School Uniforms as a Violation of Student Rights

Abstract

The main purpose of writing this essay is to inform the audience about the controversial issues which arises in schools and the contemporary society as far as the introduction of uniforms in schools is concerned. These will make them to change their way of thinking and conform to the propositions which have been highlighted. It has been evident that the imposition of laws of putting on uniforms only violates the student's freedom which is their constitutional right. Besides, the policy adds no value to the learning process of the students in schools hence they should be scrapped off to ensure that the liberty of the students is enhanced. It will also cover the controversies which arise in the classroom between the teacher and students.

Introduction

The introduction of uniforms in the schools is a violation of the students' right. To enhance the student's freedom, the policy makers should consider seeking the parents' opinion on this matter. Therefore, in this paper a critical analysis of unit 3 and unit 4 is done so as to develop an expository argument to represent the controversial arguments. These will help to make the audience aware of some of the facts which they ought to have known.

Arguments

It has been evident that school uniforms have no effect on the performance and attitudes of pupils and students in schools. Therefore an introduction of uniforms in schools is a violation of the rights and freedoms of the students since there are no way the unique human beings can be made to be similar. Besides, the uniforms put a lot burden on parents since in some stores they prove to be very costly since if the parents have several parents, then they will have to part with several coins so as to meet the expenditure of her children. Even though some schools have given various reasons that the uniforms make the students equal since some cannot afford to acquire certain brands of clothing, still the reason does not outdo the constitutional rights of a person. The case of passing to wear or not to wear uniform in schools is not a major problem since it has happen before and it can still happen. For example, in one of my hometown schools, the parents did vote against wearing uniforms and up to now the students are not wearing uniforms to school. The same thing can be adopted by other schools so as to enhance the freedom of expression of the students. Besides, when a comparison is done between city schools and county schools,, the law is only applicable in the city schools since in county school, other types of clothes is the order of the day. It also shows that leaders did miss the point and put a lot of emphasis on what the student wear as oppose to the quality of education. This danger did arise due to the failure of these leaders to seek the parents and students opinion on these factors and their side effects on the society.

On the other hand, there are various issues which arise in the classroom which makes both teachers and students not to be comfortable in discussing the contents of the syllabus in classroom. Teachers are constrained by the district mandated guides who tend to squeeze up the content as oppose to leaving the teachers think out of the box and teach the students whatever is right. Teachers can be left to plan by themselves so as to incorporate whatever is good for the brain enhancement and skill development.

The adoption of the idea of eliminating the uniforms from schools as well as enabling the teachers to make their teaching plans and schedules by themselves as oppose to following the squeezed government plans will enable the enhancement of freedom of choice and expression among them hence ensuring that their needs are met without any violation of rights. Besides, it will improve the performance of the students since they will be comfortable in what they wear since some uniforms get hold and tend to leave ladies especially from the families who cannot afford to buy a new copy. These makes they feel uncomfortable and misplaced hence lack of concentration to what they are taught. Besides, the teachers will also be in a position to present what they understand better as oppose to following a set of guidelines which have assumed so many factors. The policy makers thus should reconsider all these and make the students and teachers be their own drivers since they understand each other better than the policy makers who set these rules and the implementers are different parties.

Conclusion

Even though uniform demarcates the difference between parents, teachers and the student, there is still need for them to be removed and the students should be left to dress as they feel since it is their constitutional rights. On the other hand, teachers should also be left to make their plans on syllabuses so as to ensure that the needs of the students are met ceteris paribus. These will help to boost performance and interaction between students and teachers during their discussions and learning processes.