Dress Code: Good or Bad

     Dress code is not a new issue. The issue has been around as long as we as human beings started wearing clothing. Some say that dress code is ridiculous just because it includes wearing uniform. To me, the dress code is necessary in many ways. First of all, the dress code addresses professionalism. According to the website, www.articles base.com, some say that a child in a uniform is more likely to take school seriously. Dr. Alan Hilfer, a senior psychologist in the Children’s and Adolescent Unit at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn says, “Uniforms do eliminate competition, pressure, and assaults perpetrated by older kids on younger kids for their sneakers and other possessions. They also allow some kids to focus better, especially in the lower grades.

     Uniforms reduces fighting and violence. School report that school uniforms decreases fighting out of arguments over fashionable clothes. There are children out there who are sensitive about others making fun of what they were. Children thinks if they don’t have name brand clothes, they are not “cool”. The website, www.suite101.com/comtent/dress-codes-and-school-a5232, showed studies that the fact is that some students were missing school because they didn’t have “cool” clothes to wear or one pair of jeans that was “cool” was too wet to wear to school.

     If uniforms were enforced, there would be fewer distractions. According to www.articlesbase.com, many parents believe that students wearing school uniforms look nicer and that a school uniform policy ensures that children will come to school in appropriate clothing, avoiding distractions such as fads considered to be outlandish or overly revealing. Some students believe going to school is like going to endless fashion show. School is for learning, not for showing off your belly or your underwear.

     Uniforms also promote good discipline. Many think that school uniforms help maintain school disciple, decreasing the amount of discipline problems. Teachers do not need to remind to the student to pull up his pants or cover your cleavage. That is disrupting instructional time and there are some students who are planning to go to college so they need that learning time.