School uniforms

I am excited to commence. Quick notes: Because con wrote a lot, I will not be quoting his arguments in my rebuttals. I thank con for displaying his arguments using a text book style. (basically doing things like "1a") I will simplify my rebuttals. I will rebutting like the following : "a) chickens are good" Most of my arguments will be repeated from my rebuttals, since they are very similar. Rebuttals: 1. a) Child labour is not necessarily bad. It is a cheap way for people to produce items. Furthermore, it is a way for poor families to pay off their debt. Further more, children learn lessons such as discipline. Also, if it were to become standard, parents would have to approve of such. And if they do not agree with child labour, they will not allow it, and find safer better ways to produce the uniforms. There are fair-trade clothing stores. [1] Fair-trade is basically fairness and principals in the market. [2] So no slaves are used. School would possibly use these stores in order to have a higher standard and more support in for the school. b) The average cost for a uniform is 156$ for girls and 140$ for boys. [3] Since you are using this the entire year, you would buy much less clothes. If you were to not have uniforms, you would by many clothes. equalling much higher than this number, making it suitable for all incomes. Also there are sponsor programs to get the uniforms. [4] Also, even without the uniforms, there would still be child labour, so there would be no big difference. 2. a. All clothes would do the same, so it would not matter if it was a school uniform or not. b. Since you would have less clothes, there would be less clothes to wash. Also there are eco friendly detergents. [5] And as long as you don't get dirty, you can easily wear the uniform again. 3. Boy do I hate how I am mentioning all of my arguments in the rebuttals. a. Bullying can come from clothing, and even though bullying would not become completely nullified, it will be weakened, which is better than nothing. b. This is not true. Just because someone wears a uniform doesn't mean they will fight with others. This is a hasty generalization. Furthermore, many parents walk home with their students, so they would stop a fight if one were to occur. 4. a. However this bullying already exist and is already practised. With or without uniforms, it will occur, but with uniforms, you will get rid of bullying through clothing. b. This is unimportant. There are many ways to show yourself in school, and let's face it, clothing is not often used. You can express yourself through art, and through your work. Also you need not express yourself at school, this can distract other students. Also, you can show yourself outside of school as well. c. With or without uniforms, people still get bullied for their skin. So it doesn't matter. At least with uniforms, they nullify the bullying through clothing. And also, if you ask me, getting bullied because you have bad clothes because you are pour is worst than getting bullied because you are African. I would like to point out that my opponent only mentioned small scenarios that practically never happen. He states possible consequences that very few would actually experience. Because of such, the majority of his arguments are useless. Now finally, for my arguments! ARGUMENTS: For this debate, I will be saying 4 main arguments explaining why school uniforms would be beneficial to students, and everyone else. First of all, less bullying. A lot of children are affected by bullying because of their clothing. Some people cannot afford fancy clothes. Because of this, they get bullied. Though uniforms would not get rid of bullying, it would weaken it, which is better than nothing. This would benefit children with learning, now that they have less issues to think about. This would lead to better education, and better jobs in the future. Secondly, it would diminish the possibility of inappropriate clothing. Since the children would have to wear uniforms, they would less likely wear inappropriate clothing to school. Inappropriate clothing is in school quite a lot nowadays, with uniforms, you would remove this possibility. [6] Thirdly, it would be healthier for children. Without having to choose clothing in the morning, children would have more time to sleep. Sleep is probably one of the most important things when it comes to the well-being and learning of students. Sleep leads to less stress. Without enough sleep, our body goes into "high alert". This increases blood pressure, producing stress. Without sleep, we would be more stressed, which would affect our learning curves. Sleep also makes us more active. Well rested people become more active, aiding them mentally, which will improve their learning. And it improves memory by processing all we have experienced. This strengthens memory, and aids in work. [7] There even many many more reasons on why sleep is necessary and beneficial to students, and with school uniforms, we can easily accomplish these sleeping goals. And lastly, it is better for all incomes. With uniforms, children would buy much less clothes. Because of this, all incomes would be able to easily effectively purchase a uniform, and have less financial issues further on in the year. Back to you con. sources: 1. . http://whereamiwearing.com... 2. . http://fairtrade.ca... 3. . http://www.classroomuniforms.com... 4. . http://www.weirdasianews.com... 5. . http://rockingreensoap.com... 6. . http://www.ksl.com... 7. . http://www.coco-mat.com...