How will your child ever cope in the adult world when...
School uniforms should be required by U.S. public schools.
First of all I would like to point out that my opponent has plagiarized and copied virtually all if his arguments word for word from websites. Instead of copying and pasting he should contribute to the debate with his own ideas and words, or at least source a website if he uses one. - http://www.angelfire.com... Reduces Bullying I never said that the problem of bullying will dissapear. I merely said wearing school uniforms will reduce school uniforms because it gives bullies less things to ridicule, mainly economic status and wearing clothes that don't "fit in." Of course kids should learn to accept everyone. But you can have school uniforms, which helps, and then teach your kids about accepting people, which helps even more. "How will your child ever cope in the adult world when they actually do encounter someone who is different then themselves?" Bullying is a habit, if people do not bully (or bully less) as kids, then they will be unlikely to bully as an adult. Dressing for Success There are links to success which is proved in this document(source 1)- "Draa's study concluded that those schools with uniform policies improved in attendance, graduation and suspension rates." Here are some effects that were found in a scientific study- "A case study of the effects of adopting school uniforms in Long Beach, CA which appeared in Psychology Today in September, 1999, reported the following effects from the switch to uniforms in 1995: Overall, the crime rate dropped by 91% School suspensions dropped by 90% Sex offenses were reduced by 96% Incidents of vandalism went down 69%" There was another study done in Kenya that proved school uniforms enhanced academic performance (source 2.) Respect and Attention Wearing different clothing can easily distract people. Looking at others clothing can easily cause someone to judge them or to measure the attractiveness. Individualism Also coming from this document(source 1,) it shows one reason that it helps individualize people- "The wearing of school uniforms helps students to realize that a person’s unique gifts and personality traits go deeper than their apparel and aren’t diminished by uniform dress. " I would like to thank my opponent for the interesting debate. Sources 1. http://www.mcfarland.k12.wi.us...; 2. http://www.poverty-action.org...