A solution for school problems

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A Solution for School Problems I used to wear a uniform during the time I went to school in my country, Vietnam. In particular, at my middle school, boys usually wore white shirts and dark blue pants, and girls wore white Ao Dai, a combination of long, wide legged trousers and a high necked, long sleeved, loose garment that extends to the knee with slits along each side; also, we sewed a class badge on the left side of our uniforms. I’ve never forgotten the mistakes most of the students, including myself, usually made when putting on our uniforms and how we were punished for them. Every day, our vice-principal and superintendents went around school to examine who disobeyed the uniform policy. When they detected someone who attached the class badge on his shirt by glue instead of sewing it on or who deviated from the approved uniform, they took him to the office in order to discipline him by different ways. They only reminded the student the first time, but the next times, they forced him to fill out an error form, talked to his parents, or even dismissed him out of their school. Many times, I thought to myself, “Why are they so strict with us, not only about school policy but also about the uniform? Why do we have to wear a uniform instead of dressing freely?” In fact, at that time, I was still an innocent student who only followed those rules and never tried to research the benefits of this issue. As time went by, I gradually realized some reasons why many countries force students to wear a uniform in school which makes them neater, less disruptive and more disciplined. Recently, I had a chance to read the essay “Appearances are Destructive.” The writer, Mark Mathabane, argues that in order to keep students safe, develop a healthy learning environment, and eliminate the tacit discrimination between students, public schools in the U.S should consider wearing

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