Argumentative Analysis

Good Afternoon, My name’s Tejaswi and I will be debating the negative stance for the motion resolved: student uniforms should be mandatory with my partner Debie.

The costs for uniforms are over-expensive and one of the reasons why they should not be mandatory. The average cost of a uniform costs $250 dollars, which includes 2 pairs of shirts, 2 pairs of pants and 1 sweat shirt and one vest. If parents avoid brand named clothes, you can purchase more items at this price. The $250 stated above doesn’t include shoes, which some schools require. For example, in public schools where education is supposed to be free, uniforms add extra charges to the low-income families. Uniforms can't be worn anywhere else other than school. This means parents

Laura Bell was interviewed by US Today and she stated, "As a parent, we felt our rights were being violated." Laura had 5 children who were from 5 to 17 years old. The family stated that “the uniform requirement violates their children's constitutional right of free expression and that it violates the guarantee of a free public education.” Their family would have to pay $641 for five sets of pants and shirts for their children to go to school. Private schools in particular require children to wear expensive uniforms that have to be purchased through the school or a special store. A story was told by a writer at The Economist on September 26, 2009, one of his coworkers whose child was enrolled in a private school required students to wear a wool suit. The child’s father did not approve the school’s regulations and he started, “I draw the line at his being more expensively dressed.” The writer points out that not only are the uniforms expensive but some of the schools have the uniforms changed year to year, which means that they cannot be re-used nor can they be handed down to siblings. My opponent may assume that parents who are already paying high tuition rates could easily afford to pay for the expensive uniforms, but that is not always