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Should The School Dress code be strictly enforced

Now that my opponent has finally made a proper argument that makes a bit of sense at the least, I will now being with my more serious argument. REFUTATIONS "forcing people to dress alike, takes away their individuality. All people need a sense of expression and many people do it through their clothing." Are you kidding me? There is practically no one who expresses their individually solely on clothing. That is a stupid thing to do, since some people don't even have the money to buy clothing. Furthermore, there are thousands of other ways to express you individuality rather then clothing that people use much more. Also, saying it takes away their chance to express themselves is correct, yet invalid. If I said killing people is my way of expressing my individuality, does that give me the right to kill? Of course not! The same goes for this case. Just because it is one way, does not make it the only. Furthermore, not everyone dresses alike. A dress code is a code with boundaries on what to wear. There is a difference between uniforms and dress codes. " If all teens and children were forced to dress alike, they would not be able to develop properly" You are hilarious kid. How is it that if they dress alike they won't developpe properly? You have no proof supporting this. However, being sexually assaulted due to the clothes you wear will definetly prevent you from developping properly. " Getting a uniform is an expensive, additional outfit for them to wear. They do have to have other clothes to wear other than their school uniform so spending money on clothes is inevitable. Buying a pair of jeans for $20 and a shirt for $15 is much cheaper than having to purchase dress slacks, blazers, skirts, socks, and shoes all together ranging $150-$200. " As already mentioned, school uniforms and dress codes are 2 different things. Also, let us assume that this argument was valid even though it is irrelevant. It is actually much cheaper to have a uniform. With a uniform, we only need 1, and it cost about 150-200 $. However, buying clothing all year for a variety of occurance will cost way more than that! Think about it, you have to pay 20$ for a shirt. Now think about this, how many shirts do you have? The amount of money that those shirts costed is much much more than 200$ " But if during the years most crucial for development you are told you can't wear something you find comfortable and you like because it distracts guys not because you but because of something you can't control sure you can control what you wear but you can't choose how big your boobs are or what the weather is going to be one girl can wear a shirt and it be to revealing but another girl can wear that exact same shirt and it no be revealing at all." With the dress code, you still wear comfortable clothing, however it is appropriate. You still wear the clothes you like, just the ones appropriate for the school, and that won't provoque people. I don't even understand your last sentance, so I shall do my best to paraphrase. "You can control what you wear, however you are incapable of choosing how big your boobs are. A girl can wear a T-shirt that won't be revealing, however if another girl with big boobs wears it, it is revealing." This is the best I could come up with. I tell you now, no such clothing would present such an issue, unless the girl was wearing a size shorter than she really is, or if she isn't wearing it properly. So, it is her fault for doing such. --------------------------- My opponent presented no valid reason to which why there shouldn't be strict clothing rules. She confused school uniforms with dress codes, and also dropped most of my arguments including bullying. All her sentances make practically no sense whatsoever. It took me quite some time to paraphrase. I explained however that with strict rules, we better learing, prevent sexual assault, and even lower bullying.