Deadline #7, Point of View

Public schools ought to require their students to wear uniforms. Being subjected to many prejudices already, students shouldn’t have to deal with the prejudice of what kinds of clothes to wear… or not wear. If all students wore uniforms, they wouldn’t be faced with the prejudice that goes along with wearing expensive designer clothes, or wearing second hand clothes that went out of style when Mr. Adams was a student in school. Another benefit of mandatory school uniforms is the anonymity of economic status. Safety is another big reason uniforms should be required at school. Today, it can be dangerous to wear the wrong colors or accessories such as bandannas. Gang members have taken such offense at an innocent student’s clothing as to injure or even kill the unsuspecting student because of their choice of attire. If school uniforms were instituted, students wouldn’t have to make that frantic last minute dash to find something “cool” to wear for school. There also wouldn’t be such a pressure to “fit in” as far as clothing was concerned because students would know exactly what they would wear on any given day, enabling them to know without a doubt that they would look like they “belonged.” Logically, making school uniforms mandatory would solve many problems facing students concerning what to wear to school.