The short story “Harrison Bergeron‚”by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. is about a boy who was thought of as a threat to the government in a society based on equality. The article “School Uniforms: Awesome-or Awful?” by Lauren Tarshis‚ is about how more schools are currently making their students wear uniforms. Both “Harrison Bergeron” and “School Uniforms:Awesome-or Awful?” show that too much equality can end badly. These two articles are both similar and different in many ways. In “Harrison Bergeron”‚ they
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Should School uniforms Be Required In Public Schools? Should school uniforms be required in public schools? It will increase education‚ and decrease on violence and the cost will be lowered. This is a question that has created debates in several different schools. Some say that school uniforms represent discipline and obedience while others say not wearing uniforms takes away from the children’s creativity and individuality. Not only does wearing uniforms teach obedience and discipline
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School Uniforms School Uniforms are a popular topic in the quest to improve American education. Officials say that if students can’t wear gang related colors it will make school safer‚ but has little effect otherwise on student behavior and achievement (“What not to Wear School…”). The American Civil Liberties Union says many parents can’t afford the costs of uniforms (Portner). Allowing students to choose their own clothing will prepare them for their careers since they will have
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Good morning I am the 2nd speaker for the opposing team. The topic of “students should wear school uniform and follow rules made by only adults” can be divided into two parts. The first part being “students should wear school uniform”. The proposing team said that students should be forced to wear uniform because they would be bullied if they wore civilian clothes. However‚ uniforms do not change the fact that bullying will still exist. Students will be bullied not by what they wear‚
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reasons for having uniforms in public schools. School uniforms have been shown to improve test scores‚ raise school pride‚ increase attendance‚ reduce violence‚ helps students express themselves in ways other than the donning of attire‚ and teaches them to dress neatly. Many studies have shown that school uniforms improve test scores. School uniforms cause students to spend less time thinking about clothing‚ and more time thinking about their schoolwork. Another reason that school uniforms raise test scores
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School uniforms are an outdated tradition. School uniforms have been around for many years‚ but in this day and age‚ isn’t it time schools begin to phase out uniform and allow students to make their own decisions on what they wear to school? The main topics are comfort‚ cost and respect. I believe that allowing mufti in schools is in the best interest of the students and families. Comfort is one of the leading reasons for preferring mufti to uniform‚ because let’s face it‚ in order for students
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Uniforms in Public Schools: A Positive Approach Towards the Future Since the late 1990’s many public schools across the nation have opted to implement a stronger dress code policy which have involved the addition to a specific mandated uniform policy. While some critics of mandatory uniform policies believe that there is no justification for change‚ school uniforms offer educational benefits‚ improve student behavior‚ social interaction‚ and are more cost effective and durable than traditional street
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Aguilar Per. 1 You may have thought that school uniforms were only worn by those of private schools or upper elite classes‚ but in fact it was quite the opposite. Uniforms were given to poor communities and schools‚ known as charity schools that would help children learn to read and write‚ in England around the 16th century. The uniforms that students would wear consisted of a blue blazer‚ cap and short trousers‚ and a brown satchel bag. The reason uniforms were issued was because it would cost less
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School Uniforms Schools should be schools and not fashion shows. Students that attend school are mostly worried about what they are going to wear to school and less worried about their homework‚ which is far more important. I believe that we should have school uniforms for multiple reasons. Most students think that school uniforms are dumb because every one of them would be wearing the same exact thing. Did you ever think that you could stand out in your own special way? Not everybody has to wear
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School uniforms Statistics show that schools‚ who have adopted uniforms‚ have seen a drop in all around problems at the school. “A small study by Kelly DeLong (Ohio State University thesis‚ 1998) linked uniforms to improved student outcomes. She found ’there was a significant difference in reading‚ mathematics‚ and citizenship tests between the school with the uniforms and the school without the uniforms.’" It has been proven that schools with uniforms have seen a rise in grades with students. With
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