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Topic

#4218

Should School Uniforms be Mandatory?

Status

Finished

The debate is finished. The distribution of the voting points and the winner are presented below.

Winner & statistics

Winner

After 1 vote and with 1 point ahead, the winner is...

Bella3sp

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Education

school

fashion

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Publication date: 02.25.2023 05:38PM
Last updated date: 03.04.2023 06:56PM
Type: Standard
Number of rounds: 1
Time for argument: Two hours
Max argument characters: 2,048
Voting period: One week
Point system: Winner selection
Voting system: Open

Contender / Con

Bella3sp

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Description

Pro: School uniforms should be mandatory
Con: School uniforms should NOT be mandatory.

Round 1

Andrew071117

02.25.2023 05:58PM

Pro

I think school uniform should be mandatory since kids can focus more and it may reduce safety since people do not bring a gun to school and they can do many other things for example kids can be safer more plus it is saving time for people since I do not need to take time choosing what to wear and instead I can go to school directly and there are many other benefits of school uniform for example it make people take school more seriously and it make everyone look the same and do many other good things about it. In generel I think school uniform should be mandatory in school due to all of these reason caused.

Bella3sp

02.25.2023 06:56PM

Con

Thanks @Andrew071117,

REBUTTAL:

Due to lack of characters, I am not going to copy and paste the entire argument.

Many students don't focus on others clothing and instead focus on their own individual selves. In fact, most students are busy distracted on their phones, computers, etc, instead of actually paying attention to their class.
How will a student be safer? Uniforms will not guarantee that a student will not bring a gun to school.
Saving a few minutes of time picking out an outfit is not worth taking someone's right of free speech. Further, many enjoy picking out their own clothes in the morning or night time.
Uniforms don't show any increase in the education of students, meaning this focus Is going somewhere else or they just aren't understanding.

Argument 1:

Uniforms don't improve education

Uniforms don't actually do anything for the education of the students. According to Norwichbulletin, "Uniforms do not improve academics, behavioral and social outcomes, or reduce discrimination or crime, according to many educators and experts. Studies do not report any improvements in these areas. In fact, uniforms may even make rebellious students worse. They alter the uniforms by tightening, widening, shortening, or lengthening them."

Argument 2:

Violation of civil rights

Uniforms disregard free speech, privacy, and freedom of religion. Many school uniforms support girls in skirts, however many different religions such as being Islam don't allow wearing skirts at such lengths. There are many different skirts at lengths unacceptable for certain religions.

As for freedom of speech, The First Amendment of the US Constitution guarantees that all individuals have the right to express themselves freely, having uniforms would take away their rights. (White House)

Argument 3:

Bullying or teasing still occurs

Uniform or not, there will always be something for students to bully another student. Uniforms just present other peoples insecurity's even more leaving them exposed to bullies.

Source in comments.

Bella3sp

02.25.2023 07:59PM

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@Andrew071117

Almost every debater here uses sites to back up their knowledge or prove points. My points are sometimes used from my common knowledge after that, I simply just find evidence from other websites supporting my claims.

As for using Wikipedia, I tend to avoid it 99.9% of the time.

Andrew071117

02.25.2023 07:54PM

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@Bella3sp

I mean why you not just do what you remember and look up other websites like wikipedia

Bella3sp

02.25.2023 07:31PM

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@Andrew071117

Elaborate?

Bella3sp

02.25.2023 07:30PM

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@Barney

I would appreciate that.

As in regards to your vote, thank you. I was initially going to provide the cost, however ran into a problem with the lack of characters the debate allowed.

Barney

02.25.2023 07:25PM

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@Bella3sp

@Andrew071117

Would you both like the resolution name to be fixed?

Andrew071117

02.25.2023 07:19PM

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@Bella3sp

why you do research like my essay

Bella3sp

02.25.2023 07:00PM

Due to lack of characters, here's my sources:

1. Norwich bulletin. 2009. (https://www.norwichbulletin.com/story/opinion/letters/2009/05/24/school-uniforms-should-not-be/64946323007/)
2. White House. 1791. (https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/our-government/the-constitution/#:~:text=The%20First%20Amendment%20provides%20that,for%20a%20redress%20of%20grievances.)

Barney

02.25.2023 07:24PM

Criterion

Pro

Tie

Con

Points

Winner

1 point(s)

Reason:

Foregone Conclusion. This debate being set for a single round, means pro cannot defend their case against con's rebuttals.

Pro's case is that they're good, they lead to such things as students taking school more seriously.
Con's case is that they do not improve academic performance, and also that the uniforms may violate some religious taboos (FYI, uniform rules are commonly modified for such specialty cases).

Con's case would have been better with an inclusion of the cost; but he still cast sufficient doubt against the benefits meriting it being mandatory.