WHY SCHOOLS SHOULD REQUIRE UNIFORMS
The Students
The Students are the primary stakeholders of this issue because they are the ones who are most impacted by it. Due to the sheer amount of complaining that a percentage of students do over school uniforms and media portrayal, it is usually thought that students generally dislike wearing uniforms, however that might not be the case.
In a survey performed by Scholastic they asked students by region whether they preferred having or not having uniforms, the results showed that in central united states 80 percent of 710 voters said yes to uniform. In Northeast United States 82 percent of 1248 voters said yes to uniforms. In Southeast United States 72 percent of 178 voters said yes to uniforms, in southwest us 86 percent of 464 students said yes to uniforms, and in the west United States 75 percent of 320 students said yes to having uniforms. The only outlier was northwest united states where only 9 of 23 students said yes to having uniform.
So, why do most of these students say yes to having uniform required at their school? The Scholastic study determined that most students believed that school uniforms made students less competitive about clothing. In a similar survey performed by Scholastic they took a sample of 2031 students ranging between the grade levels K-5 and determined that 43% of them believed that uniforms made students less competitive about clothing, 46% believed it did not make an impact on competitiveness about clothing, and just 11% believed that uniforms made students more competitive about clothing. Scholastic performed the same survey with kids ranging from 6th to 8th grade, and had similar results, with 57% believing it made students less competitive about clothing.
Students being less competitive about clothing allows students to feel more comfortable about coming to school every day because it allows them to not feel judged about what they are wearing, and the more socially comfortable students are at school the better they will perform in terms of academics.
In a survey performed by Scholastic they asked students by region whether they preferred having or not having uniforms, the results showed that in central united states 80 percent of 710 voters said yes to uniform. In Northeast United States 82 percent of 1248 voters said yes to uniforms. In Southeast United States 72 percent of 178 voters said yes to uniforms, in southwest us 86 percent of 464 students said yes to uniforms, and in the west United States 75 percent of 320 students said yes to having uniforms. The only outlier was northwest united states where only 9 of 23 students said yes to having uniform.
So, why do most of these students say yes to having uniform required at their school? The Scholastic study determined that most students believed that school uniforms made students less competitive about clothing. In a similar survey performed by Scholastic they took a sample of 2031 students ranging between the grade levels K-5 and determined that 43% of them believed that uniforms made students less competitive about clothing, 46% believed it did not make an impact on competitiveness about clothing, and just 11% believed that uniforms made students more competitive about clothing. Scholastic performed the same survey with kids ranging from 6th to 8th grade, and had similar results, with 57% believing it made students less competitive about clothing.
Students being less competitive about clothing allows students to feel more comfortable about coming to school every day because it allows them to not feel judged about what they are wearing, and the more socially comfortable students are at school the better they will perform in terms of academics.