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Students should be required to wear school uniform.

Thanks for a detailed reply! First I will be refuting my opponents 3 arguments (no, I don't agree with them), then I will be going back to strengthen my own. My opponents 1st argument was about how uniforms create an orderly enviornment. They also talk about an honor and pride to wear such uniforms This is completely wrong in this case. These uniform are not letting students to express themselves. My opponents show nothing in their case that expression is going to create a distruptive enviornment. Students have the right to express themselves My oponent also talks about first impression causes a popularity system in their 2nd argument However, There are other ways to see someone for the first time, not neccessarily their clothing. They can see people based on their hairstyle, and other characteristics. Their third argument is that the uniforms generate money to the government. However, Judge, you must see that this is completely non unique This can also be turned to my side of the debate. People without uniforms buy regular clothes and if they buy regular clothes ( my opponent says that there is a LOT more regular clothes than uniforms in the 2nd round) then shouldn't there be more tax being generated WITHOUT uniforms? Now I will strengthen my arguments My first argument is that it violates freedom of expression My opponent states that there is a hierarchy in the school However, my opponentes show no link to why this is harmful. If there is a hierarchy, (I am not agreeing to this) then the students who are low in the hierarchy can still learn. They are still getting an education, not harming anyone at all! My refutation against hierarchy earlier can be crossapplied. I stated that There are other ways to see someone for the first time, not neccessarily their clothing. They can see people based on their hairstyle, and other characteristics. My second argument was that uniforms are expensive and they cost $249 My opponent says that people buy way too many clothes, more than $249 First of all, many girls aren't that rich. There are many others that do not have more than $249 to spare. This leads me to their second refutation, which was that you only need to buy this once. I agree, you only need to buy this once...until you outgrow it. In almost one year, you have to buy another set, for another $249. If you wear uniforms since kindergarten to 12th grade, then $3,237 will be spend on uniforms alone for a whole student going to school. What if the family has more than one kid? If they have 2, it will be double, and if they have 3, the price would be tripled and so on and so forth. My opponent also talked about how this sustains the economy. Again, I will like to appy my previous refutation which is that One must see that this is completely non unique This can also be turned to my side of the debate. People without uniforms buy regular clothes and if they buy regular clothes ( my opponent says that there is a LOT more regular clothes than uniforms in the 2nd round) then shouldn't there be more tax being generated WITHOUT uniforms? They also talked about how schools can pay for us. However, this is wrong because school do not have that much money at hand My 3rd argument is that this cause bullying They state that students don't wear their uniforms outside of school. This is completely wrong! What do they wear once school ends? Do they go naked? (joke intended) People do walk to and from school. Obviously, they will meet rival members of another school, and since Students at my school hate students at a nearby school, some people would go into fistifights Since none of my opponents arguments stand, the CON/NEG should win Thank You