...School Uniforms Should be Mandatory Michele Rasmussen College Author Note This research is being submitted on March 4, 2015, for Rebecca Moore’s English G124 English Composition course. Students enrolled in public schools should be required to wear uniforms. For many years students have not liked wearing uniforms however, uniforms help create a disciplined atmosphere and therefore it should be implemented in schools that currently do not require uniforms. According to Happel, the addition of uniform to the regulations of public schools is viewed as a method for improving the overall school environment and student achievement (Happel, 2012). School districts should require students to wear uniforms because it will diminish the chance of humiliation, certain clothes can be distracting, and it teaches discipline and conformity. Wearing uniforms is a practical way to weaken the chance of humiliation in a school environment. According to Han, implementing a uniform policy contributes to improving students sense of belonging and developing student pride in their school (Han, 2010). While most private schools already have established a particular uniform to be worn within their schools at all times, and public schools remain liberal and only have a lesser dress code. Public schools tend to have a diverse student population from different cultural backgrounds and socioeconomic status. Some students and their families can afford to purchase fashionable and...
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...Jarod Kintz once said, “Freedom is being you without anyone’s permission.” School uniforms should not be mandatory for young children. Kids in schools should have the freedom to choose their outfits. Permission from adults on what to wear. Having the freedom to choose will take a lot of pressure off the adults. Even though having school uniforms lives would be easier. Everyone would feel equal, and there would be less stress. School uniforms should not be allowed. School uniforms are not going to stop bullying, school uniforms are not going to stop judging, and school uniforms are going to be costly. Today, bullying is a main cause around schools. Bullying occurs everywhere. It does not matter what an individual is wearing, or who they are, bullying still occurs. “The judgment of the Lord are true and righteous altogether” (Lincoln 280). If the...
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...Student’s should feel free to wear anything When a person wakes up in the morning, should they feel more prone to go for a uniform or their regular “street clothes?” Eighty percent of adolescents are more likely to pick the regular clothes because they want to have their own style (Mitchell; Knechtle 3). Do students’ feel more confident when they are dressed in a uniform? A girl in “Dress Code Blue” said, “I feel uncomfortable in uniforms, and if I feel uncomfortable, then I feel lazy and don’t want to do anything” (DaCosta, 4). It is a drag to go to school knowing that people are more than likely to look like everyone else? A lot of students are between a rock and a hard place when it comes to this decision. Did you know that Americans spend around $1 billion per year on school uniforms? (School Uniforms). The topic on whether or not to wear uniforms is not beneficial to the students, or to parents, due to the fact that they’re unaffordable, they do not prevent gang affiliation, and they do not give students a sense a sense of individuality. One of the major issues students’ have with uniforms is that they are unaffordable and parents should not have to buy the uniforms. Over the years parents should have complained about how the uniforms are so expensive and how they are having financial problems. “In addition to finding that the level of parental perceptions of the cost of uniform, the survey elicited strong comments from parents on the subject of school uniforms” (West;...
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...Benham ENC1101 4/18/2013 School Uniforms Did you ever notice how the students in the school dress a little to revealing? Well school uniforms would help get rid of that problem so the students could concentrate more on school work. Wearing schools uniforms would help make students’ lives simpler. The students would no longer have to worry about what to wear every morning. School should be based on how the students learn, not how they look. They should enforce the school uniform policy so that no one has to worry what everyone else is wearing and concentrate on schoolwork. According to Gary, “School uniforms are a great way to maintain a level of social equality among the students.” School uniforms make everyone equal. In this way, everyone would be at the same level. School uniforms would help the student in many ways. Students would no longer be worry about what to wear. Getting ready for school would be much faster and easier. The students would have a great benefit wearing schools uniforms. Students will feel more comfortable in the school, and there will be no difference between the “rich” kids and the poor ones. School uniforms are good for many reasons. School uniforms are cheaper that buying jeans and shirts for school and that is a benefit for the parents of the students that are in the school. Also the students won't have to worry about the clothes that they have to wear to school. According to Marian K, “School uniforms can save parents a lot of money as...
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...whether students should wear school uniforms. There are many people who think that school uniforms should not be required to wear in school. In contrast, there are quite a few people who agree with wearing school uniforms. Students wearing school uniforms would be the best solution because school is the place for learning and students would be able to concentrate more and not feel pressured. Therefore, school uniforms are excellent because they ensure equality, provide security, and are cost effective. In today’s society, life can be very tough on students. They tend to forget about the real reason of why they are going to school and focus more on their appearance and popularity. If public schools were to bring in school uniforms, this would cut back on the “socio-economic” differences (Chen, 2015). Eliminating differences helps the students to be equal. Students would be able to go to school, and not have to worry about what another student would say about what they are wearing. It will help alleviate the pressure for each student. Also, school uniforms will cut down on the social conflicts like cliques or gangs. The school uniforms take away the style or colors that gangs or cliques would wear to stand out from one another. With the constant change of trends for clothing, the student will not feel pressured into having the latest style of clothing. They will all have the same type of uniform so no one in particular will stand out. Everyone would have similar uniforms. When parents...
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...the women who are in media and we need to take a stand and not allow our young girl to focus on their looks taking away from instead of their education and their future. “Once a young girl is to arrive at school education should be their focus, there needs to be a state law that would allow a dress code in place when at school. According to the Public School Review, school administrators and parents believe that adopting a uniform dress code creates a more conducive learning environment because students are not distracted by the way they or others look and can focus on academics.” Many times parents think that uniforms being a requirement is just a nuance and an extra cost for the parents. Although it might seem a reasonable request, to many, because school dress codes and even school uniforms are common and often supported by teachers and administrators, who frequently complain about students that have decided to push the limits of good taste and their parents let them do this. They allow their daughter to walk out half dressed showing their mid drift or wear shorts that look they are wearing bathing suits. By providing a uniform policy that does not allow shorts or skirts of a certain length and shirts that cover themselves up as well as being uniform with the rest of the students including the young boys. Also to many parents it is a burden to have to take their girls to a certain store and find that certain color or shirt. As a parent how are young girls are dress...
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...School Uniform School uniforms would produce a safe and structured learning environment for students. Which is the first requirement of a good school. Students that feel safe in their environment are more apt to learn and not worry about their appearance. School uniforms in public schools are becoming increasingly popular across the nation. The public school system would benefit greatly if this policy were to be enforced. Resistance is always a problem when trying to make changes. Taking all things into account, the positive effects would be far greater than the negative effects. School uniforms should be mandatory in public schools because their use would lead to higher education, less violence, and lower cost to parents. By requiring school uniforms in public schools, education will be improved and a dress code can enforce discipline towards learning. Uniforms improve a person’s outlook toward success as students generally act the way they are dressed. With fewer distractions, students see the school as a workplace for teaching and learning. Students also have less stress in their lives because they are not in a fashion show or competition. Dress codes also lead to a change in grades and part of the change is because it would be easier for students to focus on their academics when everyone is dressed the same. School uniforms would also decrease violence in public schools. There would be less peer pressure toward trying to fit in with the in-crowd and distractions...
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...refused if no shirt or shoes are worn. Is it not true one cannot appear in court in front of a judge while wearing shorts or flip-flops or even a hat? Don't many employers require their employees to wear certain types of clothing or uniforms while on the job? So what's the difference between a school banning baggy pants and an employer not allowing sneakers at work? There is none. After all, we are talking about children who are being told what the appropriate attire to wear while attending school. The ban does not and should not extend outside of school. Now to the main reason why baggy pants are banned - indecent exposure, which in turn can lead to the distraction of other students. Where do we draw the line on decency? What's decent or fashionable for some people may be considered vulgar and indecent to others. So why even bother arguing what's decent and what is not? It's somewhat irrelevant in my opinion because if we accept the fact that as an institution, it has the right to set standards on what it feels is acceptable and appropriate attire while attending school, then whether it's decent or not doesn't really matter after that point. Courts do it. Businesses do it. So why not schools? Can a person argue that wearing no clothing at all is also a form of free speech? I believe so but there’s a place and time for when it’s appropriate. If society as a whole considers public nudity offensive and indecent, then...
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...person is always judged by the clothing they wear. Have you ever felt as if you were underdressed or overdressed? If you have experienced this feeling, it gives you a sense of that you don’t belong. The way we dress is a big part of how society views or judges us. In a room full of people if you were to see everyone in a pair of jeans and a t-shirt, and there was one person that had on a fancy dress and nice shoes that person would automatically be the one that everyone looks at and will judge. Everyone has judged a person this way and will continue to do so, it’s just human nature. Sad but true. In this day and age we have several ways to judge a person by their appearance. If a young lady or man were wearing dark clothing, had lots of earrings and tattoos that person is gothic. A person wearing baggy jeans and long t-shirts and a certain brand of tennis shoes are perceived to be a person with less income or in today’s society ghetto. A person wearing a polo shirt and khaki pants with a pair of dress shoes are presumed to be a person that is rich or preppy. Getting a job may not be the easiest thing in the world if the person hiring you is judging you by the clothing you wear, this happens more than it should. Do you think that person wearing a black shirt that has a skull on it will get a job before a person with a button up polo shirt? Maybe he or she has the smarts, but because of that shirt, they probably will not be hired. The clothing we wear gives us a sense of power...
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...codes at school get stricter as the students get older. The fact that dress code is highly enforced causes great controversy in society. There are many issues that dress codes cause, and they all mainly affect the females. The main reason that dress codes should be banned all together is because it is shaming girls and their bodies more than it is protecting the educational environment. Dress codes have been around for centuries. Back in the day, it was frowned upon for a woman to show any skin. Dress codes are different throughout the country. Some countries dress codes still remain as strict as they did many centuries ago. For example, according to a library source I found, “The Islamic dress code emphasizes modesty. Men are mandated to cover their bodies from the knees to the navel. Women are required to wear clothes that are not too tight or transparent and to cover all parts of their body except the hands and face. The primary objective of the dress code is to prevent women from becoming the object of enticement or desire.”(Khan 207) In America, women didn’t need to cover their face, but they were covered from neck to toe. Luckily, the dress code has evolved since then, but it feels like lately school systems are trying to make women go back to dressing as they did centuries ago. School systems are not the only issue with dress code. Society has been playing a huge role in girl shaming also. The issue of dress code has gone as far as to blame someone for the reason something...
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... Some people believe that our schools should require their students to adapt to a dress code to improve student behavior, enhance students’ self-confidence and reduce differences among socioeconomic levels. Others may say that policies enforcing dress codes or requiring school uniforms violate students’ First Amendment rights and suppress individuality. The argument over school dress codes and school-uniform policies continue to rage in the meeting rooms, administrative officers, and classrooms of public schools throughout the country. School officials place dress code policies so there will be orderly dressing amongst the students’. Dress codes are important but they are troublesome at the same time. There is no one to police the dress code of the students when they arrive at school. And at the same time, the same dress code placed among the students should be the same as the educators. Schools should be a learning institution full of knowledge for young eager minds and not a meeting place for the latest fashion contest. Recent studies conducted in schools have shown that a fixed dress code does promote good behavior and helps students achieve higher test scores. However, parents have expressed concerns because their child or children are not being allowed to express who he or she truly is. Another issue that has many people worried throughout the United States is the rising cost of these uniforms to stay in compliance with the schools dress codes...
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...enforcement agencies should be no exception. Due to the authority police officers hold in our democratic society, there should be a greater demand of accountability among departments as well as individual officers. The unnecessary actions that officers take often end with life altering consequences for the public community. For instance, the vast number of police shootings that have resulted in various civilian deaths. Without discipline, an officer is nothing more than a government thug with a badge. Society grants law enforcement an enormous amount of power over citizens in order to carry out the law and preserve social order. Officers are expected to use their judgement when deciding which laws to enforce, when and against whom. In the world we live in, mistakes are inevitable, but abusing the power given to you in a state of honor and trust is inadmissible. There has been an abundance of police brutality cases in which officers have shot and killed many innocent civilians. In most of those happenings, officers claimed to have been ‘in fear for their life’. While in some cases that might be true, but more often than not,...
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...Requiring students to wear school uniforms is like putting a band-aid on a wound without bothering to clean it up. We successfully hide it for awhile, but if there was anything in the wound to cause problems, it's still there. Then, you have a bigger conflict because sooner or later an infection will set in and then the real trouble begins. The idea of uniforms can clash with the more fundamental and creative values of modern education – values which are increasingly important to our ever growing society. Many schools all throughout the world manage to maintain high school standards of discipline and academic performance without using uniforms. School uniforms aren't beneficial towards school communities. The quality of being an individual is exactly what school uniforms inhibit students from having. Many people use clothes as a form of self expression, and making school uniforms mandatory can take away the sense of originality that is important to students. Kids start to cultivate their own sense of personal style, desperately trying to both fit in and stand out simultaneously. Being self-conscious and often lacking the confidence needed to assert themselves, teens often use clothing and outward appearance to manifest this individuality. Schools, havens of self-discovery and development, should encourage students to pursue their own unique identities and potentials as opposed to encouraging them to all look the same. In social studies, we all learned that the First Amendment...
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...military knowledge that the Continental Army clearly lacked during the first years into the American Revolution. In 1778 a Prussian Officer, General Von Steuben reported to Valley Forge to turn demoralized and unknowing men into a ready to fight, physically fit Continental Army who would later drive the British out of control over the colonies and let us go on to make the United States of America the land it is today. Even when America fought over itself in the Civil War over slavery where the enemy wasn’t the Taliban, French, German, or British but instead the North and South fighting against one another there was uniformity, military knowledge, and above all discipline still in effect. The Uniform code 670-1, Wear and Appearance of Army Uniforms and Insignia is the code by which a soldier should look. For example, Tattoos, how insignias can be worn, the army’s view on jewelry and many other examples. I believe this regulation falls under, “I will always maintain my arms, my equipment and myself” in the soldier’s creed. While I was at basic training, the first day my company commander had a saying for us to understand during our time there, “Its hard but it’s too easy” He told us it would take us surviving basic training to understand what it means and it think I know. It’s hard because it’s the biggest risk you can take you are sacrificing you civilian life, relationships, and ties to make the ultimate sacrifice for the people they love. It’s too easy because you went in for the...
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...One of the most divisive social issues that still continues to divide the modern Arab world is over the wearing of the veil and whether it should be a requirement or should be able to worn freely . Liberal Islamic believers see the veil as … “is the uniform of oppression”(Islam Unveiled) and used for political purposes. While more conservative Islamic believers see the veil as “a new form of political liberation”(Islam Unveiled) from Western influences. The traditional Islamic head veil is a religious visual representation of the individualistic identity battle that the Arab people still struggle with. Not only does the veil controversy complicate individual identity, but it also complicates the definition of Arab identity. Through these particular women wearing the veil, we are not just able to...
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