What are 3 reasons why middle school students are against school uniforms?
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They probably\n\n1. Feel that how they dress is an expression of who they are and would like to be free to express that, and\n2. Dislike the idea of someone mandating how they are required to dress, and\n3. Hate how the uniforms look in other school districts\n\nMy kids go to a uniform only school district, and they've never really given it a whole lot of thought since it's always been this way for them, but I know I probably would have hated it when I was a kid.
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Boyfriends and girlfriends is probably less conservative than in the US. \n\nSchool uniforms are compulsory in the vast majority of schools.  Makeup is frequently banned.\n\nSchool uniforms are supposed to make children less competitive over fashion.  That doesn't mean that they do anything to raise educational standards.\n\nThe academic quality of schools varies enormously from school to school.  The gap between bad schools and good schools and between private schools and state-funded schools is very significant.  It cannot be assumed that a school in a good area will be a good school.\n\nOn the whole, the standard of education in the UK is relatively poor, even though the UK education system is very well funded.
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the two school where I have worked at do were uniforms..Great idea.It has cut down on the violence because the gangs were showing their colors.There are certain colors that the students cannot wear.\nThe teachers know if a student belongs on campus at the H.S.\nIt has improved the self esteem of students that can't afford name brand clothing.They cannot have name brands showing.\n\nIf you think about it,it kind of prepares you for the real world.Some jobs out there require some type of uniform,even at McDonalds they have to wear them.\nMost jobs that deal with the public require that you dress nice.Unless you want to be a plumber and have your crack showing all the time.  LOL\nTo be vey honest I didn't like the idea but after I later saw how the students that couldn't afford name brand clothing attending school more often because of the uniforms it really changed my mind
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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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My kids high school had a huge discussion on this.\n1. we don't have gang problems\n2.we arent a parochial school.\n3. they aren't 5 yrs. old. As long as they are following the dress code, they should be able to express their style. \nAll too soon they hit the corporate world of suits and dresses. Let them be kids. We voted it OUT.
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in highschool the competition can be hard and a few get cut....but most of the ppl that are afraid of the cut just don't tryout.  in middle school it usually depends on how many ppl tryout, they try not to cut the kids from those teams because of self esteme issues and being politically correct.
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1. Classes aren't placed in high regard in the minds of students, "Oh, I'll take drama for an easy A"\n\n2. Classes are usually the first to get cut when the school has budget cuts\n\n3. Funding for new supplies / materials is given less frequently
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The image you present has a lot to do with how people judge you.  If you dress in clothes that are outside the norm, people tend to see that as threatening.\n\nConsider again how the boys who murdered all those kids in Columbine were dressed.  They had attitudes, carried themselves poorly, and then got angry when others judged them.  From what I've seen, emos tend to act like everybody rejects them, and so they do.  It's kind of like the way my ex husband kept telling me how everybody saw him as ugly and people got frustrated with it and left.\n\nTry showing a more positive attitude and see how far you get with it.
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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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Lots of reasons. Mainly though, the people that control the curriculum in public schools do NOT want you to be able to protect yourself. That makes you easier to control, and force into complying with situations which you wouldn't tolerate if you had the ability to resist.
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First of all clothing designers need to stop making our daughters look like little hoochie mommas. I have to buy things larger then they need just to maintain modesty. There are so many perverts designing clothes! Then sickos looking at our 12 yr olds with lust in their eyes. Second they need to stop making violent games and airing violent shows. THese things I truly believe make kids violent. Which then they grow up to be violent adults...The list can go on
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sounds like a cheap way to get pictures of too young girls in their school uniforms, but the uniform Britney Spears wore in her video is close to what we had. Only there's no way in hell, our parents, or the nuns would have let us wear them that short !
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my son goes to a public school in ohio. uniforms are required,inthemselves the uniform is not $,but we end up buying 3 sets of clothes:uniforms,play clothes and dress/holiday clothes sometimes known as sunday best .this ends up being quite expensive.my son is an only child,i believe in hand me downs wearing stret clothes to school parents can pass clothes down,our uniforms after so many washings/ironings look terrible.so every year new clothes.also clothes are a form of expression uniforms does not allow this,they r kids not marines.dont get me wrong,i believe in all the armed forces,but our children need creative outlets esp with so many art programs shutting down due to levis not being passed and teacher cuts
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Maybe the concept is a good one in urban areas, where fashion seems to be a big deal, but definately not in rural areas.  Personally, I find uniforms to be very unattractive. It seems to me schools should chose more becoming colors and styles for uniforms to make them appealing.
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If we are talking about public schools, I don't believe a madatory uniform is right.\n\nFor private schools, it is acceptable.
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Not on school grounds unless you want to get into trouble.  And parents also seem to be against that sorta stuff too.
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The cheerleaders at my high school?  Good luck!  I just like the miniskirt part of the uniform...  Now, wait.  Isn't there a SHORT-sleeve version of that?  You want NO sleeve?  That would look weird...  I do remember seeing a short-sleeve uniform allowed for the private schools around here for warm weather.  I'm not sure if they are still required to wear a vest with that or something...  Didn't go to private school.