Petula Dvorak expounds the hardships many lower class and homeless children face when purchasing school uniforms. Using rhetorical appeals such as pathos, and logos, as well as utilizing tone, Dvorak is able to tool with the reader making one explore the negatives to school uniforms.

To begin, Dvorak brings in a real life story to relate to readers proving struggles to purchase uniforms are prevalent. An eleven year old girl, just entering the heinous realm of middle school in Southwest Washington was brought to detention because her socks were covered in polka-dots, which violates the dress code. Little did the school know, the family could not afford white, black, or burgundy socks the school requires. The school went as far as suspending