School Uniforms Pros and Cons

Fact File entry: School uniforms are a norm in a lot of countries. Most private schools in America have uniforms in as well.

Like all worldly occurrences, school uniforms have faced a melange of responses. The school uniform debate, seems to never end. Many love it, many hate it, few don't mind it, few could live without it. So, I decided to take an initiative to solve this dilemma. Let's check out school uniform pros and cons.

Schools Uniform Pros: Let us see the pros of school uniforms (These are mostly from the PTA point of view).

• School uniforms are a great way to maintain a level of social equality amongst the students of public schools: The concept of knowing the social background is avoided. As such, personal biases are not formed and merit is the only deciding factor.
• Modesty in attire can be maintained: It is very easy, if school uniforms are a part of the system, to avoid promiscuity in young adults. Students will learn to respect each other on the basis of how they get along and not how sexy they look.
• The extent of distraction (due to undue attraction) is considerably reduced: Let's face it, glam girls and bouncy boys can be quite a distraction for certain people. More so, uniforms can help in avoiding random attraction and it's repercussions.
• Builds a sense of ambassadorship and loyalty in the students: Due to the fact that all the students will be dressing in similar attire, which will be unique to the school, the students will develop a sense of ambassadorship and loyalty to the school.
• Avoids occurrence of complex syndromes (inferiority and superiority): Uniforms will help avoid silly psychological issues. Students will not be known by what they wear, but by how they perform.
• Builds team spirit in the students: Similar attire fosters team spirit.
• School Uniforms encourage a sense of proprietary and discipline: Uniforms will create a sense of discipline and an ability in the students, to make sure that they are dressed in accordance to the expectation of the school.

So now, it seems that school uniforms are a great idea. But before making up your mind about them, hold on. Read the next section.

School Uniform Cons: Let us see the cons of school uniforms (these are mostly from the students point of view).

• Lack of freedom of expression: Clothes are often said to be a mode of expressing yourself. As such school uniforms could be a major hurdle in the road to self expression.
• Compulsion on dress code: A lot of people have personal takes on dressing. If the school uniform does not adhere to that it could become a life-style issue.
• Fosters cocoon - like environment: School Uniforms create a false sense of security. If the student gets used to being respected for their mind and not looks, the "outside world" could come as quite a surprise to them.
• Can get boring and mundane: Same clothes, same color, every day can get very boring. The absence of different types of apparel and colors in the surrounding could prove to be quite depressing.
• Lowered scope for personality development and self discovery: In order to know your place in the world around you, you need to see how you fit in it. As such a school uniform (with all its uniformity) could be a hurdle in the path of niche creation and self discovery.
• Has several derogatory interpretations: How can one forget the "sexy school girl" concept. A school uniform is known to have such an impact on adolescents. This could lead to more corruption of the mind than absence of uniforms.
• Added expense: Let's face it. You will need to spend more money on the uniforms as you can not wear your regular clothes to school. This may see like a petty issue as of now, but in the long run, it has a major impact on your wallet.

Boy! Whoa! Aren't you in a dilemma as well. Now that you have read the pros and cons of school uniforms, what do you think,are school uniforms good or bad? Before I conclude, I would like to give a piece of my mind here. No aspect of society (school uniforms in this case) is necessarily good or bad. It is a matter of perception and timing. So, the simplest way to live, is to accept things for what they are and not expect them to be something they're not! This is where I sign off! Have a great day at school!