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School Uniforms Should Be Mandatory

School Uniforms – Yes

School uniforms

The debate will be as the following: First round, con states points Second round, pro rebuttals and states points con rebuttals and states points, makes final arguments Third round, pro rebuttals and states final arguments Con must write "no round as agreed upon" Failure to follow these rules will result in an automatic 7 point lost. I will be in favour of uniforms being good in school. Con will be against such.

School uniforms should be required

"So uniforms are really only good for making a school look god, and who is going to know unless they walk into the school?" To answer your question, not only people who walk into the school will see the uniforms. There is a school website, and many programs that may be advertised on the county education television station. The average person spends about $600 a year on new clothes. Even if you are the type of person that enjoys the finer things in life and prefer to only buy clothes that have a designer name tag, you are bound to spend more than $600 a year. Many of these designers will charge their customers over $100 per piece but usually, it is a lot more than that. (http://www.angrywhiteboyinc.com...) School uniform pants can cost anywhere from $8-$25 depending on the size and brand. The cost of school uniform shirts can be between $7 and $20. This is for the whole year & far more cheaper than without uniforms. (http://www.howmuchisit.org...) Now, to bring up a new issue: The largest and most prominent example of a school uniform policy experiment in the United States is that of the Long Beach Unified School District, the third largest school district in California having 97,000 students in 90 public school programs, with 46 different languages spoken by local students: "The quantitative outcomes of the policy have been remarkable. Crime report summaries are now available for the five-year post-uniform policy period and reflect that school crime overall has dropped approximately 86%, even though K-8 student enrollment increased 14%. The five categories of school crime where comparisons can be made between 1993 levels and 1999 levels are as follows: (a) sex offenses down 93% (from 57 to 4 offenses); (b) robbery/extortion down 85% (from 34 to 5 cases); " selling or using chemical substances down 48% (from 71 to 37 cases); (d) weapons or look-a-likes down 75% (from 145 to 36 cases); and (e) dangerous devices down 96% (from 46 to 2 cases; LBUSD, 1999). " Analysis of attendance figures has also provided interesting outcomes for the uniform initiative. In the fourth year that school uniforms have been required in K-8 grades, the percent of actual attendance reached almost 95%, noted as the highest point in the 18 years that the district has maintained statistics. Middle schools also registered comparable improvements in student attendance reaching almost 95% (LBUSD, 2002)." (http://factspluslogic.com...)

Uniforms should be worn in school

I think uniforms should be worn in schools. To support my statement I will lay out some points: 1. When all students have to wear the same thing, none of them can brag about wearing the latest, most expensive fashions. 2. Whether they're from the upper, middle or lower class, all students dress the same. 3. Uniforms can increase self-confidence when students don't feel pressured to wear a certain type of clothing. 4. A study by the University of Nevada found the middle school students felt safer and more confident when wearing uniforms. 5. School uniforms lessen distraction in the classroom so no one is sidetracked by someone's T-shirt message or where a friend got new leggings. 6. Studies have shown an increase in academic test scores in schools that have enforced uniform policies. I will now allow the CON to lead out their points and arguments.

School Uniforms Should Not Be Required in Schools

Okay, yes, by having everyone dress the same it may reduce some bullying. But, guess what? It would be such a small difference it wouldn't really matter. The most common reason people get bullied is their body size or how they act. Uniforms wouldn't help that at all. Also, uniforms DO take away children's privelege to express themselves and be who they want to be through their clothing. If you don't allow them to be who they are, how will they ever learn to just stand out and show their true colors? Bullying is intolerable, yes, but when kids are bullied sometimes they learn to ignore it and be wo they are. Some people take the bad with the good and learn to stand up to bullying. When people are bullied, they often learn things from it when they're older. They learn to, ignore it, stand up for yourself, etc. School uniforms just take away children's voices even a little bit more than they already are (as stated by Ducttpaeoverthescars). Some parents feel that the safety of students is compromised by uniforms. 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. Contrary to popular belief, even with uniforms on, certain children will get picked on by others. Cliques will still be formed and students will find ways (such as weight, complexion, financial status) to pass judgment upon their peers. School uniforms are very often unflattering, and it can damage a child's self-image. Also, school uniforms are just a Band-Aid on the school violance. And kids that are forced to wear uniforms will just be bullied by kids in other schools for having to wear uniforms. You said that $30-40 isn't that much. But for some families that is just way too much money. And we are entitled to a free education. They can still have dress codes because those do good, but telling students exactly what to wear is just too far. Here is one of those studies I was talking about: University of Missouri assistant professor, David Brunsma reached a different conclusion. 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.