personal response
Personal response.
Nurzaida Syaza Zawawi
IB 95
I would strongly disagree with the statement “uniforms interfere with students’ freedom of self expression” as I am positive that uniform would somehow trigger students to excel academically. Students are teenagers who tend to be fashion-victims and their desire to be up-to-date with the flow of fashion would never fade away. Hence, they may be less likely to take school seriously as most of them are keen to look good rather than to have fantastic grades. So, wearing uniform would help them to pay more attention on their education rather than on their appearances. Moreover, peer pressure will influence them to ask their low-income earner parents to spend on teenagers’ clothes which could be considered as unnecessary expense. I have friends who believe that various teenagers’ fashions nowadays such as street fashion, urban and even goth are too good to be ignored, thus, they spend so much on clothes just to ensure that they are on par with current trend when they actually couldn’t afford it. I look at this as a waste of money where it could be spent for other essential items rather than to shop on branded Levis jeans and GAP t-shirt. Furthermore, if everyone’s uniform is identical, outsiders can be more readily identified. There are several cases happen at schools in which few intruders manage to get into the school and cause some commotion among the students. What makes thing even worse is that the school board could do nothing to prevent it from happening over and over again. In conclusion, uniformity is not a burden but it is to help students preserving their own identity as knowledge seeker.
Nurzaida Syaza Zawawi
IB 95
I would strongly disagree with the statement “uniforms interfere with students’ freedom of self expression” as I am positive that uniform would somehow trigger students to excel academically. Students are teenagers who tend to be fashion-victims and their desire to be up-to-date with the flow of fashion would never fade away. Hence, they may be less likely to take school seriously as most of them are keen to look good rather than to have fantastic grades. So, wearing uniform would help them to pay more attention on their education rather than on their appearances. Moreover, peer pressure will influence them to ask their low-income earner parents to spend on teenagers’ clothes which could be considered as unnecessary expense. I have friends who believe that various teenagers’ fashions nowadays such as street fashion, urban and even goth are too good to be ignored, thus, they spend so much on clothes just to ensure that they are on par with current trend when they actually couldn’t afford it. I look at this as a waste of money where it could be spent for other essential items rather than to shop on branded Levis jeans and GAP t-shirt. Furthermore, if everyone’s uniform is identical, outsiders can be more readily identified. There are several cases happen at schools in which few intruders manage to get into the school and cause some commotion among the students. What makes thing even worse is that the school board could do nothing to prevent it from happening over and over again. In conclusion, uniformity is not a burden but it is to help students preserving their own identity as knowledge seeker.