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No, I don't believe that public school students should be required to wear uniforms. There are many problems with enforcing a uniform in public schools, but for the sake of not turning this into a book, I will only name a few.

1. Individuality- With most schools cutting most arts out of their budgets and writing assignments being mostly research papers and reports, how else do students have to express themselves but with their clothing and hair styles? Most school uniforms require students to only wear certain colors, styles, and some even limit hair styles! How is a student supposed to show his or her uniqueness?

2. Concentration- I have found that students required to wear uniforms are more focused on what they can or can't wear that they start "slipping up" when it comes to academic work. Most students come to think negatively about the school and even begin to hate attending classes.

3. Safety- Most schools are enforcing a uniform because they are worried about gangs, other violence, popularity negatively affecting their students. I believe that they fail to realize that students will adjust and learn to "represent" their "status" regardless of what they are required to wear. Popularity will still be an issue surrounding students no matter what any school tries to do. It is just a fact of life. Some people are more popular to others and there are always gong to be cruel people in existence.

Schools need to seriously attempt to enforce their current dress codes before instating a uniform policy. At my old high school, there was a dress code, but they adopted a uniform because, "...a majority of students aren't adhering to the dress code. Therefore, we believe a uniform is the best action to take..." Students weren't adhering to the dress code because there was NO punishment for it. Teachers were supposed to write two warnings and after that, they were to suspend the student. The teachers felt that it took too much of their time to write the warnings and depended on the administrators to issue them.

Schools need to consider their students and the negative and positive outcomes of having a uniform. Nine times out of ten, the negatives far out weigh the positives.

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