Uniforms and dress codes should not stop happening. Students might say that uniforms harm their freedom of expression, but that is about all that is wrong with uniforms. School uniforms do not silence voices as students can still be allowed to wear a variety of expressive items. A 2012 peer-reviewed study found that 54% of eighth-graders said they could still express their individuality while wearing school uniforms. Uniforms get students prepared for the real world, as most work places require a uniform. When dressed neatly, students behave more seriously. Uniforms are badges of prides!

 No dress codes or uniforms can cause a numerous amount of problems in a high school. Most families don’t want to have to pay for new clothes every other week for their child. This is “an unfair additional expense for parents who pay taxes for a free public education.” Having no school uniforms or codes will increase violence in school as a student could wear an offensive piece of clothing and be beat up because of it.

 School uniforms encourage discipline. I for one was against school uniforms at once, but now uniforms are understandable. Uniforms create an identity for a school. Uniforms can eliminate stereotypes and students singling out who is who. Everyone is equal in a uniformed school. Also, when a uniform is rocked, people in the community will know what school is being represented. I feel that they can also develop a high self-esteem since uniforms help a student to look neater. Sports teams wear uniforms, bridesmaids wear uniforms, the Military wears uniforms, as they are all together. Uniforms provide safety for student as well. They stop thefts from happening, as no one’s clothes are more valuable than someone else’s clothing. Schools uniforms keep students focused on their education instead of their clothes. Uniforms also make getting ready for school easier in the morning! Eighty-seven percent of school leaders at schools with a uniform or formal dress code policy are in the city and suburbs, as rural areas aren’t big on uniforms.

 For example, the unified school district in Long Beach, CA, which one of the first public school districts in the U.S. to adopt a uniform policy in the 90s, saw an eighty-six percent decrease in the overall crime rate and a ninety percent decrease in suspensions only four years after adopting the new policy into their district. A study from 1998 in USA Today reported that parents will spend less on the uniforms than clothes for the school overall. In a study conducted by NAESP, sixty-seven percent of principals with a school uniform policy saw an increase in student concentration. For example, students in Kenya who were randomly given their uniforms improved test scores and attendance. School uniforms are an increase in school unity and an increase in tolerance. “For the 2011-12 school year, twenty percent of elementary schools required uniforms compared to twelve percent of high schools”. Uniforms aren’t fashionable, which helps students to not judge others and which ease the tensions. Uniforms are badges of prides and should be appreciated.