The Importance Of School Uniforms In Schools

One of the biggest miseries of back-to-school is the return of the uniform. From tiny villages to the nation’s largest cities, school uniforms have grown so familiar in the last few years that in numerous districts of the world, they’re no longer the exception, but an order. You would think the great school uniform debate shouldn't be that controversial of a subject, after all, we’re only talking about clothes here. However, uniforms have led to many heated arguments among parents of many students, despite the debate, there are in fact many advantages and disadvantages to requiring students to wear those attire to school. Despite all opinions regulations that impose school uniforms could possibly be civil rights violations, such as the right to free speech, right to privacy and freedom of religion. In spite the fact that many parents and the majority of the students are against the obligation of uniforms, it's still an exceedingly popular tendency among schools. Most people are in disagreement with the idea for many reasons, for instance, they believe it abolishes the students right to express themselves freely, it harms the outcome of a student self-image and sabotages the assurance of a free education by imposing an extra expense on families.

Without the school uniform policy, students are able to express their own style of clothes and personality. A student’s choice of clothes is a learning material in life because it shows students the reflection of themselves. Schools who enforce the uniform policy also prohibits a student’s right to practice religion. For example, a high school in the state of Pennsylvania banned religious clothing due to their school uniform policy (Newrorn 172). A research conducted by Brooke Newrorn who is a member of Pennsylvania Bars stated, “Jacobs v. Clark County School District that a high school's mandatory dress code did not infringe the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment of the United States Constitution, even though a by-product of said dress code was the prohibition of students wearing religious garb” (Pennsylvania Bar Association quarterly 172). This means that the school uniform policy does not guarantee a student’s ability to express themselves, even in a religious matter.

I will prove that every school should have school uniforms.first off,school uniforms help improve focus.also,the grade point average of most students.lastly,helps stops bullying.Why my debate matters.

Now for the main focus of this paper, which is why students should not wear school uniforms. To begin with, school uniforms restrict students' freedom of expression. The First Amendment of the US Constitution guarantees that all individuals have the right to express themselves freely. Clothing is also a popular means of expressing support for various social causes and compulsory uniforms largely remove that option. In Oct. 2013, students at Friendly High School in Prince George's County, MD, were not allowed to wear pink shirts to support Breast Cancer Awareness Month. As a result, 75 students received in-school suspensions for breaking the school's uniform restrictions. Another reason why students shouldn’t wear school uniforms is that students focusing on uniforms takes attention away from finding genuine solutions to problems in education. Spending time and effort implementing uniform policies may detract from more effective efforts to reduce crime in schools and boost student performance. More substantive improvements to public education could be achieved with smaller class sizes, tightened security, increased parental involvement, improved facilities, and other measures. Many students say that they are a distraction from focusing on systematic and fundamental transformation to improve their schools. A final reason why school uniforms should not be weared is that they could promote bullying to some students. In

I had never thoroughly taken into consideration the benefits and disadvantages that school uniforms presented until my family and I vacationed in England in early spring of 2015. While traveling we met up with a woman that my mother had known in High school. The woman had moved to the UK, and since had gotten married and had three children. One of the many conversations we had was about the British school environment and how it differed from American school standards. The mother had explained that the school her children attended required a school uniform, as most schools do in the UK. Those conversations sparked a curiosity in me that I had to quench. What are the benefits and disadvantages of school uniforms, and should we implement them more so in American schools? Although the questions I had were fairly straight forward, the answers proved to be more in-depth. Through my research I discovered several new ideas and values. As I read various different articles on the subject I began to develop an opinion of my own. Combined with my own personal experience, all though it be brief, and with the documented experiences and statistics, I can only pronounce that all the evidence leads to the idea that uniforms indeed are a treasured asset to our schools.

Forty years ago, the Supreme Court issues a landmark student speech decision, Tinker vs. Des Moines Independent Community school district, stating that students do not “shed their constitutional rights to freedom of expression at the school house gate.” There have been court hearings all the way up to the Supreme Court. One example would be in September 2007; Paul Paulmer went to school wearing a San Diego logo’s shirt. The school said that was that was inappropriate because it wasn’t following a dress code. So, he had his parents bring him another shirt, it said John Edward’s for President 08’ on the front, and the

Individuality is what makes a student unique, but with the introduction of school uniforms, they create militaristic ideals damaging the student’s environment instead of promoting diversity. Some argue that school uniforms are beneficial to students and education, but a plethora of research shows that there are more negatives than positives. Among those are the lack of self expression in schools, the cost involved in having uniforms, the violation of rights and time consumption, and how there is no academic gain correlated to uniforms.

It is a belief that school uniforms teach students to respect their learning environment and behave themselves, and, therefore improving discipline. However, that assumption isn’t entirely correct. Researchers have actually found that school uniforms don’t make students better behaved. According to a study of more than 4,500 students, those who wore a school uniform did not have fewer behavior problems or better attendance. Forcing students to wear uniforms lead to more problems and misbehavior instead of encouraging discipline. Students could get into trouble if they did not wear their uniforms correctly. Many kids in today’s society cannot stand the thought of someone telling them what to do, especially what to wear. Instead of encouraging respect, uniforms may cause rebellions. For example, in 2009, a group of students at John A. Ferguson Senior High School rebelled against their school uniforms. Instead of following their school uniform requirements, the students wore what they thought would be a better school uniform to school. Not only uniforms don’t earn schools the respect from its students, but it may also lead to more problems.

One social benefit school uniforms are responsible for is providing Many debates form over the opinion of whether schools should require students to wear uniforms. Some schools go through the same argument annually of whether to enforce school uniforms the following school year. A number of people argue that uniforms take away from the students’ individuality, while other people concur that uniforms generate unity within the school. Even though many people disagree with school uniforms, countless reasons are evident that uniforms should be mandatory.

Uniforms are something that schools should not even consider in their schools. Schools should avoid uniforms, and instead let the students decide for themselves what they want to wear. Uniforms make students look more like they are stuck in a prison with their matching outfits than an education center. Although some people find it necessary to have uniforms, they are needed because they are boring, static, expensive, a hassle to order, do not fit everyone’s body type, deter students from coming to the school, and lastly they get the students more in trouble more than regular clothes.

Defiance, by definition, is an open resistance or bold disobedience. Why must people feel the need to continue such acts? It may be something as simple as instincts. Maybe it is the independent feeling that is left to savor in the pit of someone's belly. Uniforms do not satisfy this craving for differences. School uniforms should not be a part of education because they do not show academic improvement, freedom of speech, changes in social status, and they do not help families financially.

Do you like school uniforms? I know I don’t. I think that boys and girls are just getting taught to cover up their body and not be who they are. Did you know there's only 19 percent of public schools that wear school uniforms? I believe that school uniforms should not be necessary.

In many schools around the United States, many females are told that their choice of clothing is inappropriate and distracting to the male students. In some cases, girls admit that being told to change or being sent home sometimes lowers their self esteem, especially when the boys are also breaking dress code but are not getting in trouble for it. Girls are told that a boys education is more important than their own. Even though most young men will admit they are not distracted by the clothing girls wear, the excuse, “boys will be boys” is used to disregard their behavior and are not punished for their actions. Young women are being sexuallized for the clothing they wear and are being told they need to cover up for the sake of their safety, instead of teaching young men to control themselves.

Following a school dress code can cause an uncomfortable feeling , can be difficult for families and can decrease individual confidence. Would you like to wear a uniform that your school picked out for you every day and never get to be yourself? Uniforms in education should not be required in the United States unless they want to wear them. Barbara Cruz it might be a solution to help reduce bullying in and out of school (18). Uniforms don’t help students perform better in the classroom, and they don’t increase intelligence.

Despite the fact, students cannot do whatever they want at school, they still have some rights. Parents, should you really be allowing school districts to limit your children’s freedom of expression? The clothing a student chooses to wear demonstrates who they are and who they want to be, the school board shouldn’t take that freedom away from students. This is taking a kid’s freedom of expression, this is violating the First Amendment. There have been many court cases relating to school uniforms and taking away their freedom of expression, one of them is: Barber v. Dearborn Public Schools (2003), a high school student wore a shirt with a photograph of former President George W. Bush. Written underneath the photo were the words “International Terrorist.” The court in Barber granted the student’s ruling against the school district, reasoning that the student was disciplined mainly because of disagreement with the message on the shirt.