We are either not provided with enough open mindedness to be ourselves, who we are isn’t socially acceptable for society, who we are doesn’t fit a certain look, or their are even rules about who we can be. If their are so little opportunities for students to feel like themselves why conform our youth in a place that many already find uncomfortable in the form of school uniforms? To make the school look more professional? Ask the question, if you take away one of the main of the options for self- expression, personality, and identification, what are they left with. Research shows that students who were forced to wear school uniforms were more likely to use makeup earlier than their peers, and later, to use more extreme accessories to alter their fashion such as; short skirts, mohawks, and piercings. The point is. Every one you pass is meant to be somebody. School uniforms are not a solution, they will treat them as an obstacle. Students who rely on how they dress as one of the only means they have will feel like it 's not good enough and that their school is not open to diversity. Odds are they didn’t feel socially accepted at their school anyway but now you’ve confined them, made them claustrophobic in their own skin. Practically raised a “You are not welcome flag for them when they walk through those doors”. Giving students the right to express themselves alone is one of the only good and meaningful decisions that has been made in the history of our educational system. I did not leave my constitutional rights at the school entrance. Think of what we have based our country off of. “Being a melting pot of people from different religions, ethnicities, and cultures. The term American is all inclusive. Shouldn’t we enforce this in our youth. Another serious reason not to make students wear uniforms is when children look different and express different outlooks, it encourages them
We are either not provided with enough open mindedness to be ourselves, who we are isn’t socially acceptable for society, who we are doesn’t fit a certain look, or their are even rules about who we can be. If their are so little opportunities for students to feel like themselves why conform our youth in a place that many already find uncomfortable in the form of school uniforms? To make the school look more professional? Ask the question, if you take away one of the main of the options for self- expression, personality, and identification, what are they left with. Research shows that students who were forced to wear school uniforms were more likely to use makeup earlier than their peers, and later, to use more extreme accessories to alter their fashion such as; short skirts, mohawks, and piercings. The point is. Every one you pass is meant to be somebody. School uniforms are not a solution, they will treat them as an obstacle. Students who rely on how they dress as one of the only means they have will feel like it 's not good enough and that their school is not open to diversity. Odds are they didn’t feel socially accepted at their school anyway but now you’ve confined them, made them claustrophobic in their own skin. Practically raised a “You are not welcome flag for them when they walk through those doors”. Giving students the right to express themselves alone is one of the only good and meaningful decisions that has been made in the history of our educational system. I did not leave my constitutional rights at the school entrance. Think of what we have based our country off of. “Being a melting pot of people from different religions, ethnicities, and cultures. The term American is all inclusive. Shouldn’t we enforce this in our youth. Another serious reason not to make students wear uniforms is when children look different and express different outlooks, it encourages them