Persuasive Essay: The History Of School Uniforms

School Uniforms

School is something we all know and understand. Regardless of whether we wanted it or not, we have all passed through school. School is, first and foremost, a place designed for people to go and learn. It is a place to better yourself, to learn facts, discipline, to learn social and economic skills. But for all that school is intended for, people go for different reasons. Some are hardworking and academically minded, they go to learn, to set a good foundation for their future, with an aim of becoming successful and accomplished in their career. Others are carefree, going for the social side, to be popular, have lots of friends, and in the end just to have a good time. For others it can even be a place of safety, a place where they can get

For some, it means getting out of child labor and being the only person it their family who will know how to read, write, count and add. Yet with all the diversity of people and personalities that you find in any given school, there is one factor in a great amount of schools that binds everyone together; the school uniform. On ProCon.org, a website that details both sides of controversial issues, the history of uniforms is presented as such; “The first recorded use of standardized dress in education may have been in England in 1222, when the Archbishop of Canterbury mandated that students wear a robe-like outfit called the "cappa clausa." The origin of the modern school uniform can be traced to 16th Century England, when the impoverished "charity children" attending the Christ 's Hospital boarding school wore blue cloaks reminiscent of the cassocks worn by clergy, along with yellow stockings.”1 Today, in schools from Peru through to Canada, from Kazakhstan through Chad, the school uniform is a common item that many schools around the world have adopted as the norm. Yet there is still controversy surrounding the use of the school uniform. Having a mandatory school uniform is not an aspect that