The use of uniforms in public schools is an interesting topic. It is believed that uniforms help decrease violence, maintain discipline in the schools, and enhance the student's performance. As a result of uniforms, disciplinary incidents and violence can decline, students' attitudes can improve, and a more serious learning environment can result.
Uniforms can increase student safety and enhance the learning environment in our nation's schools. Uniforms decrease violent behavior caused by disputes over expensive clothing, minimize gang activity, reduce classroom distractions, improve student behavior and attitudes toward learning, and help school officials identify those who don't belong on school property. In addition, they say, uniforms improve school spirit and enhance the school's image within the community.
Many students are expelled from their regular schools for discipline problems, including violence. One reason for the violence is clothing. I have read about one student who had been expelled from school because he had pushed another student down a flight of stairs to take a jacket that a student was wearing. Another student stole an expensive pair of tennis shoes because he had been joked about the cheap ones he was wearing and his mother, being a single parent, could not afford the expensive ones. .
Kids today are very fashion conscious and if they can't afford the latest trends they try to get them by any means possible. Since fashion is so important to students, with the price tag being the major issue, the use of uniforms would eliminate peer pressure to conform thus eliminating the need for violence to obtain these expensive items. .
The Dress code could create a better educational climate. Student attire affects students' attitudes and that school uniforms are the best way to encourage students to do their best work.
