School Uniforms
...students had asked themselves that big question: What am I going to wear that am not too nice but cool enough for the first day back to school? Now days in more schools across the country, that question is no longer a problem. "An increasing number of public schools require that all students dress in school-prescribed outfits."(S. Bernard) How would you feel if someone had come into your classroom and stated that starting next week all of the faculty members must wear, black suits or dress suits with a maroon button down dress shirt, women black stockings, men black dress socks, and a white tie. All those who show up in street attire will be sent home. For the students they are to wear, Black pants no skirts, with button down maroon tops, all which must be tucked in, and blazers are allowed. Well unfortunately going back to school for some students is unpleasant knowing that they will begin to wear uniforms the following week.
Many say that doing away with street clothes in schools and having uniforms will help minimize: obscene phrases on clothing, gangs, cliques, discrimination against others, inappropriate dress such as short skirts, low tops, showing of undergarments, and more that would cause distraction in the classroom, although excluding street clothes can reduce the form of self-expression and the sense of individuality and creativity. Tom King stated on August 23, 2006 that he had worn uniforms from grade school through his undergraduate degree. "They do help prevent cliques and disparaging commentaries on dress and SES. However, they do cost money, and for some families that are an additional hardship they do not need. The problem with a dress code is finding a fair one and staff having the temerity to enforce it. Why not just common sense? These days common sense, as Mark Twain reminds us, "ain't so near as common as most folks think!"."(T. King)...
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