Persuasive School Uniforms

School uniforms are beneficial and have proven to be a strong deterrent against gang violence, dress code violation and have a significant impact on instructional time as a result of less focus on nonacademic issues such as student attire. We believe that a mandatory school uniform policy will provide a more secure school environment, promote an atmosphere for greater discipline, and increase-learning opportunities for students by removing many of the distractions associated with various types of clothing; however, a grant request for $25,000 to purchase additional uniforms for students who are economically disadvantaged was rejected. The exact reason why the grant proposal was rejected was not clear. Mann (2015) asserts that there are

Uniforms are argued to positively affect student safety by: lowering student victimization, decreasing gang activity and fights and differentiating strangers from students in school building. Dress codes in public schools would be good, in order to cut down the violence, which would eliminate the problems of

The idea of school uniforms seems comparable to an old-schooled idea that seems to penetrate across school boards everywhere every year. Although wearing uniforms is mostly practiced in private schools, more and more schools yearly are rallying together to introduce school uniforms to the students. For numberless schools across the nation, wearing uniforms is the norm and a wide variety of the students say they enjoy knowing what they will be wearing the next day. As each country begins to seize the nation with higher scores of each school, countless numbers of people begin to wonder if the drastic change in scores could be the uniforms. In spite of whether or not schools are deciding to switch the dress code to uniforms, there should be one decision in the end, which should be to enforce uniforms in all South Harrison School Corporations Schools.

In the past 11 years, the percentage of schools wearing uniforms in the US has gone from 11.8% to 18.9%. Requiring students to wear school uniforms has many more benefits than disadvantages, because uniforms improve the safety of, not only students, but everyone on campus, reduce the likeliness of bullying through the form of equality brought with uniforms, and boost the student’s ability to nonviolently and reasonably solve social problems.

It may be surprising to hear that school uniforms break the first amendment of the constitution but it is very true. The first amendment guarantees freedom on many things, one of them is Freedom of Expression. Freedom of Expression is about more than just saying what you want to say, it’s also about being able to express your ideologies and beliefs which are, unfortunately, hindered by school uniforms. Uniforms weren’t a common thing of the past because they were only enforced in private schools. That is, until 1987, when Maryland and Washington D.C implemented school uniforms in public schools. School uniforms should be banned because they promote conforming over individuality, they increase the amount of bullying, and they can affect a student’s self-image.

“If it means that teenagers will stop killing each other over designer jackets, then our public schools should be able to require their students to wear uniforms” This statement from Bill Clinton was what started a movement toward using uniforms in-state school in the United States in 1996. Since then school uniforms have become a common thing in the school system in the United States. There is no doubt that school uniforms can lead to loss of students’ rights to express themselves and that school uniforms will not generally stop bullying even though they might increase student’s safety.

Violence in schools is a big problem. Former President Bill Clinton thinks so during his recent state of the Union address he said: “public schools should be allowed to require uniforms if it would mean teenagers will stop killing each other over designer jackets” (“Will School…” 1). They believe that wearing the uniform makes quite a bit of a difference in how students will behave (“Will School…”2). If the student wears a uniform to school other than their “gang clothes” it will protect the other students from getting hurt. Violence has gone down in the schools with dress code and people have been impressed by the difference (“Will School…” 2). Schools that do not require the dress code for school uniforms should look at the difference of violence and see that it has decreased with them. “Reports have placed pressure on schools and politicians to act quickly before the situation gets out of control” (Wilkins 1). In 1994 CA Long Beach Unified School District voted 81% (4,079 votes) said yes that school uniforms help prevent gang violence (Hamilton 32). While the rest of the school district said no and that students should be allowed to express themselves through their clothing (Hamilton 32) People say the only down fall with having the uniform are the students can not express themselves with their own clothes they want to wear. Unfortunately many children today wear baggy clothes to

The next statement that really hits the ball out the park is that school uniforms will decrease crime. According to the article should Should Students Have to Wear School Uniforms it states that school districts had a 34% decrease in assault and battery (1). The article “Should Students Have to Wear School Uniforms” also adds a 15% decrease in any drug related incidents(2). Another point associated to crime decrease is a decrease in gang related activities. If schools do not have a uniforms there is a good chance students can be displaying gang signs and symbolism on he or she’s clothes. According to an article titled “Schools Fight Gang Colors by pushing Uniform Gray stated when student Chadwick Bethune a Chicago high school his fellow peers were jealous of his $130 basketball shoes(Scott1). After his teachers saw his shoes they were concerned due to that the shoes color combinations equals to a southside Chicago neighborhood gang(Scott1). According to the Us Department of Justice report showed that about 50% of the students say they are associated with again(Should Students Have to Wear School Uniform p3). Altogether schools with a standard dress code could experience an increase in student crime than a school with a uniform policy. If schools enforce uniform policies that means there will be a decrease of school gang activities and major crimes and

The argument whether uniforms should be implemented in school has been debated over the last few decades. By implementing a uniform policy within schools would help reduce the rise of violent crimes. In today’s high schools, too many innocent youths become fatalities due to gang warfare that has spread into the school system. Many parents feel that if a uniform policy was implemented , the spread of gang warfare and the idea that children have to have name brand clothing would decrease drastically. However others are worried that this policy would infringe on students First Amendment Rights with expressing themselves. Many parents are worried that the uniforms will cost too much and they will only

The argument whether uniforms should be allowed in school has been debated over the last few decades. Implementing a uniform policy within schools would help reduce the rise of violent crimes. In today's high schools, too many innocent youths become fatalities due to gang warfare that has spread into the school system. Many parents feel that if a uniform policy was implemented the spread of gang warfare and the idea children have to have name brand clothing would decrease drastically. However others are worried that this policy would infringe on students First Amendment rights. Yet there are other parents that all worried that the uniforms will cost too much. In the following essay these issues will be addressed.

In this paper you will find four main reasons why all public schools should adopt a school uniform policy, and there is a paragraph with a counter argument with school uniforms. There is a discussion on how the crime rate decreases amongst students, how uniforms save the families money, how gang related activities have decreased, and how there is less stress between students and parents. By the time you finish reading this paper, you too should agree that all public schools should adopt a school uniform policy.

Have you ever had to wear a school uniform? Did you you love it, or hate it? I’m here today to explain my stance on school uniforms. I believe that having a school uniform would be a good thing for multiple reasons. The first being how it would completely and utterly eradicate the issue of dress code. The next reason is how it would be able to create a more focused learning environment by eliminating clothing distractions. The most important reason in my mind however, is how it could drastically increase student safety at school. Now I will go a bit more in depth as I explain these reasons…

The next advantage of public school uniforms can be identified as the reduction of bullying behaviors. Everyone benefits by adopting the uniform policy. It helps students to unite and share a same goal – learning. Also, by adopting the

Imagine you wake up and left 5 minutes to head to school, and you need to dress up as everyone does differently at school. On that day, do you prefer wearing a uniform or missing class to be in a good-looking? When people go to a school that requires a school uniform, they will notice that nobody at a classroom likes school uniforms since fashion has become a vital part of student life. However, who wants to hear alarm sound that goes off at 6.p.m to dress up, and who wants to get out of warm bed in order be dressed nicely. Luckily, I was a student who had to wear a uniform and thinks that one hour more of sleep is worth more to me than having a pretty outfit. Therefore, even though some people believe that students should not have to wear a uniform at a school, as a lucky student, I am the one who supports uniform.

Over the years, the educational system has been marred with gang related violence, bullying, safety issues, indecent dressing, and lack of discipline. The implementation of mandatory school uniform policy has a positive result via the reduction in gang problems, enhancement of school security, improved