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School Uniforms

My argument for school uniforms is that there is absolutley no reason why people hate them. Every argument I hear is so contradictory in that the say they want people to express the selves, and that they think uniforms cost too much. As an example, my school uniforms cost about $20 for the shirt, and khakis can be anywhere from $15-100 but those "ber expensive ones are designer, and you can find them much cheaper at an economy store like Marshalls. And you only need 3-5 shirts and 3 pants. That's just about $2-300 for clothes. As a note, my school has dressdown days about once every two weeks, and most of the kids who dress down usually wear a lot. Dresses that cost tons, designer jeans that cost tons, and sometimes it's inappropriate. When you let kids dress down, normally when it's warm enough out they reveal a lot of skin. It's a school not a fashion show. I figure that's good enough for an opening statement, it would be nice to have someone point out things that I miss.

School Uniforms

I. Intro Essentially my opponent has made no argument as to why dress codes are harmful, only why they are not beneficial. I'll start by making a refutation against the single far-fetched harm she provided, and follow with case defense. II. Kidnapper In instances where an unwelcome intruder is on school property, they will be easy to identify amidst a sea of individuals in the same clothing. Additionally, should a kidnapping take place, a school uniform would actually help locate the kidnapped individual, as my opponent seems to agree that few people not attending such a school would wear such clothing. Therefore, it is going to be unique, stand out, and be identified easily in the outside world. Even on this one in a million chance issue, you're going to vote Pro as uniforms help solve the issue. III. Cost You have to buy new clothes whenever children grow. That's across the board. Whether uniform or not, hand-me-downs, Goodwill, etc. are options for those that really can not afford it. Those that can afford it but would benefit by not having to pay for it receive a larger benefit from uniforms, and represent a larger segment of the population. All things considered, uniforms save money. IV. Gangs School dress codes don't say things like "no wearing red" (Bloods) or "no black and gold" (Latin Kings) because literally every color would end up being banned even if (despite being extremely unlikely) gang insignia were prohibited, outlawing "gang colors" would outlaw literally every single color available, as every color is claimed by at least one gang. Uniforms discourage gang violence and recruiting, and this has been empirically proven via my study. IV. Academic Performance "...even if there was ONE study...there's no proof that it can improve performance internationally..."-Con A. Nothing in the resolution says implies international. As most DDO users are American I assumed it to be American based B. The BoP is impossible if I'm to prove every single school ever has to improve with uniforms C. That's my one study to Con's zero D. My study analyzed 64 different schools, so it's really a meta-analysis "Many schools with uniforms are private, which would explain the higher graduation rate, even without a uniform policy. " -Con Obviously my opponent didn't look into my source, which specifically references improvement shown when analyzing the grades and graduation rate in 64 schools before and after they implemented uniforms. Uniforms were the only independent variable, and the research shows they improve performance. V. Conclusion Con has provided literally no legitimate arguments against uniforms, while I have provided three concrete, strong arguments in favor of them. Con has also questioned the validity of my data despite having provided literally zero pieces of evidence to support the claims she has made. The resolution is therefore still affirmed. Thank you.

School Uniforms

School uniforms are an act of defiance against the state as it exists. Any way to criticise the state so openly is through its future -- therefore, it can be seen that schools are the best way to do this. I concede my opponent saying that uniforms are unconstitutional - but this is the exact reason why they are such a good thing. School uniforms are an act of defiance against the Empire Charlie Post, Review of Empire, 2002 According to Hardt and Negri 'the multitude has internalized the lack of place and fixed time; it is mobile and flexible, and it conceives the future only as a totality of possibilities that branch out in every direction.' (p. 380) Almost any act of 'negativity' - the refusal to work, migration from one part of the world to another, confrontations with the police, strike action - are equally powerful forms of resistance because 'the construction of Empire, and the globalization of economic and cultural relationships, means that the virtual center of Empire can be attacked from any point.' (p. 59) Our act of defiance is directly attacking the norms that exist, the laws that are in place. Our act is an act of negativity - and this is the only way to attack the Empire. The Empire has a tri-fecta of methods to intervene; The Empire can crush everyone militarily, morally, or judicially. Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri, [Prof @ Duke;Prof @ ColleL8;ge International de Philosophie, 2000 “Empire” Harvard University Press, http://www.angelfire.com...] explain in detail that the Empire in the status quo can exist to crush anyone under any means that they deem necessary - the status quo of Empire loving and the rejection of school uniforms furthers this power, and will crush the future. Government coercion causes the worst atrocities in history – every coercive policy justifies atrocities like the nightmares of Cambodia, the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany Browne '95 explains in depth that government coercion (see, government intervention within stopping school uniforms) gives the state unbelievable power. When we don't criticise, we give them the power to commit the worst atrocities in history - we can only stop another Holocaust if we affirm. So, yeah, government is bad m'kay?

School Uniforms

School uniforms are the logical answer to school dress code complaints and help prevent bullying based on clothes