Proposition: School Uniforms creates to having a safe learning environment
I. Thesis Statement - students wearing uniforms will create a more positive learning environment; however in reality, this is still putting children at a disadvantage when families are low income whom are low income are still incapable of purchasing nice looking school pants and polo shirts if they go to a public school. According to the Dictionary uniforms are the distinctive clothing worn by members of the same organization or body or by children attending certain schools. Since Students are now forced to look the same in clothing it pushes bullies draw focus towards one physical appearance instead of clothing this can very so lead to an unsafe learning environment …show more content…
Instead it leads people to pay attention to other things. On December 13, 2014, Caroline Doyle wrote to the Olympian newsletter in Washington about her experience with uniform “I am a middle school student who has spent eight years in several different private schools. I spent six of those years in a strict uniform, and I can safely say that uniforms do not prevent kids from bullying each other. Teachers assume that if everyone wears the same thing, no one can make fun of each other for what they wear. That may be true, but your clothes are not who you are. Uniforms can’t hide your personality. Being bullied is just as likely when you are in uniform as when you aren’t in uniform. Uniforms don’t make everyone the same. They just make everyone look the same. There’s a difference, and not everyone realizes it. I have been victim of, and witness to, different degrees of bullying when I was in a school uniform, and it’s just as bad as at a public school with free dress. I know public schooled kids who have been bullied to the same level of intensity as in a uniform private school. Instead of repressing private school students’ clothing choices and personalities, pro-uniform schools should be endorsing anti-bullying regimes.”
- According to one large study, the following percentages of middle schools students had experienced these various types of bullying: name calling (44.2 %); teasing (43.3 %) and it could have not been for wearing regular clothing.
IV. Second reason with supporting evidence from outside source, use quote or paraphrase with parenthetical citation(if there is a 3rd reason you can give it)
- Leads to confidence issues, fear of going to school an even a lack in school
I. Thesis Statement - students wearing uniforms will create a more positive learning environment; however in reality, this is still putting children at a disadvantage when families are low income whom are low income are still incapable of purchasing nice looking school pants and polo shirts if they go to a public school. According to the Dictionary uniforms are the distinctive clothing worn by members of the same organization or body or by children attending certain schools. Since Students are now forced to look the same in clothing it pushes bullies draw focus towards one physical appearance instead of clothing this can very so lead to an unsafe learning environment …show more content…
Instead it leads people to pay attention to other things. On December 13, 2014, Caroline Doyle wrote to the Olympian newsletter in Washington about her experience with uniform “I am a middle school student who has spent eight years in several different private schools. I spent six of those years in a strict uniform, and I can safely say that uniforms do not prevent kids from bullying each other. Teachers assume that if everyone wears the same thing, no one can make fun of each other for what they wear. That may be true, but your clothes are not who you are. Uniforms can’t hide your personality. Being bullied is just as likely when you are in uniform as when you aren’t in uniform. Uniforms don’t make everyone the same. They just make everyone look the same. There’s a difference, and not everyone realizes it. I have been victim of, and witness to, different degrees of bullying when I was in a school uniform, and it’s just as bad as at a public school with free dress. I know public schooled kids who have been bullied to the same level of intensity as in a uniform private school. Instead of repressing private school students’ clothing choices and personalities, pro-uniform schools should be endorsing anti-bullying regimes.”
- According to one large study, the following percentages of middle schools students had experienced these various types of bullying: name calling (44.2 %); teasing (43.3 %) and it could have not been for wearing regular clothing.
IV. Second reason with supporting evidence from outside source, use quote or paraphrase with parenthetical citation(if there is a 3rd reason you can give it)
- Leads to confidence issues, fear of going to school an even a lack in school