But in high school you should have the free will to wear whatever you want. Eleventh grader Cheyenne of Louisville, Kentucky doesn't like the idea of uniforms for students at any level. The uniform solution is only adding to the problem. Students have other ways of expressing themselves. A number of students expressed revulsion with uniforms.
Uniforms are evil.
His sentiment seems shared by many. The number of cities with youth curfews has increased dramatically in recent years and the criminal justice system has also become much harsher on juvenile offenders in recent years. Mike Males devotes a chapter in his 1999 book Framing Youth to debunking the myth that young people are not oppressed. Not everyone sees it this way. David Burns and Kerry Rockquemore echo this sentiment in their research.