With all of the violence that has occurred in schools over these recent years, there has been a questions raised as to whether school uniforms should be required in public, as
well as private schools. The violence in these schools has left parents wondering if it
would happen in their child’s school next, and they are willing to try any solution to
prevent it from happening. School uniforms seem to be the simplest and fastest solution in
the minds of the cautious, but this doesn’t mean it is the most effective one.
The common belief is that school uniforms would change the behavior of students during school hours. But in all actuality, the way a student acts is reflected upon the way they are raised and their mental state at that moment in time. A person’s behavior or
actions doesn’t necessarily relate to his attire. His attire is just an expression of his
personality. Therefore, a mandatory uniform rule in public schools will most likely help
create new problems, instead of resolving the already apparent ones. Students seem to
agree as well. For example, a student from Lakeland High School who has gone through
the process of switching to a mandatory school uniform policy in a public school had this
to say, “Clothes or a uniform doesn’t make me who I am. There were problems before