is wearing a uniform at school a good idea or not?
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I'm going to popular with this answer!\n\nYES school uniform is great. It saves on the hassle of the latest this that and the other from stropping teenagers. My youngest son has a very strict uniform code at his school. I only wish they would include a 'school coat' as this would save headaches on having to have the latest fashion accessory.\n\nI believe that a uniform makes the child feel part of a community where everyone is the same. I have to wear a uniform for work and think it's great because we get on with working instead of seeing who is wearing what!\n\nUniforms are worn for only a small proportion of the day when our little (or not so little) darlings can turn back into clothes horses!
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Some people say that school uniform diminshes pupils' individuality. \n\nI disagree - this is just like saying that you <can> judge a book by its cover (or in this case, a person by the clothes they wear).
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first look at urself,ur hair style,ur face,make sure ur teeth lookc clean n white.\nsecond,ur school uniform.make sure u iron it n it looks clean as well.do not wer a thigt or very loose uniform,make sure u pants r not too short.also make sure to keep al the guls attention to u.try to be macho,do not smile very long.\nfinaly,do not be angry very fast.
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Uniform. Given the raging hormones of the age group, and the fact that they are in school to promote education, not salve their little egos.\n\nUniforms are cheaper, they erase the dividing line between poor and rich, they cause the students to pay more attention to their lessons and each other than what they have on or what body parts are visible.\n\nGrade averages are higher in schools that have uniforms. Uniforms can be as simple as a white T-shirt and jeans (that is what my child's school has) to "old-style" uniforms.\n\nWe have no arguments about what to wear, no trying on this or that, no problems with hemlines, straps, belly buttons, butt cracks, or sagging pants. It's easier, cheaper, faster, and fewer problems.
89504
as long as it is a formal type of uniform. otherwise, i'd wear a suit.
997423
Of course.  Now days, people wear all different colours.  I think white would represent a fresh start for you and if you feel good in it then go for it.
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actually it is cheaper and less stress. The benefits well lets see.... no gang colors, no high cost nikes or any other expensive name brand tennis shoes, clothing that sets people apart financially, the fact that girls will be dressed modestly, along with boys having their pants up around their waist. That people a judged by who they are not what they wear, popularity comes from how a person is not how they look. There are so many things great about uniforms, including less laundry, better educations, it has been pr oven that in schools where uniforms were worn that the learning levels increased. I don't get how anyone would not want uniforms, but that is just my opinion. I have seen the benefits and am so excited at the prospect that my kids will be wearing them next year.
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last year, I went to a school with uniforms. I personally think It's better with uniforms because it does eliminate social class. It also helps us not be late in the morning because everyday you know what you are going to wear to school. In my new school there are no uniforms. I take almost half and hour more to decided what to wear increasing the chance of me being late. I personally think schools should switch to uniforms. It help with elimination of social class, gangs, and bullying because you can't tell where someone is from or if they are rich or poor.
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When my kids' school tried to force my kids into uniforms i went to my 1st school board meeting to argue against this stupid, counter-productive, and morally reprensible action.  Those of us on the anti-uniform side had several good (and a few I admit that weren't so good) reasons not to have uniforms.\n\nThe decision of what the uniforms look like can NEVER be universally agreed upon. The final decision well come down to  a very few people, who then put their ideas onto everyone else.  I understand this is necessary in curriculum and book purchases but not fashion choices.\n\nI believe we can all agree that teachers have more than enough to do during school time. Uniform checking is an extra load they just don't need. Don't let anybody try to say that checking a uniform takes no more time enforcing any other dress code.  I spent 8 years in the military. I know all about wearing a uniform.  Checking uniform compliance is a meticulous activity.  You can tell at a glance if the clothes someone is wearing are smelly, have dirty words printed on it or show too much skin.  Teachers need to forget about uniforms and concentrate on what they are there for; teaching our kids.\n\nIf everyone has to wear the same clothes in a public school then anyone who can't afford the uniform will have to be supported by school funds.  They already are for meals, supplies, book fees, etc. The schools are strapped to the hilt as it is now.  We don't need an added expense.  \n\nUniforms are just a band-aid answer to real problems in schools.  It's a way for lazy, ineffectual administrators to look like they're doing something, rather than actually addressing what plagues the schools.\n\nUniforms have absolutely no educational value whatsoever.  There is no credible, conceiveable way that everyone wearing the same clothes improves education.  Anything that doesn't aid education has no business in schools.\n\nThere were probably others but it's late and I'm too tired to think of them right now.
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Dress codes should be required for public schools, because clothing is often a distraction to the education process.\n\nThere is enough pressures for young adults to get a proper education, so what they wear to school would eliminate the pressures of clothing.  A "uniform" should be required to attend classes.  \n\nThis would eliminate:\n\nUnapproved "sexy" jeans, or tops.  \nThe need to spend a lot of money on clothes to impress friends\nThe influence of "gang" colors in the schools\nEven the playing field, all students are equal status.\n\nThe most important thing going to school does is gives the students the tools to become young adults, and prepare them for higher education and eventually the business world.\n\nLook at the private schools, the students there outperform public school children because they stress education, and do not have the distractions of improper dress.\n\nMy co-worker is working three jobs to get his daughter in private school.  The tuition for her in 5th grade is $21,000 a year.\n\nThey are looking at paying over $100,000 for their daughter through grade twelve.  I could finish up with my B.A. degree and pursue my Master's degree and it not equal what they will be paying for a high school education for their daughter.\n\nSo, having a dress code is a tool that can be used for a successful education and we need to use it.
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This is totally doing your homework for you, and its so easy!  Go to yahoo news and do a search on dress codes, newspaper.  Go to the libary and look for a book on self-esteem, they will always talk about how important it is to look and feel good, and project your true self.  That is a great source for wearing what you want.  And website...try a blog where someone has written about how much it sucks to have to wear a uniform.  It is personal and online.  Good luck
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My high school issued a uniform policy my senior year. I \nwould get rid of it if I had the power.
515559
Most people don't, but I had to wear a uniform up through 8th grade, and follow a fairly strict dress code up through high school.  I don't now in college, and I'm glad for that, but I think it was really useful when I was younger.  My schools were comparatively small, and the cliques weren't fun.  It was good not to have to worry what other people would think about the clothes I wore.  Though I don't know if I would have said so at the time, I think it might also have kept us just a little more focused on the academics.
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As a student I always wanted uniforms because of the fashion parade that went on at school.  It made life expensive for someone that had little money.  There was an automatic cast system - the haves and havenots.  The only good thing that came out of it was the fact that I learned to sew and when I got a job at age 15 I was skilled enough to be able to copy fashion designs; that skill has served me well throughout the years.\n\nAs a parent though, I still have to vote for uniforms.  It is the one area where an educator can level the fields inorder to make the classroom more condusive to learning.
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Well each and every student will be appropriately dressed if you had an uniform policy...\n\nFor example,\nNo Belly shirts, male or female.\nNo low-rider pants male or female.\nNo Inappropriate T-shirts with Sayings on them male or female.\nNo Underwear showing with the lowrider pants male and female.\nNo open toed shoes.\nNo skirts shorter than 2 inches, above the knee.\nNo bra straps showing.\nNo tank tops, male or female.\n\n\nAll I can think of right now...\n\nBut I do agree public schools should institute some sort of uniform policy, the kids dressing is out of control.\n\nThere is plenty of time after school to express ones self as an individual through dress or whatever, School is for learning!!!
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I'm not buying the "stifles creativity" arguments nor am I buying the "forces conformity" jag.  I believe that a uniform actually makes people work HARDER to stand out and be creative (ie: their physical image alone carries no weight).  I also believe that in life one needs to understand when the *appearance* of conforming is in their best interest (ask anyone in a successful career).  But a uniform does not mean conformation - at least it didn't to the slutty catholic school girls I used to date, smoke dope and drink with...\n\nI think uniforms are a great equalizer.
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Go to: www.findarticles.com\nEnter: school uniforms\nThere are many articles there discussing the merits of school uniforms.