what are the advantages and disadvantages of using uniforms at shool?
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The advantages to having uniforms at school are 1.) you can cut down on laundry cost. 2.) having to not buy school clothes is a great cost saving for large and low income families. 3.) time savings for single and working parents as you don't have to shop as much or spend time picking out clothes for your children to wear. 4.) allows for children to feel equal and may help their self esteem issues by not having to feel as if their clothing is up to par with the rest of the students. \n\nSome disadvantages are 1.) takes away from the students individualism and creativity. and 2.) The wounds created by teasing can be greater as the easiest thing to make fun of (a child's clothes) is taken away. \n\nI went to private school all through elementary and had the option of going to public school for high school. After the novelty of not having to wear a uniform wore off, I wished I could go back to wearing uniforms and not have to pick out clothes every day or have to go back to school shopping for clothes and supplies. Also, in high school, I had to buy my own clothes, uniforms would have been much cheaper,
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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.
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Advantages - learn the nature of competition, learn to socialize, learn teamwork, looks good on college applications\n\nDisadvantages - if you don't know what you're doing or there's an accident you could get hurt
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I think a uniform is more fair practice. It puts everyone on an equal playing field by removing the quest of designer clothes to be popular. Kids are at school to learn, not for a fashion show. (Yikes I just quoted the Fresh Prince of BelAir)
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I personally like the Navy uniforms better than any other branches uniforms like the navy just got new blue camo so they can work in! awesome... the Navy has good dress blues and dress whites the naval officers have really nice uniforms to i think the NAvy is the best!
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so as to match up with their camouflage uniform!! its colors differs on the kind of uniform
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yes and no... I guess it gives equality to all the kids, no ones teased for not having the latest trainers or jeans and eliminates alot of problems. theres also the stereotype seperation of the groups formed by the way people dress 'the goths' 'the grungers' 'the chavs' etc. \n\nOn the other hand I like to wear my own clothes, it makes oyu who you are and uniforms could be interpreted as society trying to make us all the same, boring, not independant...\n\nthere ya go :P
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yes schools should wear uniform to give students a feeling tht they belong to same class, group and category.no upper class or lower class feeling.
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If you're on the team then there is nothing wrong with asking the coach why you don't have your uniform.  He may have just forgot!  If he does snap at you when you ask and he doesn't give you one, then he's a bad coach.
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Lots of times for things like No Uniforms...
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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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5 reasons why uniforms are a bad idea.......\nSelf Expression\nMany educators and sociology experts believe that requiring children to wear standardized uniforms stifles their self-expression. Self-expression is an important part of child development and some experts believe that curbing it with uniforms can be detrimental to a child. Experts also believe that students who are forced to wear uniforms will only find other, less appropriate ways to express themselves, possibly through inappropriate use of makeup and jewelry. \n\nIndividuality\nSome experts believe that public education attempts to strip children of their individuality. They believe that public education does not meet the needs of children who do not fall in the norm, and that uniforms attempt to force every student into one mold. They see standard dress as another way for public educators to remove student individuality where they should be embracing and celebrating diversity. Some experts believe it is not in the best interest of the child to try to control socialization which is a part of human nature. They believe that such use of school uniforms does not prepare children from the real world in which they will continue to be judged by appearances. \n\nCost\nThere are just as many experts who believe that the cost of school uniforms is a negative factor as those who see it as a positive factor. Some experts believe that it increases the amount of clothing parents will have to buy for their children because the children will still want and need clothing for the hours they are not in school. Uniforms can be more expensive for a family who buys from second-hand stores or who relies on hand-me-down clothing from friends and family. Some experts believe cost is a negative aspect of school uniforms because there is no use for them outside of school. \n\nComfort\nMany experts argue that different types of clothing feel comfortable to different people. Some children are more comfortable in a specific material or style of clothing. Uniforms reduce one’s ability to choose clothing that fits individual comfort needs. Experts believe that children need to feel comfortable in order to maximize learning, and that uniforms can therefore deter academic success. \n\nPros are not Pros\nMany educators and experts believe that, although in theory uniforms should improve academic, behavioral, and social outcomes, in reality they do not. These experts argue that the studies of schools who initiate uniforms do not report improvement in any of these areas; therefore, if the desired outcomes are not reached, there is no valid reason to standardize student dress.
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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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Uniforms are usually voted on by either the school board or the PTA, or both. There are several reasons many schools propose uniforms: \nThere is less competition among the children in dress. \nLess distinction between the 'haves' and 'have nots'\nFewer distractions with a uniform appearance\nLess hassle for parents trying to get kids ready for school\nThe teaching staff AND parents are not constantly having to police the dress code\nWith a uniform, there are no baggy jeans, knee length shirts (both of which can easily conceal weapons), super short skirts, belly shirts, etc which constantly have to be addressed by the staff.
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The dress code encompasses the wearing of a similar uniform.It says nothing about the cleanliness of its components, not the fit of the said uniform.
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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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I personally think that public school children should wear school uniforms. \nI think this because it would instill a sense of discipline in students with is desperately needed in these times. \n\nAlso, if everyone was to wear uniforms there would be less segregation amongst the pupils in the schools. This is so because a student might be shunned upon since he/she is not wearing the "brand name" clothes that the other kids are and that might give the person thoughts that he/she is not as good as the others. A uniform will make all students equals.\n\nFinally, if there were uniforms in schools ,i think, the rate of teenage sex and thus pregnancy would stop. Without uniforms, the students would wear whatever they want. More specifically the girls will dress is those sexy clothes that will definitely attract boys and then one thing leads to another and ...