Tuesday, October 14, 2008

project 2 draft

Uniforms are the step up to higher learning. Yet Students who have a uniform for school usually complain. They don't think that wearing certain clothes will help them in getting better grades. Many see it as a confinement of their expression.
I wore a uniform from pre-K till eighth grade. I did not mind wearing it. Yes I couldn't wear normal clothes. Having a uniform made getting dressed in the mornings so easy I grabbed the clean shirt and shorts and was off to school. Because we wore uniforms, the kids in my class were not caught up with what everyone else was wearing. It made it better for those who didn't have the money to buy what was cool. When i got to high school I had a lot of clothes to buy to keep up with everyone else. There might be rules for a dress code or a uniform, but teenagers make their own rules. You were looked down on if you wore the same shirt more than twice in two weeks. You were looked at like you were crazy if you showed up with the same shirt as someone else. High school would have been better off with a uniform or a strict dress code. Guys would be less distracted, if girls had to wear clothes that covered everything. Girls would be less likely to judge people by what they are wearing.
Some think that a uniform is a bad idea. They feel that the student may be uncomfortable in what they are wearing and will be distracted by their clothes and not learn. People who see a uniform most likely have never had to wear one. They would feel confined, unexpressed. To be judged who you are by what you wear shows that we are a very judgemental society. Many people who have worn a uniform before hated it when they had to wear. Once they had choices of what to wear they wished they had the uniform.
A uniform keeps people from judging, keeps kids more focused, they are more awake because they are not in sweats and a tee shirt. Uniforms should be mandatory for all schools pre-K through high school. This would boost the classes GPA and make it a level learning field for everyone.

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