The Pros Of School Uniforms
The answer A 1. Give an outline of the different views on school uniforms presented in the texts.
In the three texts there are mentioned about some of peoples opinion about uniforms in school. Many of the views are expressing the same opinion such as “uniform is more comfortable wearing in school, and there is less drama”. Otherwise, we meet a man “Dr. Alan Hilfer who is a senior psychologist in the Children’s and Adolescent Unit at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn. He agrees with some pupils who does not feel comfortable wearing uniforms, but on the other side Dr. Hilfer says that wearing uniforms makes the pupils focus a lot more on school, and they can also identify their self with others. It is better for the pupils.
In the text 2 we meet a Professor Margaret Harris, he talks about the behavior wearing the uniforms. He says in fact of wearing the uniforms helps to reduce bullying in school. The pupils do not need to focus on what others a wearing, what kind of person they are, or were they belong in all the kind of groups that exists.
Suzanne Moore talks about the meaning of wearing uniforms in school. She does not agree with Dr. Alan Hilfer and Professor Margaret Harris. She does not see anything good about wearing the uniforms. The uniforms would not solve everyone’s problem because people are different, and we all react differently to things we meet in our days. 2. How does Suzanne Moore argue for her views in text 3? Give an example from the text.
Anthony Poet is assistant principal at the Pueblo Del Sol Middle school in Arizona, agrees that kids do not like uniforms. (Line 50-55 page 3) “But he noticed that the same kids who said they hated the policy also said they’re glad to have it”. In other words, some of pupils does not like wearing uniforms but at the same time, they like wearing it to, because they feel comfortable and they will be judged less. “Pupils reported being more focused on their work because a significant distraction – whether their clothes were “cool” enough – had been removed” (line 79-82 page 5).
It seems that when pupils do not wear uniforms they will be more focused on their school and then receive better grades. Suzanne Moore comes in a point where she tells that she do not understand the meaning of wearing uniforms. She wonders what the uniform’s effect is (line 89-90 page 7). Otherwise buying a uniform was an issue; she did not understand why she had to buy a uniform and why she had to wear it (line 22-25 page 6), therefore we can see that she is confused and does not agree with all the policy in school.
Actually, what is the meaning of wearing it? Are we not supposed to be ourselves and show who we are? There is no need to wear uniforms, what we really need is to express ourselves both on the inside and on the outside. Even if we wear different clothes, we still belong in different groups and that is the point. None of us is the same, we think and we do things in another way. We should all have the freedom to express who we really are, because we were all born as ourselves not a copy of someone else. In school we see different groups, the popular ones, rockers, nerds, geeks etc. That is exactly Suzanne Moore’s message. 3. Taking your starting point in text 2, discuss to what extent school uniforms may influence pupils’ behavior.
The text says wearing a uniform improves pupils’ behavior both inside and outside the school (line 1-2 page 4). Wearing a uniform makes it a lot more easily accepting each other and it helps to reduce bullying in school. Therefore, it also helps to increase the concentrations in school, friends and especially in class.
“The easy identification also acted as an important preventative factor. Overall, pupils favorite uniforms because they instilled a sense of pride in the school and prevented them having to choose fashionable outfits each mornings” (line 34-38 page 4). It says that no fashion is that important in school, and it is easier to just having a uniform than wearing all the fashion in school. Especially for the girls who might get too long finding an outfit to wear in school, so that is actually advantage for wearing a uniform in school.
Without uniforms, the pupils’ would all look as a mess in school. There would be many different groups, and a bigger chance to be bullied and hard to be accepted because of who you. What you wear will also be a very big part of the judgment, because that would be the first impress, other pupils’ would notice exactly how you express yourself in outfits. That is why uniforms makes the social in school a lot easier by wearing uniforms. However, we should all learn accepting each other and respect each other whoever we are.