Why School Uniforms Are Bad

Did you know that Americans spend over 1.3 billion dollars a year? That means the average family is expected to spend over 600 dollars on school uniforms alone. School uniforms have always been a divided topic. You either love them or hate them and most adults see them as tried-and-true ways of discipline. Many children, however, loathe them, so are they really that good? School uniforms are bad because they hinder freedom of expression, they are another way to hurt financially struggling families, and do not help end, gang violence or bullying, but simply cover it.
Freedom of expression is constantly fought over, but how is it modeled in schools and districts? The first example comes from article A in paragraph 4, where it says that a school uniform, “minimizes students’ First Amendments rights, the freedom of expression”. This is the most important reason why students dislike school uniforms. They are not creative, and they are very expressionless. This is an issue because many people find themselves in middle and high school. Along with finding yourself comes with change, and a change in

They think that there are other ways to express yourself, or that school uniforms end bullying or discrimination. “Undoubtedly, school uniforms are expensive, but worth it,” they say. However, there is very little to change other than clothes, and given that they are so vital to people nowadays, it is very hard to tell someone they can’t wear their style of dress to somewhere a public as school. People will almost always have a socioeconomic hierarchy, and someone will always discriminate another until we are fully equal, and instead of using money for uniforms, we should attempt to work towards that. School uniforms are another financial burden for families, do not help gang violence, bullying, or discrimination, and are expressionless. School uniforms are not good for schools, and should be