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School Uniforms Shouldn't be Required.

Uniforms do actually save you money in the long run let's go ahead and pretend that 4 uniform sets (mandatory pants and shirt w/shoes) costs $500. In truth, it would cost much less ($280 would be more realistic) but this is suppose to be outrageous. For the one time cost of $500, the student will be able to wear that same uniform in the span of four years of high-school. "The article references a recent study showing the average 10-year old is outfitted with $729.50 in back-to-school apparel and supplies. While that number may not come as a surprise to most parents, the responses for apparel items are very telling." [1] "Most parents responded that they spent $48 on pants for their children and that $30 was a "reasonable" price for a T-shirt. Using those figures, the average American family is encountering a figure approaching, and in some cases surpassing, $300 per child for back-to-school clothing. Contrast that figure with the cost of a year's worth of school uniforms. The cost of a year's worth (Five tops and five bottoms) of school uniform or standardized dress code clothing is $150 (www.frenchtoast.com)." [1] So take $729.50 mutliply it by 4 and you have $2918. Take $500 (outrageous overstated) multiply it also by 4 (for each year) and you have $2000 (saved $918) Replace that with $280 (more realistic) multiply it by 4 and your expense is $1120 (you have saved $1,798) Now use $150 as the source recommended and you have an expense of only $600 over the course of 4 years (Here you have saved $2,318) So you say that uniforms do not save you money in the long run is false. Individuality does not only show through the clothes that you wear but also through your character as well. The way that you hold and portray yourself is much more important than the clothes that you wear. All clothes do is amplify the effective. Similarities pull people together even if it's he hate for they're uniform. It still drives the student population inward towards each other. Cliques become slightly harder to form and thus more people are included. You're correct in saying if someone isn't smart or physically incapable they will get bullied but let's face uniforms cannot save everyone. Of course the bottom 10% of the social percentile will continue to get picked on. If you're not good people then your not no good with people it's a personality to flaw that the students will have to overcome and they must work to achieve that. Sources (I don't MLA, it's a weird social convention) : [1] Buesing, Matt, "Case Closed: School Uniforms Cost less" http://www.examiner.com....... Web. 06 Sept.