Uniforms In Schools Essay

Uniforms should be required in both public and private schools, for various reasons. School uniforms not only create a sense of unity, are cost efficient, prepare students for their future, but they also reduce bullying.

“Uniforms show that you are part of an organization…” Jason Wing, head teacher at the Neale-Wade academy in Cambridgeshire, states which adds value to the point that Chloe Spencer argues in the article, “What’s the point in school uniforms?” Chloe explains that, “ Wearing a uniform is a badge of pride, creates an identity for a school and is an important part of being a school student.” Which ultimately translates to the fact that school uniforms do indeed, create a sense of unity. Unity is to be as one, and that

In an article by John Kennel, “Roughly 160,000 children miss school daily due to fear of attack and or intimidation by other students. Because everyone would be dressed the same, students would not be bullied because of their clothing.” Eliminating differences would create yet again, another situation where unity is established. Without having students feeling lesser or greater, we’d have equality clothing wise which eliminates one more reason to bully or get bullied. John later adds to his argument stating, “ … uniforms promote safety because if an intruder walked into school, it would be easier to spot them because they would not be wearing the uniform.” To sum up the point, with uniform, it is that much easier to identify threats to both individuals and the learning

You’re much like a canvas, and your clothing is your paint - the way you paint your canvas could be vibrant and shiny, or dark and dim, the possibilities are endless, this is without school uniform of course. But to compare, with school uniform, your canvas would very much be like everyone else’s, from head to toe. By enforcing school uniforms, you strip away that sense of uniqueness and leave a student being ordinary in the world of