Uniform teaches that conformity is more important and dominant than individuality. Millikan’s school uniform policy is appreciated by some, not by most. I am not asking for the whole uniform to be taken away, but some leniency will go a long way. The issues with uniform is the enforcement, the extra work for the parents, and how the uniform deprives students of choice and individuality. I have asked just over 50 students and each and every single one of the students when asked about their complaints on the uniform complained about how there is a poor uniform system. First of all the staff are biased when it comes to enforcing uniform. Personally I have seen many students go up to staff members and have a full conversation and walk in completely out of uniform. Second of all the change out system is faulty. After talking to those same students 80% claim to have been fined for the borrowed clothing that they returned including myself. Also 70% said their clothing that got confiscated was lost. Also even teachers disagree with uniform because when students are out of uniform they must go to change out which takes out of class time or even leading to detention that takes out of training time for the athletes. So uniform takes away from valuable class and training time. …show more content…
The average annual cost to parents for school uniforms is $249. This could easily be avoided by being more lenient with uniform or just putting a stop to uniform in general. So every year parents have to continue to pay due to growing out of their specific uniform. On average only counting the 4 years of high school a parent would pay about $996 and that is only counting if the parent(s) have one child not more. Also the hassle of searching for specific uniform that is based on length, color, and