What knot do you use?

[StevieR]

Exactly. Most use what they learnt as a kid. OTOH, I don't think my son (aged 20) knows how to tie a tie. British school uniforms required even the girls to wear one. A pain at the time, but it's impossible to forget how to do it.

I think most of them still do. Certainly my old school still demands school blazer, school shirt and school tie. The dress code then specifies black trousers or skirt and black shoes and further details what style of those is acceptable. As you say, a pain at the time and we always used every dodge to "personalise" our uniform - or so we thought ;) Funny, I see the kids waiting for a bus or walking to school now and think how smart they look.