Mandatory School Uniforms In Public Schools

Uniforms in Public Schools have established a negative meaning in the American culture. Most other countries around the United States have adopted the school uniform policy; Americans like to value our freedom of expression and uniqueness. American children value these traits, especially middle and high school when they feel like expressing themselves by the way they dress, that’s why public school lacks uniform policy. Parents and children that do not agree with mandatory school uniforms, argues that uniform policy in public schools would contradict the student’s independence. Their child would not stand out in a crowed if something were to happen. Nevertheless, Parents and students are missing the main point of attending school in the first

Having school uniforms will prevent gang colors in schools and the safety for students will increase. Many gang affiliated members are known for the color of their clothing. For instance, Crips they wear blue, Bloods they wear red, and Vatos Locos wear white. Having a uniform policy in public schools would lessen the amount of gang affiliation due to their appearance. According to “Long Beach Uniform Statistic”, California implemented uniforms in 1995 reported the overall rate for crime dropped 91% and school suspension dropped 90%. Students think by having a uniform policy in public schools, they will not be able to express their character through their clothing. The safety of the students is more important than expressing their character. Addition to their safety, the belief that students express themselves through their clothing is a metaphor. Most students shop at the same place, and most likely buy the same name brand clothing. Students tend to look alike and not an individual that stands out. True the odds of students looking alike is less likely without a uniform code, but when that does happen it could cause more tension than knowing, without a doubt that they will all be wearing a like uniform. Therefore, their personality shouldn’t be based on their clothing but attitude, scores, and academic

After waking up and getting everything ready before the kids go to school, the last thing a parent would want to think about is what their child is going to wear to school. Name brand clothing students wear at public schools are costly for their parent’s budget. According to Martha White, the average a family will spend on school age kids clothing anticipated to be around $630.36 a year. As the years go by, name brand clothing is increasing in prices. Some would argue that school uniforms are more costly to their parent’s budget. School uniforms are also a better alternative financially. The cost seldom rises and parents would only need to buy at most a set of three per child. This allows for parents to better factor in the cost of their child's uniform into their budget rather than last minute variations caused by difference in price for brand name clothing. The average parent would spend on school uniforms is about $249 a year. Wearing uniforms in public schools would save your parents about