uniform

The easiest way to express your personality and true spirit is through clothing.  Who has the right to tell anyone to cover their personality, or true spirit up? A uniform is a way to make a student feel just like everyone else, it takes away from their individuality. However although a uniform takes away from self expression, it has its advantages.

     It is a popular aspect to private schools, that wearing a uniform is mandatory. However this is what sets them apart from public schools. I am against wearing a uniform in public school. I’ve had the opportunity to attend both a public, and private school. I felt happiest when I was able to express myself freely, and not having to worry about looking like everyone else. I understand that when attending school, no student should focus on the way they look. However when you feel good, you carry a positive attitude, which makes you open to wanting to learn more. When someone feels healthy, and happy inside, the happiness that is achieved through freely expressing one self, will become bluntly obvious to those surrounding them. When I dressed the way I felt inside, I enjoyed school a lot more. Also when students are allowed to dress the way they wish, the environment is more carefree, and not so uptight.

    When I attended private school. It was mandatory that the students wore uniforms. Although the school still allowed students to have a free dress day on Friday, with restrictions of course. The environment was somewhat uptight, and overly strict. The restrictions were overbearing, they didn’t allow us to wear shirts with logos on it, and girls were not allowed to have painted nails, unless it was a neutral color. I am completely against wearing uniforms in school, however wearing a uniform has its advantages. The advantages to wearing a uniform is that students don’t have to contemplate what they are going to wear in the morning. Also students who wear uniforms do not have worry about buying new clothes, or searching for clothes that are “in”. Although wearing a uniform has its advantages, it still limits students to fully expressing themselves, and truly discovering their personal style.

  School is a place where young students are suppose to, not only be educated, but experience a mature growth within, they are suppose to develop, and discover who they truly are. If they are not given the opportunity to express who they truly are on the outside, how will they understand how to deal with what is going on, on the inside? I understand that teachers do not want students to be overly exposed. Most schools that do not force students to wear uniforms have restrictions. The most common restrictions for students who attend public school is no spaghetti straps, no open toe shoes, and no white tees. Although not every student will agree with the dress code, it is better than wearing a uniform. A dress code does limit a certain