Conformity Vs Individuality

In 1969, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Tinker v. Des Moines Independent School District that students do not “shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech and expression at the schoolhouse gate.” Students should not be forced to wear school uniforms because they restrict freedom of expression, promote conformity rather than individuality, and they are widely opposed by students. The first reason that students shouldn’t be forced to wear uniforms is because they restrict freedom of expression. In 1969, students decided to wear black armbands in protest of the Vietnam war. When this case was taken to the supreme court, the supreme court sided with the students saying that students do not "shed their constitutional rights to freedom