School
uniforms are becoming one of the most frequently discussed topics since several
decades ago. By mean of wearing school uniforms, students have done the main
thing that formality required which means students wearing the standard outfit
where it required to attending the school. Even though some people believe that
wearing school uniforms are not effective as they assume the student school uniforms
only seize their art canvas they have which can be used to show the world who
they are.
The
very first reason why school uniforms have to be mandatory in the school is
because it reduces violence among the students (Stanford & Wade, 2003). By
means reducing violence, school uniforms prevent the possibility of students to
divide into some groups or we can say it a gang at school. Gang member usually
wearing a specific color of clothing to differentiate themselves from rival
gang or neutral people who are not in particular gang, in the other words by
wearing school uniforms there would able to prevent that. If school allows
their students to dress whatever they like and whatever they want, literally
this is the gate of violation and discrimination world in the school because
teenagers way of thinking are fragile. They cannot easily differentiate whether
it is bad or good thing to do due the fact that teenager are easy to be
persuaded. Indeed, it would make school purpose from learning environment become
violent gang environment. School uniforms reduce the amount of student that
being judged for wearing something that might count as “not cool”. Student
should be assessed by their character not their appearance.
Second,
school uniforms are giving students chance to increase their focus to the
learning activity and attitudes in the school by improving the learning environment
(Stover, 1990). In this case, school uniforms support students to get rid their
focus from the appearance; in the other words they will focus on improving
their grades and attitudes. Since teenagers are always being overly concerned
about what they wear. If they have to wear school uniforms when they go to
school, it will be prettily reduced amount of focus to their appearance or
other things that related to appearance. Of course, they will gain their focus
to learning activity.
By
wearing school uniforms there is no more high social status or low social
status, it is only students who want to get proper education at school.
School uniform has benefit to all families by giving all of the students
the same low cost outfit (Anderson, 2002; Firmin Smith & Perry, 2006). The
cost of the uniform is not as expensive as the branded clothes which are very
helpful to the lower middle class. Obviously, clothes are very revealing that
someone come from wealthy family. Although school uniform do not get rid all
indication of the economic status, but they do eliminate the basic problem to
put all of the students in the same level.
In
conclusion, school uniforms are very important due the fact that they are
reducing violence among the student, enhancing their focus to the learning
activity and attitudes in the school by improving the learning environment, and
eliminating the gap between the upper class and the middle lower class
families. Overall, I strongly suggest students school uniforms have to be
mandatory to the students in the school.
References
Stover, Del (1990). The Dress Mess. American School Board Journal. 177:26-9.
Anderson, Wendell (2002, Fall). School Dress Codes and Uniform Policies. Retrieved
April 2015, from http//:www.eric.uoregon.org
Firmin, M., Smith, S., & Perry, L.(2006) School Uniforms: A Qualitative Analysis of Aims and
Accomplishments at Two Christian Schools.
Hartman, A. (2013). Benefits of School Uniforms. Retrieved April 2015, from http://www.davidsonacademy.com/blog/bid/91730/Benefits-of-School-Uniforms
Lisa, Ivy. (2013). The
uniform advantage. Retrieved April 2015, from http://business.inquirer.net/125593/the-uniform-advantage?PageSpeed=noscript
By: Dinda Maulana
Academic Persuasion
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