School Uniforms

"School Uniforms"

Public school system across the country is now requiring students to wear uniforms. In 1996 President Clinton endorsed public school uniform in his State of the Union Address. He said "if it means that teen-agers will stop killing each other over designer jackets, then our public school should be able to require their students to require school uniforms."(NY times) This created anger among some education critics, saying that if you take away a child's self expression through clothing, you force that child to express his or herself in other ways.

In todays society students are fighting each other in school because of the other students that wear rival gang colors and clothing. Uniforms eliminate gang clothing, baggy pants, halter top, short shorts, and help identify outsiders within a school. School uniforms can also help curb some of the violence and have students more focus on school work, rather than worrying about what the other person has on. The uniforms can also help parents save money.

"School Uniforms"

Public school system across the country is now requiring students to wear uniforms. In 1996 President Clinton endorsed public school uniform in his State of the Union Address. He said "if it means that teen-agers will stop killing each other over designer jackets, then our public school should be able to require their students to require school uniforms."(NY times) This created anger among some education critics, saying that if you take away a child's self expression through clothing, you force that child to express his or herself in other ways.

In todays society students are fighting each other in school because of the other students that wear rival gang colors and clothing. Uniforms eliminate gang clothing, baggy pants, halter top, short shorts, and help identify outsiders within a school. School uniforms can also help curb some of the violence and have students more focus on school work, rather than worrying about what the other person has on. The uniforms can also help parents save money.

When the school that my kids attended adopted the uniform policy, I thought to myself, I don't want to put my kids in uniforms. That would mean I would have to buy two sets of clothes for each one, one set for school, and the other set for weekends. Keep in mind I'm a single parent just making minimum wage, struggling to maintain my household, now I would have to come out of pocket for uniforms, I was really upset! However, during a meeting at school we were informed that it wasn't mandatory, yet voluntary, but for the student's that did wear the uniforms they were going to get special incentives and have a party at the end of each semester. Still I wasn't too happy about the policy. What if