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.
Conformity vs. Individuality State education and student individuality are what causes much tension in public schools. Schools want to achieve the same goal of producing a good student, but through what means? Are mandatory classes going to teach students to think for themselves of how to blend in with conformity and obey authority? It is in the schools best interest to balance these ideas and not lean towards only one, and not have a school only based on conformity or individuality, but should balance both. Mandatory classes are used to set a basic system and to set standard classes for everyone, since everyone must learn the same things such as math, reading, and science.
When students feel the need to inadvertently express themselves with what they were, it begins to separate them in more ways than one. All of the sudden a trend is set and students must meet it, or be the one to set a new trend. In today’s day and age, this results in a huge expense issue because parents are ultimately the ones who will supply the kids with clothes. I also argue that the truancy rate of a student will also be affected since they are compelled to choose newer, better outfits the morning of school rather than a simple uniform. The only way to rectify
Others should agree as well. PA public schools should not be required to wear uniforms. Uniforms cause a lack of freedom of expression. With wearing clothing of our own choosing, comes a way to express ourselves and our personalities “Since clothing is considered an expression of identity or religious belief, mandating school uniforms is considered a violation of students' right to free expression”. (“Point: The High Cost of School Uniforms”).
Kids who wear uniforms don't have to worry about what people think about their outfit and they can focus more on their studies and schoolwork. Second, mandating uniforms in public schools will save everyone time in the mornings. Mornings are already rough, and having to pick out an outfit and to make sure everything matches, it can get pretty stressful. If everyone is like me, I have tons of clothes, but I can never find anything to wear. When wearing school uniforms, there’s no worry in the morning.
Often students are being picked on at school because of the clothing that they are wearing. Every child cannot afford to wear name brand and keep up with the latest trends. Some parents may have one or more students to buy for than others, and will may not be able to afford to buy trending clothes for all their kids. Wearing uniforms all the students would be dress similar to each other with their choice of wearing a blue or white collar shirt with a pair of khaki pants or shorts and skirts for the boys. If uniforms laws was enforced at public schools, there would be less students breaking the school dress code policy.
Kent J. Fetzer expressed, “Our biggest problem with a school uniform policy is the anti-individuality message it sends.” He feels students lose their freedom when forced to conform to only certain apparels. He believes in letting students experience freedom in order to learn how to act responsibly. I strongly believe teens need to learn how to act responsibly at a young age to develop skills for the future, but I refuse to believe that uniforms take away individuality. In contrast to Fetzer’s beliefs, Mike Kelly proclaimed, "Uniforms instill discipline, help students focus on their studies and eliminate pressure on parents to outfit their kids." He believes uniforms help parents as well as the students.
Being an adult is all about being responsible for your own actions, not blaming others and finally finding solutions for your own problems. The purpose of a student is to work with other students collaboratively in achieving goals and learning objectives. Misconduct in disruptive behavior, harassment, and stalking, including fighting and bringing weapons to campus will not be tolerated. * Important behaviors for an ethical leaner or current University of Phoenix would include treating people in such a way as to respect their freedom and individuality. Americans take their freedom for granted so much, that I truly believe that only people who have had their freedoms greatly reduced, such as those who have served in the military, know exactly what it means to be free.
Yell explains the current laws and regulations on disciplining students in special education. Throughout the chapter Yell breaks down the different aspects of discipline in schools in regards to special education. Yell starts out explaining the procedural due process used to create fair polices. Yell also talks about how schools are given the power to act as parent for the child while they are at school. This does not mean that parents have no rights to what happens to their child while they are at school but this allows school to guide student behaviors though discipline.
I always thought that uniforms were put into place to slow down on bullying, and here the children are wearing them with a labeling color code such as this. How can children be catagorized like this? I would rather get made fun of because my clothes aren't the style or fashion that everyone else is wearing. I would dread wearing something that would label me such as this. If you're a top notch student, you may get picked on and called a nerd.