Another significant problem with student dress codes is that they are only temporary fixes to major problems such as stereotyping, bullying, violence, and substandard grades. These problems need to be faced each individually and with a specific set of instruments in order to effectively counteract the destruction these problems can cause. One must attack the seed of each problem destroying the roots to make sure said problem never occurs again. When one looks at a student and says he cannot achieve simply based on his dress then the problem of stereotyping is at hand. In order to fight this problem we need to attack one 's thinking. We need to teach our students that judging someone based off looks is the wrong action, and that we should rather
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With clothes being taken away as an option to express oneself, one might turn to more drastic measure to express the individualism one has with options such as inappropriate accessories, piercings, or radical hairstyles. While a sense of comradery is being a built, a sense of self-image is also being destroyed in the process. Students who have irregular body types feel that uniforms make them feel different and sometimes cause them to get bullied("School Uniforms - ProCon.org," 2014).. While some students may look acceptable in uniforms there are many students that feel uncomfortable wearing a uniform all day because their body does not properly fit into a uniform. While student dress codes help some parents financially, other parents struggle to afford expensive clothing such as multiple polos and khakis for their child to wear during the school year. American spend around 1 billion in school uniforms a year("School Uniforms - ProCon.org," 2014). Stores like Land End 's uniform company spent millions of dollars advertising on school uniforms for public school as a way to increase on profits for the rising demand of student uniforms(Maria Halkias,2011). This cost of uniform breaks the promise of public schools being a free educational opportunity for all tracks of life ("School Uniforms - ProCon.org,"
With clothes being taken away as an option to express oneself, one might turn to more drastic measure to express the individualism one has with options such as inappropriate accessories, piercings, or radical hairstyles. While a sense of comradery is being a built, a sense of self-image is also being destroyed in the process. Students who have irregular body types feel that uniforms make them feel different and sometimes cause them to get bullied("School Uniforms - ProCon.org," 2014).. While some students may look acceptable in uniforms there are many students that feel uncomfortable wearing a uniform all day because their body does not properly fit into a uniform. While student dress codes help some parents financially, other parents struggle to afford expensive clothing such as multiple polos and khakis for their child to wear during the school year. American spend around 1 billion in school uniforms a year("School Uniforms - ProCon.org," 2014). Stores like Land End 's uniform company spent millions of dollars advertising on school uniforms for public school as a way to increase on profits for the rising demand of student uniforms(Maria Halkias,2011). This cost of uniform breaks the promise of public schools being a free educational opportunity for all tracks of life ("School Uniforms - ProCon.org,"