In general, majority schools require all students to wear school uniforms. Many students often complain and feel discontented about this matter and desire for permission to wear whatever they want. However, I believe school uniforms bring positive effects including a method to hide economic level and to prevent rebellious actions.
First of all, a main purpose of the mandatory school uniform system is to assure students not to be discriminated by their looks and economic states. Clothing often reveals one's social and economic state; hence poor students can feel isolated and embarrassed among all well-dressed students. Also, young students tend to judge others by their outer parts as they undergo puberty of the time when they chiefly concern and focus on aesthetic beauty including hair style, make up and wears. One of the studies reveal that students actually feel safe and protected at school when they wear school uniforms rather than when they are in mufti due to the extreme awareness of others judging. This study demonstrates that even students feel the need of the uniform and the effect of the school uniform.
Moreover, school uniform prevents the mischievous behaviours such as smoking, binge drinking and drug overdose. When they commit such behaviours in school uniforms, elders and police can interfere with their wrong doings and help them fix it. For example, my friend was smoking at the bus stop. Then, one of her mother's friends recognised her from far way because she was wearing uniform. As a result, she was deadly scolded and was forcibly quit smoking. Even though she was in trouble and grounded for a month, it was a decent opportunity to quit smoking. It can be ultimately learnt from this experience, that school uniform indicates students' role and state; therefore people are able to recognise them as students and can stop them from wrong paths by counseling and leading to the right paths.
In conclusion, school uniforms bring a sense of belonging that students feel protected and secure from all the harsh judgments. Also, this sensation can disturb them from committing wrong doings.
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