Should High School Students Wear Uniforms

With gang activity, strict dress codes, and bullying becoming more relevant, the idea of school uniforms crosses the mind of many school districts across the country. Even though it may stop students from expressing themselves it would make it easier for staff members to enforce these strict dress codes, reduce the amount of bullying, and overall make schools easier. Which is why schools should have uniforms.

Do you think kids should have to wear school uniforms? I don’t think so I mean what the fun in that? Kids wearing the same clothes over again and not being able to express our personality with our clothes. Kids should have the rights wearing what they want. Kids want to feel comfortable. Kids want to be happy and not have to wash their uniforms every night just for school.

The idea of uniforms being required for public school students has been a widely controversial topic in the recent past. In the 2003-2004 school year, only one in eight public schools required students to wear uniforms (ProConorg Headlines). In the 2013-2014 school year, one in five public schools required students to wear uniforms (ProConorg Headlines). This essay will discuss the reasons that uniforms restrict the individuality of students, burdens families that cannot afford two sets of clothes for each of their children (Farrell), and serve little to none purpose in benefitting the education of students. Uniforms are meant for the workforce, not school children.

In Rancho Mirage High School rumor has it about students starting to wear uniforms. How will students react? Will this be beneficial to Rancho Mirage High School? Or will this cause a lack of motivation for students? A few public High Schools in other states have required to wear uniforms because to the district they said it would lessen gang violence and “improve” the education system. Attendance had improved, it helped the High School identify if there were trespassers from another school or what not, and increase school pride. Eleventh grader Ilene Gonzalez who attends RMHS gave her truthful opinion, “Even though wearing uniforms can beneficial to our school, it shouldn’t be about just the school. Students should have a “right” to be able

Most people that were surveyed at Rancho Mirage High School said that we shouldn’t wear uniforms. This is because uniforms are expensive, even though they say they are free but they actually take the money from your budget and also it depends how many kids you have at the house. Another reason that you should not wear uniforms is that people get to loose the ability to express themselves through clothing. According to studies uniforms are supposed to help you get to school earlier and more often, pay attention better, and also to score better on tests, but do they really? People that were surveyed said that how are uniforms supposed to help us be better at school it is just clothes.

Uniforms would not be a great idea at Rancho Mirage High School because of the fact that RMHS can barely control their I.D. policy, so do you really think they can make a new uniform policy ? Coachella Valley, which is where RMHS is located reaches temperatures up to 120 degrees which is not uniform friendly, with temperatures that high is can be a safety hazard for students. If the policy is approved parents will be forced to buy uniforms which in many cases they can't afford and will now have to struggle more than they already are just to send their kid to school.

With the upcoming decision of whether Rancho Mirage High School should have uniform, it is important that pupils, teachers, and parents alike see the points as to why the school should be for uniforms.

In summary, schools should not have uniforms. They do not allow students to express themselves. Also, they teach conformity over individuality. In addition to being useless in schools, they do not improve attendance, academic preparedness, or test results. Really, they do not improve anything. If you were a principal, would you enforce a uniform

Should Kids be forced to wear a school uniform? Out of the 98,817 schools in the U.S. only about 16,304 schools require a dress code, that is 16.5%. There are many reasons why kids should have to wear a school uniform and many reasons why they shouldn't wear a school uniform. Kids shouldn't have to wear a school uniform to school. People think that bullying only occurs when there is no uniform, bullies don't just pick on peoples clothes.

I have heard that you are thinking about getting rid of the school uniforms. I completely agree with this. I think students should be able to wear what they want as long as it's apropriate. The uniforms have never benifited the school in any way. There are a few reasons why I agree

For years, there have been hundreds of debates about whether students should wear uniforms or not. Many schools agreed with the idea and have already required school uniforms, while others are still considering it. Some say that school uniforms represent discipline and instill school pride, but others think that it is not creativity and comfortable. Despite that there are still arguments about it; school uniforms have increasingly demonstrated their importance and influence in many ways. Students should have to wear uniforms because it will help students to perform better at school, give students a sense of discipline, lower the cost for parents, and decrease the rate of crime.

As a school Rancho Mirage High School should wear uniforms. Uniforms would benefit our school in many ways, that people wouldn't think of. RMHS students are required to wear a lanyard with their ids to help quickly identify the students and also a quick way to see if they attend RMHS. Having uniforms would help with this quick way to help teachers and administration. As a school uniforms would help build a sense of community at the school, we would come together as one to school. Uniforms aren't as bad as most people make of them. As students we all come together as one and go to school for the same purpose, rather it be forced or not, is our education. So what would be wrong with wearing the same uniform? It would benefit many students, because

School uniforms should definitely be used in school systems. Uniforms are both good for schools as well as for the students. Wearing uniforms will help build a sense of unity within the school. Instead of everyone as a separate team, everyone will be in the same team. Wearing uniforms will help free students of the stress of what to wear in the morning. Wearing school uniforms will help improve student individuality and improve their self-esteem.

Regardless of whether the school is private or public, the use of school uniforms should be executed as a way to promote an environment that helps students get the most out of their school education.

School systems have debated for years if they should make school uniforms mandatory for all students. Some parents do not want school systems to mandate uniforms due to pressure from their children to be able to maintain their individuality through clothing, while other parents prefer uniforms to reduce spending money on name brand school clothes and to minimize associations with gangs. More school systems across the United States of America are going to uniforms from grades one through twelve where students are still impressionable by their peers. I believe public schools should require students to wear school uniforms to help parents save money in these hard economic times, to limit the number of incidents of violence in the school systems due to gangs and gang associates such as colors, and to prepare students for the job force after school where some places make it mandatory to wear uniforms to work every day.