts?
The prices for printing school t-shirts vary from store to store, and depending on the quantity you order, but a survey we conducted shows that most stores in the country offer a deal of seven t-shirts for one hundred shekels.
Some stores include the price of printing a school logo on the shirts, others charge 2-5 shekels for it.
Why is it important to pay attention when ordering a shirt?
It is important to pay attention not only to the price, but also to the quality of the fabric and the quality of the sewing.
If the fabric is not of good quality, or the sewing is unprofessional, there is a good chance that you will have to return to the store once or more during the school year, and it is said: "End an act in thought first."
What about the color of the shirt?
As with any children's fashion, when it comes to school shirts there is a fashion and it changes often, of course provided the school rules allow it.
In the last year the popular colors among the boys are blue and white, and among the girls red and black.
There are educational institutions that allow certain colors out of a desire to maintain as uniform an appearance as possible, but in recent years there has been some openness on this issue as well, much thanks to the strengthening of the status of parent committees.
"Everyone looks the same": How do you maintain uniqueness within uniformity?
One of the questions that preoccupies children in this context is how, despite the uniform shirt, the uniqueness is maintained?
Some schools allow the name of the child, or a lovable icon, to be printed on the back of the shirt.
In addition, a bracelet or necklace dangling from the shirt may make the child feel that he still has something special that is just his.
At the end of the day, as any sports coach tells his new players: "Not the shirt makes the person, but the person makes the shirt."