Journal 30 - Uniform

I think that the students of the Pleasant Plains High School should not have school uniforms the students have to wear to school. That is a bit ridiculous. The way I feel about uniforms is that we go to a public school. This means anyone can go to this school if they want to and not have to pay tuition to go to it. So there should not be restrictions on what the student body has to wear. They should have their own right to express their individuality by what they wear and not be restricted to something that restricts themselves. There should be a dress code, like our school has. Our school's dress code is good because it does not allow the student body to see too much skin. Sure, this can be a good thing in some cases, but I do not believe you should be able to see that much of any given person. Outside of school you are free to do whatever. But if uniforms were forced about the student body, I do think it would go over well with the student body. They would complain, and I believe in some cases, students would start to resist the uniforms. Then there would be more disciplinary issues to address than average. This would mean more of the teacher's time would be spent disciplining students instead of teaching. This would not be a good solution for a learning environment. In some cases, families do not even have enough money aside to buy their children these extra set of clothes. True, Pleasant Plains does not have too many impoverished families, there still are always going to be those certain number of families that can not afford the clothes. Then the school would have to provide for these set of clothes. I think that if a public school forces uniforms upon their student, they should supply the uniforms for the students. With 450 students in the room, this can add up to quite a dent in the budget.