By: Julie d'Entremont
In today's public schools there is a freedom
to dress in the manner that students choose for themselves each day. If uniforms
were introduced this freedom would be lost. People want to, and deserve to have
the right to express themselves through what they wear and how they express
themselves. Introducing uniforms into public schools would take away this right.
Public school should not enforce school uniforms because all of the students
would lose some of their individuality.
What a person wears is a form of their self expression.
Everyone has a different personality, and one uniform would not suit the
personality of every student in one school. People shouldn't be confined in
growing as a person because of a uniform which confines their development as an
individual. Through what someone wears they can express their uniqueness and who
they are. No one will dress exactly the same and therefore everyone will be
viewed as their own person. Every person would not feel comfortable wearing the
same outfit as the rest of the students in their entire school. A school is a
place filled with many different types of people who are all unique. What a
person wears can also be a reflection of their mood. School uniforms would
restrict this type of expression.
If school uniforms were enforced in public schools, the
student body would always look exactly the same. There wouldn't be any colour or
variety in schools. Life would become boring if everyone looked the same. In
schools it is taught that everyone should be their own person and learn to make
their own decisions. Why would schools want to make the decisions of what
students wear for them? What a person chooses to wear is one of the biggest
forms of self expression, and schools should not confine their students into
dressing alike. Canada prides itself in being a free country, and its students
should have the freedom of wearing their choice of clothing to school. School
uniforms could lead to uniforms being worn in other institutions as well. It is
not a want for a society to become completely uniform. The originality of the
people in society is what makes life exciting.
I the Western society individuality is encouraged. School
uniforms encourage people to be the same. This slows down the development of
young people into independent, free-thinking adults. Freedom is a human right,
and what people choose to wear is a freedom that everyone deserves to have. One
uniform will not fit the personalities of all the people in a school. This would
mean that a large number of people would feel uncomfortable in what they are
wearing on a daily basis. As long as what a student wears follows their school's
dress code, they should be able to wear what they choose. People express
themselves through clothing and a school uniform would not reflect each unique
personality.