Benefits Gained from Having School Uniforms
Benefits Gained from Having School Uniforms
Dress code in schools has always been a problem because students somehow find it hard to follow the rules on what they can or cannot to school. While clothing is a relatively minor issue when it comes to education, wearing uniforms does seem to improve an educational environment. Therefore, I firmly believe that uniforms should be enforced upon students from elementary to high school. This will help teach discipline, focus less on certain groups, and break down on economic differences.
Uniforms will teach discipline by focusing more on studies and not on what they are wearing, whether it is to look good or just getting around to figuring out what to wear. Trying to find something to wear can take up to hours, and make kids loose focus on getting around to finishing homework. The pressure to wear the most popular brands can become extreme when students ridicule others for wearing inexpensive clothing. Uniforms will eliminate this ridicule, improve discipline and put all the students on equal footing. With all students wearing similar clothing, students will realize they are not at school to show off their clothes, but to get an education. They can take pride in their school, not in their clothing.
Wearing uniforms can also help focus less on certain groups, because sometimes wearing a certain label on a certain piece of clothing can immediately get you labeled as part of a certain group. By wearing uniforms, nobody would be referred to as "cool" or "a loser" just because of the way they dress. People would also not tend to judge others. Evaluations of girls will not be based on how short the skirt is or hot tight the shirt is. Instead, people will have to get to know each other based on their personality. With uniforms all the materialism and shallowness will go away as well.
Uniforms can also help break down barriers of economic differences by not emphasizing on name brands to see who has what designer or who is wearing the latest styles. Less teasing will be done on clothes because you can't tell the difference between uniforms as they will all have the same label and if worn out, torn, or even grown out of, will not be a problem because they'll be purchased yearly at a reasonable price....