Why Do School Uniforms?

Uniforms are distinctive clothing worn by members of the same organization or body or by children attending certain schools. Many districts can help make their schools safer by requiring uniforms. Studies shows uniforms have the most impact, but how did uniforms get involved with public schools? In 1980’s public schools were often compared unfavorably to Catholic Schools, some public schools decided to adopt a school uniform policy (Humanist 59.2). Factually, private schools principally require uniforms, back far as the 16th century in England. According to the most recent findings from the Scholastic Scope. The 60% growth in uniform requirements at school comes despite the fact that research on their effectiveness for safety and school climate

Most importantly, they would encourage the concept that school is where thinking is more important than looks. Why do teams wear uniforms? Some people might it’s only to be identifiable by fans. However, players got to be able to identify their own members in order to work together and win. School uniforms encourage identifying with a common enterprise — the excellence of a school. That’s why coaches do not allow team members to "accessorize" their uniforms. All members of the team are important to this effort. Education Digest have concluded that cooperation among students fosters better learning than competition. With the right leadership, students can be led to see themselves as contributing to something much greater, in itself an excellent lesson in citizenship. Another advantage of school uniforms is the elimination of clothing that interferes with learning. Revealing outfits, message T-shirts, expensive clothing and bizarre accessories are a few of the distractions commonly found, particularly in high schools. They all serve to establish identities which are utterly superficial. In fact, clothes do not make the man. If clothes do indeed have great meaning, what must we conclude about Mahatma Gandhi? There is, of course, no hope that in contemporary western culture clothes would become unimportant, but a de-emphasis of their importance at a formative time of life could only have salubrious effects on the character development of students. If school is to be a place where the primary goal is to develop the minds and character of young people, uniforms would free young people of the superficiality of much of modern culture. With no easy way to stand out among the crowd, students might find it worthwhile to do so the hard way — by attention to their studies. De-emphasizing the social aspects of school in favor of intellectual pursuits would