Name 8 bad or good reasons why school uniform is good or bad?

Question

School uniform?

Answer 1

Reasons school uniforms are bad (assuming we are talking about the typical Catholic school uniforms that consist of pants for the boys and a skirt for the girls):

1. They promote sexism. It wouldn't be as bad if the girls could wear pants as part of their uniform. But it's not fair that the girls have to wear a skirt every day while the boys can wear pants. Women have fought for so long to have the same rights as men and to be treated as equals. Forcing women, and even little girls, to wear skirts to school every day goes completely against all this.

2. In the winter, girls are much colder in a skirt than they would be in pants.

3. Uniforms hinder kids’ development and expression of their own style and individuality.

4. Skirts are not as comfortable as pants. They make it more difficult to sit, move around, bend over, etc. It's fine if a girl CHOOSES to wear a skirt but it isn't practical to expect girls to wear skirts to school every day.

5. Uniforms are less comfortable for the boys as well as the girls. Even if you’re in pants, if you’re cold, you can’t wear an extra sweater or jacket or anything. Also the shoes they make the kids wear (both the boys and the girls) are much more uncomfortable for walking all around the school, switching classes, running back and forth to your locker, etc.

6. When everyone is wearing the exact same outfit, it makes it much easier to pick out and make fun of the kids with less-than-perfect bodies. When you choose you own outfit, it's much easier to find the style, fit, color, etc. that flatters your body type.

7. Kids go to school 5 days a week but most parents probably can’t afford, or just choose not to buy, 5 of the same uniform for each of their kids. This means that the kids have to wear the same dirty clothes a few days in a row before they are washed. In addition to the regular dirt and body odor (yuck!) that accumulates, what happens if you get a stain on your uniform? Let’s face it: kids tend to be messy, spill things a lot, and sit in the grass and dirt. This is all a normal part of childhood and kids shouldn’t have to be afraid of getting a stain on their uniform and then having nothing else clean to wear for the rest of the week!

8. If you’re one of those people who is in favor of school uniforms because you’re worried about all the inappropriate attire kids (especially teenagers) will wear if they are allowed to wear anything they want, there are very simple compromises that can be reached. A school can have rules governing the types of clothes its students are allowed to wear, without resorting to uniforms. The principal and the PTA could propose and vote on a dress code that could include things such as: No clothes with curse words on them, no micro-mini skirts, no tube tops, etc. This way students can still wear clothes they are comfortable in and that innocently express their personality, without wearing anything offensive or inappropriate.

Answer 2

School Uniform is Good
- less gang tension from gang wear
- cheaper
- less decisions re what to wear
- levels the playing field, w.g. poor girl looks the same as rich girl
- puts more focus on studies, atheltics, friendships and less on Bling Bling and silly status
- helps identify students outside the yard
- promotes the school
- safer and easier overall
- it has a pleasant crips look
- it reflects the middle of the road traditionalism that is important in education
- it sets you apart from people in public school
- it can raise team spirit
- it can raise school spirit
- enhances loyalty to the school colors, song, etc
- girls can show off their legs


School Uniform is Bad
- tends to give many youth the impression that they are slaves
- you become like a clone
- you become a cog in the system
- less individuality
- no/few opportunities to express self through attire
- kids are more comfy because they wear what they prefer
- no hassles with dry cleaning or pressing pleats etc
- less body odor because it's a fact, uniforms are cleaned less than your regular tee shirts and such
- when you are at the bus stop or whatever it might be embarrassing
- others kind of pigeon hole you
- public school kids tease you
- local gang members target you
- girls have to shave their legs or wear yucky tights or knee highs
- sometimes they itch really bad
- sometimes the shirts are 50% polyester - yucky, itchy, more odor from pubescent sweat yuck


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Answer 3

Good:
1. Less time spent figuring out what to wear.
2. Less money spent because fewer outfits are necessary.
3. Less emphasis on designer wear.
4. Less distraction in class from inappropriate clothing styles.

Bad:
1. Can be expensive for poor families to outfit their children.
2. Teachers have to spend time monitoring proper uniform wear and reminding students -- tuck in your shirt, where are you socks, where is your tie, take your jacket off, put your jacket on ...
3. The difference between new uniforms and shabby uniforms still separates the haves from the have-nots.
4. No allowance for benign self-expression and individual style.

Answer 4

a million. pupils must have the alternative to %. their outfits 2. Uniforms are intense priced at some colleges 3. Uniforms are boring colors 4. all and multiple seems an identical 5. You positioned on an identical outfits regularly happening Sorry thats all I actually have

Answer 5

good-
don't need to plan an outfit for school everyday
less expensive
people cant judge each other by clothes
everyone is equal
no one can be made fun of
looks good around the halls
prevents inappropriate attire

bad-
limits people's individuality
people cant express their personality

Answer 6

Bad. Makes students into automatons. Stifles creativity and originality.

Answer 7

less obvious who is poor or rich ...all the same clothes.