I’m going to talk about school uniforms. When I was in my country, I used to wear a school uniform. I’ve worn the school uniform for 6 years. At that time, “Do I need school uniform? I wish I could wear what I want to wear!” I thought. Because in winter it would be too cold and in summer it would be too hot to wear school uniforms. Students were negligent in dress. Some girls shorten their skirts too much. Some boys wear their pants taking down. Every time the teachers found this kind of situation, they used to scold. Same as my country, I think many countries have school uniforms in high school and junior high school. Why do we need school uniform? It’s kind of the control, isn’t it?
However, a school uniform is sometimes good. Imagine you had a school uniform, you could sleep about 10 minutes longer in the morning. Because you need not to think about which clothes you should wear. The 10 minutes in the morning have a big worth. If you could sleep about 10 minutes longer, you would feel better.Uniforms can also help to identify outsiders within a school. Drug dealers would have to wear uniforms in order to be able to roam the school grounds without being spotted.
But I feel that there are more bad points than good points. First, school uniforms inhibit student's individuality. We can also say that school uniforms will lessen children's individualism and creativity. Students have very little say in the daily routine of their lives, so deciding what to wear is one of the methods students have to control their lives. School uniforms will take away this form of expression. Why school districts try to make everyone look the same? Second, there is the issue of cost. Many parents can stop for their children's clothes at used and discount stores. School uniforms can cost more money than these families mighr be able to afford. Also these students would need to buy additional clothing to wear after school and on the weekends and holidays. That's double the amount of money a family would spend than they would without the school uniforms. And school uniforms are expensive but they have no use outside of the school.
Here is another problem. There is the opinion that school uniorms also help to erase lines between the social classes. Since all students will be dressed alike, it will be impossible to tell the difference from a student from a low income family and one from a high income family. But is it good thing? Don't weave to revolt the difference between lower income and higher income?
