School Uniforms

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This paper explores the issue of school uniforms in the public school system in the United States. The paper looks at a number of studies which were conducted into this issue and concludes that enforcing students to wear them produces more positive results than negative. The main issue of contention is the student's right to choose what they wear over being a practical solution to dress code issues in schools.

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"A 1991 study found that the main interests in uniform dress code included financial savings for the family, the need to teach children that a person should not be defined by his clothing, and parent concerns that children may commit a crime in order to get the money for designer clothing (Thomas pg). According to 1996 statistics provided by the U.S. Department of Justice, roughly fifty percent of high school students reported weapons in their schools, forty percent reported gangs, seventy-five percent were aware of incidents of physical attack, robbery, or bullying, and more than half had witnessed such actions."

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