Do you think we should have school uniforms and why?!?
539681
Yes because if your like me and doesn't have much spare money it would be really embarassing having to wear not very nice clothes when evryone else has designer stuff. Alos you might spill stuff on new clothes and also it's nice to get home from shcool and change and when it's non-uniform day and at the weekends you can wear whatever you want and it's more of a treat! Plus it would be very annoying to have to decide what to wear evry morning!
282884
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.
646190
it is easier for students at all schools, public and private, to wear a uniform to go to class.\n\nless competition and discrimination over appearance\n\ncheaper and ensures that students don't come to school in their beach clothes.\n\nthere is still enough room for individuality to be expressed through hair, shoes, makeup and general personality!
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depending on whether you mean dress code or uniformity.\ni'm complete against uniformity simply because clothing is another form of individuality and taking that away just makes us robots and that's ridiculous.\non the other hand, dress code is very very important.\nit keeps trashy girls from using their clothing to get attention in a way that shouldn't be given. simply because you can dress that way doesn't mean you should. aside from all other things school is still for learning not a fashion show. it's fine to look nice but the dress code keeps it from going overboard.\nEXCEPTION: flip-flops being banned is totally ridiculous. while safety is important so is comfort. if they are that concerned about safety the should take out the stairs. \nhope this helps. <3
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The standard arguments are that they  reduce social friction,\nsave money, make it easier to identify students and non students, help establish a studious atmosphere, increase school spirit and focus more attention on education.\nI know you asked for positive arguments  but I'd like to share my experiences.\n My experience with public schools that required uniforms was that  none of these  arguments actually  held up in real use  over time. Social friction etc. still occurs, We found that the  Uniforms were so poorly made that they tore and  wore out  in a  very short  time even  before being outgrown which happened 3 or 4 times in a school year.  Uniforms are only available in a limited range of sizes,  small and large children had extreme difficulty finding uniforms.  They were so uncomfortable that  many children could not study.\n The local schools still have uniform requirements and originally there was almost 100% compliance now  8 years after  instituting mandated  uniforms  over 80% of students get waivers and wear  regular clothing  only kindergartners and first graders  actually tend to wear the uniforms.
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Go to: www.findarticles.com\nEnter: school uniforms\nThere are many articles there discussing the merits of school uniforms.
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I think it is a great idea.  If the public schools don't do their job, as judged by the parents, the parents should get their per pupil allotment in a voucher to use elsewhere.\n\nIncentive for the school to do better, ability for our children to get better education if private schools can do it better for the same amount.
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I believe in school uniforms.\n\nAdvantages:  Much faster to get prepared in the morning. Less judgments from others based on what kind of clothes you wear. That's an important one because, in my school, some people get teased a lot just because of the brands they buy... or don't buy. some students are wealthy so they can afford a lot, but a lot aren't and they can't. \n\nPeople might just get to know you for who you are and not base their judgement on what you wear. I find that great.\n\nDisadvantages: You lose your style and you can't express yourself through your clothes anymore. some people feel that they are expensive.
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Having school uniforms have pros and con;\n\nPros;\n- everyone wear the same attire, no show off, no competition who wear best cloth\n- everyone look the same, no need to spend on fancy stuff just to become the best looking person in school\n- discipline, everyone follow the rule, from the hemline, to the tuck in\n\nCons;\n- you can't cut class, as everyone will immediately know where you are from\n- bland, everyone look the same for the entire school year\n- unflexible, you need to have more than 1 sets of uniform as you need to have your worn uniform laudry\n\nUsually its the private school that requires uniform. Like when we were growing up.
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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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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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Topic 1 - I used to work at a Private High School that required uniforms.  \n\nPro - 1) Uniforms make everyone equal (or appear equal).  You don't have the problem of the "rich" kids looking rich and well you know.\n2) Fosters a feeling of belonging.  Look at any sports team.  They all have uniforms.  Why?  Because it shows everyone else that they are part of this team.  So for schools, it can (depending on the uniform) identify you as "belonging" to this school.\n3) Uniforms reduce the amount of time teenagers spend "worrying" about what to wear, so they can spend more time concentrating on their school work (Hey, these are not my reasons - these are the ones the school gave.  Personally, I always had difficulty maintaining a straight face with that one).\n4) Uniforms reduce the overall cost of clothing that parents have to spend.  Uniforms only need to be replaced if they are outgrown or damaged.  Unlike regular cloths which go in an out of fashion constantly, and therefore must be purchased on a regular basis so that the student can "be in style".\n\nCon:\n1) Uniforms provide an "institutional" like atmosphere that forces teenagers to conform to one standard.  It starts the job of making them into "followers" and conformers.\n2) Uniforms constitute a militaristic idea, and works to destroy individuality, and free-thinking.\n3) Uniforms do not destroy peer hierarchy based on clothing.  Instead it forces everyone into the same clothing - the style of which accentuates some body types and looks terrible on others.  The individual cannot chose clothing that looks best on him/her.  This can significantly reduce the self esteem of that person.\n4) Uniforms do not reduce the overall cost of clothing for the parent, because the student is going to want "real" cloths to wear as soon as they get home from school.  So the cost to the parent actually increases because they must buy both sets of cloths.\n5) Uniforms do not make everyone equal.  Uniforms or not, the rich kids will always be able to "accessorize" in order to distinguish their financial status from the others.\n\nTopic 2\nNot exactly sure what they mean by "foster new damage" - what kind of damage?  But here is my take on it\nPro (means you are arguing that Electronic Devices do Foster New Damage)\n1) When you use something like a computer or calculator, you don't learn the real thing (i.e. you don't need to know math in order to get a correct answer with a calculator, you don't need to know how to spell because the computer corrects it).\n2) Computers get faster and faster, but humans can only work so fast.  This is causing work environments that have unrealistic assumptions about how much productivity can be accomplished in a specific amount of time.  Worker dissatisfaction and burn-out is at an all time high.\n3) Over use of electronic devices creates adults with less social skills.  When kids do all of their communicating via texting, paging, or email they don't learn the "art" of conversation with a real person.  This also causes them problems later in working environments that require "team work" because they never learned how to relate to other people - especially those who can be difficult.\n4) Over use of electronic devices has created a whole new set of medical problems.  RMI - repetitive motion injuries such as Carpal Tunnel did not exist until the advent of the computer.  Also more issues such as lower back problems due to sitting at a computer all day in a bad chair, or vitamin D deficiency caused by spending all hours indoors in artificial environments and not getting to see the sun.  A new one is being called "irritable desk syndrome" - look it up, I'm not kidding\n5) Electronic devices have become a "leash" which we cannot get away from work, or home.  It used to be that once you left work, you stopped wor
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although uniforms are put in place to protect poorer students from ridicule based on their lack of designer clothes or recent trends, in my experience this fails...miserably\n\neven though everyone has the same uniform, people can still incorporate designer wear into it...for example black trousers and black shoes, to most at my school, means black Armani jeans and prada shoes...the bags are designer too and often the coats. even though there is a uniform it is still clear who has money and who doesn't...so this argument is null and void\n\nto add to this i find it disturbing that individuality is crushed and freedom of expression through ones clothing is prevented. We should not be encouraged to follow the crowd or become a militant cloned like society!\n\nanyone who values freedom and individuality would oppose uniform.
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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.
560214
Yeah...skateboarding is cool.  I think schools should have all different kinds of sports for all different kinds of kids.  There is a huge skateboarding population out there and having it at the school is a great idea.  They could have competitions against other schools just like they do for any other sport.  Go for it and see what you can do!!!
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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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Depends. In my school, the tights and skirt from the 80s seems popular with a few girls. We also have Converses, the skater look, and hoddies seems to be cool fashion in our grade.