Now lets travel to the other child who lives in the same...
School Uniforms
Thank you for such a swift response Pro. I would like to point out to the voters that Pro has his entire argument based off of personal experience, showing no valid proof of any Pro's to a dress code. For the sake of argument, let's compare two students. Student number one goes to a Public school, while Student Two goes to a private school, which enforces school uniforms. Student one goes annual shopping for clothes with his mother, and what he pays are listed here. 2 new jeans (most older ones still fit, as growth stops in the late teen years [1]) - 36.00 [2] 3 new Aeropostale shirts- 36.00 [3] 1 pair of tennis shoes- 30.00 (Nike) [4] School Supplies- 90.00 [5] For the sake of argument and my terrible ability with math, I have left taxes out of the equation, and the total amount spent for non-uniformed school students comes out to be 192.00 a year per child. Now lets travel to the other child who lives in the same neighborhood (for sake of argument), but instead of the public school, his parents send him to private school, where uniforms are enforced. 3 new slacks (dress code again changed for the school, and khakis cannot be worn with the uniform now)- 120.00 [6] 3 new dress shirts to follow dress code-60.00 [7] (this is not counting a tie, because some private schools do not require it) 1 pair of dress shoes- 45.00 [8] School supplies- 90.00 Now as you can see, we have already spent much more money than the public school non-uniformed student, and we haven't even gotten to the tuition yet. Average Private School Tuition- 8,549 [9] (This is an average, it may be different from your neck of the woods.) Now we are up to a whopping $8,864 spent on the private school. Now I do understand that not every year the dress code will change as stated in my example, I am simply using it in my argument to show how something like that could lead the family to have to spend more money. [1]. http://www.chartsgraphsdiagrams.com... [2]. http://www.walmart.com... [3]. http://www.aeropostale.com...= [4]. http://www.shoes.com... [5].http://www.nrf.com... [6]. http://www.jcpenney.com... [7]. http://www.josbank.com... [8]. http://www.shoebuy.com...-{keyword} [9]. http://www.edreform.com...