The one thing that I have been exposed to, like many college students, is the opinions of my peers. Coming from a small town where everyone seems to think the same on most issues, it never occurred to me that not everyone will agree with what I think or what I say. Mainly, the opinions that have seemed to "shock" me (for lack of better words), are those pertaining to uniforms in schools.
As someone who has been in a uniform for 13 out of the 21yrs of life that I have under my belt, uniforms are "essentially" terrific! Uniforms typically come from a strict set of rules pertaining to clothing. So if you think of uniforms with that definition, you have to wear a "uniform" to work as well. But people tend to think of uniforms as everyone in a school wearing the exact same thing; the girls in skirts and a polo shirt and the boys in khaki pants with a shirt and tie. That is how the rules at my school were.
Uniforms tend to promote a lessened number in disciplinary issues, a sense of professionalism depending on how strict the uniform rules are, and a higher academic standards. So with all my thoughts, would you be alright with wearing the same thing as most of your classmates in high school?
No, I would not be comfortable wearing uniforms in high school. I think that uniforms take away the originality and freedom of the students. I was forced to wear uniforms in elementary school and I hated it. My elementary school switched to wearing uniforms and I had to constantly continue to wash clothes in order to have something to wear. However, we're in a society today where children are now taking their lives for being bullied at schools. I think that uniforms will join everyone together because no one can make fun of another based on their appearance because all students will look the same. Also I know that uniforms can get students prepared for the real world because you are forced to dress up and I think uniforms will jump start that.
ReplyDeleteI agree with some of the things that you've said and I appreciate the comment. But let me ask you this: Where is your originality centered upon? I could care less what I wear from day to day because in the end when I open my mouth you're about to completely forget all about what I'm wearing (hopefully).
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