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School Uniforms Should Not Be Required in Schools

Argument 1: "School uniforms do not help students an any way at all" My opponent stated that I was being contradictory by saying "School uniforms do not help students an any way at all" and "Yes, by having everyone dress the same it may reduce some bullying" but I also stated that it would effect bullying in such a little way that it doesn't matter because barely any bullies bully people on what they wear. (And btw, I'm a girl) Argument 2: Expression of one's true self My opponent has stated "School uniforms do remove the expression threw clothes; however, children find many other forms of expression: threw gestures, action, and voice." And yes, people can express themselves threw their gestures, actions, and voices but most people express themselves the most they dress with the different colors and styles. Argument 3: Identification I stated: "In the events of natural disasters or emergencies, such as earthquakes, tornadoes, fires or terrorist attacks, it would be really hard for parents to identify their child from the midst of a milieu of similarly clothed children." Their are conditions where the parents would need to come to the aid of their children and they would need to identify their children. Like if their was a bad earthquake, fire, tornado, or terrorist attack and some people got killed or stuck in the rubble and the parents would then leave their work because they really care about their children. Argument 4: "And kids that are forced to wear uniforms will just be bullied by kids in other schools for having to wear uniforms." Maybe the home schoolers would bully the public schoolers. Dress codes just state light restrictions. At my school the dress code is "No butt, no boobs, no belly". Whereas school uniforms say exactly what you have to wear. As I stated before "University of Missouri assistant professor, David Brunsma. In his 2004 book, The School Uniform Movement and What It Tells Us About American Education: A Symbolic Crusade, Brunsma reviewed past studies on the effect of uniforms on academic performance. He also conducted his own analysis of two enormous databases, the 1988 National Educational Longitudinal Study and the 1998 Early Childhood Longitudinal Study. Brunsma concluded that there is no positive correlation between uniforms and school safety or academic achievement." Also, 98% of students that I interviewed said they would be unhappy to be forced to wear uniforms. If kids are too unhappy they will be likely to drop out.