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Sunday, May 20, 2012

SCHOOL UNIFORM, ANOTHER GOOD LESSON


School uniform is special clothes worn by all students of a particular school. The uniform of a school may different from another. Why should schools use uniform? Below are some reasons. First of all, Notre Dame’s Department of Sociology produced a study in 1998 concerning school uniforms. Their findings use 10th grades students showed that uniforms have no direct effect on “substance abuse, behavioral problems or attendance.”
Secondly, uniform helps to create a strong sense school ethos and sense of belonging to a particular community. As such it promotes discipline and helps to drive up academic standards, which is why a uniform is often adopted by school which are being reopened with a fresh start after being classified as failing.
Finally, uniform acts as a social leveler, under which all students are equal in the eyes of the school and of each other. In institutions without uniform students are often competitive and worry endlessly about their appearance and the clothes they should wear. Pupils without expensive designer clothes and trainers may be singled out as social. Outcast, or stigmatized as being from poor backgrounds. For these reason many parents prefer uniforms as they save them money on buying clothes for school wear.
Considering the findings, schools should implement the uniforms as their identity. The government should also publish some kind of rule which makes uniforms compulsory for schools.



Taken from: interlanguage

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