Landon Stewart Mrs. Luker Government A4 10/23/12 Cons of School Uniforms There are many schools in the U.S. that require their students to wear uniforms, and there are more that don't. I believe that school uniforms should not be required for a few reasons. Uniforms take away from a person's individual identity and freedom to express himself or herself. They can be costly to people depending on a family’s financial status. School uniforms can also be a very uncomfortable fashion that students would not take a liking to.
Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts by Day 7. John and Mary are having an impasse with prayer in schools. The First Amendment protects both the believers and non-believers by being neutral about belief. Children and adolescences have the right to choose to pray voluntarily. “The Supreme Court has ruled that students are allowed to organize, voluntarily, religious clubs -- which can include prayer and Bible study—at public schools, just as they might any other kind of club (Mosser, 2010, pa. 2.3)” Yes, we should keep religion and school separate, but the children has the choosing to do it voluntary.
Postman uses a point-by-point argument to prove that Huxley’s vision is more relevant than Orwell’s. Postman says “What Orwell feared were those would ban books. What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one” (Lines 12-13). Orwell’s vision of banning books could never happen in today’s society because of the first amendment. Banning of books can only take place in schools because the content could be too mature for youth, but students could still read the books outside of
Although it has become the most popular and wide spread form of discipline reform effort in the schools today it is highly controversial. Advocates of zero tolerance claim that it prevents school violence by removing dangerous students immediately after an infraction. These claims have not been tested to be a strong deterrent only theorized. The research that is available suggests that expulsion policies have had more of a negative impact on students and has had no preventative effect in disciplining students. The research has been done on zero tolerance in the home but not extensively in the school.
Abolishing prayer violates freedom of speech and the right of self determination by individuals. The government has no right to prevent any individual from expressing themselves in a religious form. I believe that all religions, not only Christian should be allowed to pray to their god at school if they believe to do so. If an individual has no religious affiliation they have the right to use that time to contemplate or meditate on any subject that they chose. Religion should not be taught in school unless it is in fact a school of that sort but public schools should not teach a religion they should just recognize religious freedom and have the kids pray at a designated
Persuasive essay School Uniforms are in a way very unique and different, but what is really the reason that students should have to wear them? The United States is supposed to be a country of freedom and individuality. Each and every person in the world is different, and by making people dress the same they cannot express themselves fairly the way that they would like to. It is sensible for schools to be able to make dress codes, but telling students they have to all dress the same is absolutely ridiculous. Having school uniforms is not necessary, and there are many reasons to prove why schools should not make their students wear uniforms.
There is no biological evidence to support this theory. This argument is a religious one thus making it very difficult for the government to make laws in regards to this topic. Since it is unethical to mix government and religion, if the government were to weigh in on the topic of abortion either way they are breaking the cardinal rule. In looking at the definition of terms it is very obvious that pro-choice is very much a constitutional right. Perhaps there are just not enough people willing to break down the definitions of the terms used in the constitution to the degree that it takes to unravel this everlasting pro-life versus pro-choice argument.
And strict regulations need to be put on teachers, as well, so the devices are not misused. I also don't think teachers should have access to their cell phones at all, during the day. • I do not believe that schools should allow mobile devices to be used as educational devices, since they can also be used as a distraction. I believe that allowing mobile devices to be used in school is just succumbing to pressure from the students themselves. Since mobile devices are primarily used for socializing and entertainment, I think trying to integrate them into educational lessons would only be opening a Pandora's Box.
I understand that some people feel that uniforms are a waste of time, but they can never tell anyone why. It seems as though whatever the schools try to do is always wrong. Students’ ability to get dressed in the mornings has become less and less of a hassle because they do not have to make big decisions on what to wear or what not to wear. The only decision they face is if it is hot or cold enough to wear pants, skirts, or shorts. I know that with my high school requiring school uniforms I was able to wake up an hour later for school.
These rights have been evolving all over the time. This is because even though they were set some time back, not all of them were implemented as some of them were not respected by the United States government. For example, in 1986, Deborah Weisman sued her public school for conducting a Christian graduation prayer yet the first clause of the first amendment prohibited the government from establishing an official church (CANDELA OPEN COURSES, n.d). In 1802, Thomas Jefferson reaffirmed that the First amendment’s freedom was intended to separate the church from the Stat (CANDELA OPEN COURSES, n.d). Thus, the initial creation of human rights for United States citizen was not followed by their implementation.