Puclic Schools Should Require Uniforms

R1: Does uniforms save money?First off, I would like to point out that my opponent has no evidence stating that what she has said is true. If she said something happens as a result of something. Then she has the burrden of proof. She must prove that what she says is true. However, I would like to point out that students can save ordanary clothes from a year to year bases, and that idea is not just subject to uniforms. Also, the only reason for having schools is to teach kids, not save or make money.R2: Does it help schools?It may help schools a little bit however, they do not need more money. The average school can afford to spend $12,979 per student per year (every year) [1]. Extra money would barely help the average public school in America. Also, students hate uniforms. In many cases students have went up in protest over not being able to have the liberty to choose what they want to wear [2,3,4]. In most cases uniforms are a 'hot button' for students. If students are mad over what they wear and everytime they look at themselves in the mirror are reminded of the anger they have uniforms, then this will create a huge destraction from their studies. It can also errupt into huge protests (like the links up above). The cons outway they pros in this issue.R3: Bullying and other stuff my opponnet said...Dr. David L. Brunsma an assistant sociology professor at the University of Missouri. Conducted research that last 8 years long on the subject of School Uniforms and there effects on grades and bullying. In his concluding report he stated that he found no statistically significant differences in school climate supporting a school uniform policy. In addition, the data do not support an improvement in academic achievement. In fact, there was a slightly negative impact at the 10th grade level in reading. There was also no significant change in school attendance that could be credited to school uniforms [5]. So this basically rules out everything else my opponent stated after the lucrative part of her arguments.D1: Forcing kids to dress alike will only help create more followers than leaders.Due to the research of Dr. David L. Brunsma, my opponnet's statement on Catholic schools is refutted. As for the rest of what she said about the future work place. That is the whole point of my contention. In the future the people would not be able to establish their individuality and who they are, which is why they must do it while they are young. If they don't it would have disasterous effects on students in the future.D2: Uniforms are unconstitutional.The point of limits on free speach in public schools are not equal to that of freedom expression. The point of rules against cursing is to mantain respect for peers and teachers alike, as opposed to freedom of expression has barley any that could mean harm to other students. For example: you can't compare me insulting the teacher or any of my peers to me wearing a simple t-shirt and jeans. One must have a very good reason to place limits on anothers constitutional rights and quite frankly saving or earning an extra buck is not a good reason!I will now wait for my opponnet's response.[1]http://en.wikipedia.org...[2]http://wcfcourier.com...[3]http://www.metro.co.uk...[4]http://www.ehow.com...[5]http://www.gate.net...