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So I am finishing an essay on school uniforms. I have to include two different sides of the arguements in my paper.

Well I did not know that uniforms are decreasing violence in schools. I didn't know that kids were getting beat up over their expensive or inexpensive clothes. I found that pretty sad. We never had a case like that in my schools, not that I heard of at least.

And in some schools uniforms even improved test scores. I found that pretty amazing. But really when you think about it, kids are less worried about what the others wear since they are all wearing the same thing, so they concentrate on their work better.

The cons, I have, are that kids will always find a way to dress that still breaks the uniform code. They'll dye their hair and get piercings and such. The girls roll up their skirts to make them shorter, the guys get pants that are too big, so they hang off their a** and are baggy. And kids will come to school not even in uniform, so then the teachers and all have to deal with them. In one article I read that boys were giving girls eraser burns on their knees, since the skirts were so short. O.o Question 1, what girls would let a guy do that to her and 2, what type of a*****e would do that to a girl? *shaks head* I also have included that it infringes on and holds back creativity and makes students feel "like another brick in the wall".

So what's your view on school uniforms?

Pro? Cons? Overall opinion?

Edit: After writing my paper, I realized I am for uniforms. And I also deleted the poll by accident...

The "ruins kids' creativity" line is crap. No it doesn't. You can wear what you like in the weekends and on mufti days. You can, and do, express yourself creatively in other ways. Besides, people who wear whatever they like to school aren't expressing their creativity most of the time. They're wearing cookie-cutter s**t they bought as-is from a store.

Uniforms were fine. It meant you never had to think about what to wear which was helpful. No one really cared about it except when it was too cold during winter. Every college and intermediate school here has a uniform. The only real down-side is that they're fairly pricey. Plus, it meant mufti days were especially exciting.

Last year of college you could wear mufti all the time, which was great as well because it gave you that bit of extra privilege, plus demonstrated that you were trusted enough to dress responsibly for school. So for 7th formers, on mufti day you dressed up according to a particular theme, e.g. what you wanted to be when you grew up etc.

Which is the assumption?

You make friends based on what they wear? Seriously? neutral Are you saying people are less likely to make friends if they're not wearing their own clothes, or something?

In some school districts, I think the benefits of uniforms are over exaggerated and chosen instead of fixing deeper issues.

Also kids will still find a way to keep a status quo. I remember back when I was going to middle school in New Orleans, that even with the uniforms in place, you could still get picked on for not having the "in" shoes, bookpack, designer uniform, or other uniform accessories.

Don't get me wrong, I don't have an issue with uniforms, they really aren't bad, I just think that parents and school officials jump on the uniform bandwagon expecting more from it than it will actually do.

Some kids are still going to be pricks no matter what, definitely. But uniforms can help with misbehaving in class. Some classes and schools will benefit, others not so much. It depends on the races in the school, really. In my teaching class I learned that the mindset of some people are very different from others. I didn't really expect that to be in the curriculum. So some stereotypes explain their behavior, despite what some think. It also depends on the school and how they are teaching and upholding the uniform deal. So there's a lot that could go wrong.

I think, more than a few schools are allowing girls to wear dress slacks if they want to. Hell, I wouldn't want to wear a skirt to school everyday.

I just posted the wrong stuff XD I'll look in to it