Pro vs. con view
Topic space viewKids Should Wear Uniforms
Kids should wear uniforms because they can't be bullied about what the are wearing. They also won't have to scream and cry in the morning because you can't find something to wear. Finally they won't get picked on if they can only afford one outfit because no one would ever know.
School Uniform Should Be Banned
School uniform should definitely be banned for many reasons. First of all, pupils should be able and should be encouraged to express themselves and be creative with what they wear. Everyone wearing the same uniform takes away their individuality and the right to be able to wear whatever they want. Own clothes are more comfortable and in the cold, school uniforms aren't warm enough. Surely we can wear badges to say which school we are from, especially on school trips! If we are comfortable wearing our own clothes in class we should be able to focus better in class. School uniform can be very expensive as compared to our own clothes as well as if not washed quick enough it can pose a real problem. No matter what you dress students who bully others will always find a reason to do so. Making everyone wear the same clothes is not going to make the problem magically disappear. To conclude, students wearing their own clothes will be able to express themselves, show individuality and spend less money.
Dress Codes instead of school uniform
Rather than having school uniform, why not have a dress code instead? This has all the benefits of uniform without the many disadvantages. While This has all the benefits of uniform without the many disadvantages. While uniforms force all children to wear the same clothes, dress codes give students a lot of choice what to wear. Only a few unsuitable things are banned - for example, gang colors, very short skirts, crop tops, bare shoulders, etc
Wearing a school uniform is not good preparation for working.
Wearing a school uniform is not good preparation for working. Only a few jobs require uniforms, and many of these are low-paid service jobs – not what we want our young people to aim for. After all, their main role-models at school – the teachers – don’t have to wear a uniform. Well-paid jobs used to require a suit, but this has been changing in recent years and smart-casual clothes are much more common now. Even if you have to wear a suit, you still have a huge choice of styles, colour and accessories with which to express your personality. This isn’t true of school uniform.
Students should be required to wear school uniform.
Thank you very much, Westernguy2. Rebuttal to your 1st counter argument, on the freedom and expression: Yes, having expression will not create a disruptive environment, but however, but with uniforms there will be a better environment. There is no harm for freedom of expression, but there is benefits for uniforms. After all, another meaning of the word "uniform" means organized. So while the neg argues that there will be no harm, I argue that there will be no harm AND benefits. Yes, students have the right of expression, but again, uniforms are already used by much of the private schools in our country. If students have to have freedom of expression, then why don't we ban uniforms in those schools? Obviously this does not violate the 1st amendment as much schools already use uniforms, so his counterargument is void, and my 1st contention still stands true. Rebuttal to your 2nd counterargument, on the popularity argument: Agreed. Hairstyles can be expressed for popularity, I wholeheartedly agree with that. However, although enforcing uniform-wearing does not COMPLETELY reduce popularity, it reduces a good portion of it, as most people look at the clothes. And that is still good, and is still a benefit. There is no disadvantage to it. Also, the reason why clothes are the main factors while other details are minor ones is because clothes have brand names. People want to look for good brands, and it tells people if the wearer is rich or not. Hairstyles do not have brands, it is really not considered much. As long as you are wearing Hollister or Nike no one pays much attention to your hairstyle. So, the neg wants completely or nothing. He wants the popularity system to remain, or to be completely destroyed. However, this is a bad attitude, as we are reducing, say, 80% of it, which is much better than not doing it at all. Therefore my second contention is still standing. Rebuttal to 3rd argument, taxes: Actually, this is not true. You say that more taxes are generated with regular clothes. Yes, of course it does! However, this is not a choose-one option. It's not like you have to ONLY buy the uniform and never buy regular clothes again. You can buy both! You can wear normal clothes outside of school, which is actually more than the time inside of school (per week). So basically buying uniforms is an add-on which helps generate revenue alongside regular clothes. Your take is too extreme; people will obviously continue to buy regular clothes. Let's say regular clothes generate x revenue. Uniforms generate y revenue. He says generating x is better than generating y. I say that we generate both x and y. Therefore this contention is still standing. To refute your arguments which you strengthened: 1st contention: A popularity hierarchy is obviously harmful! No one wants to be left out just because they wear ratty clothes. Isn't it better if everyone is on the same level, without rankings based on clothes? Yes, lower people can learn. However, it is not about learning, but the mental damage he/she takes from always being the last one called in kickball, etc. And mental damage does hurt learning. If you are a loner at school because you wear bad clothes, then in a group project you will have no teammates, since no one wants to be with you. Therefore you have to do it all yourself, which is not a good learning way. For your part on hairstyle, I have already refuted above, so your 1st contention is refuted. 2nd contention: You say girls are not rich. Maybe. But girls DO love shopping, and DO love buying. At an immature age they do not know how to save money and will carelessly spend money regardless of how much money they have. And since you are saying girls do not buy too much clothing, you are hurting your own argument/refutation that more taxes will be generated if people buy regular clothes. And you say students can outgrow. Isn't this good, as it generates more revenue? Sure, this may harm the family, but no family is too poor to buy a mere uniform. They spend a lot on school supplies. And your estimate on how much it takes to buy uniforms from k-12 is too extreme. They will outgrow, but probably only in two or three year intervals, not every year. And while it may cause some damage, uniform prices vary, from 20$-249$ (the most extreme). They won't buy uniforms all priced at 249$. And if the family has more than one kid then the older kid can give his old uniform to the younger. Families aren't too rich to buy the most expensive uniforms, every year, for each of their kids. Therefore this contention is refuted. I do not know which contention this is, but you said that more tax is generated with regular clothes. You basically restated your previous statement, and I already refuted that above. Therefore this is refuted. For schools paying for needy families, this is already used in action. It is even used in my school. Therefore this is also refuted. 3rd contention: They wear regular clothes outside of school, obviously. Once school ends, then they wear the uniform until they get home and change. For your joke, haha. And this contention is very illogical as bullies will not just bully people just because they are from a different school. Besides, schools wouldn't be so close that people from both schools can meet on their way home. Again, people will not bully strangers that they do not know. For your personal example, as you have yourself witnessed it, I will not deny it, but keep in mind that your two schools is two out of a million schools in the nation. What may be true for your school may not be true to the millions of thousands of schools out there. As I have rebutted all your counterarguments, I have completely polished all my contentions and they are still standing. I have refuted all your contentions, so they are all void. And not only due to the amount of contentions still unrefuted, or the refutations made, the factor of the winning person should be focused on the reasoning and logic behind their arguments, am I right? Thank you Westernguy2 for having this nice debate with me.
Should uniforms rule our lives
Uniforms should rule our lives because of lack of better ruler.
Public Schools Should not Fund School Bands.
I will be arguing that school bands should not be funded by public schools and Con will argue that school bands should be funded by public schools. No semantics here. When I mean public school I mean a school funded by tax dollars and when I say school band I mean a band that practices at the school and plays at school events. I don't think that the school should be using money to fund school bands. Whoever accepts this will argue that schools funded by tax dollars should fund school bands and all of their uniforms, instruments, etc.
school uniform choice
You're missing the point. This topic neither "without uniforms" nor "ban uniforms" but give a right to parent to choose what appropriate for their children "cost efficient" as I said early if you think that you will save money by this way you just buy uniforms to your children but if you think uniforms are waste of money then just don't buy them I'll answer part of bully in the same way
High school students should wear uniforms.
As you mentioned their creativity and burning ambition of being modern can be shown in other directions, however school is an educational institution. There must be some frames and rules in order to control children in some degree. Also uniform is a saving of time. One more time, their freedom is not limited with school uniform.
Private Schools Should Have Their Students Wear Uniforms
My opponent's drops nearly every single argument I made. In response to both of my opponent's points: Doesn't matter. Schools don't exist to entertain students. If the administrators find that implementing uniforms has positive affects, even if the students don't like it, they should implement uniforms.
School Uniforms Should Be Mandatory
Inappropriate
School Uniforms Should Be Mandatory
Schools waste a lot of time trying to enforce uniform rules.
School Uniforms Should Be Mandatory
Too much money
School Uniforms Should Be Mandatory
We all have a right to individuality, to make personal choices and to express our personality.
School Uniforms Should Be Mandatory
Personality and Expressing yourself
School Uniforms Should Be Mandatory
Only a few inner-city schools have had problems with children wearing “gang colours”.
High school students should wear uniforms.
Why should we force our children in one Uniform in school? It's just fool idea. Firstly, every children are creatively, and they can easily think of their style. Another reason not to support uniform is that all pupil want to be free, not wearing uniform. You cannot ban something for children, because they will do it anyway. Lastly, our generation is modern than us, uniform is old idea, because of this our youth want to be more modern. Thus, we shouldn't force our youth to wear uniform.
School Uniforms, on Balance, are Beneficial
I accept and look forward to a clashing debate on a rather simple topic. Good luck pro!
School Uniforms, on Balance, are Beneficial
Sorry for ruining your debate. I ran out of time. I was really busy since I was at Seattle over the weekend for a big debate tournament, and now I'm sick.
should scool uniforms should be optinal
the question here is what is more important life or freedom. people are constantly being put down on what clothes they wear. if you have any children or have met any children you should know there safety is what matters most. kids commit suicide over bullies putting down there clothes so which would you rather have freedom and death or uniforms and life
