Notes

Have you ever considered why kids have to wear school uniforms? Wearing uniform is an awful thing for most students. I think that students shouldn’t have to wear uniforms in school because it doesn’t allow individuality. Also because uniforms are very expensive. Finally because wearing uniforms takes away your freedom of expression.



First of all having to wear school uniforms doesn’t allow individuality. Of course individuality is a very important thing for kids. Kids should be allowed to show their individuality in schools. I for one think that it would be boring having to dress the same as everyone else. I’m sure that most kids would agree with me that having to wear uniforms is boring.

Another example is that it shows who you are. Just imaging walking into a school where everyone around you are in uniforms. You won’t be able to tell what type of person they are because they are all dressed the same as each other. Wearing uniforms really doesn’t show who you are.

I interviewed some kids on what they thought about having to wear uniforms and about how wearing uniforms doesn’t allow individuality. They all agreed with me that school uniforms doesn’t they all agreed with me that kids shouldn’t have to wear school uniforms and that school uniforms doesn’t allow you to show your individuality.

When kids have to wear uniforms it’s not only a disappointment to kids but also to parent because how expensive buying uniforms are. Uniform tops cost $26.99, uniforms bottoms cost $34.99 or $44.99, pullovers cost $39.99 and vest cost $35.99. That is just for an elementary school. For example, kids are sometimes careless with their clothes. If they get them stained or dirty then there parents have to spend more money on uniforms. My brother has to wear a uniform and he gets it stained or he grows out of them a couple of times a year so my mom and dad have to go out and buy new ones.

Another example is that you have to pay that price. What I mean by that is that there are never sales. My mom has to buy uniform and when she comes home my dad asks how much it cost and it is always very expensive.

Also some people can’t afford to buy uniforms for school. Some people may not even be able to go to school because of how expensive having to buy uniforms is. That is not fair to the kids who want to go to school and get a good education but can’t because of how expensive uniforms are.

Finally having to wear uniforms takes away a kid’s freedom of expression. Kids who are not able to show their freedom of expression is not fair. The evidence that that supports this is that if you go to wear school uniforms there is a chance that they aren’t allowed to have a certain hair style. A certain schools kids/teens aren’t allowed to have Mohawks or other hair styles like that.

My mom knew someone who went to a school where they had to wear school uniforms and they weren’t allowed to have more than 2 ear pierces or a nose piercing. Freedom of expression is a very important thing for kids.

Kids having to wear school uniforms is not fair. Students shouldn’t have to wear school uniforms because it doesn’t allow individuality, uniforms are very expensive and because it takes away a kids freedom of expression. Principals, is it really worth kids having to come to school all looking the same?