Period 4
Persuasive Essay
May 9, 2013
School Uniforms Forced or Forgotten My goal is to persuade you about these horrible uniforms. I will first explain the problems with school uniforms. I remembered when I was in middle school, I didn’t wear the cutest clothes, or was with the current fashion trend and was often spaced out when my friends would be talking about clothes. I felt like I didn’t belong, but I didn’t let that get to me, sometimes I wanted to buy the most expensive clothes, but didn’t want to be like everyone else. So uniforms shouldn’t be adopted at any schools , because having a school full of students wearing the same clothing may help bring integration within the class, and doesn’t let them be themselves. Students that wear many different varieties of clothes all come together, and they are happy being able to wear what they want to wear. Image is very important in some student’s life’s. School uniforms are in a way very unique and different, but what is really the reason that students should have to wear them? The united States is suppose to be a country of freedom and individuality each and every person in the world is clearly different, and by making children dress the same doesn’t express themselves fairly the way that they would like to. It is reasonable for school to make dress codes, but telling students to dress the same is ridiculous. Having uniforms is not necessary, and there are many reasons why schools should not make students wear uniforms. Some reasons are it causes less creativity for students, when children begin school, they usually being to start distinguishing themselves from one another. Students being to develop their own sense of style, trying to fit in and stand out, and uniforms do not let them