Original post by quibblerwaffledear mrs brown, i am writing today to express my concerns about the new school policy of abolishing school uniform. i believe that this new policy will bring many students such as myself a great struggle and within this letter i will address exactly why i think this.
in today’s society, students forget about the real reason for going to school and focus on their appearance and popularity. If public schools were to bring in school uniforms, this would cut back on the ‘socio-economic’ differences, wearing a single standard of dress code takes away the pressure of what to wear, so students are less likely to focus their attention on how they look but rather on their education. This will help remove social barriers and eliminates prejudice amongst students. In my experience, having the same outfit as everyone else has helped me look for ways in which i am similar to people instead of looking for ways i am different thus making self-confidence far easier to achieve. Therefore, not abolishing school uniform encourages students to appreciate their school as a whole because they are able to feel comfortable with the environment they are in and the people they are surrounded with so don't feel the need to stress about things such as appearance.
from my point of view, uniforms make pupils look smarter compared to casual apparel and this gives outsiders a good impression of the school. As well as that, uniform acts as a social-leveller under which all students are equal in the eyes of the school and each other. Most importantly, students don’t have to worry about buying the latestclothing in order to fit in, they could wear the same outfit every day withoutworrying if their peers will accept their fashion sense. Why should any childfeel inferior due to the clothing they wear? - hmmm, maybe you could change this paragraph and talk about how school uniform gives students a sense of identity? E.g.uniforms create a distinctive identity for the school. a recent survey/study made by the (idk, add a fact/statistic here) has proven that students were less likely to misbehave outside of school premises because their uniform instantly identified their school and pupils were conscious and aware of the fact that "adults will ring up and report it if you've dropped litter in the street". The understanding students have of this form of identification allows them to take responsibility for their actions- (then you can talk about why identity is so important in contributing to improving a school's reputation overall to sum it up."
it may be true as some people state that uniform does suppress individuality but it is, in fact, this individuality that causes social stigma and results in bullying. - talk more about bullying here, this is a really good point (facts and statistics will be useful here to support your argument)
people say that uniform provides parents with financial stress as they have to replace the uniform every year as students are ever-growing but what about that stress that parents receive when their child insists them to buy them a £250 (a bit exaggerated lol - maybe say £54, i guess it depends on what you see as expensive) a pair of jeans because their friends have them?
- carry on with this point, talk about how there are constantly being new fashion trends introduced and how this can be a burden to parents
in conclusion, allowing students to continue on wearing casual apparel can potentially have a negative effect on students. School uniform not only promotes a better learning environment but it also instils positive values within young people. This will teach them the basic fundamentals of discipline. Whilst freedom is important and children should have a right to wear what they want, it does bring struggle and injustice upon many other students.
even so, fully scrutinizing the scope of the problem, i can see that the benefits of the uniform actually outweigh its minor inconvenience. I deeply hope that my suggestion is brought to your consideration.
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yours sincerely, ________ (feel like it should be my name here, lol)
hope i helped:h