Critical Thinking Essay 2

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Mandatory school uniforms are debatable on whether they are preferred or not. Some would say to agree with uniforms, while others would disagree of them. The dispute is arguable, and both sides have well reasoning. Personally, I say that all schools should have mandatory uniforms.
School uniforms were originally used in the 1980’s in Catholic schools. Public school than began to be compared to Catholic schools, and adopted the fact of having uniforms as well. According to proponents, school uniforms are now used to, help prevent gang representation, encourage discipline, increase school pride, and diminish peer pressure or social barrier between students. Basically so all students can be ‘equal’, which is a great thing. Mandatory usually consist of solid colored polos, and khaki or dark pants. Same for the ladies, but with skirts. (Probably something consisting of school colors and or logos.) Students often also undergo the pressure of fitting in or keeping up with the latest fashion trends, so having uniforms would also equalize them in a way.
There are multiple reasons as to why having mandatory school uniforms for all schools are a good idea, but there are also multiple reasons as to why not having them would be good as well. Before I state my personal opinion as to why, the other reasoning must be stated as well. Unfortunately, having uniforms for everyone to be equal can take away self-expression. A student or individual won’t have as much of an option to express who they are, and be their own person. Self-expression is an important thing and can be taken away with the simple fact of clothing. Without having this option, students may lose who they are as a person and not meet peers similar to them. Mandatory uniform...

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... the latest fashion trends. Say if one doesn’t, and wears something out of the ordinary, bullies are most likely to occur in one’s life and pick of them just because of their appearance. This occurs too often, and the clothing would be easier if everyone just wore the same thing. In JUST a sample survey, the University of Nebraska interviewed 1000 students on if they ever encountered a situation involving their clothes. 56% of the students had said they have been. This is MORE than half of students, and it’s simply a sample survey. The number would approximately increase loads if more were surveyed.

Works Cited

"Do Uniforms Make Schools Better?" GreatSchools. GreatSchools, n.d. Web. 12 Nov. 2013.
"School Uniforms: Pros and Cons." SFGate. Macy's, n.d. Web. 12 Nov. 2013.
"What Are the Pros and Cons of School Uniforms?" WiseGEEK. WiseGEEK, n.d. Web. 12 Nov. 2013.

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