Are school uniforms really an effective tool in reducing violence in our schools?
Submit Date: 30 APR 1999 Name: Christina Van Buren Email: xtna83@yahoo.com Response:
In my opinion uniforms aren't that bad. I think kids today just like to dramatize everything! In my high school we don't wear uniforms but sometimes i feel we should because some types of clothing girls dress in. Some of them are practically naked!! And our school tried to ban tank tops because these certain girls were them with the "stuff" hanging out. Some days it's good and others.. I'd rather not say. But if we had to i wouldn't really mind it. I'll just have to accessorize my uniform to fit me and that's about it! So if we have to wear them i would, if we don't we don't!!!
Submit Date: 29 APR 1999 Name: Joleen Email: jmgriffi@cedarcrest.edu Response:
Personally to me, I see school uniforms as a way
cover up the violence not deal with it head on.
Even though Long Beach, CA has had success with
uniforms in grades K-8, what about the high
school where the violence is a real threat? Have
they implemented it there? In my opinion uniforms
are only a facade, that parents and school
administrators are in love with now, but when
they prove not to work, all that money will have
been wasted. We should spend our time and money
coming up with constructive ideas to help lower
the violence by getting parents and family
actively involved in the schools. By anyway,
wether it be by rallys for school spirit, or
with clubs and games. The parents need to
inforce values and morals into their children
and take an active part in the lives of their
children. The children may not like it, but
when they mature they will realize the reasons
of their parents and that may make them better
people when they are older.
Submit Date: 14 APR 1999 Name: Toya James Email: none Response:
At first, I thought that having uniforms would omit one's freedom to express him or herself differently. I also thought that it would be boring. Now, I feel that no matter what you have on you are still different and your clothing will not change that. School should be a place wear students should focus on learning and preparing themselves for the future. It should not be a fashion show!! If students were forced to wear uniforms maybe they would concentrate more on their school work and less on what is being worn.
Submit Date: 9 APR 1999 Name: Necia Email: necia14@hotmail.com Response:
In one year of wearing uniforms assault and battery dropped 44%, assault with a deadly weapon 50%, 41% fighting. These are facts from Long Beach Unified School District. The percentages are great for many of the other schools that have made the change to requirring uniforms like; Ruffner Middler School in Virginia and South Shore Middle school in Seattle WA. All principals have said that the demeanor of the school is much better and the kids are proud of their school. The uniforms are not more expensive than a pair of shoes or some of the name brand junk that people spend way too much on. When young people make friends or hit it off with a guy/girl friend they will know it is for who they are and not for what social level they are in.
Submit Date: 31 MAR 1999 Name: jenny lane Email: Response:
I think school uniforms will be a good way to
express yourself .
Submit Date: 5 MAR 1999 Name: Katie Armstrong Email: java13@hotmail.com Response:
I am doing a debate in English on the opposition of school uniforms. If you have any info, please e-mail me.
Submit Date: 1 APR 1999 Name: Tericka White Email: Response:
School uniforms have nothing to do with the way people think or act. My entire school system has to wear uniforms and it makes a lot of the students look like they're in prison. The first year the uniforms were put into effect a guy was shot at our school. The policy doesn't cut down on dress competition because all we now wear are more expensive clothes and shoes. Neither does it save our parents money on our clothes because we'll just need more clothes to wear; because I, and many others, change our clothes when we get home. It also takes away from the learning process because teachers have to spend class time checking for proper uniform and spend even more time sending us to the office for violation of the dress code. I hate wearing school uniforms because they make me look terrible on my bad days when I would look comfortable if we were not in uniform because I would be wearing sweatshirt and jeans. Also, eventually, parents have to buy more uniforms. There are plenty of kids who walk around in dingy-colored shirts , instead of white, and faded pants (sometimes with holes in them). Almost back to my point, you still can tell who can afford more clothes than others because they'll dress better and have a wider selection of uniform styles and shoes (especially females).
Submit Date: 28 FEB 1999 Name: toni Email: devilgirl420@hotmail.com Response:
I think school uniforms are just another example on how our president and other big shot politicians have come up with a quike fix, one that makes them look good and makes for a good headline but does little to stem the increase in violence among teens, instead of just attaking the root of the problem.
People think that kids that don't wear uniforms have low self esteem but thats not really true. I am in 8th grade and I dress really weird becuase I like to be different!:) At first people use to make fun of me and all of my friends but now everyone has exepted me for who I am. Plus, I have a lot more friends than the people making fun of me so screw them!!!! Kids just need to stick up for themselves and stop being wimps!!!!
Wearing the things we want to helps use be individuals. Please don't take that right away from us.
Toni :):):)
Submit Date: 6 FEB 1999 Name: Damien Moreau Email: "ixnay, nadda, NOPE! Response:
All I have to say is this. Our country was built on the freedom of expression, and with school uniforms, you have robbed us of our birth given rights as American human beings, and how dare they try to take it away from us!
I definately say NO!!! to uniforms! They are a bad idea, and will onyl cause resentment among students and their parents!
Submit Date: 6 FEB 1999 Name: Lauren Email: "lmpooh@hotmail.com Response:
I dont think little towns sould get school uniforms. A violent town that has gangs should because some gangs take your clothes if they like them. We shouldn't have to wear school uniforms cause it take away our freedom to dress how we like.
Submit Date: 28 JAN 1999 Name: Lindsey B Email: "NONE Response:
I do not believe in school uniforms. My school doesn't have them and is not nessessary. We have a low normal amount of violence and what you wear doesn't cause violence.
Submit Date: 9 DEC 1998 Name: Donna W Email: "none now Response:
School uniforms would be cheaper for parents to buy since their children would stop constantly begging for the latest styles to wear to school. They are also better for school morale due to the fact that many who are unable to afford the latest styles feel discouraged and left out nowadays. With uniforms, students are on equal ground, without socioeconomic status being blatently flaunted. Finally, the status symbols sought by those with criminal minds.... the ones who beat up, shoot, and stab for shoes and jackets.... would no longer be worn by innocent students. Uniforms could literally save our students' lives.
Submit Date: 7 DEC 1998 Name: Ashely Email: "none Response:
I think that this school uniform thing is just a
bad idea all together!!! We should let teens dress
the way that they want to. It is just hiding their
personality!
Submit Date: 1 DEC 1998 Name: Andrea Jospeh Email: "Andrea.erols Response:
The students should wear uniforms to school. This way the students do not have to worry about if what they have on is in style or if they are going to be picked on for ther clothes. If all of the students have on the sam thing tham there would not be a problem. The students will be able to consentrate on there school work and stop thinking about how they need to impress ohters. The uniforms will also bring a group unity among the all the students and among the teachers. Uniforms willl also decrease the violence among the students. Students wil not kill each other over the clothes that they might want.
Submit Date: 2 NOV 1998 Name: LeAnne Email: " Response:
I believe that school unoforms hide a persons sense of creativity, If we can not be creative then what did God put us on this earth for anyway?
Name: pyro Email: tomswiftjr_@hotmail.com Response:
The violence in school is partly associatedto the fact that humans as a species will automatically break
up into stereotypical groups. This is usually by the groups personal beliefs and actions. A persons
beliefs are closely associated with their way of dressing themselves when other students see their
clothes they immediately have a close approximationof what that student beliefs. If the ideas cannot be
expressed through dress they will be expressed through verbal communication. Themessage will be delayed
but not completely stopped.I am against school uniforms!!!-----------------pyro
Name: G-Dogg Email: Response:
Perhaps better parenting and supervision would help reduce school violence more then just clothing...
Name: Mel Email: Response:
ALL schools should where uniforms and even if ALL schools wore the same color world wide, so what kids are going to school to learn, preparing themselves for the future. Also, these schools need to stop teaching about Christopher Columbus, Marco (whatever his name is) and teach these kids about laws, government, credit. Now I'm not saying leave it up to the schools to do what most kids need to be teached at home but schools are teaching them things that not going to give them a good job in their future. Oh, "i know about christoper columbus, so I'm smart", yeah right, okay.
Name: Moyes Email: Response:
School uniforms reduce gang violence in any school system. Especially in long beach. Try to find some stuff using yahoo.
Name: Erik Bergh
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I would say that school uniform is a legal way to take way to take our right to induviduality. I like to dress the way I wanna and not like just another John Doe.(Or Ola Nordmann, since I live i Norway.....!
Peace N love to every man, woman and child all over the world.
Name: Brother Messiah Akindele of MAD Writer Productions Email:akinyemi@emuvax.emich.edu Response:
I would like to begin by saying that as a person who went to high school with a dress code (or uniform) it does not reduce the level of violence in our school system. In order for Nubian Americans to reduce the level of violence in our schools we first must teach our children NOT to be influenced by material clothing and things that will have are insignificant to the development of their minds during their stay in school. However, I also see parents dressing up in Gucci, Vutton, Hilfiger, Polo, etc. So now this cancer has to be eliminated not just in school but from the HOME. Nubian Americans have allowed themselves to be the biggest consumers in the world. We generate over $400 billion a year on clothes, food, etc. That $400 billion must be transformed into production of a Nubian nation for ourselves. Uniforms usually don't work because students will find a way to make their uniform classy or kind of stylish to suit them. Some schools, on the other hand, strictly enforce uniforms and students must adhere to the rule or be dismissed from the school until further notice. The violence curve must start in the home. Keep on supporting MAD Writer Productions..Hotep!!!!!
Name: ERIC MCGRIER Email:MCGRIE@1.ISD.UPMC.EDU Response:
THE QUESTION SHOULD BE RE-WORDED TO ASK: WHAT IMPACT IF ANY,WOULD UNIFORMS HAVE IN SCHOOL ?
WHAT PERCENTAGE OF SCHOOL VIOLENCE IS RELATED TO OUR CHILDRENS' CLOTHING ?
Is is possible that adding uniforms could eliminate some portion of violence related to clothing, however does that significantly impact violence in school? Probably not ! We should really be discussing what types of reform would reduce violence in our society!
Uniforms is school represent order,uniformity and are meant to convey a sense of pride and spirit. If we want those qualities present in our children while they attend school then uniforms are essential. We must ask ourselves what we want from our public schools. The answer is that we want everything !
Our children spend a great deal of time in school and, therefore schools beyond basic education should be a home away from home.
That is to say that we expect our child act and be treated much like they are at home. School should be a safe haven much like home should be.
The reality is that some of our homes are not that safe haven and neither are our schools. We should also begin to look at what we want from our School Districts and examine what were getting.
For more pertinet discusssion, send an E-mail. This forum is great!!!
Eric
Name: Gerald Brown Email:gerald@eee.org Response:
Next school year, my son's school (elementary) transitions to uniforms. My wife's school, in the same district and also an elementary school, changed over at the beginning of this year. Each school in the district has the flexibility to create a school policy, so some require uniforms, while others do not. There appears to be some quantitative evidence that office referrals are down at the schools that have a uniform policy. However, as the novelty of uniforms wore off at my wife's school, children reverted to regular clothes, and there is really nothing the school can do about it. No school is going to send 100 students home because of a uniform violation. My personal opinion is that dress codes are a feel-good approach which can give the impression that progress is being made, while more substantive measures are probably required to reduce violence at schools.
Name: Carl Hubbard Email:Carl.D.HUBBARD.1@nd.edu Response:
People wake up Guns, Black on Black crime .A child's clothes has nothing to do with school. its the home -- get that under control.
Name: Jack Crumbly Email:jbcj@siu.edu Response:
Uniforms will allow students to concentrate on books and other activities instead of clothes and shoes. This idea may not improve every students situation, but it will help. This concept is practiced in Japan and other countries as well as private schools with success and other religious faiths such as Al-Islam. I would say more but I'm tired so if you disagree with me, write me.
Name: Dwight Williamson Email:sirdazz@worldnet.att.net Response:
I feel that if school uniforms are phased in at the elementary school level the grade levels that are required to wear those uniforms would adjust as the children adjust. In other words, if you start with the kindergarten or pre-school this year, first grade next year and second grade the following year etc. Everyone would grow into the idea. If you try to introduce it as a mandatory thing at all grade levels at once, it will defeat it'self.
It is a good idea for the simple fact that the uniforms would eliminate the distraction of clothes competition and the feelings of inferiority held by those who can't afford the latest "Styles"
Name: Jason McDonald Email:jfmcdo00@pop.uky.edu Response:
Wearing school uniforms is not going to stop violence in schools. No you can get jumped if you wear the wrong color but if uniforms become mandatory the gangs will find another way to identify themselves...to reduce the violence in schools you need to go to the source....broken families, no economic oppurtunity in the future, these types of things need to be addressed...people are dying it is not proper to be discussing fashion!
Name: Geneva Ward Email:pwalker@teadmin.stuaffrs.wayne.edu Response:
I believe school uniforms would reduce the violence in the public schools.
By making students wear generally the same clothing, that would eliminate the competiveness that may cause jealousy and tension that may create a violent situation.
Name: Michele Wells Email:chee123@msn.com Response:
No. If is not the clothes that get kids into trouble, it will be something else. People also find a reason to dislike something.
Name: Cortney Carlson Email:ccarlson@gac.edu Response:
I don't think that clothes have anything to do with violence. Young people have lost respect for themselves and therefore they have lost repect for others. Highschool was a time for me to find out who I was and part of this was expressed im the way that I dressed. If we take kids choices away how we expect them to make good ones. If this is about gangs, they do not need clothes to identify themselves. I think we should treat the desiese not just a symptom.
Name: John R. Johnson Email:johnso5j@ncr.disa.mil Response:
The idea of putting on a school uniform is so bad, but it is a band-aid to violence in the school. First, the student must be taught about self-repect, self-pride and self discipline. The whole mindset of the student must be changed in order for the mere wearing of an uniform to make a difference. The U.S. armed forces teaches each young recruit the strong sense of displine and pride that goes along with wearing an uniform and whenever you see a soldier walking tall and erect. People see this in the community and knows that this individual has been changed and been made a better by the process. I am not trying to advocate a paramilitary school setting, but one environment in which students can feel some sense of purposing in wearing an uniform to school.
One good thing is that it cuts down on the cost of buying trendy school clothes and shoes. This would take a few years or so to really be winning ticket for the public school system. School violence must be stopped and let us all be part of that solution. Peace.
Name: maggie Email:maggie_robinson@qmgate.cc.oberlin.edu Response:
I think school uniforms will bring some uniformity to the school system but alleviate the problem of violence in schools. First we must look at what causes the violence and educate our children to talk not strike out. What is making our children so angry?!
Name: Klas Str^m Email:kstpol95@tufvan.hv.se Response:
Why should school uniforms provide lack of violence in schools? In my opinion the lack of violence, herrasements and crime has nothing to do with what people are wearing. The lack of violence at schools must be achived INSIDE peoples minds, not just cource they are wearing the same clothes, of cource some people may find another humans clothes harressing but, *shakes head* The PROBLEM wont go away just by making all equals on the outside. What has to be done is a more culturall and general understanding and respect of other people. There rights to wear whatever they like! As i'm from Sweden I'm not familiar with the school system in the United States, more than what I have read. (Political science major) But the whole idea about this doesn't make sence to me. I think that school uniforms should NOT be used cause then people (students, childs) wont be familiar with different cultures, nor accepting peoples rights to be what they want to be, (respect of others...). That's all for me!! Thanx for your time.
Name: Yale23 Email:Lstword@eosinc.com Response:
I cannot authoritatively claim that the requirement of school uniforms would reduce crime, although uniforms would seem to eliminate some clothing objects that lead to violent behavior.
Personally, I would have preferred uniforms when I was in grade school and high school a long time ago becaues it would have prevented the stigma from kids who had everything they wanted on kids whose parents could provide only hand-me-downs or less. Uniforms are probably the least costly of school clothing because only two outfits would be needed. Much different than a variety to avoid wearing "the same things" two days in a row !
Better there should be competition between minds in the educational process than competition on clothing, jewelry, shoes, etc.
Or so I believe.
Name: rlands Email:rlands@electric.austin.tx.us Response:
Looky, looky. Let's wake up, get up and as James use to "get involved!" Youth need structure, they need discipline. The word says train up a child as it should go and when they old the will not depart from it. Again uniforms want solve the problems, but it is a step in a direction towards oneness. That is what we want, right! It seems the only thing we ever agree on is how poor, black, miseducated, unemployed, oppressed and violent we are. Come on, give me a Holy Ghost break! Let us not major in minors. We have the economic potential, educational force and physical means to turn this country upside down, inside out and taotally around. Yet, we are where we are, not where we were, but not where we could be. Youth do what adults do. They get caught up into clothing and things, because adults do it. We let the schools raise our youth while we, go chasing after the "American Dream." So now our youth are crazy in the head and we don't know what to do. Put in uniforms, when they get grown they can wear whatever the want. My two year old wears a uniform in his daycare. And when our church opens up there academy, he will wear a uniform there to. All we want to do is get back on track, and bring our youth with us. As far as culture, history is full of times when our people wore a "uniform" The elders, dressed a certain way, virgins dressed certain way, the mothers, fathers, etc. What can give us more identity, then to dress the way outside, who we are inside. Peace!
(I know i spoke before, let's just say I was moved to speak again)
Name: nat alston Email:nalston@erols.com Response:
Uniforms in the schools are fine. It takes the attention off of the clothes and on academics. It works in some private schools. I think it could work in the public. As for the parents that could not afford a uniform, give me a break. A white shirt, black tie and black pants do not cost that much. Some of these shoes some of the children are wearing could buy several uniforms.
Name: Kate Waldrip Email:katew@unm.edu Response:
School uniforms not only will further misdirect our society as where the problem lies, but it will also diminish the culture and kids' individual style. While there are elements of kids' clothing that may indicate whether or not they are affiliated with a gang, choosing your own clothing is a freedom, a freedom that kids enjoy the most because they are experimenting with various kinds of clothing and styles to reflect their attidues and beliefs-these are based on their culture. School uniforms diminish the importance of the individual and of the group...which is one of the resons so many approve of uniforms for poor and oppressed groups.
Name: r lands Email:lands@electric.austin.tx.us Response:
Yes. Uniforms provide discipline and uniformity. In a society such as our, what we need is more unity and discipline. No, it will not put an end to violence in the schools, but it can alleviate one of the causes for violence in the schools. Peace!.
Name: John Norman Email:j.b.norman@m.cc.utah.edu Response:
Throughout our nations history we are consistantly faced with the same problems. These problems are the unequl distribution of wealth, the inequality of the sexes, and the iniquality of the races. In order to solve the problem of gang violence is rooted in generations of injustices inflicted on not only the lower classes but on minorities. With the superfical theatment of uniforms to treat generations of anger is laughable. If kids are kids are killing each other they won't stop on acount of a uniform.
Name: Jennifer Woodsen Email: I ain't gots one Response:
I think that uniforms in public schools are not right because one,some parents can not afford to buy uniforms;two, some people have their own way of wearing clothes and don't agree to the style of the uniforms;and three, no one that I know wants to come to school wearing the same thing everyday.
Name: Nicole M. Halaska Email: Response:
Violence will occur with or without uniforms. This behavior is in the mind, not in the clothing. Teachers need to realize that violence can happen no matter who is wearing what. Yes, teens do act out violently to steel clothing but what makes them want to act out? That is the question. It needs to be answered.
Name: Simply "D" Email: Response:
To some extent, I believe that school uniforms will eliminate the violence in our school system. I hate to be negative, but there is always going to be an "excuse" for violence. If not school uniforms, then it may be the way someone looks at someone. That is already happening. I do believe in school uniforms and believe that it will cut down vioence. I just believe various other things have to be looked at and considered with uniforms.
Name: Dennette A. Harrod, Jr Email:dennette@wiz-worx.com Response:
America is one of the few nations where public school uniforms are the exception rather than the rule. A uniform costs less than a pair of name-brand sneakers. Uniforms can be recycled to younger siblings and neighbors as they are outgrown. In my humble opinion, this is a "no-brainer" ... it's a matter for each community to decide, and it's more of an "urban" problem than a "rural" one. For public schools in distressed urban neighborhoods, I think that uniforms are a Good Thing. (But I'm biased - I wore a uniform to a *private* catholic-military high school in our Nation's Capitol. :-)
Name: antoine mccoy Email:afric@ix.netcom.com Response:
i'm in favor of school uniforms providing that the parents maintain contrrol at home
Name: Andrew Lee Stephens, Jr. Email:Pray@postoffice.worldnet.att.net Response:
School uniforms in certain environments may affect some minimal reduction in violence in our schools, but communities who decide to establish uniform policies in their schools must see the uniform as only part of a more comprehensive plan that focus on the root of the problem not the symptom. We must seek to understand the breakdown in our communities that causes our youth and our adults to place more emphasis on social status than on relationships. Our community must return to the wisdom of our ancestors and the spiritual strength that has brought us this far. That doesn't mean we must all be Christians or Muslims or Jews or any other particular religious conviction; but it does mean that however we imagine our God we must call upon that God as a source of direction and values that transcend our opinions. Once we are able to put a side this concern for the individual - this concern for self we have mastered in America, we will be able to reclaim our since of community, respect and pride. Then it won't matter what our children wear they will love each other.
One in the Creator,
Andrew Lee Stephens, Jr.
Name: Michael Dean Email:MD575151@aol.com Response:
Sure, school uniforms will help the problem of crime. After that we can use metal detectors. Then we can hire more security. Then we can give those security guards guns. Then we can build fences to keep the kids in and the dealers out. Then we can put a tag on the children to keep track of them. Then we can insert a collar around their necks so we can deliver a shock everytime they misbehave. Sooner or later we can shoot them all.
If you can not notice, I am trying to implement a hint of sarcasm to the discussion. The point is...
Society is facing one of those periods where the future is uncertain, the public is questioning those in authority, and the youth are getting restless. All this creates a confusing atmosphere for the children in the schoolyard. (of which I am one) This confusion usually manifests itself in anger. There are two paths we can choose. We can manage and direct this anger towards progressive change, or we can create a militaristic society.
Both are real possabilities. Which will happen? To answer this we will have to look at the dialectics of class struggle.
The poor are poor. The rich are rich. The poor want to be rich, but the rich do not want to be poor. This is one of the fundamental features of capitalism. The more that the rich try to keep rich, the more they have to supress the poor. This is done in many ways. One way is to pump drugs into the poor communities and watch the poor kill eachother. Another is to blame the manifestations of class warfare on liberalism and the lack of authority.
The latter option is the one we will focus on. More authority will suppress violence. School uniforms are the first hint of this authority. As the struggle between the workers and the bosses heats up we will see the uniform issue change to the gun issue, to the privacy issue, then to the freedom issue. None of us want to sacrifice our freedom so the rich will not have to face up to the anger of the poor. The poor are rightly angered at their oppression that is inherent under capitalism.
Let us stomp our feet and raise our fists! We must DEMAND that those who labor for society receive the benifits of what they produce. This can only be done through the democratic control of the economy and the socialization of the means of production. We are a class. This is a class issue. Race, sex, drugs, and school uniforms are all deterants of the true solution to society's ills. Our violence should not be forcably stopped by those in power, it should be directed AT those in power!!
Only through the above will we get justice.
"NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE!"
Name: Hasan Pride Email:pride@eden.rutgers.edu Response:
I think that uniforms would be one way to help combat violence in the inner city school systems. All too often, our young students in the inner cities get caught up into materialism and do not realize the consequences this has. We see that one student has all of the fly clothes and he has all of the young ladies sweating him so naturally another individual is going to want the young ladies to pay more attention to him so he is going to do what he can to wear the same type of clothing because 'it's the style' and nobody wants to be corny. This is one of the factors that leads to drug dealing and stealing. It leads to rivalry. The competition amongst the students is not a competion about who is the brightest, that's not the 'cool' thing. The competion is based on who has what - when we know that as a people we don't have anything! School uniforms for the students can help to alleviate the problem that we have with our young students concerning themselves with trivial issues instead of looking aat the larger picture. It will help to put education back before materialism. Peace! LONG LIVE THE SPIRIT OF THE MILLION MAN MARCH!
Name: walter strawther Email:westraw@univscvm.com Response:
School uniforms are only a temparary measure in controlling school violence. Until we teach students to respect other people and their property, then we will continue to have this problem. There needs to be more emphasis placed on resolving conflicts and discouraging violent behavior both at school and at home.
Name: Rita Email:Rita FP@aol.com Response:
My mother is the principal of a NYC public school where the parents opted for uniforms. Since her school is considered a "good" school, it has strengthened the children's sense of belonging, which is especially important in a gang-ridden area. The uniforms identy them as kids from this school.
As a child of the sixties, I don't like the conformity of uniforms, but anything that helps kids belong to a positive group must be good.
Name: Sonia Email:st94n8rz@dunx1.ocs.drexel.edu Response:
No. This brings up a number of other issues. The uniform must be specific and not simply a request that students wear no brand names or a plain shirt. Uniforms are expensive. Who will provide the funding and ensure that all students can afford and have the same number of uniforms. Students may stop arguing about clothes but they will still get on each other about hairstyles shoes and anything else. Violence doesn't STEM from material objects.
Name: Frances Murphy Email:FrankieLou@aol.com Response:
Yes. Many parents have found that a school uniform save money but it also cuts down on the time required to prepare a child for school. Children prefer uniforms since they no longer have to "dress up" to the competition. And it cuts down on the violence in the schools.
