Uniforms

Growing up, I can remember spending hours trying to decide what I was going to wear the next day. The pressure to have this seasons Abercrombie & Fitch was at an all time high. Looking back at my earlier years in education, I believe that I could have sincerely benifited from a uniform policy. I believe that a lot of the social impacts were made not because of the type of person you were but because of what shoes you had.

Dr. Alan Hilfer, senior psychologist in the Children's and Adolescent Unit at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn says, "Uniforms do eliminate competition, pressure, and assaults perpetrated by older kids on younger kids for their sneakers and other possessions. They also allow some kids to focus better, especially in the lower grades."
While there is no proof to support that uniforms lower crime or increase test scores, however there are several schools who claim that since they inacted a uniform rule crime has decreased and attendance has risen to an all time high.

There are several people who argue uniforms hinder a students expression, that it takes away their sense of individuality and self. However, I believe that a uniform would force a student to not pride themselves on their appereance or clothes but instead use art, music or sports as an outlet for their expression. Let students spend time focusing on their extracurriculars as a source of self idenitification instead of the brand on the inside of their tshirts.

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