Trainers for the fatherland

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Hey, nothing tricky about your English, really you don't need a lawyer. I asked for your opinion not clay tablets.
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My kid was bought a lovely pair of neon green fake suede Nika sneakers by his mom recently. My street has been in ribbons for ages because it's had new drainage so it's covered in mud and puddles and dust. You can't wear shoes like that for long here without them getting wrecked. They are also usually laced, so it's a pain in the ass every time you go into someone's house.
One funny thing about my kid is he wears these absolutely fucked crocs all the time. I've offered to buy him new ones plenty of times, but he just won't have it. I think he must have inherited the crusty gene.
Flip-flops and similar footwear made of rubber/ plastic might not win any style awards, but they can't be beaten in terms of practicality. I wear that kind of thing most of the time. In work I wear Converse Jack Purcell rip-offs. There's nothing much worse than having a pair of nice leather shoes/ sneakers on and having to wade through a puddle, then having to wear those squishy things all day while your feet turn into diseased cauliflowers.
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So let's say your child/ren have no way to acquire the trainers. Other than the social stigma that will occur what does the Dept. of Public Education or whatever do? Detention? Don't come back till you have? Families go borrow $ to buy?

This whole idea sucks of exploitation.
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Good question Luigi. I honestly don't know. I suspect parents in such dire straits would be happy to keep the kids at home on Mondays and Fridays to either help around the house or in the fields. No one will be knocking on the parent's door to ask why the kid wasn't in school.
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