Uniforms make students focus more on school (lifestyle)

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April, 17 2015

Uniforms Make Students Focus on School

All school-aged students should be required to wear uniforms in school because it makes students focus more on school and creates unity among the students. If students wear the same uniform, students will feel connected to the same team. Moreover, students that wear uniforms will focus less on their clothes and more on school work. On the other hand, some people believe that students should not be required to wear uniforms because uniforms limit individualism. Given these points, students should be required to wear uniforms in school because it helps students focus more on school and less on matters that do not relate to a student’s education.

If students wear the same uniforms, students will feel connected to the same team. Students that wear similar uniforms can see beyond the name brands clothes and logos (Ladha, 1). For example, a football player that wears a uniform knows that he is connected to a specific football team when he notice people who wear the same uniform. Students can see other students for true character and not for money status (Ladha, 1). Also, students wearing uniforms will eliminate social differences and bring students closer together (Bodine, 67). Uniforms eliminate a student’s way of noticing who is high class and who is low class (Bodine, 67). If students can not tell a person’s economic status, students will hang out with people because they have good character and not because they have a bunch of money. Uniforms often bring students together because students’ economic dress status is not present in school (Ladha, 1).

Moreover, students that wear uniforms will also focus less on distractions and more on school work. Students that wear the same uniforms tend to focus more on school because their mind is not distracted on who is wearing what (Ladha, 1). According to the President of Academy and School Association, students should wear uniforms to reduce distractions that might caused them to lose focus on school tasks (Parrish, 1). For example, if a student dresses like a rocker, then that student might get provoked from other students to play a guitar at school. Next, the student will start playing a guitar at school and this could cause student to focus less on school tasks. What a student chooses to wear to school can psychologically make a student focus more on school or less on school. Some single-gender schools report that students who wear uniforms do not think about wearing certain clothes to impress the opposite sex (Parrish, 1). Students that wear clothes to impress others will focus more on other students and less on school tasks that need to be performed (Parrish, 1). Uniforms can help students realize that your actions are what make you a person and not the clothes that you wear. Uniforms cause students to focus less on clothes that can cause distractions and more on working together because uniforms persuade students to think that what they are doing in school is for the whole society.

On the contrary to uniforms bringing students together, some people believe that students should not be required to wear uniforms because uniforms limit individualism. Wearing uniforms might make some students feel that they are trapped inside a certain type of lifestyle, but students have their whole life to express being an individual. Uniforms may limit a student’s form of self expression to only one form, however school is just temporary process in every student’s career choice (Walsh, 3). During school, students should focus on their school work and not on what someone else is thinking inside their head because what a person wears has nothing to do with the actions that make them a specific person (Walsh, 3). All students should be allowed to explore their desires in life and experience things that give their own life meaning, but while students are in school they should focus on why they need to go to school. School is not a prison where a student can not be an individual. School is a place where students attend to receive a skill that they need in their career. A student can always be themselves outside of school. Uniforms are for eliminating distractions and bringing people together in order to cause students to focus on the skill that he or she needs to learn for their career.

In conclusion, students should be required to wear uniforms in school because it helps students focus more on school and less on matters that do not relate to a student’s education. Students that wear uniforms will feel like they belong to a team when they see other students wearing the same uniforms. Students that do not wear uniforms in school may be provoked to do other things while attending school. There are people who believe that students should not wear uniforms because they limit a student’s individualism, however students are suppose to learn a skill while attending school (Walsh, 3). School is not a prison for students to attend in order to get a job, school is a place wear students should attend to learn a skill that can be used for a career. Uniforms bring students closer together and create a sense of unity among the students which can cause more students to work together in order to achieve a skill.

Works Cited

Bodine, Ann. “School Uniforms, Academic Achievement, and Uses of Research.” Journal of Educational Research. (2003):67-71. Web. 10 Apr. 2015.

Ladha, Malika. "School Uniforms." Edmonton Journal: I4. Feb 15 (2008). ProQuest. Web. 10 Apr. 2015.

Parrish, Tory N. "Students Individualize School Uniforms." McClatchy - Tribune Business News. Aug 23 (2012). ProQuest. Web. 10 Apr. 2015.

Walsh, Mark. "U.S. Appeals Court Backs District's Rules on School Uniforms." Education Week 27.38 (2008): 8. ProQuest. Web. 10 Apr. 2015.  

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