School Uniform

"Write an essay in which you look at the issues surrounding school uniform. In your essay you should look at the pros and cons of wearing uniform and end by stating your opinion."

There are many issues surrounding school uniform. Many people believe that wearing uniform increases students behaviour and concentration on the other hand there are a great number of people who believe that wearing school uniform is pointless. I will start with the good points raised by affected people and I will later move onto the negative section of uniform.

The initial costs of purchasing school uniform may seem very high but if you work out the "price per wear" you may realise that this figure is very low. Students also don't have to be worried about what they are going to wear to school the next day and having a uniform means that school pupils have more clothes to wear outside of school. Many pupils will just forget about fashion because everybody is dressed almost exactly the same, this also helps parents of pupils because they also don't have to pay large amounts of money so that their kids can be "cool." Head Teaches may also be relieved at the fact that school uniform has been introduced because of the fact that pupils no longer wear divisive clothing such as football tops or clothes which identify the wearer into one group or culture for example a punk, a goth or a ned. School uniform also stops bullying as all the pupils look the same. Kids from poorer backgrounds have a more equal chance and don't have to strive for the latest designer labels or feel ashamed when people "slag" their clothes.

These are only some of the many good opinions on school uniform, I will now move onto the bad points of uniform to even out the argument.

No person is the same as another so why should anybody be forced to dress the same as everybody else? Also many people at high school are at the age where they want to start dressing to express themselves to their peers. These people