Polo doesnt go for school-o

A polo doesn’t go for school-o

By: Avery Colwell

Authors Note: This is a persuasive argument on how why students shouldn’t have to wear school uniforms. This piece makes it clear that it makes it easier to let students express their individuality. 

Over the last 14 years, public Schools in the United States that require uniforms have increased by 15 percent. Ninety-five percent of the kids in New Orleans’, and eighty-five percent of the kids in Cleveland Ohio that attend public schooling have to wear uniforms. People in the United States should not have to wear uniforms for the reason that kids like to express themselves through clothes and school is boring enough without having every single person look the same.

When kids come to a new school, the first thing that runs through a kids mind is, I hope they like me, or I hope I make new friends. In bountiful cases, what you are wearing represents who you are. And you will maybe start getting along with that group who is interested in the same things as you. When you’re new, everything someone says to you makes you feel more excepted.

Parents sometimes encourage the school their child is attending to have school uniforms. Why? They say that it decreases the amount of bullying. Wearing a green polo will not stop someone from bulling. I think the school has to come up with a little bit more of an explanation than trying to solve something that never will be solved, no matter what shirt you’re wearing. Also, not everyone has allot of money to buy school uniforms. If you are in a place like New Orleans’, you may not be able to attend school because of the lack of schools without the requirement of school uniforms.

Who would ever want to wear a white polo and slacks every single day? Everyone would look the same. This would end up being very boring. School is boring enough; we don’t need to add in everyone wearing the same exact thing. People wouldn’t feel as bizarre in their own clothes. This would make them work more resourcefully and be more productive. Students need to express their individuality more often during school, and having assigned uniforms would make that matter worse.

The last thing kids need to worry about is wearing school uniforms, and the last thing parents want to worry about is not being able to send their kids to school because of not having the money for uniforms. You don’t want to see the same clothes at school over and over again. Kids like to express themselves through clothes, and if you take that away, you are taking away their individuality.