School Uniforms
There is nothing worse than waking up for school at the crack of dawn, and realizing that
you have nothing to wear. You scramble around frantically, knowing that if you’re not wearing
your name brand jeans and sweater, it will be the worst day of your life. Everyone in the whole
school will make fun of you, and they probably won’t soon forget about it. There is a very simple
solution to this problem however; school uniforms. Uniforms create school pride, deter
bullying, and
Uniforms help to create a strong sense of school spirit. If everyone is wearing the same
thing, it helps bring everyone together in the name of their school. Most of the time, the school
will have uniform pieces including its own colours, like the kilts or sweaters. This shows that by
wearing the uniform, students have pride in their school. It reminds everybody that they are a
part of a community, and makes them feel like they belong. Wearing school uniforms is like
being on a sports team. Everyone is wearing the same thing, and it makes them not only look like
a team, but feel like one. It makes it easier for students to feel at home and welcome in the
school.
Uniforms also act as a social leveler. All students are seen as more equal while all
wearing matching uniforms. Nobody is cooler because of the clothes they wear. It’s much more
difficult to pick on somebody for what they’re wearing, when you and everyone else are
Adopting a School Uniform Policy
... schools must make provisions to protect them. For example, as suggested by the Federal Manual on School Uniforms (1995), students will not be prohibited from wearing ... that some families may feel as a result of their compliance with the program. FINANCIAL HARDSHIP The school uniform committee will adopt procedures ...
wearing the same thing. However, when students are allowed to wear what they want, there is
pressure on them to always wear the current fashion and name brands. The families who will be
able to constantly buy their children new clothes will be seen as the cooler kids, whereas the kids
of less fortunate families will be picked on and teased for not having the latest name brands.
Uniforms also have many benefits while students are outside the school building. If they
are easily identifiable as students of a certain school, they will likely act more respectably. Uniforms also make it easier on school-related trips for teachers to ensure they haven’t lost anyone, and monitor behaviour if students are noticeable by their clothing, rather than blending in with the crowd.
Rhetorical Devices
Page 1, paragraph 1 – “the crack of dawn” – Hyperbole
Page 1, paragraph 2 – “strong sense of school spirit” – Alliteration
Page 1, paragraph 2 – “wearing school uniforms is like being on a sports team” – Simile
Page 2, paragraph 1 – “the families who will be able to constantly buy their children new clothes will be seen as the cooler kids, whereas the kids of less fortunate families will be picked on and teased for not having the latest name brands” – Antithesis
