The Pros And Cons Of Uniforms

“Why?” adverb, often used as an exclamation expressing surprise or indignation, used by 90% of the youth when confronted with wearing uniforms. When I was in middle-school, if I was not wearing a dress I was wearing a uniform. (A tucked in teal or white polo shirt with black or khaki pants. Girls could alternatively wear black or khaki skirts if she so chose to. Dresses were alright as long as shoulders were covered, and the hemline did not pass above relaxed fingertips.) In the middle of my second year at that school we were not allowed to wear jackets that were not completely one color. This may not seem like the worst happenstance, but there were some serious drawbacks. A well put quote to illustrate this is from George Carlin “Don’t these schools do enough damage making all these kids think alike, now they have to make them look alike too?” Uniforms have no academic benefit, They are also highly impractical, financially detrimental, and have little impact on bullying. …show more content…
For these reasons, students should not have to wear uniforms. Uniforms as a stand alone do not lessen bullying and disguise the real bullying problem. As Tony Volk, PhD, Associate Professor at Brock University, stated "Putting on a set of clothes doesn’t change a child." He goes on to talk about how kids have plenty of resources to draw from to bully others other than clothes, stating “Bullies are