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School Uniforms are a good idea

Supporting my arguments: 1. I don't think I am contradicting myself because I never stated that the school had to supply the uniform. When I talk about a uniform I am using the dictionary definition "an identifying outfit or style of dress worn by the members of a given profession, organization, or rank." A uniform has to be consistent whether it be color or style, but some can be identical. Where am i contradicting myself? Children won't feel pressured to have brand names to fit in if all just had to wear khakis and a certain polo. Those khakis may not be identical because they aren't made by the same company or they aren't school supplied but they aren't as distinct or different as one child's Nike sneaker vs another's old tennis shoe. I was explaining two examples of how schools require students to wear uniforms. Some schools supply them, others just give guidelines for them either way the idea of a uniform, the idea of a constant style or color is a good idea and that was the argument I was trying to get at. 2. Yes. clothes may help portray and express your personality but because you put on a uniform does not mean that your personality is sucked out of you. For example in stores employees have to wear uniforms, just because they wear a uniform doesn't mean that they aren't going to be themselves. Same thing in hospitals, nurses have to wear scrubs, just because they have to wear a specific type of clothing(a uniform) doesn't mean they are going to be a different person. 3. When I say distraction, I don't mean that students are having conversations in class I mean that students in their own minds look at others clothes and may judge or feel insecure about what they have compared to others and feelings such as insecurity or the pressure put on by peers to have certain brands or items could be a distraction to work, or a distraction from school. We go to school to learn and to socialize but other factors like bullying, like feeling we don't have the finances to buy things others have can weigh on a child's mind in class and distract them from the real reason they are going to school. 4. School uniforms certainly speed up the getting ready process, students would have to pick out what they had to wear if they did not wear a uniform. With uniforms you know what you have to wear and you don't have to spend time in the morning or the night before to pick out what to wear or look for something to wear. Rebuttal: In schools that have uniforms, they don't just have one uniform for cold weather. In schools they normally have a summer uniform and a winter uniform. For example for girls they may have the option to wear pants in the winter or tights with their skirts but in the summer they could just wear the skirt. Im positive no school makes their students suffer by wearing sweaters in the summer. Also not all places are hot in the summer some schools may only have one uniform because it is always hot there or always cold there and those uniforms are modified for that weather. Schools are also regulated on what conditions the students can go to school in. I know here in the U.S. if the temperature is over 90 degrees or something like that and there is no air conditioning in the school the students by law can not be in school. To conclude this point students have more than one uniform for temperature differences, the uniform will have the same style and color but they may be short sleeve for summer and long sleeve for winter. My argument: Uniforms encourage unity in school. When we see a sports team, they work together and are unified. There is just a feeling of unity you get when you put on a uniform, it makes you feel like you fit in or belong. If an entire school wears similar clothing or clothing consistent in color and style(uniforms) than they won't feel as ostracized or feel like they don't belong because they look like the other students, they might feel like they are a part of a team. Sources: http://dictionary.reference.com...