Should School Uniforms Be Worn Ever During The Day?

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There are significant private schools all around the United States of America and they spend over millions of dollars on school uniforms. More and more parents struggle of Uniforms because they can’t afford school Uniforms. I believe that School Uniforms should not be worn ever during the day because it delays children transition into adulthood, Students focus on Uniforms and it takes away from learning, Also School Uniforms are driven by commercial interests rather than educational one’s.
Also, it delays children transition into adulthood. Many students believe they could only find other less appropriate of ways to express themselves. Students could be appropriate when using Uniforms but using normal clothes are plain. If teens wore School

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