Help me out please!!!?

Question

I have a debate coming up on Friday and the topic is, " School uniforms give students a sense of identity and encourages good discipline". My team agrees with this motion, so can you guys give me a few pointers?....Thanks a lot!

Answer 1

School uniforms mean that everyone looks alike, nobody is singled out as being less well dressed etc. Students can identify with each other and feel a sense of belonging, a little like following a favourite sports team. It can make students feel a sense of pride in their school and students may feel representative of the school while wearing uniform which leads to more responsible behaviour. Hope you do well!

Answer 2

well, uniforms also creates equality... equality between children from different social group; poor children and rich children. a poor kid doesn't have to feel put down by the other rich kids, they don't have to feel they are below them in any way. At the school everyone is the same. UNIFORM....

Hope this helps, Good luck with your debate

Answer 3

I agree with Carrie W. I quite liked the whole school uniform thing when I was young. Boys looked smart, whilst the girls looked kinda cute (they had kilts). Plus everyone is the same so the kids with rich parents didn't stand out from the kids with nothing. A long standing tradition that shouldn 't change.

Answer 4

o equalises all students
~ not all students can afford new clothes each season
~ eliminates prejudice

o public can identify the students
~ sense of pride
~ ensures students do the right thing on public transport etc

o teachers cant identify rich students
~ more likely to ensure all students are treated equally instead of preferring those who's parents can bribe etc

o appearance
~ sophisticated
~ neat
~ dont have to think about what you are going to wear the next day

o unity
~ encourages students to think of themselves as apart of a large group, especially when they are broken off into houses etc


hope this helps

f xxx

Answer 5

it reduces bullying, if everyones wearing the same thing they cant bully people for not being able to afford the latest things... gives pupils a sense of belonging/fitting in... helps identify pupils truanting/ messing about outside the school building.... pupils can represent their school and build up a good reputation for it.... u dont need to worry about getting it messy, its only a uniform....when u get to S6 you can jazz it up with badges etc....hope these help good luck if run out of things to say if the opposing have their uniform on question their motives....

Answer 6

Although the following website arguments against school uniforms, you should be able to use the counterarguments (on the left side) to get you started:
http://schooluniforms-not.org/debates.html

If you want a more academic approach to this topic, read: http://www2.selu.edu/Academics/Education/EDF600/swartz.htm

Finally, here's a newspaper article about it:
http://www.catholicherald.org/archives/articles/uniforms.html

Answer 7

without uniform there would be mass wars between "chavs" and "greebos" uniform makes every one the same so no one is silenced out. and how many people have enough clothes to wear something different every day lol :)

Answer 8

it also stops bulling someone who doesn't own named gear, because every one is dressed the same so therefore equal, it encourages good dicipline outside of school grounds because they can be identified by their uniform if they do any thing naughty

Answer 9

it is great to wear uniforms cause u don't have to think what are u going to wear the next day. and it is also good because u cant know who has more money than others, and who has less....

Answer 10

Check with your teachers. How many of them like uniforms? How many of them agree with your motions.