School Uniforms
Do clothes really make the man or the does the man only emerge when the clothes cease to have the power to control the man? Does our outward appearance define who we are or do our actions and intellect distinguish us as thinking individuals apart from the masses? Can we imagine a high achieving school free from gangs and random violence that honors cultural diversity and individualism while eliminating class distinctions based upon socioeconomic principles? Which do we honor more: robotic safe schools or individual expression? It is time for us to decide. Implementing uniform dress within public schools increasingly emerges as a controversial topic in many communities across the United States as parents seek high achieving safe schools for their children. The debate between the student's right to freedom of personal expression through dress versus the value of eliminating distracters to education and safety rages on without any easy answers. The difficulty of the answer lies in the complexity of the question. What do we value? And do we have different values at different times in our lives? Students, parents, and educators frequently voice different answers to this issue of uniform dress in Americ
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Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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