School Uniforms Enforced

School Uniforms Should Not Be Enforced What would you do if you had to wear uniforms to school and not what you wanted? Not having students wear uniforms is important because it’s not good for the students and even maybe the parents. Students shouldn’t wear uniforms because students oppose school uniforms, uniforms causes bullying toward students, and students are being punished for not wanting to wear the uniforms. The first reason students should not wear uniforms is because, students oppose the school uniforms. “Some students refuse to wear uniforms, and when they do then they get punished. A 2012 peer-reviewed study by researchers at the University of Nevada at Reno found that “90% of seventh and eighth grade public school students did not like wearing uniforms.” (University of Nevada). “A 2007 survey of Harford County, MD public students found that 87.9% of the students were opposed to uniforms.” (Harford County). “One year following bringing out the uniforms to the Long Beach (CA) Unified School District, 76% said that they did not help them fit in at school, 69% said they did not make them feel more connected with the school community, and 71% said they felt no safer to and from school” (Long Beach Unified School District). Uniforms causes bullying toward certain …show more content…
Students don’t feel comfortable wearing the uniforms. “75 students received in-school suspensions for breaking school’s uniform restrictions.” (Tinker). It’s not right that students should get punished for wearing clothes at school that they don’t like. “In 1999 school discipline incidents rose by about 12% after the introduction of uniforms.” (Volk). Uniforms in elementary aren’t right either. They aren’t right because what if they forget to wear them? Is the school going to punish the little kids? “Fights in middle schools nearly doubled within one year of introducing mandatory uniforms.”